There is a great atmosphere around the community with Christmas fast approaching and the pharmacy is full of buzz and excitement. All the team are really getting into the Christmas spirit.
We know how busy you all are so to make things a little easier and to avoid any stress, here are our opening hours during the Christmas season;
Christmas 2014 Opening Hours
All the Carrigtwohill Pharmacy team would like to take this opportunity to thank all our loyal customers in Carrigtwohill and beyond for their continued support and for helping us to make Carrigtwohill Pharmacy the best it can be. Your health and well-being and that of your family is the most important thing to us and we will continue to work tirelessly to protect and promote it in 2015.
Lisa receiving her wonderful prize from Blathnaid in Carrigtwohill Pharmacy.
Congratulations to the winner of our recent wonderful handbag competition, Lisa Wolfe Culley!
All the team at Carrigtwohill Pharmacy are delighted for you and even a little jealous. They really are beautiful handbags. Even Ger was eyeing them up. Enjoy your prize Lisa. We hope you visit us again soon to show it off.
We would like to sincerely thank all our fantastic customers who entered the competition. But don’t be sad if you didn’t win this time. We will be running another incredible Competition in the coming week. So stay tuned to Facebook and twitter to be in with a chance of winning.
We are also very excited to announce that we will be giving away a prize every month for members of our mailing list. All you need to do is make sure you are on the list. Couldn’t be easier! Thats 12 chances a year of winning a wonderful voucher. Being part of the mailing list also means that you will have exclusive access to important health information and advice for you and your family, as well as getting some fantastic offers. It only takes 30 secs, so click on the link and get signed up.
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A more severe illness that can afflict young children is impetigo. It is a common and highly contagious skin infection that causes sores and blisters. It can be quite an upsetting time for any child who contracts it. It often arises from a break in otherwise healthy skin, such as a cut, insect bite, bad graze. it can also be caused from skin damage from another underlying skin condition such as eczema or scabies.
The infection can spread incredibly easily through close contact, either through direct physical contact or sharing towels etc.
Impetigo may improve without treatment given time, but due to the discomfort associated with the infection we would advise talking to the Carrigtwohill Pharmacy team to be advised on the best course of action to alleviate the symptoms and eliminate the infection. Pursuing treatment will shorten the infection to 7-10 days and reduce the risk of passing it on to other children. The main treatments recommended include fusidic acid creams or oral flucloxacillin and are usually prescribed for up to a week.
It is important to take precautions to minimise the possibility of spreading impetigo to other children or family members that your child may come into contact with. It is also necessary to take steps to reduce the risk of impetigo spreading to other parts of the body. Some of the precautions that can be taken include:
Not touching the sores if possible.
Washing hands regularly.
Not sharing towels, clothing, bed sheets etc.
Staying away from school, nursery, playgroups or clubs until the sores have dried up or treatment has been continuing for minimum of 48 hours.
Most people are no longer contagious after 48 hours of treatment or once the sores have dried and healed.
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It may seem obvious, but we cannot stress the importance of a full nights sleep for protecting and promoting the health of your child. Through years of speaking to parents concerned with their child’s energy levels, attention in school and proneness to sickness, we see that in the majority of these cases lack of quality sleep is a contributing factor.
Daily routine is often disrupted during the freedom of the summer holidays and the transition back to school can upset sleep patterns. To avoid the stress of over-tiredness and poor concentration at school, good sleep hygiene leading up t the start of school and continuing through the term is crucial.
Some tips for promoting good sleep hygiene include:
Keep consistent bedtimes and wake times – including at weekends.
Avoid spending non-sleep times in bed e.g. reading, listening to music, watching TV.
Bedtime should follow a predictable series of events e.g. brushing teeth and reading a story.
Avoid high stimulation activities before bed e.g. watching TV, playing video games etc.
Include physical exercise as part of each day.
Avoid caffeine or sugary drinks in the evenings – although it may not prevent falling asleep, they can lead to early awakenings or shallow, disrupted sleep.
Children should be put to bed drowsy, but still awake. Letting them fall asleep in other places forms habits that are difficult to break.
Keep a sleep diary, to keep track of naps, sleep times and activities to find patterns and target problem areas when things are not working.
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A healthy diet and regular exercise are incredibly important for both the physical and mental development of a child. A consistently healthy diet aligned with continuous physical activity throughout the week will help the child grow and develop. It will also help promote their performance in school e.g. their concentration, energy levels etc.
Foods are the best source of nutrients and even a picky or fussy eater is unlikely to have nutritional deficiencies. A multivitamin may be beneficial if a child is showing failure to thrive, has a particular food allergy or malabsorption syndrome e.g. lactose intolerance or coeliac disease or has a restrictive diet e.g. vegan diet. It is best to talk to your pharmacist to ensure you get the correct multivitamin for your child that is required and is age-appropriate.
The Department of Health recommends that Children aged 6 and over should partake in at least one hour of physical activity per day. In addition, children should participate in muscle-strengthening and bone-strengthening structured activities at least three times per week. There are a variety of local sports and activity clubs right in Carrigtwohill where your children can achieve the recommended amount of physical activity in a fun, structured and safe environment. Joining a club and interacting with their peers will not only help them develop their motor and cognitive skills but also help the development of their emotional and social skills, while letting them explore new interests and learn new skills.
