Benefits Of Health
Fish Bone Stuck In Throat?
While eating fish, it is possible to get a fishbone stuck in his throat. However, there is no medical treatment for a fish bone ingestion. At best, a doctor may use certain medical equipment to remove fish bone stuck in his throat.
The best way to remove such a fishbone is to open your mouth and throat look in a mirror. You may have to press your tongue and then look in the mirror so you can see if you fishbone stuck in his throat. If you can see the bone, it is best not to try to swallow. If it is still high on the throat, it is more likely that the doctor will be able to delete it. If you do not swallow the fish bone, it can cause tears along the esophagus on its way down.
If you have a fish bone stuck in your throat and you swallow it, it is better to eat many things that the passage of fish bones in your body can become easier. You can eat lots of bread, oats, and other foods that contain high amounts of fiber. These make the transition from fish bones in your digestive tract easier. You can also consume plenty of water to ease the transition.
If at all, bone scrapes the esophagus while moving down and injured, the doctor may prescribe a treatment for bone fish ingestion. To heal the wounds, the doctor can give an anti-inflammatory or anti-ulcer. Sometimes the fish bone stuck in the throat can be very thin and therefore can not be seen by doctors. In such cases, doctors may perform a test fiberscope. This is a test in which an endoscope is inserted through the nose and went halfway to the throat to see the scar tissue or lesions.
If you feel pain in the abdomen, it is possible that the bones of fish may have traveled further into the intestines. You should see a gastroenterologist to treat the symptoms of this pain. There are some remedies swallowed fish bone of origin which may be used. You can eat a banana with the movement of the fish bone down in your gut so that it can be expelled through the feces.
Read MoreJournal: Nov 20, 2008
November 20, 2008.
One person who has made a behaviour change in her life is my aunt. In her twenties, she was ‘slim’ and active but after having four children she had become overweight and physically drained. One day a friend had mentioned that her hands hand become really chubby and the way she looked just wasn’t ‘her.’ She told my aunt that she wasn’t the active, lively, and committed person she used to be. This really hit my aunt hard and got her thinking about her life and goals. She wasn’t going to allow herself to go over the edge and become obese and incompetent. With four children, she knew she didn’t have a lot of time to spend exercising. She also could not help bad eating habits with four hungry children at home. However, she started doing some research on the internet and found an exercise and diet program that was practical and suitable to her lifestyle. It was also backed by a lot of scientific evidence and actual people who had been using it. Though the workouts were very strenuous, they would only take up 20 minutes a day. My aunt came to believe that this was her only recourse. She thought she would try it out and bought the manuals. To her surprise she lost 5 lbs in the first week and everyone was telling her that her bloated look had disappeared. This gave her self-confidence to continue with the program. It also improved her self-concept and automatically made her change the way she was eating. She also received support in the form of daily e-mails from her ‘internet trainer’ which motivated her to continue with her exercises and healthy eating plan. Occasionally, she would fall back on her eating, but continued with the exercises. However, a support forum which she found on the internet became her haven and was usually there for her when she needed extra encouragement. In the past two years, my aunt has lost most of her excess weight and has regained her energetic and fulfilling life.
Read MoreJournal: Nov. 14, 2008
November 14, 2008.
I am generally getting a variety of foods from the different food groups and never tend to miss meals, particularly breakfast. Though I am getting quite a number of servings of grain products, there isn’t enough complex carbohydrates in my diet. I am also consuming plenty of meat but not enough meat alternatives. Furthermore, I need like to increase my servings of fruit in my diet. I don’t really like low fat foods and find them difficult to choose. If I don’t feel well, I generally don’t feel like eating at all. I am overall happy with my eating habits but I do need to make some improvements.
I am usually more physically active in the summer than the winter, as I am tied down to the computer for a large part of the day during the school year. When I exercise I feel energized and really good about myself, yet I feel overly tired the following day. I think I am overdoing the exercise on some days and not doing enough on others. If I don’t feel well, I tend to not want to do any physical activity. On the whole, I am physically fit and not in any way overweight, but I could use some extra moderately intense exercise in the winter months.
