Signs Of High Calcium In Body

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Calcium is a mineral, essential to maintain your teeth and bones strong. It also plays an important role in muscle contraction, hormone production and maintaining proper brain and nerve functioning. But high calcium level can interfere with all these processes by disrupting the normal body balance. Hypercalcemia is a condition in which the calcium level in your blood is above normal. The normal range of calcium in your body is 9 – 11 mg/dl.

Signs and symptoms of hypercalcemia may range from mild to severe. Mild hypercalcemia will not present any signs or symptoms in most cases. Signs of moderate to severe increase in calcium is presented in the following ways depending on the organ which is affected.

1.      Vomiting:  Gastrointestinal symptoms including nausea and vomiting are considered the result of depressive action of hypercalcemia on the autonomic nervous system.

2.      Abnormal heart rhythms: This occurs with acute increase in calcium levels. Elevated calcium cause  abnormal electrical impulses in the heart and cause arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythms). Significant hypercalcemia can cause ECG changes mimicking an acute myocardial infarction.

3.      Polyuria: The term polyuria refers to increased amount of urine formation. Hypercalcemia causes tubular defect in the kidney, resulting in polyuria.

4.      Constipation: Since increased calcium promotes excess production of urine, the dehydration due to polyuria  will result in constipation. Decreased fluid intake will make the condition worse.

5.      Kidney stones: As a consequence of long-term hypercalcemia, calcium phosphate crystals will precipitate to form renal calculi, which is commonly referred as kidney stones. Blockage caused by stone can lead to kidney damage, and passing a stone can be extremely painful.

6.      Excessive thirst:  This is associated with excessive fluid loss due to increased urine formation. Other signs like dry skin and cracked     lips are also seen due to improper balance between water intake and output.

7.      Peptic ulcer:  Hypercalcemia can increase gastrin production. This will cause increased acidity resulting in  peptic ulcers.

8.      Psychotic symptoms: Calcium ions have a major role in neurotransmission. Hypercalcemia causes  personality changes and other psychotic symptoms like confusion, hallucination, loss of memory or depression.

9.      Fatigue and muscle weakness:  Fatigue, muscle weakness and sluggish reflexes in muscle groups are common in patients with hypercalcemia. This occurs due to decrease in neuronal excitability with increased calcium ions, which leads to hypotonicity of smooth and striated muscle.

10.  Bone related symptoms: Since calcium is a closely associated mineral with bones, its increase will affect bone severely. Fractures, skeletal deformities, curving of spine and pain are the most common among them. 

11.  Coma: Severe hypercalcemia above 15–16 mg/dl is considered a medical emergency which will result in  a coma.

Even though hypercalcemia associated with conditions like cancer cannot be cured, the prognosis is excellent for most other causes, if the underlying cause is diagnosed and treated properly.

Home Remedies For Excessive Burping

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Burping or belching is quite natural. It is the normal way of body to release gas present in the upper part of digestive system. Eating or drinking too fast, chewing gum, talking while eating, breathing through mouth are few things which cause air to get swallowed which causes burping. But at the same time, certain medical conditions associated with heart or digestive system can also cause excessive burping, but this will be usually found along with other symptoms.

If you are looking for a solution for excessive burping, some changes that should be tried includes eating slowly, reducing unnecessary swallowing, keeping your mouth closed while chewing, avoid  drinking directly from bottles without touching your lips and stay away from food that are known to cause burping for you.

 Burping comes naturally, but you can limit your own moments of embarrassment by trying some remedies. Here are some remedies from your kitchen for excessive burping.

1.      Ginger: It is a good herb to stimulate digestion. Taking a piece of ginger with one teaspoon lemon juice and salt regularly will help ease burping as well as other digestive problems. A mixture of ginger and honey can prevent burping.

2.      Cardamom: Add 1 tsp of cardamom to 8 oz. of water. Boil it for 10 minutes and drink hot. It reduces muscle spasms in the stomach and help to increase digestive juice. 

3.      Caraway. Caraway seeds are effective to calm the digestive tract. Take them straight or sprinkled on a salad.

4.      Peppermint. Pour 1 cup boiling water over 1 teaspoon dried peppermint. Soak for five minutes and drink.  Alternatively you can use a couple drops of mint essence in a glass of cold water .Drink the mixture everyday day for two weeks.

