If we were to go back centuries before our time, we’d realize two things: one, there weren’t as many usable safe chemicals then, and second, people did not normally wash their hair. Of course, we’re talking about the masses here, not the aristocrats.

Even in Europe then, washing the hair was something people did once or twice a week. Now that’s already way behind us as we enter the epoch of modern age. No longer do we have to put up with unwashed hair, ticks and lice.

Why Do We Shampoo?

There’s a misconception that shampooing is done only to make the hair look shinier and softer when flipped over. While that’s one reason why we shampoo, we actually wash our hair because it’s one of the dirtiest parts of the body.

Since we have thousands of individual strands of hair, can you imagine what kind of dirt particles our hairs attract on a daily basis? That’s why our hair still reeks even if we don’t leave an office building, because our hair would still be attracting undesirable particles from the air.

Static Charge on Hair

As you may already know, human hair has a small static charge, which accounts for why it attracts dirt flying through the air. Also, products that can lend your hair a positive charge can help restore some of its former glory.

What kinds of product would be this beneficial to your hair? These products are actually all around you: hair conditioners, hair-restorers, etc. Any product that purports to give shine back to your hair and is made from organic ingredients would be good hair supporters.

Remember, these products can only help to a certain degree. Mild damage refers to damage caused by improper brushing of the hair and similar activities. However, chemical damage and excessive salt damage is something else. It might be better to consult with a hair doctor if you think your situation falls under this particular category.

How to Remove Hair Tangles?

Don’t pull on your tangles too much, you can bruise your hair shafts that way. If you’re having too much trouble with tangles, then abandon your run-the-mill shampoo and conditioner combination. Chances are, these would only weaken your hair with excessive use.

Rather, find a good drug store and buy a quality anti-tangling agent. Anti-tangling agents deal specifically with the twines of the hair shafts, and actually cause some of these twines to become loose. Pulling on your hair doesn’t solve the problem, because pulling causes hair to break.

In the end, you don’t have tangle-free hair, you have broken hair with a lot split ends. How about those with kinky hair? Well, disentangling such unique hair would actually require a Herculean effort from you.

Nonetheless, it’s not impossible to do. Simply make use of an anti-tangle agent and work through specific regions of the hair with a large needle. We’re not talking about sharp, pointy needles. We’re talking about large knitting needles that have blunt edges.

In Mexico in April this year, a never-before heard strain of swine flu emerge, turning ill more than a thousand Mexicans and causing the death of 68. Swine flu has spread to other parts of the world such as the US and New Zealand when affected individuals (Mexicans or tourists to Mexico), traveled to those places. Swine flu has spread so far and wide that the World Health Organization fears it will bring about the next pandemic.

This is not the first time the world is threatened by swine flu. Swine flu, which is also referred to as pigfluenza, hog flu, pig flu, or swine influenza, typically affects pigs only. In 1918, an H1N1 virus caused flu pandemic in humans. Scientists speculated that H1N1 was created either when human influenza virus crossed specie boundary and affected pigs, or the other way around.

In 1930, a study confirmed that influenza virus caused the illnesses of pigs; the viral strain was identified as H1N1. Other past outbreaks in humans include the 1976 US outbreak (number of deaths: 5) and the 1988 Wisconsin outbreak (number of deaths: 1).

2009 Swine Flu Outbreak
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The strain that caused the swine outbreak in 2009, on the other hand, is different from other types of swine flu viruses before. It infects humans only. Pigs show no sign of infection. As such, scientists are having a difficult time establishing the origins of this new disease. The 2009 swine flu outbreak is caused by a strain that combines a single strain of human flu virus, a single strain of avian or bird flu virus, and two strains of swine flu virus.

Transmission

Swine flu virus in pig is transmitted when uninfected animals touch the nose or dried mucus of the infected pig.

Transmission of swine flu from pigs to humans occurs when a person touches an infected pig such as during animal transport or cleaning of pig pens. Swine flu is not acquired by eating pork.

Transmission of swine flu from human to human occurs when airborne viruses (brought about by sneezing and coughing) are inhaled by another person. Touching of contaminated surfaces and bringing one’s hand to one’s nose or mouth.