I feel I have a relatively good self-concept since I am doing things I enjoy doing such as IT work for my web clients. I am mentally quite content with myself and my life and rarely ever get stressed out. I mostly like myself but I wish I was a little taller. I feel emotionally charged when I help out at the local community centre. Myself and some friends of all ages (adults included) help out with organizing community events and encourage others to join the centre. I have many friends and family that I keep company with, but not always often enough.
Read MorePhysical Activity Interviews
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Peer |
Person between the ages of 30 and 50 |
Person between the ages of 60 and 80 |
House-hold chores that require physical exertion |
Shovel snow with snow blower, mow lawns, plant small trees & plants requiring digging, help dad with light construction work. | Had to shovel snow in the winter, wash windows, clean house and mow lawn in the summer. | (Back home in Sri Lanka) Had to draw & bring in water from backyard well, chop fire wood for the wood cooker, pound wheat into flour, wash clothes by hand and look after livestock. |
Job & parts of it that require physical fitness |
Does some light/heavy physical activity at a metal processing site such as lifting metal objects, use of power drills and saws. | Office work did not require much physical fitness. | Had to do feed livestock, operate heavy, manual farm equipment requiring lifting. |
Leisure/Play |
Plays tennis, hockey, cricket and soccer. | Played basketball. | Did some sort of physical leisure/play (i.e. running) every day with village neighbours. |
Phys. Ed. Class |
Phys. Ed class thrice weekly (sports, running, weight lifting, track & field) | Gym class twice/week sports, running gymnastics. | None |
Conclusions: I found that in modern times, people do much less work which requires a lot of physical fitness. We now have machines or other modern conveniences that do not require heavy lifting or physical exertion. Furthermore, in former times, people did more chores requiring physical fitness and not as much organized sport as physical activity was more spontaneous and leisurely.
Strategies to Improve Physical Activity: Nowadays, teenagers need to get more involved in household activities that require more physical fitness. Perhaps, if we set up a support system with parents, some other relatives or friends, we might be able to achieve some of our goals. Being accountable to someone, makes one more likely to pursue goals. We need to rely less on machines that pollute the environment, take up space and garbage in landfills, and become more physically active in manual labour. It will help us keep fit and healthy both mentally and physically and also help the environment.
Read MoreHealth Promotion Task Planning Checklist
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Goal Setting: What specifically are you trying to say/do related to the Vitality approach? |
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I am trying to emphasize the importance of eating breakfast; its benefits for overall health, self-concept and more. |
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Reality Check: Is the task appropriate for your audience? Is there a need? |
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Yes, everyone needs breakfast, and the importance of breakfast is appropriate for my “everyone” audience. |
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Evaluate: How will you know if your task is a success? Have you raised awareness of the Vitality approach? |
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I can gauge my success by viewing web site visitor feedback/comments and statistics. |
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Attain: Can the task be accomplished in the time allotted? Have all the steps been set out and arrangements been made? |
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Yes, I’m quite confident I can accomplish the task in the allotted time.
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Tell: Have you created ways to inform your audience? How are you promoting the task? |
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Yes, I can promote this via the internet, email, word-of-mouth, and the like. |
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WHAT… is the product/task about?
This task, will be a School Campaign using the media “Eat breakfast everyday”. It will stress the importance of eating breakfast by listing health benefits and providing motivational information.
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WHO… does it appeal to (e.g., target group – age, gender)?
The target group for this campaign is everyone – of any age and gender. This is because eating breakfast is a universally healthy choice which applies to everyone.
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WHY… must the public learn about the product/task (want, need)?
The importance of eating breakfast is often forgotten in the rush every morning to school/work etc. Therefore a campaign which reminds people about this issue is very necessary. |
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HOW… does the public learn about the product/task (how will you present your ideas)?
I have decided to present my campaign in a website or powerpoint presentation, since these are the methods where I can get the most awareness, and better present my ideas.
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WHEN… does the public learn about your product/task? Date? Time?
I will be working on it throughout this course. By the end of the school year (end of May 2009), I should have it out.
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WHERE… will you conduct your activity/presentation?