5.      Mint: Mint leaves can be used to prepare tea, which can effectively stop burping

6.      Garlic: Garlic can reduce belching. Swallow a garlic bud and drink a glass of water. It is more effective if taken in empty stomach. Crush a bud of garlic and a piece of ginger. Add this mixture to a glass of warm milk. Drink it after meal.

7.      Lime juice: Drink a mixture of one teaspoon lime juice and half teaspoon baking soda in a glass of cold water.

8.      Asafetida: Add a pinch of asafetida into a glass of warm water and drink. Ginger and a pinch of salt can also be added to this.

Proper eating habits with well balanced, low fat food can help curing burping to a certain extent. Try these tips along with a healthy balanced diet.

Foods To Reduce Excessive Sweating

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Sweating is a normal and essential process to regulate the body temperature and excrete waste through the skin. Sweating is controlled by the sweat glands. There are two types of sweat glands. The eccrine glands are those that are found all over your body and apocrine gland are those that are found mainly in your hair follicles. Few people tend to sweat more when they workout or indulge in other physical activities; similar to the response to emotional situations that make them nervous, angry, afraid. 

There are millions of sweat glands all over your body. However, more sweat glands are concentrated on the forehead, armpits, palms and the soles of feet. Excessive sweating technically known as hyperhidrosis is a condition that is commonly faced by many people. Smelly sweat is another embarrassing problem. 

As summer is coming closer, we need to be more careful as sweating is most common in this hot season. Proper hygiene can help overcome this embarrassing problem. Also, there are some other effective ways to treat excessive sweating by making some changes in your food list. Since sweating is associated with the digestive and nervous system, your diet plays an important role in controlling the sweating process. 

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1.      Water: Drinking plenty of water to stay hydrated is the easiest and simplest way to reduce sweat. When your body is properly hydrated, it won’t have to work so hard to regulate your body temperature. This may sound different, but intake of more water will help in reducing sweating.

2.      Yoghurt: Yoghurt is a good source of calcium which help you sweat less. Calcium acts as a temperature regulator. A few foods that are rich in calcium are cheese, almonds, baked beans, and calcium fortified milk.

3.      Olive oil: Olive oil works with your digestive system to reduce its effort in processing food. Increased effort for digestion cause excessive sweating. Olive oil is delicious and can be substituted pretty much anywhere you would normally use vegetable oil.

4.      Whole grains: B- complex vitamins are very important for the normal metabolic functioning. Some other vitamin B rich foods are breads, fish, eggs, nuts, meat and vegetables.

5.      Oat meal: Oats is rich in fiber and grains with low fat content. It will digest fast and will help maintaining your overall health. Prefer oat meal because increased fat content in your food will cause excessive sweating. 

6.      Peppermint: Peppermint taken as teas or juice can help regulate sweating by calming the nerves and soothing anxiety. Some other herbs wit same effect are sage and asparagus.

7.      Tomato: Many vitamins and minerals, such as potassium and magnesium, are found in tomato juice. Start taking raw tomato daily or drinking a cup of tomato juice and feel the difference.

8.      Almonds: Almonds are rich source of magnesium which will help in digestion and strengthening of immune system. Other magnesium rich foods that can reduce sweating are pumpkins, spinach and soy beans.

9.      Sage:  It helps to regulate the nervous system, thereby control the production of sweat. Drink two cups of sage tea for a few days and you will notice a tremendous change. You can take it in tincture or extract form as well.

10.  Watermelon: Taking water melon is an excellent idea because it is a good source of fiber and water helping in digestion and remaining hydrated. Vitamin B in watermelon is good for maintaining efficient metabolic functioning and inter-nerve communication.

Along with including these in your diet, take care to avoid some foods that can cause excessive sweating like coffee, cola drinks, black tea, chocolates, garlic, onions and spicy foods. Try these dietary tips and from this point on your life could never be the same again.

20 Health Benefits Of Apple

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An apple a day keeps the doctor away. We all have heard thi saying and the nutritional and health  benefits of apple clearly justify its ‘apple a day' reputation. Apples are loaded with several nutrients, vitamins and proteins that are required for our body.  Taking an apple every day is an effective way to restore health and rejuvenate the body. Apples are highly nutritious with great store of fiber and immune-boosting Vitamin C antioxidants. 

