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Getting sick nowadays is like throwing money in a pit with the staggering cost of medicines and hospitalizations that may incur when any member of the family got ill. Getting a health insurance is one of the options and you can save a lot if you do but there are some provisions on the policy that might not be covered by the plan or the policy holder must shoulder first a part of the expenses before the insurance company pay the amount incurred. Also there are health insurances that cover only the hospitalization and not the medicines prescribed by doctors. So getting a discount membership for medicines is also another option to consider and this is the best time to take advantage of Walgreens’ offer of special discount for annual membership on Walgreens Prescription Savings Club and save on your prescription medicines all-year long.

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Asthma (also refer to emphysema) – is difficulty in breathing, whizzing, persistent coughing with or without the presence of spectum, decrease energy or fatigue, broncho spasm, increased on production of pulmonary secretion.

When I was young I was suffering from asthma attack, that I have to be absent from my class for days every time. I just stayed on the bed because I felt so dizzy when I tried to get up and had a hard time breathing, my chest felt tight every time I coughed.

Here are some tips I compiled to prevent asthma attack and other allergies:

1. If you have pets like dogs and cats, don’t allow them or any other pets in the bedroom.
2. Don’t smoke in the house, it also aggregate allergic conditions especially asthma.
3. One cause of allergies in the bedroom are dust mites, they usually found in our bedding, mattresses, pillows, carpets and even in stuffed toys.

4. Drink plenty of water or liquid to loosen those phlegm that cause the cough and shortening of the breath and tightening    of  the chest.
5. And when the actual attack occurred always consult your doctor.

Simple allergies if not prevented or attended early may lead to serious illness.

And here are some preventions we can simply do to prevent them from spreading:

a.   Always have your mattresses, pillowcases, bed coverings, and even stuff toys of children washed in hot water.
b.  In some cases I read that it can also be stored in a cold storage like refrigerators for those materials that cannot be washed in hot water.
c.   Have your things exposed in direct sunlight preferably during noon where the sun is hottest since dust mites are afraid of light, and thrive in moist places.
d.  Always vacuum the space under your bed and use wet mop to wipe the floor to prevent the dust from flying around.
e.  If you can, don’t put carpet in your bedroom, because dust mites live beneath all those threads and can easily get into the bed when you walk into it or when the kids crawl over it.

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