Leptospira Symptoms

In the previous post, I talked about how to avoid canine leptospirosis or simply leptospirosis. I also mentioned that leptospirosis (or leptospira) can be obtained by exposing oneself to soil or water that are contaminated with Leptospira bacteria.

What if you suspect that you are exposed to soil or water contaminated with Leptospira bacteria? How will you know if the bacteria already entered your body and wreaking havoc to your health?

According to Medicinet, Leptospira symptoms occur about 25 days after the exposure to the Leptospira bacteria. Leptospirosis is a biphasic disease. Biphasic means that this disease has two phases. For the first phase, the leptospira symptom is general flu-like symptom that include headache, muscle pain, eye pain because of bright lights, chills and fever.

The person then begins to be asymptomatic or doesn't show any symptoms.

The second phase occurs few days after feeling better during the asymptomatic period. Leptospira symptoms in the second phase include the symptoms during the first phase and stiffness of the neck. Other symptoms are meningitis (inflammation of the nerves to the eyes, brain and spinal column), renal failure and liver damage that results to jaundice.

Leptospirosis is usually wrongly diagnosed because it has wide range of symptoms. Thus, people who suspects that they have leptospirosis should tell their doctors the instance when they were exposed to the Leptospira bacteria.

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Information on this post was obtained from Medicinet and Wikipedia.

On Clear Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

Anti-dandruff shampoo TV commercials are making a big fuss about dandruff. In the past, people are not worried about their scalp or the minimal dandruff on their head. The only ones who are worrying about dandruff, in the past, are those who have excessive dandruff problems and they turn to anti-dandruff shampoos that are considered as special type of shampoo solution back then. But now, TV commercials are telling people that if you have even minimal or unnoticeable dandruff then you are undesirable. Your crush will ignore you or even shun you and a host of other scenario to make people feel that they “need” to use an anti-dandruff shampoo.

In the Philippines today, the two leading anti-shampoo brands are Clear and Head and Shoulders. I got a chance to use Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo during the time that it was launched and free promotional sachet of Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo are given to the public.

When I used Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo, I noticed that my scalp felt itchy. I used Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo for few days and I noticed that it worsen the dandruff on my head. Dandruff became plenty and larger in size. Because of that, I stopped using Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo and returned to regular shampoo brands. It is possible that the formulation of Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo is not suitable for my scalp.

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My story about Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo occurred years ago and I thought that the formulation of the shampoo may have been changed now. However, I received a story from my brother that he too experienced itchiness on his scalp and worsening of his dandruff problem when he used Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo recently.

I believe that Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo is effective in combating dandruff problems that is why many people are using it. However, the formulation of Clear Anti-dandruff shampoo is not for everyone. This fact is also applicable to Head and Shoulders Anti-dandruff shampoo and to regular shampoo brands. Some people have sensitive scalp that is why before using any shampoo, I suggest that you test it first to know if it will make your scalp and hair feel better.

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Vaseline Skin Lightening Lotion

In my other blog, I shared that I was forced to work under the intense heat of the sun in the past weeks because of a project assigned to me by my office.

Because of this, I had to look for lotions and sun block that will protect me from the sun. Vaseline Skin Lightening Lotion is one of the products I used as my skin protector.

Vaseline Skin Lightening Lotion has Vitamin B3 to help bring out natural fair skin, triple sunscreen to help prevent further darkening caused by sunlight, and yoghurt serum to moisturize skin.

Vaseline claims that this lotion is clinically proven for radiant, naturally lighter skin as early as two weeks of continued application on the skin.

Personal Experience

When I bought this lotion, my intention is to use it as a sun block. However, this lotion is not intended as a sun block and is not good at protecting skin from the Ultraviolet rays of the sun. Thus, I do not recommend this lotion as a sun block.

What I like about this lotion is that it eases the effect of sunburn. I had noticed that is smoothens my sun burnt skin after being applied with this lotion.

So for lightening skin darkened by the sun, you can use Vaseline Skin Lightening Lotion. However, I do believe that there are better whitening lotions in the market. I do not recommend this lotion as a sun block.

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