Apples are good for the heart, prevents Alzheimer's Disease and cancer, decreases the risk of diabetes, reduces bad cholesterol levels, and boosts the immune system. You can have apple with milk, have its juice or add it as an ingredient in your dessert. Remember not to peel off apple's skin because it has a rich collection of antioxidants than the flesh. 

Start taking an apple a day, because health benefits of apples are too great to ignore. Lets take a look at few health benefits of apples.

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Summer Skin Care Tips For Men

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When the summer sun starts shining, your skin need protection from the scorching heat. Your skin needs care all year long, but more during the summers. Apart from developing wrinkles and accelerating the aging process, UV rays can cause extensive damage to the skin. You might enjoy summer outings but, you need to care for the skin and protect it from harmful UV rays of the sun. This is not just applicable to women. Even men must consider effective grooming and skin care during summer season. 

Here are some skin care tips for men that are easy to follow, and also protect you from the harmful UV rays of the summer sun. 

Keep your skin clean: Wash your face and bathe everyday to remove any dirt or oil that blocks the skin pores. Deep cleansing is important to maintain your skin during summers. 

Use a sunscreen: Protecting your skin from direct UV rays is the most important skin care tip for men to remember in summer. Apply sunscreen every morning (before leaving the house), re-apply whenever necessary and wash it off at night. Select something with good UVA/UVB coverage and aim for SPF 20+. 

Stay hydrated: Be sure that you drink water in the hot climate to maintain the body temperature. Drinking lots of water makes you look fresh and also flushes out toxins from the body. Even men should drink at least seven to eight glasses of water every day to stay hydrated in summers. 

Shave smart: This is one important skin care tip for men to follow not only in summer, but every other season. Always use a moisturiser after shaving. Use shaving creams that will not make your skin dry. Aftershave also helps to restore lost moisture and promote a toned complexion. 

Use a mild soap: If you are not selecting a mild soap, you are making your skin look drier. Heavily scented soaps will make your skin dry as it extracts oil from the skin. 

Moisturise: Moisturiser that contains Vitamin E or aloe vera oil are found to be more effective on men's skin tone. Moisturisers with SP (sun protection) can give you double protection. Wet your skin before applying a moisturiser to seal in as much moisture as you can. 

Get a facial: Exposure to sun will make you look dull due to accumulated dirt and oil that blocks the skin pores. Instead of selecting a general facial, look for options according to your specific skin type. 

Exfoliate: Getting rid of dead skin cells with a natural scrub at least once every four days, or once per week is recommended. This will help reduce the risk of ingrown hairs from shaving, and keep your skin look young. 

Oil massage: This is another skin care tip for men to follow in summers. Using olive oil or coconut oil daily to massage your skin to make your skin look fresh and moisturised. 

Whether you have a dry, oily or normal skin, don't forget to protect and care for it. Following these tips and enjoy a healthy summer season.

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Pros n Cons Of Kids In Kitchen

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Most parents do not care about getting their children involved in cooking. It may be due to various reasons like safety aspects, mess in the kitchen, turnaround time or simply ignorance. If you are one among those enthusiastic parents who want your children to be the best, definitely you have to try cooking with your kid. If you are confused about welcoming your kid to your kitchen, then you have to understand these pros and cons of bringing kids to the kitchen.

Pros n Cons Of Kids In Kitchen 

Making healthy food choices:  Learning to cook helps kids to learn about the ingredients of each dish and its nutritious value. This will help them to make healthy diet choices. They will start loving food and will learn to respect the effort of all those who spend time and energy for them.

Helps in family bonding: Spending time together for cooking is very important than it sounds. This will help your kids understand the importance of helping each other, sharing the work and importance of team work. It makes them realise that they are also contributing essential part of the family. Moreover all kids love being together with their loved ones.

Love food: Cooking will help your kids to get a positive association with food and a healthy diet plan. They will no more refuse or complain about food. They will learn to taste and identify each ingredient in food.

