Mouthwashes can cause oral cancer, a particularly nasty and difficult cancer to treat. The main cause is the high alcohol content in many mouthwashes. Some popular brands contain more alcohol than wine or beer!

In 2008, Australian researchers reported, “There is now sufficient evidence to accept the proposition that alcohol-containing mouthwashes contribute to the increased risk of development of oral cancer”. For smokers, the risk of developing cancer of the mouth is even higher.

Apparently, as you swish many well-known mouthwashes around your mouth, the alcohol forms a chemical called acetaldehyde, a toxin that is also known to be carcinogenic and to be toxic to your organs and nervous system. It’s also one of the chemicals in alcohol that toxify your liver and kidneys and cause hangovers. Acetaldehyde has been ranked as one of the most hazardous chemicals to human health.

So if you’re concerned about dental health or bad breath, don’t reach for a popular brand mouthwash. Dissolve sea salt or baking soda in warm water and rinse.

For bad breath, chew on a mint or parsley leaf. Better yet, recognise bad breath for the symptom that it is, and get professional help to identify and eliminate the underlying cause.

The most important thing you can do to live longer is stay active.

Even if you’ve been a couch potato for years, it’s not too late the reap the benefits of regular exercise. One study tracked 9,777 men aged 20-82 and found that previously inactive men who exercised and became fit had death rates 44% lower than those who remained unfit.

Wow! Years more of life for a mere 45 minutes a day!

So get outside and walk for 30 minutes a day, every day, or for 45 minutes 5 days a week. And for even greater benefits, whenever you sit watching television, lift light hand weights for upper body strength.
It’s that easy.

Carbinoxamine is known to have adverse side effects, and even to cause deaths in children under two years of age. You won’t find this information on the Carbinoxamine.com home page, but it is mentioned in page 2. They also inform you that the only drug with carbinoxamine that is now approved by the FDA is Palgic.

Drugs.com also warns against carbinoxamine. They write:

“Do not give this medication to a child younger than 2 years old, even if the medicine label provides dosing instructions for children in this age group. Deaths have been reported in children under 2 years old…..

“Do not use carbinoxamine if you have used an MAO inhibitor such as isocarboxazid (Marplan), phenelzine (Nardil), rasagiline (Azilect), selegiline (Eldepryl, Emsam), or tranylcypromine (Parnate) within the past 14 days. Serious, life-threatening side effects can occur….

These warning still apply to the FDA-approved carbinoxamine drug, Palgic. You should also avoid this antihistamine if you have intestinal or prostate troubles, a stomach ulcer, heart disease, high blood pressure, overactive thyroid or asthma.

You are the only one who can protect yourself and your family from harmful drugs. Before you accept fill any prescription or buy any drug, do your research. Check several sites, not just one. And don’t rely on government to ensure medications are safe. This drug has been on the market since the early 1950’s. It took the FDA over half a century to finally check it out and take action!

Better yet, break free of allergy drugs and antihistamines altogether. Get your allergies treated naturally. To find out how, check out ‘Health Programs’ at www.renewyoujourney.com.au

Part of the answer, I believe, is our over-reliance on drugs. Most prescribed medications cause side effects; they help relieve or suppress one problem but cause others problems down the track.

Toxins also affect our health. If we don’t take specific steps to help our systems detoxify and to limit our exposure to more toxins, our organs and eventually all body systems, including the central nervous system can be affected.

And there’s stress. If you still don’t know that stress is a major cause of illness and disease, including heart disease, you just haven’t been listening.

Our attitudes to illness and health can also keep us ill:

Symptom-based definition of health – Has this happened to you? You go to a doctor complaining of general unwellness or vague aches or pains, but you have no clear symptoms. Your doctor does a few tests, finds nothing and tells you you’re healthy. When we define health simply as the absence of disease we are considered healthy until we have recognisable symptoms. Yet symptoms often arise long after our health has begun to deteriorate and body systems have been affected.

Symptom-based treatments – Let me give you an example of how treating symptoms rather than looking for underlying causes can cause needless misery. Thousands of children with chronic ear infections had little tubes surgically inserted to help drain fluid buildup. Later research showed that most of the surgeries were ineffective or unnecessary. Because food intolerances or allergies can cause ear infections in small children, many of these problems could have been prevented just by avoiding milk or other problem foods.

Of course, there are many other reasons why people might remain unwell. For instance, they may not be aware of natural treatment options; they may be confused by conflicting professional opinions; they may not be willing or able to afford treatment or they may not consider real health important enough.

