Children Healthy Care

Southeast Hospital teaches skin care to children.

The dermatology service has conducted a workshop with atopic dermatitis patients.

The Southeast Hospital has conducted a workshop to teach children from 3-8 years of atopic skin care and how to cope with this enfemedad in their daily lives.

The workshop, which involved patients of the Dermatology Service, aims to involve children, through games with characters and interactive exercises to achieve a proper hygiene and hydration of the skin.

In addition, Southeast Hospital professionals have been transmitted to the participants how to deal with the itching and scratching alternatives to the skin (cold application, hydration, etc.).. This activity has the support of Avène Laboratories.

Atopic dermatitis is a disease that involves a reaction of the skin condition characterized by itchy rashes and scaly-looking, more common in children, multifactorial, which involves both environmental and constitutional factors.

With this type of initiatives Southeast Hospital aims to provide practical advice to facilitate skin care for children, so become aware of the importance of good practices through activities and games.

The health center was launched last summer a Pediatric Dermatology, with the objective of serving the dermatological disease of children in their reference population and avoid transfer to other public hospitals in the community with this feature.

Since its opening until May 31, 2011, the Pediatric Dermatology has served 374 children.

Keep_ratio=1The children’s skin is very soft and has very good hydration . Is 40% thinner than an adult and has a pH greater, with lower acid content, which reduces the protection of skin from bacteria and infections, a fact which is exacerbated by a weak immune system. These features make possible toxicity and allergies with the use of certain products, so special care must be taken when choosing creams, powders and ointments that can be applied to the skin of a child.

It is important that parents follow a regimen of skin care for their children to protect them from environmental damage and sun, and to ensure the skin is properly clean and moisturized .

Some tips to keep in mind about skin care for children are:
Sun Care: Apply sunscreen daily to all children who are 6 or more months. Keep children under 6 months out of the sun.
Apply insect repellent to all children 6 months of age or older. In areas with many mosquitoes cover them most of the body with clothes.

At bath time, use fragrance-free products and are hypoallergenic. Soaps, shampoos and products moisturizers for use after the bath should be special for the children’s skin. You should avoid rubbing the skin with towels or sponges.
You should dress children in clothing that is cotton and is not adjusted, without frills or labels that can cause irritation.

You should avoid putting cotton in the nostrils or the ear canal and limit the auricle.
Do not use fabric softeners or bleach to wash clothes. Wash clothing thoroughly with water after washing.

The hygiene of the ears of the babies is essential to prevent infections and problems that may impair hearing and language development of children

is ear is a very important organ but also very fragile and therefore must be treated with special care. The hygiene of the baby is very delicate, especially in the area, where there is a need for deep cleaning.

It is normal for the baby’s ears with wax rich. Although some parents may surprise you, it is necessary to protect the middle and inner ear of external infections. The wax should have a yellow, sticky, if not, may indicate that the baby has an infection or disease.

We often use the nails to clean the ear, which can be dangerous to hearing health. Other equally familiar tools such as sticks, can be the cause of formation of plugs or ear drum perforations. However, as the Second Study of Habits of Hygiene Audimer Ear, 93% of Spanish still using swabs ear hygiene and 69% are satisfied with the use of them. Paradoxically, 74% believe that the rods may contribute to the onset of ear problems. Read the rest of this entry »

As we all know, the sun is very good for the health of children, helping them to synthesize vitamin D, is very effective for bones, benefits the correct assimilation of calcium and phosphorus, and is also an excellent environment where they can swim, play and spend time having fun.

However, we note that an excessive exposure of children to the sun, can have negative effects on the skin and dangerous in the short or long term.

Children need adequate time to sunbathe and the necessary protection if too much sun can suffer burns on their skin and various diseases such as dermatitis, photosensitivity, skin aging, immune disorders, cataracts and cancer.

It is therefore very important to prevent, adequate time sunbathing habits and teach them to adapt it to your daily routine.

Eye, head and body must be protected with hats and sunscreen factor 15 on. This should be applied half an hour before sun exposure and re-used every 2 hours or after swimming in the sea.

It is important that children not drink before noon sun, as this greatly increases the risk of contracting sunburn or skin diseases. Finally, one should not in any way exposed to children under six months to UV rays.

What is nutrition?
Nutrition refers to everything your child eats and drinks. Your child’s body uses the nutrients from food to function properly and stay healthy. The nutrients include carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. In the right amounts, these nutrients will give your child the energy to grow, learn and be active. Your child’s body stores what is not needed for energy as body fat.

Why is proper nutrition important?
Poor nutrition can cause health problems, overweight and obesity. Some of the health problems associated with poor nutrition can be serious and can even cause death, especially when your child grows and enters adolescence and then adulthood. By helping your child learn healthy eating habits can help prevent these health problems.

Avoid weight problems now has many benefits for your child. First, it is much easier to maintain a healthy weight to lose weight. And children who maintain a healthy weight during childhood are more likely to maintain a healthy weight as adults.

I can really make a difference?
Yes! Choose healthy foods and being physically active is not something that comes naturally to everyone. But as yet these healthy choices can be learned and become a habit. As a parent or caregiver of a child, you are a role model and has the potential to influence the child’s environment. Even small changes in eating and exercise habits of the family can have a great influence on the health of your child.

1. Your diet should be varied
Our body needs 40 different nutrients to stay healthy. No single food contains them all, so that should not be eating the same thing. Enjoy your meals in the company of family and friends and watch what they eat each other. Sure you discover new foods to give your diet variety.

2. Take fruits and vegetables
Fruits and vegetables contain nutrients that help you prevent disease, so do not forget to include in your diet every day. These foods can be an ideal complement in each of the five foods that you do during the day (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack and dinner).

