Adult men should check their weight, blood pressure and cholesterol levels. Those over 50 should be checked to detect possible prostate cancer. Doing so in a timely manner can be a big difference in your quality of later life.

As women, it is important that men make regular visits to the doctor, as this will detect any abnormality and prevent in advance any major illness.

The importance of maintaining an active lifestyle

For a better quality of life and stay healthy longer is important to physical activity, which in short time not only allow you to feel better but it will reduce the risk of disease.

Experts recommend practicing a physical activity for at least three times a week for 60 minutes or, at least 30 minutes daily.

What to do?

Get up early, walk around, try not to use elevators and incorporate exercise into your daily routine. Physical activity need not be very hard to improve health. After 4-12 weeks of regular activity, you will notice the difference, just start.

Benefits of daily physical activity:

Feeling more relaxed
Sleep better
Have fun and enjoy yourself
Have more energy
Perform better at work
Feeling relief, eliminating pain and move better
Improve posture and balance
Improve self-esteem
Maintain weight
Making muscles, bones and joints stronger
Reduce stress
Looking better, having better figure
Having independent living for longer

The beaches are one of the favorite destinations for holidaymakers. The coastal climate is a source of health, very beneficial in some diseases and can get in shape with sports such as swimming. To prevent more than a scare about our health, we recommend you follow these tips:

Entry into the water

- Never enter the water suddenly. It is preferable to establish contact gradually previously wetting parts of the body, especially if you shower after sunbathing or eating much.

“Do not pull the head not sure of the depth. Many head injuries, neck and back are raised when to dive.

- Watch the color of the flag of the beach and avoid swim if red. Take special care with the beach located at the mouths of rivers, despite appearing calm waters may appear dangerous tides, eddies, currents and rip currents.

In water

Exit the water immediately if you feel any of these symptoms:
- Chills or shivering with redness of the skin.
- Fatigue.
- Headache or punctures in the neck.
- Itching on the abdomen, arms or legs.
- Feeling dizzy, dizziness or ringing in the ears.
- Blurred vision or lights.
- Muscle cramps or joint pains.

If you feel you have been bitten by a jellyfish (burning sensation followed by severe pain) leave the water immediately.

The burning is more intense and you might not keep swimming.

Remember that not being on vacation should forget about their health and that of your loved ones!

The allergy has become a global scourge that afflicts both young and old profoundly affecting the quality of life of its victims. The statistics are alarming, only in Europe and North America more than 50 million people suffering from allergies and it is estimated that by 2015 one in two people to suffer, so allergists concern has focused on prevention of them.

An allergy is defined as the hypersensitivity of an organism to a particular substance to be inhaled, ingested or touched, causes reactions ranging from excessive itching or irritation to more severe symptoms.
The top 10 of the world’s most bizarre allergy

There are widely known as allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, asthma or certain food allergies to eggs or milk. However, there is another group of strange or unusual allergies, such as those described in the top 10 world’s rarest allergies, published on the Internet web site Health.com.

Starting from the least to most rare, the top 10 weirdest allergies according to this publication is:

• Allergy to the sun
It is believed that because the skin does not tolerate the proteins that are generated from solar radiation. Sufferers have small hives, itching, excessive and at worst burns, even when carrying clothing or sunscreen.

• Hives or allergy to water aquagénica
It is a rare allergy that occurs after being in contact with water, any temperature and in any condition. In severe cases to the contact of bodily fluids can trigger the reaction. This condition seriously complicates personal hygiene and care of sufferers.

• Allergy sweat
It appears with the appearance of wheals and care should be taken as the components of this fluid can cause discomfort that may require more medical care.

• Allergy or cold urticaria frigore
It is believed that fungi and mites that thrive in winter are the cause of this allergy that appears excessive exposure to cold or frozen food. It manifests with skin rash, wheezing, decreased blood pressure and difficulty breathing.

• Allergy heat
People intolerant of high temperatures may get hives, excessive sweating and even hallucinations.

• Allergy to hormones
Most common is the denial to the estrogen and progesterone. This allergy medication and controlled with antihistamines.

• Allergy to vibration
Is usually either mechanical vibration sufferers feel the vibration as an attack, your body begins to release histamines, causing proliferation of eruptions and sores in just a few minutes.

