An acne? Nothing more ordinary! But the mechanism which creates it is also very complex. These imperfections of the skin indeed put into play numerous reactions of the skin. Among them, the inflammation.

What is seen of the button, it is the inflammation

The external signs of the acne, the way we admit them, are in reality the signs of an inflammation which takes place in our skin: redness, heat, pain, edema (retention of water in the zone). If the signs of the inflammation are unpleasant, it is necessary to admit that it is in itself essentials: it is the mechanism of defence of our body, which is set in motion as soon as we are attacked. Of course, those who find themselves regularly collapsed in front of their mirror because of the appearance of a badly put problem will have tendency to see the button itself as an attack But from the point of view of our skin, it is self-defence.

The inflammation counters a plague

The skin defends itself first of all against a bacterium, called propionibacterium acnes. This bacterium feeds on lipids and wants to be between 30°C and 37°C? she lived therefore on our skin, and develops particularly in comedoes, which are pockets of sebum kept inside the skin by its thickening in surface. At the end of some time, the wall of the comedo can give in, in a natural way or because it is manipulated. Consequently spread in the skin bacteria, but also of lipids and enzymes which were indoors. It is there that the skin spots an attack, and that she throws her immune system in the attack, launching unpleasant signs.

What is the role of feeding in the acne?

At a time when fruits and vegetables are in honour because they promise longevity and good health, a research team had the idea of studying the influence of the consumption of this food on this affection of the skin which touches predominantly the teenagers but also the young adults.

About fifty old persons from 10 to 54 years old were recruited. The half of them suffered from acne, other one was unharmed there.

All filled a questionnaire concerning their feeding: number of meals a day, nibbling between meals, types of consummate food, quantities, drinks, etc.

The official report is the following: the subjects which introduce the acne are those who eat least fruits and vegetables (1,9 unit against 3,4).

They point out besides that all subjects are well underneath official recommendation recommending to eat 5 fruits and vegetables a day. The average for the totality of the participants  is 2,68 a day, with 5 persons who have never used (either fruits or vegetables) and 13 who have never eaten fruits.

To come back to comparison between persons there suffering from acne and unharmed subjects, the researchers disclosed another difference.

Balanced feeding, rich in fruits and vegetables

In conclusion the persons who introduce the acne have a feeding more unbalanced than others. The fact that fruits and vegetables are strongly involved in relation feeding and acne suggests that the mechanism passes by the inflammation. Indeed, the acne is an inflammatory local phenomenon. At the same time, fruits and vegetables are known to diminish inflammatory reactions.

In practice, it is recommended to the young people to adopt a balanced feeding. It can be about a very valid argument to encourage the teenagers to eat more fruits and vegetables, and to limit nibblings …

The angina is not a serious illness, but she can be so painful that she becomes there very frightening. Red or white, viral or bacterial, the angina is one of the main reasons of consultation at the doctors.

Days in the bed, with a strong fever, and a pain in the so intense throat that even to swallow his saliva becomes a test. It is the nice menu of those who endure from angina This very frequent illness touch the children more often, but the adults are not either spared.

What an angina?

There are several kinds of angina, pathology defined by an inflammation of the throat.
differentiation between tonsillitis and white angina, which describes the colour of the ill throat, does not correspond to two diseases especially, since some people of them can create the one or other one of colours. In both cases, they note that a pain in the throat, which can be very intense, with difficulties to swallow, of fever and often headaches.
Some anginas are also accompanied by symptoms of the cold, or by vomiting.

What counts, it is differentiation between the viral angina and the bacterial angina; first because the treatment is not the same (see more low) but also because one of the bacterial anginas, the angina with streptococci haemolytic the group A, can cause serious complications, notably at the level of the heart. It is besides the fear of the one who motivates the almost automatic prescript of antibiotics Which however seldom clears itself only.

Nose which runs, blocked or that itches? Uninterrupted sneezes, in salvos? Eyes which cry, which go red? It is about the allergic rhinitis, which makes fear the spring to the millions of allergic persons in pollens.

Allergy and allergic rhinitis, it is what?

Allergy and allergic rhinitis are at the origin of very embarrassing symptoms which the majority of the persons concerned do not succeed in relieving: nose which runs permanently, blocked nose, difficulties in breathing, sneezes in salvos, nose which scratches, eyes which sting, watering of the eyes, etc.
All these signs are not serious, they are even recovering from the banal. However, this triad of symptoms corrupts considerably the quality of life because sleep is unsettled with notably numerous nocturnal waking, the installation of a tiredness and the demonstration of headaches. Such consequences reverberate directly on the activities of leisures, professional or even daily.

Why allergic rhinitis also makes also mourn eyes?

Allergic rhinitis attains the nose mainly. Nasal symptoms are due to an inflammation of the nasal mucous membrane which draws away a blockage and a congestion of the nose.
But very often, the symptoms of allergic rhinitis exceed the sphere ORL and spread very quickly in the ocular region. On the whole, 66 % persons attained by allergic rhinitis feel a discomfort linked to eyes, which itch and water. In these conditions, the doctors speak about allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. According to the strictness and the frequency of ocular signs, they also speak about allergic conjunctivitis. Symptoms are then more intense: eyes which go red, tickle, cry, of eyelids which swell, with notably an embarrassing feeling of sand in eyes.

With spring, the season of respiratory allergies returns. And as though to sneeze all day long was not enough, for the allergic, the night is often a bad time to be crossed.

Respiratory allergies and sleep

A recent study on allergies and sleep showed that allergic rhinitis, one of the most frequent respiratory allergic affections, was very often accompanied with sleep troubles. These would be caused, across a still badly known mechanism, by a reaction of the brain to the inflammation which touches cloths of the nose. This phenomenon comes to get worse an already unpleasant situation at first …

Even more embarrassing symptoms at night

Indeed, the respiratory allergies, which are accompanied by important production of phlegm, of cough, of cloths congested in the nose and in the throat, sometimes seem linked to prevent sleep to begin, cough or sneezes do not help to fall asleep. And even once they succeeded in closing the eye, as the nose is crimson and blocked, it is possible to breathe only by the mouth. And this breathing is not optimum on long length: congestion gets worse, mucous membranes become dry, or even painful. The person suffering from allergy is uncomfortable, thirsty, and wakes up very easily. The result of every it is an unsettled sleep, which returns the all the more difficult days with tiredness, difficulties in concentrating and possibly petulance.

How to spend good nights in spite of allergies?

The first stage, it is to make sure that the allergies are under control. It means to consult a competent allergist and to follow the treatment of possible bottom which will have been prescribed. Some medicine anti-allergy are likely to draw drowsiness away, it is useful to decide on an hour in which you take them according to this side effect. Moreover, some “knack” is recommended by the specialists and the persons affected by allergies:

- Change sheets regularly to avoid that allergens as dust mites or dust pile up there.

- Wash hair in the evening to get rid of allergens kept in hair in the course of the day, especially for allergies in the pollen.

- Take the time, before going to lie down, to make a soft rinsing of the nose with a nasal specialised spray (not willy-nilly medicinal). It will free you from allergens which are already in your respiratory tract and will improve the humidity of mucous membranes.

- To raise the height of the head of the bed of some centimetres makes breathing easier (but aggravate the problems of legs).

- To drink enough throughout the day returns the easier and more liquid phlegm to be evacuated.