Recently, a high school classmate of mine was admitted to the hospital for a 2 cm tumor in her right breast. Good thing is, the biopsy went well but I warned her that this is not the right time to rejoice and taking them for granted. She might be at risk for malignancy and that means she has to submit to annual breast examination and check up. Although fibroadenomas rarely become malignant she should be careful. Women read the tips below:
Personally, I do have an allergy with a component of a certain nasal decongestant. The symptom I usually get is a scaly appearance on the skin of my hands & feet, the palms and the soles. I'm pretty thankful that it doesn't affect my face or any part of it. The first action that most people do with their symptoms is to seek relief from it. There are a number of steps that can be and should be taken as soon as possible. One of these steps involves determining what is causing an allergic reaction. 
A little overview of peanut allergy, it is one of the leading causes of food-related death due to complicated anaphylactic shock or hypersensitivity allergic reaction. It is important to do as soon as your child can understand the concept of allergies and not eating certain foods. As early as 6 months parents should introduce food one at a time to determine which of it is the infant's allergy. Bear in mind that there should be a 4-day trial period for the newly introduced food. According to experts, he best time to reinforce the teaching occurs at the preschool level. You may need to talk to your child more than once, but it is important to let them know what could happen if they carelessly share food with friends or classmates. Teen should be taught how to check the food labels.Inform
Inform everyone around the child about the allergy like their teachers in school, seatmates, friends and friends' parents. You may be surprised to know that many food allergies, happen when parents are not around. That is why it is extremely important that all adults know about your child’s allergic reactions to peanuts. When your child leaves your home to visit friends or family, pack safe snacks for them to eat.
Ask Questions
If you and your child are known for eating out, it is important that you ask as many questions as possible. You should do so at all eating establishments, but it is particularly important to do at a bakery. Are all baked goods made in the same spot, like on the same table? Even if not, are gloves changed? What are the chances that a peanut or peanut butter can make its ways into other foods? You should know before feeding your child anything that you did not prepare yourself.
Read the Labels
Speaking of the foods that you do prepare yourself, be sure to read all food labels. When doing so, you may be surprised just how many products have warnings that claim that peanuts may be present. Even if they only “may,” be, you are still advised to proceed with caution and skip. Also, make sure that you always read labels, as food manufacturers are known for updating or changing their ingredients.
Be Alert
It is also important to know how to handle a reaction. There is a good chance that your child’s doctor will teach you the proper steps that you should take, which will likely include administering medicine to help your child breathe. It is also important to educate those around you too. Make sure that all relatives, parents of friends, and school teachers know what to do in the event of an allergic reaction to peanuts. If medication is provided by your doctor, which it should be, make sure the school has some and always carry the medication with you, like in your car or in your purse.
Assess For Allergic Reaction
July 1996, Philippine Southfield School grounds. Time for general cleaning for the upcoming Nutrition Month culmination day. We finally cleared the drainage from mineral water bottles, planted and trimmed the durantas around our classroom and dusted the jalousies, that's the last thing I remembered before it all started. I felt weak and hot. It must be out of exhaustion. I asked permission from the prefect to go home before dismissal. I arrived home at lunch time and went flat at bed. The next day, I was fine. Then I went hot then off the next morning. My temperature was like a switch, on and off. The fourth day, I grew rashes on my arms. I was rushed to the nearest hospital and blood work was pretty bad. A platelet below normal.
This posting is aimed to help you to reduce not eliminate. your fat intake. The average individual eats too much fat, a factor that's linked to a variety of health problems, and cancer. Diets that are high in fat are associated with breast and colon cancer, with some studies linking high fat to prostate cancer as well. But hereditary also predisposes the likelihood of having such disease.
In a cross-sectional analysis, high urine concentrations of a commonly used industrial chemical were associated with diabetes and coronary events.Bisphenol A (BPA) is added to the plastic used in products such as baby bottles and to the epoxy that lines food cans. Most individuals in industrialized countries are thought to have BPA in their bodies. In humans, BPA may bind to estrogen receptors, and concern has arisen as to whether it might adversely affect health.
In this study from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003–2004, investigators measured total concentration of BPA in urine samples collected from 1455 adult participants and determined whether urine BPA concentrations were associated with self-reported histories of physician-diagnosed arthritis, cancer, cardiovascular disease (angina, coronary heart disease, or heart attack), diabetes, liver disease, respiratory disease (asthma, bronchitis, or emphysema), stroke, or thyroid disease. The odds ratio for a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease or diabetes was 1.39 for each 1 standard-deviation increase in urine BPA concentration (P<0.001>
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Despite recent assertions by the FDA of the safety of bisphenol A, criticism is mounting about its use in consumer products because of its potential neurologic and reproductive health effects. By linking BPA concentrations to increased risks for diabetes and heart disease, these new data raise questions about the current assumptions and assessments the FDA has made. These findings should stimulate additional studies into the potential health effects of BPA.
— JoAnne M. Foody, MD
It's impossible to eat healthy our whole lives, even though we may try hard to do it. Eating healthy for your heart is something everyone should try to do, especially when it comes to restoring health and reducing heart attacks.
Preserving sperm before cancer therapy can enhance the likelihood of later fatherhood.As survival rates after cancer rise, more emphasis has been placed on preserving fertility despite probable chemotherapy- and radiation-induced sterility in both men and women. Does cryopreservation of sperm before treatment allow men who survive cancer to father children later? To address this issue, researchers evaluated data from all 118 couples who underwent in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures with pretreatment cryopreserved sperm during a 12-year period at a single center in New York City.