• Allergy to exercise
It is produced by physical activity or other agent that reacted with body movement. In most cases it can be ingested from food, alcohol, or the climate of the place where the activity is practiced.

• Allergy to pressure or Dermatographism
It is a type of hypersensitivity related to any type of stroke or grip that is made in the skin. It manifests with spots or hives.

• Hypersensitivity to semen
Allergy is extremely rare. Its most common symptom is the appearance of hives, itching and irritation that is often confused with an STD. It is estimated to affect 5% of couples have infertility problem.

Some particles found in air originating from the interior. Others are carried in the outside air. Foreign particles to enter your home through windows, doors and heating systems.

For most people, the particles found in the indoor air do not cause any problem. But people with allergic symptoms, including asthma, may have problems in his household.

Triggers of Asthma and Allergies:
If you or someone you know have allergic symptoms or asthma, are sensitive to triggers, which include the airborne particles. These triggers can initiate a reaction in your lungs and other parts of your body. The triggers can be found indoors or outdoors. They can be simple things like:
The air we breathe

Cold air.
Snuff smoke and wood smoke.
Perfume, paint, aerosol products for hair, or different scents or strong fumes.
Allergens (particles that cause allergies) such like dust mites, pollen, mold, pollution and waste and animal dander (which is made up of tiny scales or particles that emerge from the hair, feathers or skin) of any pet.
The common cold, flu or other respiratory illnesses.

Identifying triggers is not always easy. If you know what your triggers, reduce exposure to them can help prevent asthma attacks and allergies.

If you do not know what factors trigger your asthma and allergy problems, try to limit their exposure to a suspected factor at a time. Watch to see if it improves. This may show whether the trigger is a problem for you.

The tests are based on the placement of allergens in the patient who has or has not reaction, which can manifest as a rash. The next step is to measure what the effect is stronger.

The tests performed are:

• Princk: Consists of a series of punctures in the skin, where allergens are placed and expected reaction.

• Scarification: This consists of a series of scratches on his back in which allergens are placed and then the reaction is expected.

• skin test involves putting an intradermal injection with allergy-causing substances and the reaction is expected.

Once the diagnosis if the allergen element is something which can be dispensed, appropriate action is taken, for example: do not use wool, not live with cats, etc.

If the cause that produces the allergy is something that can not be changed, such as dust, contaminanción, or cold, there is a treatment that reaches the bottom of the problem.

Combination therapies with drugs not only vaccines but are known as immunotherapy or immunotherapy, which are so far the only treatment that modifies the course of the disease.

Immunotherapy involves the application of vaccines which are prepared for each patient according to the results of allergy tests.

The reactions can be divided into three groups:

Not immune.
Immunologic.
No defined mechanism.

January. Immunological reactions:

They are tissue responses to venom components with a high power drug and enzyme. Usually these reactions occur between 24 and 48 hours after the bite. They are presented with a swelling around the site of the bite of an internal diameter of 10 cm., Pain more or less strong depending on the site of the bite (higher in the limbs). Reactions can be local or systemic mild.
Treatment is symptomatic with measures such as cold compresses, antihistamines, and anti-inflammatory.

2. Immunological reactions:
Allergies to Insect Stings

- Presents a strong local reactions. It swells around the site of the bite with a diameter greater than 10 cms. and stays for more than 48 hours in children the inflammation can affect two adjacent joints. In these patients showed presence of antibodies against some components of the venom such as hyaluronidase, and phosphatase.
The treatment is with antihistamines and anti-inflammatory, but it must be conducted to see the intensity of sensitization if necessary immunotherapy treatment.

- Known as serum sickness. Immune reaction also does not appear immediately after the bite, but after a few days (between 2 and 10) and presents with fever, generalized inflammation of the skin, joint pains, and swollen glands. The symptoms resolve without sequelae within 1 to 2 weeks.
The treatment is with steroids (cortisone), do not require immunotherapy.

- Anaphylaxis. Anaphylactic reactions various systems and organs and jeopardize the patient’s life. The first symptoms are usually skin, such as hives affecting the whole body, general itching may also occur and swelling of the skin. If the reaction is more intense pictures associated with general anxiety, fatigue, breathing (dyspnea), chest tightness, coughing, vomiting, diarrhea and abdominal cramps, urinary incontinence (including fecal), uterine cramps, arrhythmias and circulatory collapse or pulmonary edema.
In some cases, there are always the same clinical picture of anaphylaxis due to a cut back in others anaphylactic table is becoming increasingly severe and serious.

