The rash caused by chickenpox can be very uncomfortable. Even though the severity of the rash does vary from person to person, efforts must be made to minimize scratching the rash to prevent any sort of bacterial infection from the fingernails or on the skin of hands. The spreading the rash can make it more severe. Even it may cause the spreading of the rash to others who have not had chickenpox.

The itching from the chickenpox rash can be treated at home with lotions, baths, and non prescription medications. Any consultation with the child’s health professional would be a nice move.

Chicken pox rash
Chickenpox (varicella) is a contagious illness affected as a result of varicella-zoster virus, a type of herpes virus. The initial symptoms of chicken pox are fever, loss of appetite, fatigue, headache, and sore throat. The chickenpox rash usually develops within a day or two.

It is very itchy and begins with red spots or bumps that transforms into pimple like blisters filled with a cloudy liquid. The blisters then burst out, causing the fluid to leak. Never should try to scratch the rash with fingernails. It can cause the spreading of bacteria from your skin or from under your nails and infect the rash. The chickenpox rash can be treated at home. Chickenpox is a skin infection. The scratching of the blisters that are formed from the chickenpox rash can become infected from the bacteria on the hands and under fingernails.

Scratching the rash can cause scars which may spread easily to other parts of the body.

In addition to causing a skin infection, scratching the chickenpox rash can create open sores and make the rash more severe, last longer, and cause scars. A chickenpox rash with open sores can also sometimes spread more easily to other people who have never had chickenpox. It is there fore advisable not to scratch the rash.

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Millions of people around the world love nothing more than to start their day with a steaming cup of coffee. Drinking coffee has many benefits for our health and well being.Some of coffee’s health benefits accrue as a result of its caffeine content, whereas others are generated by its antioxidants.

Include Drinking Coffee as Part of Your Study Plan

Coffee helps to improve alertness, attention and wakefulness and by that means it facilitates relevant learning. When the study is tedious, boring and not motivating, coffee helps to give you the energy to study and to make the best of it.

Coffee provides significant protection against the development of liver disease

Coffee drinking specifically could be protective against:
• Cirrhosis of the liver -a disease causing progressive damage and scarring of the liver tissue and function.
• Gallbladder disease - by reducing the risk of gallstone formation.
• An increase of liver enzyme activity. A high liver enzyme activity is a recognized indicator that there has been deterioration in the functioning of liver cells and possible development of disease in the liver.

Asthma – Drinking coffee can help to control asthma, and in some cases can even be used to treat an asthma attack when conventional medication is not available.

Headache – Coffee cures or diminishes some types of headaches.

Tooth decay – A compound in coffee called Trigonelline has anti-adhesive and antibacterial properties, which helps prevent cavities.

Kidney cancer – Studies suggest people who drank three or more cups of coffee a day were 16 percent less likely to develop kidney cancer than those who averaged less than a cup per day.

Uterus cancer – Studies suggest that those who drank more than three cups of coffee a day had a 60% less chance of developing tumors in the uterus compared to those who drank coffee less than twice a week.

Diabetes – Heavy coffee drinkers may be half as likely to get diabetes as light drinkers or nondrinkers. Coffee may contain chemicals that lower blood sugar. A coffee habit may also increase your resting metabolism rate, which could help keep diabetes at bay.

IS TOO MUCH OF COFFEE BAD?
Drinking or eating a large amount of caffeine can also speed bone loss and might reduce birth weight and raise the risk of miscarriage. Women who are pregnant or trying to get pregnant are advised to not drink more than two cups of coffee a day. The same is also true for postmenopausal women to guard their bones. Caffeine has also been known to precipitate heart burn, rapid heartbeat, and anxiety.

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Red pepper is no more a spice. Keep some stock of red pepper in your medicine cabinet as well. Wonder why? Red pepper can make your headache disappear!

Scientists at Seattle’s Bastyr University have reported that Capsaicin which gives chilliest their heat, cuts off the neurotransmitters in the brain that trigger headache.

Now don’t start adding excess spice to your food. Follow the suggestion of the authors who conducted the study- dissolve ¾ tsp of cayenne powder in 120 ml warm water. Dip a cotton swab into the spicy solution and apply it to the inside of your nostrils. Do this; your headache will vanish in minutes!

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Everyone feels anxious or worried at times. In fact, a moderate amount of anxiety helps you to motivate excel at home and at work. However, over-enthusiastic may be termed as a disorder, that is, anxiety disorder.

“Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a behavior marked by a pattern of frequent, persistent worry and anxiety over many different activities and events.”

Various psychological factors are there which contribute to GAD. Stressful life situation can also be one of the causes. People with symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder tend to always expect disaster and can’t stop worrying about health, money, family, work or school. The anxiety so dominates the person’s thinking that it interferes with his daily functioning.

What are the symptoms?

• Restlessness or feeling keyed up or “on the edge”.
• Excessive, ongoing worry and tension.
• Feeling irritable, crabby or grouchy.
• Shakiness and headaches.
• Difficulty in concentrating.
• Muscle tension.

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Headache is the most common ailment in the modern day scenario, after common cold. A headache can literally handicap you, as you cannot concentrate on anything.  Know the causes which can trigger your headache and get the heck out of it. Read on.

Stress:

If a quarrelsome co-worker is the cause for your increasing stress levels, avoid dealing with the person, ‘coz you may end-up having headache.
 
Strong smell:

If you are highly sensitive to smells, stay away from strong perfumes, lotions or even heavy duty air fresheners. These strong odors can activate the nose’s nerve cells, which in turn rev up the nerve system responsible for head pain.

Weather:

Many headache sufferers are affected by change in the temperature, humidity, cloudy skies or even a slight change in the Barometric pressure.

Hunger:

Dieting, skipping lunch can cause you to bottom out, which may trigger a headache. Eating sugar on an empty stomach may also cause a headache. So, if you are hungry and have a headache, eat something healthy and filling.

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