суббота, 8 августа 2009 г.

Prostate cancer and tips on how to treat

Description:
Prostate cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in the prostate gland. The disease is common in men aged over 70 years and in all men aged over 90 years. Prostate cancer is rarely found in men aged less than 40 tahun. Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in men and No. 3 is the major cause of cancer deaths in men over 74 years. The cause is unknown, although several studies have shown a link between high fat diets and increased levels of testosterone.

Symptom
Most prostate cancers cause no symptoms because their distribution is very slow. In some cases, newly diagnosed with prostate cancer after spread to the bone (especially the pelvic bones, ribs and spine) or to the kidneys (causing kidney failure). Painful bone cancer and brittle bones become so easy to experience a fracture (broken bone).

Although early symptoms are not apparent, in most patients with prostate cancer commonly encountered few signs. Among other things, usually water still dripping urine, pain when urinating, pain when ejaculating, lower back pain, pain when defecating, and weight loss.

Treatment
No one has found a patent medicine for this disease. But scientists are developing a new drug called Abiraterone as a drug for prostate cancer.

Atrophic tongue disease and tips on how to treat

Description:
Atropic on the tongue causing red tongue, smooth, and inflammation. Some of the factors that cause, among others, bacterial infections, HIV infection, fungal infections, herpes, or cancer of the tongue. Could also be due to nutritional deficiencies, namely vitamin B12, anemia, folate acid, or niacin difesiensi.

Symptoms:
- Tongue red
- Tongue pain
- The tongue sensitive to spicy food
- Breath odor
- Injury to the tongue or mouth
- Other symptoms depend on the underlying cause

Maintenance:
Treatment tailored to the cause. If the cause is due to vitamin deficiency, the treatment was performed under vitamin therapy. If the cause because the infection is treated with antifungal or antibiotic. Other efforts that can be done is to take care of cleaning the tongue with a tongue brush and avoid the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes.

Know more details about the Stendhal Syndrome and how to treat it

Description:
This condition is spelled weird because someone who has this disease will suffer if they see a beautiful work of art. In a short time the person will experience dizziness, rapid heart beat, confusion and hallucinations.

Naming the Stendhal Syndrome is taken from a French writer, Stendhal (pseudonym of Henri-Marie Beyle), who describes his experience with during his visit to Florence, Italy in 1817, in his book Naples, and Florence: A Journey from Milan to Reggio.

Symptoms:
Dizziness, rapid heart beat, confusion and hallucinations as seeing works of art.

Treatment:
Not clearly known treatment for this disease. Possibility of psychological therapy can help alleviate the disorder sufferers.

Adjustment Disorders and tips on how to treat

Description:
Adjustment disorders refers to the notion that people refer to as a personal misfortune. Meanwhile, psychiatric experts called this disorder with psychosocial stressors. This disruption is caused by some kind of pressure. Psychoanalytic research has emphasized the role of mother and child-rearing environment became one of the main causes of this disorder. This disruption lasted for three months and can overwrite anyone.

Phenomenon
Manifestations of adjustment disorder and attacking behavior shown, excessive alcohol drinking, escape from legal responsibility, and withdrew.

Treatment
The patient form of psychotherapy in the treatment. One effective way is to group therapy. This therapy is intended to solve the situation with a quick adjustment with supportive techniques, suggestions, calm down, environmental modification, and even hospitalization.

Achondroplasia Disease and tips on how to treat

Description:
Heritage Achondroplasia is a disorder that causes short stature. abnormalities in bone growth plate cartilage causes of short stature. Man with achondroplasia are generally less than 130 cm tall, much shorter woman. Achondroplasia is caused by defective genes.

Phenomenon
Common symptoms:
- Big head with a forehead prominent
- Pug
- Hands and feet tend to be short
- Kiposis

Prevention
Achondroplasia is caused because the gene defect, these defects can not be prevented.

Acute Sinusitis Disease and tips on how to treat

Description:
Sinus is a cavity open on the nose, if the sinuses are infected then it is referred to as sinusitis. Sinusitis (sinus infection) occurs when the upper respiratory tract mucous membranes (nose, throat, sinuses) experienced swelling. Cause swelling of the sinus canal which empties into the nasal cavity terseumbat. Due to continued mucus is fluid can not exit normally. To deposition of mucus into the causes of sinus infection. If the brief sinus infection then it is called acute sinusitis.