Allergic Rhinitis is a condition where the mucous membranes of the nasal passage are inflamed, and produce a clear discharge. If your child only experiences this seasonally, it is called hay fever. If the condition is persistent, your child probably has chronic of perennial allergic rhinits. What causes the inflammation is histamine, a chemical released along with other inflammatory substances during an allergic reaction. It’s these chemical that cause the typical symptoms: runny nose, sneezing, swollen tissues, watery eyes, congested ears and throat.

Your child’s rhinitis can be triggered by any airborne allergens, such as pollen and mould spores, fungus and its spores, smoke, dust mites, animal dander, air pollution, and perfumes. These irritate the mucous lining of the upper airways, which stimulate the production of excessive mucus. If there is too much mucus, your child can’t clear his nasal passages, and you get congestion. Because of their smaller noses, small children can find stuffy noses particularly upsetting and difficult to cope with.

Aside from the distressing cold-like symptoms, allergic rhinitis can cause sore throats if your child has to breathe mostly through the mouth, which dries the throat tissues. Your child is also at greater risk of tooth decay, for the saliva that normally helps protect the teeth is not able to do its work when your child breathes through the mouth. Also, the sense of smell and taste are affected, so your child may have a poor appetite, and may become deficient in nutrients. Good nutrition is especially critical for growing children.

Another troublesome effect of this allergy is the child who always eats with mouth open because she cannot breathe through her nose. Children in this situation can be subject to unfair scolding or teasing, though they have no option but to breathe through their mouths.

Rhinitis Brings the Risk of Other Allergic Conditions

Children with allergic rhinitis also have other inflammatory allergic conditions or are at high risk of developing them. The chronic inflammation of mucous membranes in allergic rhinitis is part of a widespread pattern of mucosal inflammation that affects different parts of the child’s body. Inflammation of the bronchial tubes and gastro-intestinal tract is often part of this pattern. Therefore, your child’s allergic rhinitis indicates a higher risk of asthma. In fact, rhinitis and asthma are found together in many allergic children, and the rhinitis tends to aggravate the bronchial inflammation of asthma. Children with rhinitis and asthma also commonly suffer from otitis media (inflammation of the middle ear, often called ‘glue ear’). Otitis is the major cause of deafness in children.

What Causes the Stuffiness in the First Place?

Your child’s nose and throat filter the air to remove any particles that can damage the lungs. The respiratory organs are lined with mucus and millions of tiny hair-like projections that move foreign particles to the throat where the child can cough them out or swallow them so they can be eliminated or destroyed. The function of mucus is to trap irritants before they get into the lungs so they can be removed. This requires a moist internal environment.

If the air is dry or your child’s body is dehydrated (which is more common than you might think), the mucus can dry out the mucus so that it is no longer able to protect against airborne particles. Because there is not enough mucus, irritants can then come into contact with the membrane, irritating it and causing inflammation. This weakens the membrane so that particles can pass through it into the body’s fluids. The immune system may over-react to these particles, leading to the development of allergy. Other factors that can contribute to damage of the mucous membranes are poor diet, environmental toxins, and oxidative stress.

How You Can Help Your Child

Various natural remedies can be used to improve allergic rhinitis, including homeopathic remedies, acupuncture, acupressure, and nasal irrigation.

Nasal irrigation – You can relieve the swelling and congestion of rhinitis by flushing out your child’s nasal passage with warm salt water (sea salt). It has been shown to quickly reduce levels of histamine (the chemical causing the swelling) and remove excess mucus.  Use the treatment morning and night, or as needed. Bathing in the sea in warm weather is also helpful.

To flush out your child’s nasal passage, dissolve about 1-2 teaspoons salt per quart of warm water, and use a bulb or large syringe to squirt the water towards the back (not the top) of your child’s head. You can add a teaspoon of baking soda to the solution, also. Your child should try to avoid swallowing the solution, though it is safe to do so.

Vapour inhalation – This is another traditional remedy that has been shown very effective in reducing congestion and histamine levels. It’s suitable for older children. Sit your child with head over a bowl of steaming water with a towel over his or her head. Otherwise, use a vaporiser.

Acupuncture – Acupuncture is particularly effective in reducing symptoms of rhinitis, and in desensitizing people to allergens.

Acupressure – To relieve nasal congestion, tell your child to press on the groove where each nostril meets the cheek, increasing the upwards pressure for a few moments. It’s worthwhile teaching your child this technique, as it also relieves sinus headache.  With small children, gently but firmly apply the pressure yourself.

For more permanent solutions for allergic rhinitis and another allergy relief, contact the NewLife Wellbeing Centre in Robina or the Renew You Clinic in Brisbane at 07 5562 1501 or 07 3366 8955.

Article – allergy relief, Brisbane’s Child

For information, contact: Tosca Zraikat
Phone: 07 5562 1501
Email: tzraikat@yahoo.com.au

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