Symptoms

Symptoms of swine flu in humans are non-specific. They are quite similar to other types of influenza such as common flu and bird flu. People infected with swine flu often the following:

• fever
• chills
• coughing and sneezing
• sore throat
• muscle pain
• discomfort
• fatigue
• vomiting
• diarrhea

In pigs, swine influenza virus cause:

• fever
• lethargy
• decrease in appetite
• abortion
• sneezing
• coughing
• weight loss
• poor growth
• difficulty breathing.

Because swine flu symptoms are non-specific, a laboratory taste of nose or throat swab is needed to confirm viral presence.

How to Prevent Spread of Swine Flu

Among swine: owners should implement facility management and management. Vaccinating the pigs may also help reduce the chances of spreading of the flu.

To prevent transmission of swine flu from pigs to humans, farmers, veterinarians, and other people who come in close contact with live pigs should wear masks and gloves when working with infected pigs.

To prevent spread of swine flu among humans, the following steps are recommended or used in some countries:

• Persons with flu should be quarantined immediately
• Sick people should sneeze on tissue paper, dispose the use properly, and wash their hands.
• People who traveled to Mexico and who are family members of infected persons should be vaccinated with zanamivir or oseltamivir.
• Avoiding contact with sick people and with live pigs
• Many countries including Russia and France issued advise against traveling to Mexico.
• Always wash hands properly.

At the moment, only Tamiflu and Relenza seem to work against swine flu. Many countries have a supply of these vaccines, though not enough to curb a pandemic if the current swine flu reaches that level.

Panic is spreading all over the World over the outbreak of Swine Flu. Separate to the Swine Flu, Advanced Colloidal Silver solution has grown rapidly in popularlity over the last few years due to its renowned ability as a broad spectrum antiviral agent. It is natural then that many people are asking if the advanced colloidal silver will be effective against the Swine Flu. Well here are the facts so far.

The advanced colloidal silver was designed for the treating and preventing of both forms of viruses (viral DNA polymerase and reverse transcriptase). It is not necessary to understand the differences, suffice to say that the advanced colloidal silver was designed to cover a broad spectrum rather than being specific to any one type of virus. Studies have found the advanced colloidal silver to be both safe and effective against both of these types of virus.

It should be emphasised though that the advanced colloidal silver has not been tested yet against the new strain of Influenza A virus causing the Swine Flu. This virus has been named Influenza A (H1N1). Having said that it has been tested against other viruses within the same classification and has produced brilliant results. The Influenza (H5N1) virus was prevented by taking the liquid colloidal silver orally two times a day disinfecting the hands with the gel keeping them sanitized for up to 4 hours.

The results of the study says, “Especially of interest was the observation that 60% of the infected mice treated with this compound survived compared to the 30% in the placebo-treated controls”. It goes on to state, “this effect is strongly suggestive a disease-inhibitory effect may have occurred”.

Test tube trials against other Influenza strains, at just 10 parts per million demonstrated that the colloidal silver killed or neutralized 96-98% of Influenza A (H3-N2) (Avian Flu) and Influenza A (H1-N1) (Beijing Flu) in only 2 hours. There were no surviving viruses at all after 12 hours. Against Influenza A (H5-N1) (Vietnam Hybrid Avian Flu), the virus was no longer detectable after 6 hours.

Keith Moeller is the Managing Director of the company that manufactures the advanced colloidal silver. He says, “We realize that these study findings are just a preliminary step in showing the effectivity of the product as a daily supplement to improve health. But, given the fact that there is no other product that has been proven both safe for daily usage, and even moderately effective against H5-N1 Bird Flu, we think the study is very important”.

Many brands of colloidal silver from many manufacturers are available today, but the results above are only available Keith Moller’s company. The reason I call it “advanced” colloidal silver, is because it was patented in 2006, whereas all other versions of colloidal silver are made to a much earlier patent issued in 1924. Although some of these colloidal silvers may provide excellent protection as well, they were not involved in the above mentioned trials, so I am unable to comment on them.