Symptoms:
The most common symptoms experienced by sufferers, among others:
- Pain
- It's hard to breathe through your nose
- Toothache
- Dizziness
- Pain in the ear pressure

Maintenance:
Doctors usually prescribe antibiotics given orally for 10 to 14 days. Antibiotics are used, among others, Ceftin, augmentin, or Cipro. Patients are also advised to take a bath of warm water twice daily. If symptoms do not disappear within a week or antibiotics are not effective at all then chances are experiencing chronic sinusitis sufferers.

Toenail ingrowing and tips on how to treat

Description:
Ingrown toenails in general is the most common disorders affecting the big toe. These problems also can occur in any toe. If untreated, toe nail ingrown can develop into an infection or even an abscess that requires surgical management.

Signs and Symptoms
Signs and symptoms occur most commonly are pain, redness, and swelling at the corner of the toenail.

Treatment
If there is no acute infection is found, then the nails will be cleaned. way with soaking your nails with warm water. Other Prevention is by wearing the right shoes, and frequently cleaning the nails.

Large Intestine Cancer disease and tips on how to treat

Description:
Large intestine is the part of the digestive system to store food waste. While the rectum is the end of the colon near the anus. Both are long tubular called the large intestine. Tumors of the colon and rectum is the growth arising from the inner wall of the colon. Benign tumors of the colon called polyps. Whereas malignant tumors of the colon is called cancer.

Benign polyps do not invade nearby tissue or spread to other parts of the body. Benign polyps can be easily removed during colonoscopy and are not life-threatening. If benign polyps are not removed from the colon, polyps can become malignant (cancerous) from time to time. Most colon cancers develop from polyps believed. Colon and rectum (also referred to as colorectal cancer) can invade and destroy surrounding tissue intestines and other organs. Cancer cells can also break away and spread to other parts of the body (such as the liver and lungs) to form new tumors.

Consume too much fat believed to influence the occurrence of colon cancer. Research has shown in countries with a population of high levels of fat consumption is more common colon cancer than people in countries with low levels of fat intake. Fill a variety of products containing the chemical form of fat in your body (a carcinogen).

Signs and Symptoms:
Signs and symptoms of colon cancer among others:
- Tired
- Shortness of breath
- Dizziness
- Pain in the lower abdomen
- Diarrhea
- Blood in feces
- Anemia
- The form of stool (feces) long and resemble a small pencil.

Treatment:
Surgery is the most common treatment for colon cancer. During surgery, the tumor, a small portion of the intestines of healthy surrounding, and adjacent lymph nodes will be cut. Surgeon then connects the intestines of healthy. In patients with anal cancer, rectum would be cut permanently.

Prevention:
Colon cancer can be prevented by changing habits to consume excessive fat foods that contain high fiber. The main sources of fat such as meat, eggs, dairy products, salad dressings, and oils used in cooking should be reduced. As balancing, fruits and vegetables, and whole wheat breads and cereals contain fiber should be consumed. Please note that the high fiber in the diet cause the formation of large dirt that can get rid of carcinogens.

McArdle Disease Syndrome and tips on how to treat

Description:
McArdle's syndrome is the inability to break down glycogen. Glycogen is an important energy source stored in muscle tissue.

McArdle's syndrome result from a defect in a gene that makes a protein called glycogen phosphorylase. As a result, the body can not break down glycogen in the muscles. This can cause weakness, seizures, and muscle aches.

Phenomenon
Common symptoms include, pain ototo, ototo cramps, muscle stiffness, muscle weakness, urinary red wine.

Treatment
There is no specific treatment, but symptoms can be managed by controlling exercise and physical activity. For example, avoid harsh or excessive exercise.

Ektropion disease and tips on how to treat

Description:
Understanding of this disease is abnormal eyelid position where the edge of the eyelid outward so that the inside of lids (tarsal conjunctiva) correlated directly with the outside world. The causes can be congenital (konginetal), facial nerve paralysis (a facial nerve paralysis can be caused by damage to the axons, Schwan cells and the myelin sheath that can cause brain damage), senil (age-related cataracts), spastic (muscle spasms).

Phenomenon
Eyelids and eyelashes, the bottom turned into a ball toward the eye, where the eyelids and eyelashes, turning the bottom outwards.

Treatment
To cure this disease by doing plastic surgery.

Orchitis disease and tips on how to treat

Description:
Orchitis is inflammation of one or both testes, usually associated with inflammation is a virus that causes mumps. At least a third of men who have mumps after puberty also Orchitis. Other causes of Orchitis, is a sexually transmitted disease (STD) such as gonorrhea or chlamydia.

