Balanced diet is vital for maintaining good health of body but also for healthy hair. According to nutritionists, who have nutritional deficiencies in their diet they have dried and stringy hair lack in natural diet can lead to gradual thinning of hair. Vitamins, proteins minerals are the common nutritional supplements which are essential and play a major role in healthy hair growth. A diet with low calories, can affect hair. Taking only specific groups of food and eliminating others from diet, can also cause hair loss.

Vitamins for hair growth:

Vitamins are most important part of healthy diet for hair e.g. Vitamin B12 (cobalamin), a water-soluble vitamin helps in the proper functioning of the digestive, skin, hair, eyes, mouth, nervous system and liver. It is available in the food like fish, dairy products, organ meats (the meat found in liver and kidney), eggs, beef, and pork.

Sometimes it can be difficult to achieve the necessary vitamin only from food. In this case, one can take supplementary vitamin for completion of food and health hair promotion. The person can choose a multivitamin that contains all (or as many as possible) of the following:

•    Vitamin A

Vitamin A is available in the beef liver, eggs, mackerel, liver of polar bears and other artic animals. Because excess intakes of Vitamin A can become harmful often resulting in major health hazards including coarse and dry hair. Vitamin A recommended quantity is 7500 mcg RE (25 000 IU) for adults and 3000 mcg RE (10 000 IU) for children

•    Vitamin C

It is an antioxidant required for the healthy growth of hair and skin. This vitamin found in the food like citrus fruits, strawberries, kiwi, cantaloupe, pineapple, tomatoes, green peppers, potatoes and dark green vegetables.

•    Vitamins B-6 and B-12 Vitamin

Vitamins B-6 is very essential for healthy hair. A deficiency of biotin is known to cause hair loss. . Vitamin B12 is an anti-stress vitamin, which improves the condition of the immune system and helps the body to cope up with stress.

•    Amino Acids/Protein

Proteins are important for hair growth and overall healthy functioning of the body. Amino acid is particularly important because it contains sulfur molecules which cross link with each other to produce disulfide bonds. These chemical bonds are gives hair its strength.

Many other Vitamins like Folic Acid, Iron and copper etc are also need for healthy hair growth.

•    Folic Acid
•    Iron
•    Copper

Minerals for hair growth:

For healthy hair growth minerals are the most important diet supplements. Without sufficient quantity of minerals, human body is not able to absorb the benefits of other nutrients like vitamins, proteins, carbohydrates and fats.

•    Silicon

Silicon an important dietary mineral, builds the connective tissues, like ligaments and tendons. It leads to the growth of hair, skin and nails. Silicon is available in foods like whole grain, breads, cereals, beet, bell pepper, bean and pea.

•    Zinc

Zinc is another beneficial mineral required for the normal growth of the hair teeth, bones, nails and skin. . It builds the connective tissue like ligaments and tendons and takes care of the over all metabolism of the body.  Zinc is present in meat, seafood, and eggs

Foods for hair growth 

There are some foods that should add in daily diet for improving hair health growth:

•    Fruits

These fruits like melons, berries, bananas, oranges, apples and many other fruits can supply proper vitamins and help to reduce hair loss.

•    Vegetables

All vegetables provide additional vitamins for hair growth, the ones that offer the most benefits are those of the green leafy variety, including spinach, cabbage, etc.

•    Dairy

Including milk, eggs and cheese, can increase hair’s overall health by providing it with the vitamin B-12 as well as protein.

•    Lean, healthy meats

Chicken, nuts, fish, and organ meats (such as liver) include in such food. By addition of these in diet, it will provide hair follicles with the vitamins they need for optimal operation and hair growth.

•    Water

At least eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day will help transport the needed nutrients the hair and help to keep hair strands hydrated and strong.

A contagious upper respiratory track sickness caused by bacteria is known as diphtheria. Corynebacterium diphtheriae is an aerobic, gram +ve bacteria which cause diphtheria. It is a transmittable disease disperses by instant physical contact or breathing the aerosolized secretions of effected individuals.