On a website, or powerpoint presentation, which can be presented through Twitter, Digg, Reddit, or other communities.
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PERSONAL VITALITY ACTION PLAN: PHASE FOUR
| ACTIONS | REASONS FOR
ACTION CHOICES |
| PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Stretching, and squats.
Hockey, cricket, and other outdoor and indoor sports. |
In school stretching & squats will help to relieve tense muscles from sitting at the computer for long periods. It will also give me a break. At home playing some cricket outside would take me off my desk and the computer. In the community playing some sports will help me get together with friends. |
| HEALTHY EATING STRATEGIES
I eat a home-cooked lunch and a fruit for dessert.
We rarely eat out, or buy take-out food. We mostly eat healthy, home-cooked meals. Sometimes unhealthy snacks/desserts find its way into our diet, though.
I rarely eat out. We choose dishes that are not so rich and fatty. |
Eating well at school tells other students that everyone doesn’t need the junk they serve in most cafeterias because if we continue to eat that stuff it is going to make us sick. We eat healthy at home because my mom is health fanatic, but my dad is the opposite, so some junk foods are lying around which end up in our stomachs. I realize eating healthy helps prevent disease and illness and keeps us in good physical and mental condition. We are used to healthier choices, so the rich foods don’t always seem so appetizing. |
| SELF – CONCEPT STRATEGIES
Be positive and confident.
forgiving and warm towards them.
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Being positive and confident in school helps other students who may feel overwhelmed, frustrated or just bored with school. Being forgiving and caring towards siblings at home will help avoid conflicts and arguments. Being active in the community will help me feel good about myself and make a difference in other people’s lives. |
Personal Vitality Action Plan: Phase Three
| I | Identify the decision to be made:
1. Eat less junk food. 2. Find an activity that will keep me more active. 3. Find other activities that will increase my social network and keep me motivated. |
| D | Describe alternatives and their consequences:
1. If I don’t cut out the junk food, it may form bad habits for life. 2. I will become too sedentary if I don’t find more physical activity to take part in. 3. I will not have social support and lose confidence in myself, if I don’t increase my social network. |
| E | Evaluate the alternatives:
1. Will lead to life-long poor eating habits. 2. Will become weak and gain weight, if I don’t increase my physical activity. 3. Could become depressed and have a very low self esteem if I don’t work on improving my self-concept. |
| A | Act – describe the decision, barriers to making it happen and strategies to overcome these barriers:
1. Siblings also eat junk food, therefore must encourage them also to reduce consumption. 2. I have too much school work and other sedentary work to keep me busy. Cold weather and short days are also a barrier to keeping active. I have to find some other indoor activity with some social support to keep me accountable. 3. Right now am pretty happy with my life, so I don’t feel motivated to increase my self-concept. |
| L | Learn from the experience:
1. I realize that if I don’t cut out junk food, it is going to make me very unhealthy, if not sick in the long run. Therefore, I am definitely going to make the change to healthier foods. 2. If I don’t become physically more active, I may become like family members who are overweight and feeling very uncomfortable about themselves. I have to increase physical activity, even if it is only a 15 minutes per day. 3. I know there are other aspects of life which can enrich me and increase my self-concept. I should find a support network to help me find out what these are. |
Personal Vitality Action Plan: Phase Two
| Healthy Eating Behaviour to Change
Eat less junk food.
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Present Stage of Behaviour Change
Tend to eat junk food if I see it. |
Strategies to Assist in Making Positive Behaviour Change
Encourage mom to avoid giving into my temptations for junk food. |
| Physical Activity Behaviour to Change
Get more short bursts of moderate intensity exercise.