3. The hygiene is essential to your health
not touch food without have washed your hands first. Brush your teeth at least twice a day and remember that night after brushing, and one should not eat or drink other than water.

4. Drink enough fluids
is essential to keep the body well hydrated, since more than half the weight is water. Make sure, therefore, receive the necessary input of liquid (at least 5 glasses per day). If it is hot or intense physical activity, should increase fluid intake to prevent dehydration.

5. Do not try to change your eating habits and behavior overnight.
‘ll be much easier to do it little by little each day marcándote objectives. Does not ignore what you like, but try your diet as a whole is balanced.

6. Consume foods rich in carbohydrates
Most people eat fewer carbohydrates than they need. At least half of the calories in your diet should come from these nutrients. To increase the consumption of carbohydrates you eat bread, and in general, products made ​​of wheat and other grains such as breakfast cereals, cookies …-, pasta, rice, potatoes and vegetables.

7. Maintain a healthy weight for your age
avoids much more or even less than they should. To find your correct weight should take into account many constraints: age, sex, height, build, hereditary factors …. Overweight occurs when your body takes in more calories than you expend. Fat provides some of the nutrients that our bodies need, but also the most concentrated source of calories. Therefore, if some of your meals is especially fat intake alternala with lighter.

8. Eat regularly
Our energy body needs to have every moment of it so that vehicles need fuel to move. When we got up, after spending all night without eating, your energy level is very low so that should make a good breakfast. During the day, if you only eat at the lunch and dinner, your body will also too many hours without energy input. Seize the mid-morning break to eat something and do not forget the afternoon snack.

Exercise 9
A bicycle that is not used just rusting away. With the muscles and bones is the same, must be kept active to work well. Try to do some exercise every day. Climb the stairs instead of the elevator and if you can, go walking to school. The recess is a good time to practice physical activity (play soccer, jump rope …). Each one of us to try and practice the sport that fits our taste.

10. Remember there are no good foods or bad
Do not feel guilty about eating certain foods. Of course, avoiding the excesses and make sure your diet is sufficiently varied to be balanced. Balance and variety are the keys to your diet will help maintain good health.

Do you give to feed my child? What you need to be well fed? Here are some questions that many parents have when they take the challenge of changing the diet of children, adopting healthier habits that enable them to maintain an ideal weight

Editorial Team Vital Point
It is not easy to change the diet of the overnight. This is a long process certainly involves significant changes in the daily routine of children and adults.

But what do we mean by healthy eating? Basically corresponds to the balanced intake of foods that provide essential nutrients (minerals, vitamins and proteins) to the proper functioning and healthy condition of the body. Such is the case of vegetables, fruits, dairy products, lean meats, whole grains and vegetable oils. Read the rest of this entry »

The differences between girls and boys are showing for themselves as they grow. Parents just need to guide their behavior without rigid stereotypes to pigeonhole, where their tastes or hobbies are not to be denied only in what is socially expected.

For example, pretend that only girls play with dolls , and games involving less dirty single women are unique to small, is to fall into an error which denies any form of femininity.

It is true that girls are naturally more delicate in their action , but it is always possible to find a balance, without preventing them live different experiences. At the other end by the way, there are the parents looking for children to form “strong”, creating in them an unreal strength , which in future will be shown in their inability to express their emotions.

The idea of finding significant differences between the sexes, should not lead to great lengths to pretend that all girls and boys focus their desires to the same activities, or personal characteristics are similar in all cases. Parents play an important role in the formation of their children, are a model to follow in terms of taste or behavior, but as the years pass, each child (a) mark his own personality.

Cancer remains one of the largest and most troubling diseases century. Although there are several avenues of investigation open, now a two vaccines opens a door to hope for metastatic tumors of the ovary and breast.

Cancer vaccines
The research has been published already in the journal Clinical Cancer Research. The vaccine, which has been developed from a family of virus-poxvirus compounds has the function of DNA and molecules to create antigens that stimulate the immune response in cancer cells. That is, ending with these tumor cells. Furthermore, the only side effect is that the patient has the same symptoms or similar to the flu.

At the moment, although conclusive results are yet to know if the vaccine is effective in this difficult disease, it does indeed have obtained positive results in the U.S.. In a group of 26 patients with ovarian cancer, all in an advanced stage of disease was achieved several months of survival.

All, who else who least have gone to the doctor on occasion to get a vaccine. From this health blog we want to make your work easier and to answer the question of how much vaccine is at least the most important or major.

The first thing I have to say is that they are all they are, but at least we have gathered the most common and necessary.

Second, existing vaccines can vary from one society to another or from one period to another, and how to classify.
But in general, these show you are the most common vaccines :

- MMR . This vaccine is recommended to treat measles , the rubella or mumps.
- Hepatitis B . It is indicated for groups at risk for sexual contact , relatives of carriers, immunocompromised or for those traveling to exotic countries.

- Varicella. To address this contagious disease vaccine exists. Currently, children just suffer through such varicella vaccine.
- Whooping cough. This is a completely inactive bacilli vaccine, administered intramuscularly and is composed of three doses.
- Flu. There is a vaccine against acute epidemic disease.
- Tetanus. This vaccine is a booster every 10 years. It is also contraindicated in the first trimester of pregnancy.
- Diphtheria . Contraindicated during pregnancy, also has memory phase after 10 years.
- Polio . Today, there are two types of vaccines, whose initials are OPV and IPV (whose initials are very specific language that is beyond the scope of this article).
- Hepatitis A . It is indicated for healthcare workers, drug addicts, family connections, food handler, sexual promiscuity, hemophiliacs, liver disease and closed institutions.
- Pneumococcus . This is the pathogen of some pneumonia.
- Meningococcal . It is the causative organism of certain types of meningitis.

Again, these are not all vaccines are currently only cited the most common and common today.