One most common form of diphtheria has largely been eradicated in developed countries through vaccination. It chiefly attacks the nose and throat. Children under 5 and elderly over 60 are particularly at high risk of the infection. In the past years, diphtheria can be mistaken for a bad sore throat. People living dense populated or unclean conditions, and children and adults who don’t have up-to-date immunizations are also at risk. Diphtheria is highly contagious.

Diphtheria is a bacterial transmission disease that spreads rapidly and occurs swiftly. Once infected, lethal substances generated by the bacteria can travel through your bloodstream to other organs, such as the heart, kidneys, brain etc and may cause considerable damage. The most known complication of diphtheria is inflammation of the cardiac muscles. Central nervous system is also frequently and highly affected which may result in temporary paralysis. If diphtheria prolonged or treated improperly, the bacteria start to produce a potent toxin that often causes serious, life threatening complications.

Symptoms of Diphtheria

Symptoms include fatigue, fever, a mild tender throat and problems in swallowing. Adverse effects of the diphtheria toxin include cardiomyopathy and peripheral neuropathy. Infected children have symptoms that include nausea, vomiting, chills, and a high fever. Sometime few patients do not show symptoms until the infection has progressed in its advance stage. These conditions are related to a higher risk of death. The patient may suffer more widespread symptoms, such as lethargy, paleness, and increased heart beat rate. These symptoms are caused due to the toxin released by the bacterium. The cutaneous form of diphtheria occurs normally in the presence of preexisting skin disease.

The disease may not harm, but in some most serious cases lymph nodes in the neck may swell, and make breathing and swallowing so hard.

Prevention of Diphtheria

Immunization for diphtheria has become part of child care for decades. This is the “D” in the “DPT” shots. Immunization of all infants and booster doses throughout life will prevent any revival of diphtheria.

Diphtheria vaccine consists of toxoid, which is a weakened form of the diphtheria toxin. It stimulates the human immune system to make antibodies against the corynebacterium diphtheriae toxin to protect against the disease. The immunity reduces with the passage of time so that a booster dose is needed after every ten years.

The toxoid available in two strengths, children younger than seven needs the high dose to develop immunity, above seven should get the low dose as it has fewer side effects and is strong enough to boost immunity.

Treatment of Diphtheria

If diphtheria is once diagnosed, diphtheria antitoxin is administered (either intravenously or by intramuscular injection). The antitoxin prevents damage caused by the bacterial toxin to the vital organs of body. Treatment of diphtheria starts with antitoxin although it is a bacterial infection. Antibiotics are given to prevent spread and treat the infection in second step.

Hospitalization is mostly required, as intravenous fluids, additional oxygen, bed rest, and careful monitoring of cardiac function are often necessary.

If the membrane of back part of the throat obstructs breathing, a tube gets passed through the mouth or nose. It happens only in very serious cases, where a tracheostomy (insertion of a breathing tube through a surgical opening in the throat) may be needed.

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Definition of Allergies

Allergies are unusual reactions to simple nontoxic substances. The substances that cause allergy are known as allergens, may be inhaled with breath, swallowed, or exposed to the skin.

The most common allergens that cause troubles are: pollens, mold spores, house dust mites, food stuffs, insect stings or bite, some species of plants, insect spores, latex rubber, odor, viruses, bacteria, medications and atmospheric conditions (like too hot or cold). Allergic reactions can occur in more than one area, such as sneezing along with the skin rashes and may include more than one symptom.
Immune system
Normally, the body has its own system which enables it to learn and defend itself through encountering, and remembering enemies one by one. For decades, medical science has taken advantage of this ability by using vaccination to create immunity, the immunologic memory of a disease. Allergic reactions happen when immune system incorrectly recognizes harmless foreign particles as potentially harmful.

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War against wrinkles

In past wrinkles can symbol of wisdom but now people do not like wrinkles at all. There are many product and procedures claiming to reduce wrinkles but they do little on nothing. The reason of failure is this that people do not know the certain reason of wrinkles.

First one should know what is wrinkle and how to protect?

Factors of wrinkles

Age is the very first and an important factor of wrinkles. With the time being human body become the wrinkly.

Smoking: In past researcher proved that smoking increased facial wrinkles but latest research shows that it can affect the rest of the body. The people who are smoking heavily from many years their percentage of wrinkle risk is high then the people who are not chain smoker.

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