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Tips for skin care
The natural shield available to our body against external aggressions, such as the skin, clearly reflects our health, our customs and daily habits and even our mood, so much to accelerate or delay our aging.
This element is constantly being updated and, paradoxically, begins to age from the moment of our birth. In this process, the genetic individual is decisive, although other factors such as environmental impact significantly on it. Lifestyle also plays an important role in this regard, he noted the extremely negative action that develop habits such as snuff, alcohol, physical inactivity or lack of sleep at night.
Erroneously exists a blind belief in artificial cosmetics as the only method of mitigating the effects on the skin and leave an indelible mark over the years and aggressive lifestyles. However, practice routines and healthy habits can keep your skin healthy and we forget too easily.
Hygiene is important and also needed daily. In this sense, oily skin needs a soap that is not too dry, because in that case, the body reacts by producing more fat and provoke the opposite effect to that desire. A neutral lotion, such as aluminum acetate, along with soaps like oatmeal, are extremely desirable. It also flee fragrant soaps as they contain alcohol, and antibacterial agents because they may cause significant imbalances.
Should hydrate dry skin with products containing hyaluronic acid or ammonium lactate is between 5 and 8 percent. The nutrition of the skin is also something to bear in mind when it comes to ensuring their health.
The diet becomes final significance, so it should include carbohydrates, proteins and vitamins in vegetables and fruits. Finally, despite the current fear, exposure to the sun in moderate term and with adequate protection is necessary because it brings the metabolism of vitamin D the body needs for strong bones.
Signs indicating the proliferation of a fungus
Fungal toenails mycoses are fungi that can infect the skin. But they can also affect the nails, particularly toenails: is onychomycosis. Difficult to treat, it is better to avoid it by following a few rules of prevention.
Ringworm of the nails, onychomycosis or ringworm of the nails. These three names designate an infection of the nails by a fungus (Trichophyton). The fungus grows inside the nail, causing thickening, infiltration and deformation. The nail can then detach from the skin, crumble and fall. Is this a nail fungus?
Look carefully at your nails for signs indicating the proliferation of a fungus:
- Discoloration of the nail (white, yellow-brown).
- The fragility of the nail thickening or vice versa.
- Erosion.
- Deformation of the nail.
- Presence of debris under the nail (especially under the free edge).
- In extreme cases, separation or fall of the nail.
These signs can appear on several or a single nail. Definitive diagnosis is based on taking a sample of nail, which is examined under a microscope or cultured to identify the type of fungus involved. Who is most at risk of fungal nail infections? Read the rest of this entry »
Symptoms of Menopause

Gathered under the name of climacteric. The estrogen deficiency causes first:
- Vaginal dryness and skin
- Minor psychological disorders (depression, fatigue, insomnia, decreased libido, etc)
- Hot flashes, especially with night sweats often associated
- Final Amenorrhea (cessation of blood flow)
- Asthenia with insomnia
- Accelerated loss of bone density, making up an osteoporosis
- Weight gain. Average of 3 to 15 kg
Later, the genitals (vagina, vulva, uterus) atrophy and mammary glands, with accentuation of prolapse.
All these symptoms are only disadvantages. The risks of osteoporosis (decreased bone density: fracture risk and therefore most important repair more difficult and longer; accentuated bone loss at menopause) and increased cardiovascular disease.
Weight gain is not due to menopause per se but to the significant decrease of basal metabolism which occurs at approximately the same period