Increase self-confidence:  All kids are proud in exhibiting their achievements and your appreciation along with this will certainly boost up their self-esteem. Cooking will improve their creativity and planning.

Pros n Cons Of Kids In Kitchen 

            

But we have to think about the other side also. Allowing or asking your child to cook and have their food alone is not appreciated. This will cause them to develop a negative association with food. Understand these cons also if you are planning to take your kid to your kitchen, so that you will be able to make it fun and safe.

Potential dangers: Kitchen is a place where there are maximum hazards in minimum area. Leaving your kids unattended in the kitchen is dangerous. Chances of accidents should be checked and rechecked before allowing your children to cook; no matter you have traditional or modern kitchen design and equipment.

Emotional health: According to kids, food is something that is closely knitted to their emotional world, from the first feed after their birth onwards. Leaving them to cook food alone will sow the seeds of insecurity and loneliness.

Age matters: Asking your children to cook food before they are mentally prepared for that may not make them feel happy about it. Encourage your child to cook, only when they are at least ten years of age.

Keep your kitchen safe and enjoy the fun of cooking with your kid. 

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How to deal with stress at workplace?

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An average working person spends more time at work-related matters than any other thing when he is awake. According to responsibilities held, it can be round the clock also. As competition or challenges increase, stress levels also increase. It may not be directly from the work you do, but may be from an irritating colleague or from conflicting professional interests. Workplace stress affects your productivity and affects your physical and mental health. Level of stress may vary from profession to profession, but to know how to deal with stress at the workplace is very important. Here we may discuss 10 easy tips to make your work place even better.

How to deal with stress at workplace?  

1. Know you are stressed.

If you feel you are overwhelmed with work or feeling lost and disappointed at work it can be signs of stress. Common signs of stress are depression, unnecessary anxiety, fatigue, loss of concentration, loss of interest, and health problems like headache or high blood pressure. If you know you are stressed, then it is easier to handle it.

2. Healthy mind and healthy body

Exercise regularly, have diets according to your health conditions, reduce nicotine, and get enough sleep. Having a healthy lifestyle will help you to think positively, enhances your mood and gives much drive and energy.

3. Say no to procrastination

Procrastination can have great roll on your stress at the workplace and career. Unnecessary drain of energy can be avoided if it is done at the right time. Prioritizing and organizing will help you to do things in an effective way.

4. Proper Delegation and trust

Trust your subordinates and delegate the duties properly. It will eventually reduce the stress very considerably and you will be able to use your time for improving your work performance.

5. Create a friendly work atmosphere

Keep good relationship with your colleagues and respect them. It can change the way you see your workplace. When you are comfortable with your colleagues you can concentrate better in your work.

6. Improve Communication

It is very important, to have effective communication with the higher authorities as well as the subordinates. Proper communication will help you to handle situations more efficiently and will enhance group synergy. This will definitely reduce your workplace stress.

7. Time management

We spend a major part of our time doing unimportant things or will take more time for finishing any task. Prioritising work load and introducing memory tricks will ensure you a smooth working environment. This will help you to wake up each day with excitement and enthusiasm to rush to your work place.

Knowing how to handle stress at your workplace is very important to establish a healthy and positive relation with your profession. Enjoy your work.

Do you have any other personal tips that makes you enjoy your work place? 



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Hair Care For A Cool Summer

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If you are a person who wants to keep your hair beautiful, then definitely you will be worrying about your hair during summers. Summer sunny days bring you fun and excitement in the outdoors. But along with this pleasant climate comes some unpleasant hair problems. As the season changes, you have to change your hair routines as well. All of us know that we have to give extra protection to our skin to resist the sun. It is the same in case of hair as well.

 If you are looking forward to a healthy hair, you should be more trustworthy and straightforward towards your hair. Treat it with a simple and hygienic hair care summer routine. Giving some extra care in this summer will keep your hair beautiful and healthy throughout the year. Nobody wants to compromise with their hair. So here are some summer hair care tips to keep your hair stunningly adorable without changing any of your summer regimens.

Wash your hair regularly: Washing your hair is the most important care tip to follow. It is summer, and all the dust and dirt tend to accumulate on your hair when it mixes with your sweat. Washing your hair will help to keep your scalp and hair clean. 

