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Cold Symptoms in Kids

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        There are many cold symptoms in kids and we will discuss some of the things you can look for when diagnosing an outbreak of colds in your child. The more readily available medicine that we have to help with our children's colds is amazing but there are certain things you should watch out for as well. With some simple early symptoms of colds, you can identify an illness before it develops into something serious. Cold symptoms in kids are often associated with the common cold.   Fever is often a factor and many kids have a very high fever during a cold snap. This is because the virus is fighting off infections that have taken hold in the body. The common cold is a lot like the flu and children sometimes seem to get more severely allergic reactions to the common cold than adults. The most obvious cold symptoms in kids is a runny nose and sneezing, which are the first indicators of a developing cold. Other Basic Symptoms in Kids: Another symptom of colds in kids is a gen

Effects of Stress on Brain

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  The physical symptoms of stress on brain function are the result of the chemical and neurological responses to high demands placed on the human brain. In situations that require a high degree of physical or mental exertion, the body resorts to mechanisms that produce physiological and psychological symptoms.   What Happens When We Take Extreme Stress? When a person experiences the effects of stress on the brain, it is the result of the overloading of resources (neurotransmitters and nerve cells) that are normally used to control and deal with demands. When these resources are overextended, the brain, through the psychological symptoms of stress on the brain, produces symptoms that mirror what would be expected in stressful situations The hypothalamus and the pituitary gland play an important role in managing stress and their effects on the brain. The hypothalamus is the organ that controls the release of hormones that trigger the arousal of the central nervous system