Warmer weather, blooming plants and buzzing insects can all spell trouble for your pets. If your curious pooch or pouncing feline gets stung by a bee, here’s what you can do: Scrape away the stinger if you can find it. Pulling the stinger with fingers or tweezers could rupture the poison sac allowing toxin to enter the bloodstream. If no medical history or treatments contraindicate, administer 1 mg Benadryl® per pound of your pet’s body weight and apply a cold pack for short periods at a time. If swelling is severe or if ANY breathing difficulties develop, do not delay—seek veterinary attention immediately.
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Are You Fatigued?
You may need vitamin B! Lack of vitamin B in your regimen may impact your physical health in different ways. Hundreds of bodily biochemical reactions are supported by B-vitamins, and deficiency in vitamin B can lead to fatigue and lethargy. A B-complex vitamin is a mixture of eight essential B-vitamins that are critical to metabolism at the cellular level. Isotonix Activated B-complex helps to maintain healthy levels of serotonin, increase energy and decrease stress. It also delivers metabolically active forms of several vitamins and minerals in isotonic form, ensuring that your body receives and uses vital nutrients quickly and efficiently.
Dehydration: A Serious Health Risk for Seniors
As you age, your sense of thirst diminishes. So even when your body needs to be replenished with water, you might not realize it. Because of that, many seniors do not drink enough liquids. By the time they are thirsty, it is already an indication of early dehydration. The consequences of dehydration are well known. Dehydration is a common cause of hospitalization among elderly people that can have serious health consequences. Water can get boring but don’t limit yourself – supplement with juices, milk, fruits and vegetables that contain high water content!
Preventing Screen-Related Eye Strain
Most of us spend a lot of time on computers and other digital devices, and this can take a toll on our eyesight in the form of computer vision syndrome. This is a temporary vision condition that results from staring at a screen too long. Although you may wear regular glasses to correct vision problems, they are not the same as computer glasses, which can help with computer vision syndrome. Wearing prescription or non-prescription computer glasses, along with taking frequent breaks from looking at a screen, can help reduce eye strain and prevent related problems like headaches and dry eyes.
Heads Up
Forward head posture, or chin poking, frequently occurs as a result of slouching. Slouching will place you in a forward flexed position and your neck will have to compensate so that you can focus on objects in front of you. This posture can cause pain in your neck, upper back or shoulder blade regions, and may contribute to headaches. Many people can develop weakness in muscles in the front of the neck, and tightness in muscles in the back of the neck. Proper ergonomics can help to combat this posture, as can strengthening and stretching exercises prescribed by your physiotherapist.
Product Review: WELLNESS TINCTURE
ACTIVE RELEAF aims to encourage active wellness through the use of nature’s most powerful ingredients. Offering a collection of plant-based wellness products, ACTIVE RELEAF’s WELLNESS TINCTURE is their strongest remedy. Used as a natural plant-based alternative for people experiencing anxiety, insomnia, pain, inflammation and other ailments. The WELLNESS TINCTURE is formulated with a high concentration of broad spectrum cannabinoid-rich hemp plant extract, paired with coconut MCT oil to help deliver cannabinoids and increase bioavailability. Taken sublingually (under the tongue) or mixed into your favourite beverage. With three different concentration options (400mg, 1000mg & 2000mg) and measured droppers, dosing is accurate and flexible for your needs.
Stay Active While Working from Home
Self-isolation means fewer opportunities to be physically active if you are used to going to the gym or playing sports. Equally worryingly, the home environment also offers abundant opportunity to be sedentary. Exercise can help keep our immune system strong, and our bodies less susceptible to infections. So, what should we do? Alternate periods of sitting with standing by creating your own stand-up desk area. Try a yoga class on YouTube to stretch and relieve tension from your muscles. Get some work done in the garden or yard or play with your dog. It’s also a great time to try an online work out! Ask if your local gym offers this service.
Community Announcements
At Anderson Family Vision Care, the health and safety of our patients and staff are top priority. As such, our optometrists will temporarily only be seeing urgent and emergent care cases (eye trauma, vision loss, pain, and redness). Our opticians will also accept appointments on a case-by-case basis to limit the number of patients at any given time. To help our patients, we are offering: free contact lens shipment directly from our suppliers, and 25% off computer glasses. We are also accepting payments by e-transfer, or over the phone with a credit card. We look forward to hearing from you! Dr. Matthew Anderson, OD, FCOVD Dr. Andrea D’Mello, OD AndersonVisionCare.ca
Life Smart Health. You don’t have to come into the Clinic to get the care and help you need. We have Virtual Care Available – please phone us today to get more information or to reschedule your appointment to a Virtual Care Appointment. LifeSmart Medical Seven Oaks – phone: (204) 416-5433 LifeSmart Medical Osborne – phone: (204) 287-5220 LifeSmartHealth.ca
Free Spiritual Conference Talks. Karma – the cause and effect, Tuesday April 28, 7 pm to 8 pm. Spiritual Aspects and benefits of the Vegetarian Diet, Tuesday May 12, 7 pm to 8 pm. Inner Solitude and True Purpose, Tuesday May 26, 7 pm to 8 pm. Conference Number: 1-867-292-3030. Access code: 6055359 followed by the # key. Record your name followed by the # key. To mute, use *6 and to un-mute, use *6. Know Thyself as Soul Foundation. 204-792-5502 KnowThySelf.org
Letting Go of Stress
Did you know stress is energy-based and one cannot see stress in the body under a microscope? We can only see the effects of stress and what it does to the body and mind. Never relaxing fully, never truly breathing deeply – your body is unable to go into parasympathetic mode, which means there is no healing and no digesting. What are you doing daily to allow your body to de-stress? Bars sessions are like cleaning out the hard drive of your brain to be more in the now and to think clearer. Are you ready to let go of stress now?
Business Spotlight: Heavenly Care Agency Inc.
Celma Pinto, CEO and president of Heavenly Care Agency, wants Manitobans to know they have more options for elder care than they think. Heavenly Care Agency provides free consultation to families who want to learn more about the Self and Family Managed Care Program. The program allows individuals and families to manage their own home care resources and allocate money to private care if they choose. This allows for much greater flexibility to schedule home care visits according to individual needs, rather than working around the tight schedule of government care workers. It’s important to note that with the COVID-19 outbreak, Heavenly Care staff are taking the upmost safety precautions while providing care.
Getting Your Medications
If you have symptoms of fever, cough or trouble breathing, please do not visit the pharmacy. There are many ways for pharmacists to help you get your medications during the COVID-19 outbreak. Visit Pharmasave.com or download our eCare@Pharmasave app to: Refill prescriptions previously filled at our location by using the prescription number; Transfer prescriptions from any other pharmacy; Include special instructions for contactless delivery or pick-up requests. If you have completely run out of your medication and do not have a current prescription, call your regular Pharmasave. During the COVID-19 outbreak, our priority is to ensure that you have the medications you need, even if you have run out of refills.