Use a shampoo: It is important to change to a more moisturising shampoo in summer. Do not think that hard shampoo or soap will remove dirt from your hair. It will make your hair dry and brittle. Use a mild shampoo. 

Use a conditioner: Deep conditioning is important for your hair, especially in summer days. This will keep your hair smooth and shiny. It will help to protect your hair from becoming sticky due to excessive sweating. 

Hydrate yourself: Drinking plenty of water is important in the summer so as to replace the lost water from your body. This is good for your hair as well. 

Go natural: Give a break to chemical and heat treatments in the summer. Hair tends to be moisture deprived in the summer and use of harsh chemicals will make your hair brittle and weak. Consider using natural hair care products. 

Manage hair splits: Split ends are found to be more common in summer as the hair tends to be dry. This will ruin all the efforts you made to keep your hair stylish. Cut the split ends. After cutting apply some coconut oil to the hair tip. 

Oil massage: Massaging your scalp with oil is very important in summer. This will remove all the dust and dirt from your hair. Oil massaging will increase the blood flow to your scalp and strengthen hair roots. Doing this before using a shampoo will keep your hair smooth. 

Cover up: If you cannot avoid being in sun for a long time, then the next best option is to cover your hair. Use a scarf or hat to protect your hair from direct sun. But take care not to allow sweat to stay for a long time. 

Use a sunscreen: If you are using sunscreen for your body, then why not for your hair? Using a sunscreen will give extra protection to your hair. 

Use shower caps: In this hot summer, you may feel it soothing to spend time in water. But do not forget to use a shower cap when your hair is exposed to sea water or water with chlorine content.

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Parenting Tips To Discipline Your Child

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Parenting is both challenging and rewarding. Getting your child disciplined is not a difficult job, if you have good planning, creativity and timing. If you are planning to take an initiative to implement discipline measures on your kids, you will definitely find it difficult to get the right choices. The first step of disciplining should start from the family and you should be consistent about its execution. But at the same time, it is important not to let your kids feel that you are trying to change, restrict or abolish any of their habits. 

Disciplining is not always restriction. It should be positive and motivating. It should teach the child to think and act. Do not expect that you can change an already established bad habit of your kid with one or two trials. It will take time. So, it is always better to make them disciplined from an early stage onwards. Disciplining techniques vary with the age of kids, but here are some general guidelines for making your children well disciplined. Try it out.

Parenting Tips To Discipline Your Child

1.  Prefer not to spank: Spanking may not be a good choice to implement discipline. In most cases, children may not be able to correlate their behaviour to your punishments.  They will not understand the reason for getting punished and they will repeat it. Moreover, it may make the child stubborn.

2.  Let them know the reason of your ‘no’:  Explain your reason for saying no to anything and be sure that your child understands it correctly. This will help them to think twice before repeating it.

3.  Be clear about the rules: You should have a clear idea about the rules you set for your kid. Changing your attitude and opinions according to your convenience will make the child confused. You and your partner should have the same opinion on a particular rule. Otherwise, the child will not understand which one to follow.

4.  Guide them, do not force: You should teach them to think wisely instead of forcing them to behave in the way you want. Forcing may work in one particular situation, but it will not make your child confident to face any other similar situation.

5.  Watch your commands: This is important since kids have a natural tendency to disobey commands. If you  are telling ‘John, come and sleep now, chances are more for them to obey you than telling  ‘John, go and sleep now’

6.  Understand child development: You should focus not only on your kid’s physical development, but also on their mental or emotional development. You should know what all things your child can understand and how they are processing information. This will help you to decide when to implement any disciplinary actions.

7.  Be a good example: No doubt, your children are learning from you. Try to follow good practices in your home. Remember that they are watching you always.

8.  Listen to them: Give chance and time for your kids, if they want to convey something about their deeds. Refusing to hear them will not make your effort to implement a discipline measure worthy. 

9.  Say their name first: What grabs the attention of your kid the most is their name. Call them with affection first and then give the command. If you are telling “Keep that book on the table, john’ , he is not going to hear anything before his name.

10.  Let them free: Give your children all the freedom to live their life. But you have to keep watching them not to cross the limits. Remember not to make them feel that you are restricting them all the time.

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