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Present Stage of Behaviour Change
Tends to get neglected when the weather turns cold. |
Strategies to Assist in Making Positive Behaviour Change
Persuade another family member to join me in exercise. |
| Self-Concept Behaviour to Change
Need to focus on more variety of activities in life to increase overall satisfaction with the quality of life. |
Present Stage of Behaviour Change
Spend too much of time on the computer doing school work and other IT business related work. |
Strategies to Assist in Making Positive Behaviour Change
Turn on and off computer at set times during the day rather than have it running the whole day. |
Vitality Action Plan: Phase One
| Healthy Eating Goals: SMART
ü Eat three healthy meals per day & two healthy snacks. ü Cut out junk food. |
Healthy Eating Action Plan
ü Eat more fruit (This is main thing lacking in my diet) ü Eat more complex carbs |
Refinements: (Activity 2)
ü Reduce fat & junk food. (really, do that)
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| Physical Activity Goals: SMART
ü Become more physically fit. (How?) ü Persuade family members to join me in physical fitness plan. |
Physical Activity Action Plan: FITT
ü Go swimming atleast once a week, with high-intensity lane swimming for at least 20 minutes. (I love this) ü Play hockey weekly for atleast half an hour. ü Play cricket weekly for atleast one hour. ü Hiking/Biking short distances instead of driving when weather permits |
Refinements: (Activity 2)
ü Do regular morning exercises – not too intensive – for about 5 minutes. ü Set dates as to when to accomplish goals.
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| Self – Concept Goals: SMART
ü Need to feel more energetic in the mornings. ü Need to get motivated about doing a greater variety of activities.
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Self – Concept Action Plan
ü Get to bed earlier. (Yes, do) ü Avoid doing things such as over-exercising or eating too much junk food. |
Refinements: (Activity 2)
ü Get social support to help find ways to become more creative. ü Concentrate on other important aspects of life to improve quality. |
Vitality Record: Week 1
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Day (Nov, 2008) |
Breakfast | Lunch | Supper | Snacks | Physical Activity | Emotionally I feel…
encouraged another by… |
| Item: Q & F | Item: Q & F | Item: Q & F | Item: Q & F | Activity: T & C | ||
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Mon, 10th |
Bread with cucumbers, olives tomatoes cheese, olive oil
Milk (2 servings of bread, 2 serving of vegetables, 2 servings of milk) |
Spaghetti
Ice cream (3 servings of bread, 1 serving of meat, 1 serving of milk) |
Lamb biryani
(3 servings of bread, 2 servings of meat) |
Potato Chips
Ice Cream Peach Pear (2 servings of vegetables, 1 serving of milk) |
None | I feel fine because I’ve eaten well and am well rested. |
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Tue, 11th |
Scrambled eggs
Milk (1 serving of meat, 2 servings of milk) |
Chicken legs
Cookies (2 servings of meat) |
Rice, meat and vegetables
(2 servings of bread, 2 servings of meat, 2 servings of vegetables) |
Donuts, Pear, strawberry milkshake
(1 serving of vegetables, 1 serving of bread, 1 milk) |
Walking (2km)
Cardiovascular indurance |
I feel fine.
I encouraged my grandma and sister to join me in a walk to and from the library |
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Wed, mo12th |
cereal
(2 servings of bread, 2 servings of milk) |
Rice and vegetable and fish
(3 servings of bread, 2 servings of vegetables, 2 servings of meat) |
Pizza
(1 serving of bread, 1 serving of vegetables, 1 serving of meat) |
Fruit salad
(4 servings of fruit, 1 serving milk) |
Hockey (2 hours)
cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength |
I feel energized. |
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Thursday, 13th |
Wheat bread with cream cheese honey
Milk (3 servings of bread, 4 servings of milk) |
Lasagna
(2 servings of bread, 2 servings of meat, 1 serving of vegetables) |
Popeye’s’ Chicken
(3 servings of meat) |
Apple, Banana, milk, candy bar.
(2 servings of fruit, 1 serving milk) |
none | I feel exhausted from playing hockey the night before for too long. |
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Friday 14th |
Grill cheese
Milk (3 servings of milk, 2 servings of bread) |
Rice, chicken, vegetables
Donuts (3 servings of bread, 2 servings of meat, 2 servings of vegetables) |
Bread’n Soup
(2 servings of bread, 1 serving of vegetables, 1 serving of meat) |
Cookies, Croisants,Orange
(1 serving of fruit, 1 serving of bread) |
Hockey (1 hours)
cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength |
I feel fine.
I encouraged my brother to join in playing hockey |
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