In these cases, treatment should be put to insect venom immunotherapy in question (bee or wasp) and carry an adrenaline kit treatment on self-injection syringe Tortor + + Antihistamine. You must have your instructions for self-inoculated the adrenaline in case of accidental bite.

3. No clear mechanism:

Renal, nerve inflammation, meningitis, and blood clotting disorders (purple).
The treatment is specific in each case and does not require Immunotherapy

How to Avoid the bee and wasp stings

Both bees and wasps sting only in defense of themselves or their nests. Most bites occur between the months of May and September July and August being the months with highest incidence of stings due to high temperatures that make a great activity to these insects.

The honeybees are attracted by the fragrance of flowers, bright colors and the surface of calm water with this in mind to prevent accidents should be taken not to wear bright colors or strong perfumes during the period of greatest activity.

These wasps feed on juices, sap, nectar and, in general, liquid sugar, some larval wasps feed on other insects for which the parent uses its venom to paralyze the future food source for the larvae. To inoculate the wasp venom the sting can preserved and repeatedly biting, which does not happen with the stingless bees has as its lateral recesses, by way of hooks, are anchored to the tissue of the victim, losing along with part of the digestive system , so the bee can only sting once and die.

In case of bee or wasp sting that have not been seen it would appear that the latter was to remain anchored the sting to the skin must be careful when removing it because it may inadvertently press the venom sac and inoculated all of its contents, in any case, when the stinger is stuck in the tissue together with part of the intestine of the bee that has escaped the venom gland will continue to contract periodically to inoculate all, so it is important to remove the stinger as soon as possible.
When a wasp stings it releases a pheromone that encourages others in the colony to be bitten by it is advisable, if stung, move away as soon as possible to the accident area to prevent a massive attack.

Recommendations

Do not go near beehives or wasp nests, if you accidentally close, retire with slow movements.
If a bee or wasp lands on any part of your anatomy do not try to kill or frighten it, stay still or made only slow movements until they go away.
During hot weather, if you drink a sugary liquid, check that there are no bees or wasps at the edges of the bowl.
If you leave clothes on the floor shake before wearing, as there may be a wasp in its folds.
Avoid walking in gardens in bloom, fields of clover or any area with abundant flowers.
During the period of activity (May to September) wear inconspicuous color and do not use perfume or hairspray when you leave the field.
Do not prune trees or mow lawns or hedges during the period of activity.
Collisions with these insect stings can cause so avoid running or riding, by bicycle or motorbike in areas where an abundance of flowers. A convertible car with the roof down is especially dangerous.
Within enclosures maintain a net to catch any flying insect that enters, it is also useful to have an insecticide to kill them (in the glove compartment can be very useful).
Warn children not to throw stones or branches to the nests of insects

It can be a problem all year (persistent) or only in certain months (seasonal), according to the person and the “trigger” allergic.

While second-generation anti-allergy sedative, not a big problem with first generation antihistamines, they are generally considered less effective in reducing nasal congestion, compared with nasal sprays and decongestants.

Now, a team of French and Swedish researchers randomly administered to 584 people with allergic rhinitis, desloratadine (5 mg daily) or placebo.

During the 28 day study, patients kept a diary of symptoms and responded on the quality of life every week. Unlike previous studies, the team included nasal congestion as a symptom to be measured.

According publishes the journal Allergy, desloratadine was more effective than placebo in reducing runny nose and congestion in seasonal allergic rhinitis and permanent.

Desloratadine relieved the symptoms at the end of the third day in patients with seasonal allergy and permanent. The total relief was achieved after two weeks of using the drug.

At various stages of testing and completion, the group treated with desloratadine was feeling and sleeping better than participants receiving placebo.

Previous studies had shown an onset of action much slower than other second generation antihistamines in treating allergic rhinitis permanent, but “the new study highlights the rapid relief of nasal congestion” with desloratadine in these patients.

Clarinex (desloratadine) is the version of the remedy prescribed nonprescription Claritin (loratadine), which is generic. Such as loratadine, desloratadine is a pill taken daily.

The cost would be the biggest difference between the two drugs, desloratadine twice as expensive as the generic loratadine. The desloratadine generic be available from 2012.

