Tips for These Times
Health Tips: Get the Flu Shot
Health Tips & More!
- Flu season is upon us! Get your flu shot as soon as possible so your body can build up antibodies. It normally takes at least two weeks before patients go into full protection. Why wait until there is a chance you could get sick? Come in and get your flu shot today!
- If you suffer from leg cramps at night, drink tonic water with quinine to cure them!
Handy Everyday Remedies
- Use white vinegar in wash to help rinse out soap residue and eliminate perspiration odor in Clothing. If you use it regularly odor won’t build up. Great for work out clothing. Also eliminates The need for fabric softener.
- Use a spoon as shoehorn for putting on baby & toddler shoes.
- Keep a small crochet hook on hand to pull shoelaces through eyelets when the tips come off and you don’t have spare shoelaces.
- Heat ½ cup white vinegar in microwave, put in spray bottle and then add equal amount of Original Dawn Dish Detergent. Use to clean soap scum off tub shower – can add peroxide if grout needs whitening. Spray on and leave for 10-15 minutes. Scrub with car wash sponge.
- Homemade Streak Free Glass Cleaner – 2 cups hot water, ¼ cup vinegar, 1 Tablespoon Cornstarch. Put in spray bottle.
- Grease stains on clothes (e.g. butter, salad dressing, gravy) Use Original Dawn Dishwashing Liquid as a pre-spot – Using a small nail brush to work it in helps.
- Use a wire dog brush for cleaning out the bristles on vacuum cleaner floor brush.
- Gum in hair – Work in Peanut Butter or Peanut Oil – comb it out, then shampoo.
- Quick carpet spot remover (e.g. wine, soda, food) Blot up as much as you can then pour on club soda – let fizz, then blot with dry towel. Repeat until spot is gone. I kept club soda on hand when my children were little.
- Buy Dollar bags (100 for a buck). Separate fresh meat into portions, then put all of it in a larger freezer bag. Take out as you need instead of defrosting the whole package.
- Freeze fish submerged in water. Defrost in colander so the water drains off as it defrosts. They won’t get strong tasting or freezer burned.
- If you add olive oil with butter when you saute’, the butter won’t burn as readily and you will still get the butter taste.
- When making fruit salad or doing fruit plates soak fruit for a minute or two in salt water – won’t taste salty but will prevent browning.
- Food or drink stains on your carpet? Pour club soda on the soiled area and let it fizz. Blot it and repeat as necessary.
- To add or remove keys from a circular key ring, use a stapler remover!
How to Handle Your Allergies
Spring is beautiful, but it’s also a key time of year for seasonal allergies. As plants release pollen, millions of people with hay fever start to sniffle and sneeze.
Causes
The biggest spring allergy trigger is pollen. Trees, grass, and weeds release these tiny grains into the air to fertilize other plants. When they get into the nose of someone who’s allergic, they send the body’s defenses haywire.
The immune system mistakenly sees the pollen as a danger and releases antibiotics that attack the allergens. That leads to the release of chemicals called histamines into the blood system. Histamines trigger the runny nose, itchy eyes, and other symptoms that are all too familiar if you have allergies.
Pollen can travel for miles, so it’s not just the plants in your neighborhood. Triggers include: numerous trees, grasses and weeds.
Pollen counts tend to be particularly high on breezy days when the wind picks up these sneeze- inducing grains and carries them through the air. Rainy days, on the other hand, wash away the allergies.
Symptoms
- Runny Nose
- Watery Eyes
- Sneezing
- Coughing
- Itchy Eyes & Nose
- Dark Circles Under Eyes
If you have any of these symptoms please call the office and schedule an appointment today so that we can help you to feel and breath better.