Children: Nutritional Deficiencies

In developing countries children are eating more calories but not always obtaining adequate minerals--iron, zinc, and calcium. A balance meal and eating a wide variety of food is essential in development. Another problem is many cultures encourage children to eat too many sweets like birthday cakes, holiday candies, desserts and other sweets.

Tooth decay is a common disease in children, have too much sugar and too little fibers. The main cause of this is sugary fruit drinks and soda. Are you thinking that it's alright have a few decays because there baby tooth? Well severe decay can cause harm to the permanent teeth beneath the baby tooth, also can cause jaw malformation, chewing difficulties, and speech problems. The teeth are effected by diet and illness which means that the state of kids teeth can alert adults of other health problems.

Kathleen Stassen Berger.  Chapter 8 of "The Developing Person Through the Life Span." 2011.

Get the child into habit of regularly brushing their teeth, drinking less sugary drinks, eating more veggies, wide variety of food and less fried food.

Torn my Nail!! OMG Blood!. + first aid care

It was 2 day before school starts at night time. I got my nail stuck somewhere on my backpack. I lift my hand up and I see that my nail was bloody. I stared at it shockingly and go OMG! Then I thought my nail was really weak; I'm I lacking some kind if vitamin/mineral? I inform my parent about it and show them the bloody nail. My mom was creeped out. She was also watching Good Doctor--the blood, surgery...--might have effect mum getting goosebumps/

I first took a picture of it before treating it. The basic aid is to cleaned it (rinse with water if dirty) and disinfect it (used alcohol) and then put on antibiotic ointment and lastly band aid it or bandage it for the night. That is what I did excluding the water part. I also took the band aid off the next day and let it "air" healed. I didn't feel the pain when it ripped off until the next day.

Fact: I learn in high school anatomy and physiology that the hand it the most susceptible to infection. Do anyone know why? Just think about it, it's logical.

My injury was just a minor one. Just a small section of my nail bed torn. It was so inconvenient and uncomfortable when I used that finger. It would be terrible if the whole nail come off.

Self Ear Piercing Experience and Prevent Infection Information

I pierced my 5th hole at home. I thought about doing it by myself, it was like a random thought that just came up during break. I wanted to have my ears pierced for awhile, when I was in China for break my parents rejected the idea.
I never thought about doing it by myself. When I was in action, it was on the whim. I just did it, I didn't do any research of the proper way but I got the gust of it. Then I went and look up for proper care, after reading the articles, they made me worry about infection for the worst because I forgot to wash my hands. The following instruction are what I did and took note from articles for future reference.

Items:
-rubbing alcohol* or ligher (to sanitize)
-wash hands with antibacterial soap or with hand sanitizer
-pin/ choose a needle similar size as earring (to poke a hole)
-non-dangling earrings that is 14k gold or stainless steel
-q-tip or cotton
-ice cube (numb pain)
*Note: If you don't have rubbing alcohol you can make sea salt solution as an alternative. sea salt to water, an 1 to 8 ratio. Don't use table salt.

How To:
First wash your hand and dry it with a clean paper towel or clean cloth. Or use hand sanitizer

Then you want to sterilize the needle and earring, get a bowl add antiseptic solution or add hot water inside and drop the poker and earring inside. Or you can like I used a lighter to disinfect the needle of germs and then wipe it clean of the residue, which I forgot to do. The needle might be hot and your using fire so be careful.

If you're afraid of pain use something cold, preferably an ice cube on the area, then sanitize the area you are piercing clean with q-tip or cotton, front and back – get your hair out of the way, if in the way.

Position your arms the way you usually put your earrings on. With the needle in the opposite hand of the would be pierced ear, eye ball the spacing you want and  curvature/lining with the other holes you have and future holes. Then exert pressure. I had to use my other hand, I used more of my fingers, as a "hard surface" to exert pressure back. Then take the needle out and replace it with the earring. Disinfect.

I struggle poking the needle through but I did it. I had to take a short break of pushing the needle half way through. I didn't numb my ear lobe and it wasn't painful. When I was reflecting afterwards, I noticed that I was more nervous and jittery of getting my ears pierce with a gun at the store than my needle.

The area where the pressure was became pinkish red and inflamed for few hours. There was pain afterwards but it was easily ignored. There was also a small dot of blood but it wasn't a big deal.

Newly Pierced Ear Care:
Home Remedies for Ear Piercing Infection
HOME CARE ADVICE FOR PIERCED EAR
Pierced Ear Infection Care
Pierced Ear Infection Care 2

Use antiseptic solution for your ears – no chemicals should be used. Rubbing alcohol – isopropanol or ethanol – is commonly used, 2-3 times daily and rotate the earring 3 times 2-3 daily, like in the morning and night or also after showering.

Another tip I read somewhere that try to not have pressure on the pierced ear so don't sleep on your pierced side.