Anosmia is a total loss of smell (a: without, nosmia: odor), said Oscar Terrazas, a member of the American Association of Otolaryngology.

Currently there are three types of this condition: the first is the congenital anosmia, which is determined at birth because they are developed olfactory fibers (the nerve that contains the olfactory receptors), the traumatic anosmia, which happens when person suffers a cerebral stroke and causes a lack of meaning, and finally, inflammatory, which is caused by any inflammation of the nose, such as sinusitis or rhinitis.

Both are congenital conditions such as traumatic incurable, since the olfactory nerve fibers are separated at the level of the cribriform plate (the bone at the base of the skull that separates the intracranial space in the nasal cavity), but anosmia inflammation can be cured at the time to heal the above mentioned diseases or surgery.
Anosmia: smell anything Disease

Autosensing Disease

The congenital anosmia suffered the most (30 percent globally). According Terrace, patients with this deficiency will not know they have, if not detected at birth and find out after ten years, “is a subjective and autosensing disease”, as they begin to have doubts about why they can not perceive odors that third parties themselves.

So not only is a physiological problem, but also a psychological, mental vides the physician, because “when people can smell food, perfumes or smells and anosmic not, there could be confusion with its environment and uncertainty about what things smell, “he said.

Twelve years without smelling

Beatriz Moreno, 24, suffers from anosmia inflammatory sinusitis which was detected at 12. Beatriz recalled that three years later, after having used treatments, withdrew because taking cortisone caused her side effects. Then he realized he could not perceive odors, “my friends said: ‘What stinks or smells rich’, but I just said ‘do not smell anything.”

Now accustomed to the disease, not going to do anything about it, “If someone pays me for sinus surgery, yes,” she said. Currently, Beatriz still know the smell of what you eat, the perfume you use, the coffee you drink or if “Arwen”, their mascot, made his needs within the home.

Stable quality of life

Although anosmia can not lead a person to death, the doctor considers it an important condition that limits doctors to offer patients a stable quality of life.

He also commented that the olfactory system has not had medical advances as the other senses, however, mentioned that the current winners of the Nobel Prize, as obtained by studies of smell, “this is the beginning of an evolution to prevent illness in the nose, “concludes

According to the allergist said Joaquín Martín Lazarus, the method to avoid an allergy or adverse drug reaction is to take only strictly necessary, as directed by the doctor as to route of administration, dosage, frequency and length of treatment. ”

“In case of any adverse reactions or unusual symptoms should clear up any doubts with your doctor or pharmacist, not to create uncertainty in future treatments or to avoid further reactions,” he said.

However, usually the adverse drug reactions are “common” and “almost any drug can cause” from irritating or mild side effects such as nausea and vomiting to life-threatening anaphylaxis, experts said during the conference .

“Everyone should know that any medication can cause a reaction in the body is allergic or not, and is one more reason not to self-medicate and to see a doctor for any health questions for him the best advice we way, “said Dr. Martin Lazarus.

To make a correct diagnosis of this condition is “fundamental” have a history “full” and details of the drug or drugs “suspect” and the disease for which treatment is indicated, the time space between drug intake and onset of symptoms presented, the duration thereof and the need to control treatment, he listed this expert.

A team from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, led by Dr. Emilie Friberg, surveyed twice at 60 634 Swedish women over coffee, to enter Swedish Mammography Cohort Study between 1987 and 1990, and 1997.

During the 17 years that, on average, the authors controlled for the patients, 677 women (1 percent) developed endometrial cancer. The average age at diagnosis was 67 years.

Those who drank two or more cups daily were significantly less likely to develop endometrial cancer than those who drank less of the infusion.

Each additional cup per day was associated with a 10 percent lower risk of developing cancer, even after considering age and other factors potentially related to the risk of endometrial cancer in the general female population.

But the team also noted that the highest effect the women were obese or overweight, which, according to the team, have “increased risk of endometrial cancer.”

Each additional cup of coffee fell by 12 percent the risk of endometrial cancer in overweight women and 20 percent in the obese, wrote in International Journal of Cancer.

The authors suggest that coffee alter blood sugar, fat cells and estrogen, which plays a key role in the development of endometrial cancer. However, the authors indicated that the new results should be confirmed in other populations.