Before cancer treatment, about 43% of men had at least one abnormal parameter in their semen analyses, and about 20% had very-low total sperm counts (<5>
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Data on the health of the children born to this cohort are still limited, but no evidence has accrued to date for excess genetic abnormalities. Although we must remain cautious, these findings emphasize the need to discuss future fatherhood with young men who have malignancies and to encourage cryopreservation of sperm before cancer treatments.
— Robert W. Rebar, MD
Working on to quit smoking is one of the hardest things that many people encounter. There are countless reasons why it is so difficult not to quit. There are two main reasons that are most often cited, the habit of smoking itself is extremely hard to break and procrastination or delaying. The task then becomes an ordeal to break the habit. After all, it took you a while to get into the habit of smoking so reason stands that it will take a while to break the habit.
I haven't come across inflammatory bowel diseases much and only know one, ulcerative colitis which I am going to post later. It commonly occurs among adults or young adults but may appear any time in the entire lifespan. Although women are more susceptible but the older population experiences the bouts more than any other age group (Between the ages 50 to 80). The site of affection is commonly located at the distal ileum and colon. Crohn's may be subacute or chronic inflammation which extends through all layers of the intestinal wall. Remissions and exacerbations happen. The pathogenesis begins with intestinal edema and of course, thickening of the mucosa then ulcers begin to appear on the inflammed areas. Lesions are not in continuous contact with each other for they are separated with normal tissue. As the disease progresses into the peritoneum fistulas, fissures and abscesses form. Bowel wall thickens and becomes fibrotic and the intestinal lumen narrows in the advance stage. Granulomas form in almost half of the patients. Diseased bowel loops sometimes adhere to other loops surrounding them.
Last Sunday, I enjoyed browsing my cousin's newly installed cable TV. The first show that caught my attention was Lifestyle Network's cooking show (unfortunately I forgot the title) that featured Asian cuisine particular South East Asian cuisine. I've noticed lemon grass is always an ingredient in most of the dishes prepared so today I'm gonna talk about the benefits we get from these herb. But before anything else, lemon grass belongs in the genus Cymbopogon and is widely found in tropical countries. The one found mainly in Southeast Asia is Cymbopogon citratus which gives off a more citrus flavor to teas, soup and curries. This type of lemon grass is abundant in the Philippines and little of it was known to have medicinal properties.
Hmm I feel like talking about intestinal disorders. Actually, I'm doing this for my state board review which is due around January of next year. Wish me luck guys. A diverticulum is a sac-like outpouching of the lining of the bowel that extends through a defective muscle layer. It may occur anywhere along the GI tact. Multiple diverticular disease of the colon is called diverticulosis. Diverticulitis results when retention of food and bacteria happens causing infection and inflammation. A congenital predisposition is suspected when the disorder occurs in those younger than 40 years old. An intake of low dietary fiber predisposes the disease but the exact cause is unknown. It forms when the mucosa and submucosal layers of the colon herniate through the muscular wall due to high intraluminal pressure, low volume in the colon wall. Content accumulate in the diverticulum and eventually decompose, causing inflammation and infection. Obstruction can happen while inflammation aggravates the obstruction more. The inflammation tends to spread to the surrounding bowel wall, giving rise to irritability and spascitiy of the colon.
I'm posting this in relation to my previous posting about appendicitis. Peritonitis is the inflammation of the peritoneum, serous membrane lining the abdominal cavity and covering the viscera. It is usually a result of bacterial infection, organisms out from certain diseases of the GI tract or, in women, from the internal reproductive organs. It can also be a result from external sources such as injury or trauma (e.g. gunshot wound, stab wound) or an inflammation that extends from an organ outside the peritoneal area, such as the kidney. Symptoms depend on the location and extent of inflammation. Diffuse pain is felt initially then becomes more constant and aggravates in movement. Abdomen is tender (rebound tenderness) and distended and muscles become rigid. Paralytic ileus may be present. Usually, nausea and vomiting occur and peristalsis is diminished. Purse rate and temperature increases.
Alright, I'm fed up of listening to people when they complain of pain during an activity after a large meal and said that they got appendix. Of course, everyone has not unless they undergone any surgical removal of the appendix. The appendix is a finger-like appendage about 4 inches long that is attached to the cecum, the pouch connected to the ascending colon of the large intestine. It is located below the ileocecal valve. The appendix fills with food and regularly empties into the cecum. Since it empties inefficiently and with a small lumen, the appendix is prone to obstruction and is highly vulnerable to infection, appendicitis. Appendicits is known to strike people between ages 10 to 30 years old. The most signature symptom is pain in the abdomen. Appendicitis pain is not like the type of pain you get from gas or indigestion. Pain starts in the navel area. It then moves into the lower right-hand (Right Lower Quadrant/RLQ pain) corner of the sufferer's abdomen. Pain increases as the disease progress. The pain then settles in an area that is near the appendix. This area is called the McBurney point. An inflamed appendix lies on the psoas muscle and the patient will lie with the right hip flexed for pain relief. Checking for a positive Psoas sign will assist in the diagnsis. Other than that lab works are performed to check for infection. A person should report any pain that persists and that is accompanied by loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and fever to a physician. Remember, it is an emergency condition and should be managed as early as possible. Surgery is indicated if appendicitis is diagnosed. Fluid and electrolytes imbalance and dehydration should be corrected through intravenous fluids and antibiotics prior to appendectomy, surgical removal of the appendix. Analgesics can be given after the diagnosis is made. Appendectomy can be performed either spinal or general anesthetic with a low abdominal incision or by laparoscopy, Caution should be observed in the elderly population since classic signs and symptoms are altered and may vary greatly. Pain may be absent or minimal. Symptoms may be vague, suggesting bowel obstruction or the like. Thus, diagnosis and prompt treatment may be delayed, which heightens the probablity of potential complications and worse, mortality.
