Chicken Invaders Christmas

Each year, seasonal flu kills about 36,000 people and sends 200,000 to the hospital, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Each year during flu season (typically from about Thanksgiving and a peak around Christmas), there is a rush to get vaccinated against influenza, particularly in the elderly, the sick, and very young children, the concern is well founded.

For most sufferers - between 5 and 20 per cent of the population each year - the flu causes fever, headache, fatigue, aches and pains, stomach aches and other symptoms that make life miserable for days.

Rumor of an influenza pandemic has led to increased concern. It is important to understand exactly what it means, rather than being afraid of something to reach the nearest airport to which you have no defense.

Viruses are the invading organisms responsible for most epidemic diseases. Virus caused by diseases ranging from simple colds to cold sores, warts, measles and chickenpox, hepatitis, West Nile virus, the "regular" flu, and AIDS. More recently, avian influenza has people on edge.

We can help prevent the virus passes from person to person, avoiding large gatherings of people inside (Right. .. during the holidays ...) and the exercise of good practices of hygiene - washing hands often, using tissue, ventilation of rooms, etc..

The viruses are known to be resistant to pharmaceutical antibiotics. Many public health experts have pinned their hopes on the antiviral drug Tamiflu to fight against bird flu, for example, found that cases of resistance appear. A flu virus mutates frequently and sometimes a new strain appears that humans have not been exposed. If the strain spreads easily between humans, it can cause widespread death and exceed the resources for global health. (It is important to realize that avian influenza is not transmitted easily between humans, it appears to be primarily transmitted from poultry to humans.) Influenza A virus half a world away is one to which you will probably not be immune, unlike the local contact you, and mutations can give us even more helpless.

Enter the powerful healing properties of the oil of tea tree, Melaleuca alternifolia. Tea tree oil has many uses in medical treatment because of its triple antibiotic characteristics: it is an antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal. Just because a substance is naturally occuring no known side effects, does not mean it can not be effective. Tea tree is an important drug for indigenous Australians. They drank tea leaves and applied tea tree poultices to treat wounds, cuts, and various skin disorders. In 1920, Dr. A. Penfold tested the properties of the oil for the first time. He discovered that tea tree oil is 12 times more powerful than the antiseptic accepted at the time, carbolic acid. The research of Dr. Penfold has prompted other tests in the following decades, contributing to its growing use by the public.

Tea tree oil is an interesting alternative to pharmaceuticals. Its complex chemical composition, it is extremely difficult for germs to develop resistance. conventional antibiotics have simpler chemical structures to which germs can easily develop immunity. Tea tree oil is easily absorbed and continues to block the growth of germs on the site for several days after the initial application. Oil is an immuno-stimulant and proven anti-viral agent, it is even being tested in the treatment of AIDS.

You must apply a small amount to the skin before using it for the first time, like any commodity, there is always the risk of sensitivity in a particular individual. Add a few drops of a vaporizer and inhaling the steam helps to freshen and disinfect the air, kill germs that infect the sinuses and lungs, and opening of obstructed airways. The oil can.