Orchitis bacteria is often due to epididymitis, an inflammation of the epididymis at the back of the testicle that stores and carry sperm. In this case, this is called epididimo-orchitis. Swelling and pain are the most common signs and symptoms of orchitis.

Orchitis is often referred to as "testicular pain" and "groin pain" are sometimes used interchangeably. But groin pain occurs in skin folds between the thighs and abdomen - not in the testis. Whereas the cause of groin pain is different from the causes of testicular pain.

Phenomenon
Orchitis Symptoms can appear suddenly, symptoms include:
- Swelling in one or both testes
- Pain ranging from mild to severe
- Nausea
- Fever
- Changes in penile
- Blood in the ejaculate

Treatment
Treatment for viral orchitis associated with mumps, is aimed at eliminating the symptoms. Your doctor may prescribe painkillers, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others) or naproxen (Aleve, others), and recommend bed rest, or lift the scrotum.

In addition to measures to eliminate discomfort, bacterial orchitis and epididimo-orchitis require antibiotic treatment. If the cause of infections associated with STDs, sexual partner (wife / husband) also had to get treatment.

Description:

Description:
Pleurisy occurs when the double membrane (pleura) that lines the chest cavity and surrounding each of the lungs become inflamed. Pleurisy is also called pleuritis, pleurisy typically causes sharp pain, almost always occur when taking a breath. Pleurisy occurs as a complication of various underlying conditions. Reducing pleurisy involves treating the underlying condition, if known, and taking pain relievers.

Phenomenon
Signs and symptoms of pleurisy may include:
- Chest pain when inhaling and exhaling
- Shortness of breath
- Dry cough
- Fever and chills, depending on the cause

Treatment
The most important goal in relieving pleurisy or pleural effusion is treatment of conditions that cause the signs and symptoms. For example, if the cause of pleurisy is a bacterial infection of the lungs (pneumonia), antibiotics to control infection. But, for pleurisy due to viral infection, antibiotics will be ineffective. Most viral infections heal by itself without treatment.

Prickly heat illness and tips on how to treat

Description:
In normal conditions, the skin serves as the body temperature Adjustment with environmental temperature. In the epidermis layer of fat and sweat glands there. The function of sweat glands is to help the body adjust the temperature.

In prickly heat (keringet buntet, Java) occurs tract blockage of sweat glands. Blockage caused by skin cells that die because it is not completely wasted. The sweat can not get out the spots that lead to the emergence accompanied with itching.

Factors that influence the occurrence of prickly heat, among others:
- High humidity allows the body to sweat
- A lack of good air ventilation
- Too thick and tight clothing
- Physical activity
- Fever

Additional knowledge, prickly heat does not only occur in young children, but adults can also be attacked. Importantly, if not solved immediately prickly heat can cause infection.

Phenomenon
Arising reddish spots on their skin with itching on the forehead, neck, back, or chest.

Treatment
Treatment can be done is to sow the disinfectant powder on the body or lotion that contains a corticosteroid. If excessive infection can be treated with antibiotics.

Pancreatic disease Divisum and tips on how to treat

Description
Divisum pancreas is a birth defect in which part of the pancreas fail to join together. In many cases the defect is walking without undetected and causes no problems. The cause is not known for certain defects.

The pancreas is a long flat organ located between the stomach and spine. As baby develops in the womb, two separate pieces of tissue join together to form the pancreas. Each section has a tube, called a channel. When sections joined together, the final channel called pancreatic duct is formed.

Digestive fluids and chemicals (enzymes) produced by the pancreas normally flow through this channel. If the channel fails to join together while the baby develops in the womb. Two sections of pancreatic fluid from flowing into the area separately from the upper small intestine (duodenum). If the channel is clogged pancreas may result in swelling and tissue destruction (pancreatitis).

Phenomenon
- Stomach pain, usually in the mid-abdomen, which can spread to the rear
- Swelling of the abdomen (distention)
- Nausea or vomiting

Treatment
If someone is experiencing symptoms of conditions such as above and have experienced symptoms or recurrent pancreatitis, doctors usually recommend surgery.

Von Willebrand disease and tips on how to treat

Description
Von Willebrand disease is very common descent from blood disorders. Parents who suffer from this disease can be sure their children will experience a similar illness. This disease affects the ability of blood to clot. Patients with this disease will have trouble stopping bleeding when wounded or injured. There are three types of disease, type 1, type 2 and type 3.

Symptoms and Signs
Symptoms and signs the form, frequent nosebleeds, easy bruising, bleeding gums, prolonged menstruation, blood in feces, in urine, and wounds difficult to dry.