Some of the clubs and groups in your local area include:
Carrigtwohill Pharmacy is dedicated to promoting the health and well-being of all the young people in the Carrigtwohill community and we support them getting involved and trying out as many sports as they can. Obesity amongst children in Ireland is rising at an alarming rate and indeed it is a major health issue across the entire Western world. Sadly, Ireland has one of the highest rates of childhood obesity in the world with 1 in 10 children aged between 5 and 12 being classed as obese. This trend continues through adolescence with 1 in 5 teenagers being overweight or obese. Children who are obese are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular, metabolic, musculoskeletal complications. Furthermore children and teenagers who are obese are more likely to obese all through adulthood.
To discuss the best possible diet for your child why not call into the pharmacy in Carrigtwohill and ask to speak to our team to get some guidance and examples. Information on appropriate nutrition, portion sizes and general childhood exercise can be found on www.nutritionandhealth.ie.
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The most common ailments that affect children coming up to and during Winter when their immune systems are most vulnerable are colds and flus. Young children in large groups (such as a school) are breeding grounds for the organisms that cause illness. Most childhood illnesses are caused by airborne viruses, spread by sneezing and coughing, and are therefore best treated in the pharmacy. Viruses are generally self-limiting and usually pass off within a few days or a week.
Symptom control is important so paracetamol or ibuprofen to reduce headaches and fever. Parents should keep children well hydrated during the course of the illness and instill good hygiene measure to reduce the spread of the virus. The following are some of the steps that will help reduce the spread of the virus:
Frequent hand washing.
Covering the mouth and nose while coughing and sneezing.
Putting used tissues in a bin straight away.
No sharing of drinks or food items.
Hand sanitisers brought in and kept in the school bag will help promote hand hygiene.
Children who suffer from long term illness or disability, including those who suffer from asthma or those who are immuno-comprimised should receive the flu vaccine. Carrigtwohill Pharmacy has recently begun a Flu Vaccine Program and our qualified pharmacists can administer the vaccine. You can find out more about the Flu Vaccine Program on our website or call into us any time to talk to our expert team.
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While it may sound alarming, threadworm is actually a common parasitic infection, especially in younger children.
One of the main symptoms is itching along the perineal area especially at night. This can be confirmed by the presence of small, white, threadlike worms in the faeces or in the underwear. Threadworms are only carried by humans and are transmitted by swallowing threadworm eggs passed to the mouth via fingers.
The treatment is relatively simple. It is done by the use of a prescription medicine and hygiene measure (which will be discussed in detail with your pharmacist) should be implemented for six weeks to break the life cycle of the worm. As long as no new transmission occurs the treatment will be a success.
Some of the more general hygiene measures that can be done to reduce the risk of contracting or spreading threadworm include:
Keep fingernails short and clean
Wash hands and scrub nails after every visit to the bathroom
Wash night clothes and bed clothes on the first day of treatment
Try to reduce the opportunities for children to place their fingers in their mouth e.g. address nail biting, eating with hands etc.
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Carrigtwohill Pharmacy would like to offer a massive congratulations to Elaine O’Driscoll for winning the Carrigtwohill Pharmacy new Loyalty Card Program Competition. Elaine is pictured receiving her fantastic prize, the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 from Ger. Happy faces all round.
We would like to thank all our loyal customers, new and old, for taking part in the competition and for getting involved in our new loyalty program. We are very excited for all the positive benefits and great deals being part of our loyalty program will make possible for you and your family.If you haven’t got a chance to sign up yet, call into the pharmacy to speak to our team and become a part of it. More details can be found here.
Enjoy your prize Elaine. All the team are very happy for you.
After the enjoyment of summer, September can be an extremely busy month for parents as children return to school. The long lazy summer days are replaced with hectic schedules, long commutes, colder weather and darker nights.
Many parents may be concerned about how to protect the health of their children on return to school as Winter approaches. Carrigtwohill Pharmacy would like to take this time to answer some of the concerns parents may have by advising on some of the more common illnesses and health issues that children are susceptible to in the school environment. We are dedicated to giving your children the best opportunity to remain healthy into the winter.
Head Lice
Most people at some stage of their school lives have experienced head lice. While they are harmless, they are irritating and unfortunately can be a cause of great distress for parent and child alike.
It is important that detection combing is carried out on wet hair but any treatment is started. Performing the detection combing is simple and pain free:
The hair is divided into sections with a regular comb.
Then a lice detection comb should be drawn from the scalp to the ends of the hair checking for lice at each stroke.
Sufficient combing may take up to 30 minutes.
Parents can be assured that regular combing can be just as effective as chemical based treatments especially in smaller numbers.
If a pharmacy treatment is requested, we will advise you on the best pesticide or non-pesticide lotion to be used and will explain how to administer the lotion.
All these steps need to be repeated regularly and absolute success is not guaranteed.
Treatment can be regarded as successful is no live lice are found on both days three and seven after completion of a course of treatment.
Lice will only spread from head to head contact and will not survive on bedding or clothing. and regular combing is a far more effective at detection than relying on a repellant spray. Itching may continue for a number of weeks after a successful treatment so parents should not try to worry too much and avoid retreatment.
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