Treatment
Treatment depends on the type of von Willebrand suffered. The main goal of treatment is to relieve suffering from Von Willebrand factor. Besides it is to avoid any damage to blood clots.

Siamese Twins disease and tips on how to treat

Description
Siamese twins occur when one egg splits and develops into two fetuses. In some cases, the fertilized egg fails to divide completely. Infants who develop from this partial separation of conjoined twins called. Siamese twins also physically connected - most often in the head, chest or pelvis. Even in the particular case of siamese twins, a baby with one another to share one or more internal organs.

Many conjoined twins who died at birth or died after birth. Several cases of conjoined twins who are still alive dipisahkandengan both surgically. The success of this operation depends on where the twins are joined and how many organs are shared, and also on the experience and skill of the surgical team.

Phenomenon
The first sign of conjoined twins is the same for each twin pregnancy: a rapidly growing uterus greater than for single embryos. Mother of twins may also have severe fatigue, nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.

Treatment
Treatment of conjoined twins vary widely depending on the circumstances. Many parents make the difficult decision to end a pregnancy. Prognosis and quality of life issues in decision-making burden, and the likelihood of successful separation. If the babies share a heart or brain, for example, the separation operation may not be possible.

Oily Skin and Hair Disease and tips on how to treat

Description
People with oily hair and skin generally has a shiny hair, even when several minutes of washing skin feel oily.

In normal conditions, androgen, or male hormones, control the production of oil by the sebaceous glands in the skin. Androgen levels are relatively higher can make skin oily. For example, this can occur during puberty and when steroids to enhance performance. Some people have oilier skin because they have a larger number of oil glands that produce more oil.

Phenomenon
People with oily skin and hair in general, generally hair and their skin looks shiny just a few minutes or hours after washing.

Treatment
Often oily skin and hair can not be prevented. This condition is often part of puberty and disappears when reaching adulthood.

Description

Description
Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease or GERD is a chronic disease that can lead to esophageal cancer sufferer or gastric cancer.

GERD occurs because of the presence of backflow of stomach contents into the esophagus causing symptoms that interfere until the occurrence of complications. Backflow of stomach acid into the esophagus does not only trigger GERD. More than that, can cause injury to the esophagus and ultimately lead to esophageal cancer.

Age causes the muscle ring at the border so that the weakened gastric esophageal gastric fluid rises.

Phenomenon
Some symptoms of GERD one of them is in the back bone to burn chest, stomach fluids into the well's mouth (similar ulcer). The incident is often repeated.

Treatment
For mild symptoms of GERD, patients can be consumed preventive medicine. Can also change your diet, reduce weight, and create new lifestyles such as not drinking coffee, alcohol, or smoking.

Disease Alport syndrome and tips on how to treat

Description
In 1927, Cecil A. Alport make research on this disease. He stated that alport syndrome is a disease where the kidneys derived disrupted. Alport syndrome derived from kidney inflammation. Women can transmit the gene for this disease, to their children if they have no symptoms.

Occurred COL4A3 and COL4A5 gene mutations in this disease. The gene provides instructions for creating one of the protein components of collagen type IV. These proteins play an important role in the kidney, especially in the structures called glomeruli. Glomerulli is a special group of blood vessels that berfunsi remove water and waste products daari blood and make urine.

Factors that influence risk include: nephritis, hearing loss before the age of 30, syndromes alport in family history.

Phenomenon
The disease is characterized by kidney disease, hearing loss, and kelaianan eye.

Treatment
Treatment for this disease is by gene therapy.

Onchocerciasis Disease and tips on how to treat

Description:
Onchocerciasis is an infection of Onchocerca volvulus roundworms. The infection is transmitted through the bite of blackflies (Simuliidae family of black flies that live in rivers). The flies bite an infected person and bring prelarva worm called microfilarie. In the human body, prelarva later developed into adult worms.

After mating, adult female worms release microfilariae can be up to 1000 eggs a day. This worm is moving in our bodies and when they die causing a variety of conditions, including blindness, skin rashes, sores, itching and other skin diseases.

Symptoms:
These symptoms occur when the worms die. Their deaths can cause itching. Besides the rash appears and finally reddish skin thickened, rough and wrinkled.

Treatment:
In some countries, onchocerciasis has been controlled through spraying with insecticides. In addition, treatment goals adalalah reduce symptoms and reduce further spread with a single dose of ivermectin given orally and repeated every 6 to 12 months until the symptoms disappear.