Healthy Life

osteoporosis

Important elements that determine the density of bone is protein and calcium. The composition of protein in bone is influenced by hormonal stimulation. if women enter the menopause her estrogen levels low. Due to reduced estrogen levels are changing the composition of the protein, resulting in calcium binding capacity is also low. Bones to become thin.

In addition, as well as muscle activity of the bones of the body affected by the body. Exercise can strengthen bones, bone density, while rarely used will be more prone to osteoporosis. So you exercise habits can be continued. gymnastics osteoporosis for women who are usually formed from old. However, you can just join the gym or other exercises that increase the activity of bone.

Besides sports, Osteoporosis can be prevented by consuming foods containing calcium and vitamin D. Get used to eating vegetables and foods containing protein and low in fat. Good eating habits are not only beneficial for bone but also for the body. overall. This healthy eating habits should be started since childhood. do not smoke and drink alcohol, because it will increase the ratio of osteoporosis and fractures.

There are a number of factors that influence the occurrence of osteoporosis, namely: less exercise, early menopause, smoking, drinking, skinny, no children, lack of calcium intake or vitamin D deficiency, long-term corticosteroid therapy, family history of osteoporosis.

At the time of menopause estrogen levels can drop to only 20% of levels prior to menopause. Therefore, hormone therapy is the medical term is called hormone replacement therapy can relieve symptoms of estrogen deficiency due to this. but it is also beneficial for reducing the impact of osteoporosis.

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blood-pressure

Our blood pressure did not persist, but change in accordance with our activities and also influenced emotion. That’s why the blood pressure measurement should be performed after the patient has enough rest (at least 5 minutes). If the patient is smoking or drinking coffee then performed blood pressure measurement of at least 30 minutes after smoking or drinking coffee.

Blood pressure gauge needs to calibrate and ribbon wrapped around a patient’s arm should be in accordance with the patient’s arm. Determining a diagnosis of hypertension made after three times of measurement at the time which showed high blood pressure, unless there are symptoms. In the state of doubt may be measuring blood pressure continuously with special equipment.

Hypertension is a disease that is often met the community. approximately 10% of the population suffer from hypertension. In the United States though, only about 70% who know that they suffer from hypertension. For this reason, public awareness of hypertension need to be improved.

Incidence of hypertension increases with age. Customary to measure blood pressure can improve the diagnosis of hypertension because most hypertensive patients do not feel any symptoms. If there is a family history of hypertension, the risk of hypertension was greater.

It’s true goal of hypertension therapy in addition to controlling blood pressure is to prevent the complications of hypertension. The main complication that can arise is the stroke and coronary heart disease. in addition, hypertension can also cause complications in the eye and kidney. nevertheless, does not mean all people with hypertension must take medicine hypertension.

Hypertensive therapy is not always in the form of the drug. efforts to control hypertension, especially mild hypertension (systolic below 160 and diastolic below 100 mm/Hg), can be done by avoiding smoking, excessive salt intake, obesity, and diligent exercise.

Your doctor better understand your situation. To start with drug therapy of hypertension should consider the benefits and risks, and also consider whether there are organ complications or diabetes mellitus. If it was decided necessary drug therapy with hypertension, these drugs generally need to be used onward.

Hypertensive therapy both have been able to reduce mortality from stroke and coronary heart disease in the United States. However, heart trouble and complications of renal failure has not decreased significantly.

I encourage you and your family maintain good health. Health care is not necessary with the drug. most diseases can be avoided with healthy lifestyle. To implement a healthy lifestyle which required only discipline, need not be expensive.

eyesight-diabetes

Diabetes can cause complications, both acute complications and chronic complications. The increase to very high blood sugar (hyperglycemia) can lead to coma and diabetes mellitus is one of the acute disease. Another complication is acute decrease excessive blood sugar (hypoglycemia). This is usually caused by blood sugar-lowering drug use is excessive.

While long-term complications of diabetes mellitus is a chronic complication of diabetes that may arise after suffering long and not well controlled. Chronic Complications This basically occurs in blood vessels (angiopati diabetic), both in the small blood vessels (microvascular) and large (makrovaskular). Microvascular disorders in diabetes mellitus is usually related to the kidney and retina of the eye. While makrovaskular on coronary vessels, brain blood vessels and leg veins. In addition, neurological complications can occur which are usually called neuropathy, and could cause disturbance in the retina of the eye that can cause blindness.

To prevent the occurrence of acute complications of chronic, essentially by controlling blood sugar correctly. Controlling blood sugar is done by understanding that both diabetes mellitus, eating arrangements, exercise, and blood sugar-lowering drugs if needed. Good blood sugar control can reduce mortality rates, incidence of hospitalization, and incidence of various complications caused by diabetes mellitus.

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blood-sugar-chart

One goal of therapy is to achieve blood sugar blood sugar under control. If your blood sugar well controlled, chronic complications of diabetes mellitus is expected to be reduced.

Control criteria on the state of fasting blood sugar is 80-120 mg /dl (good), 120-140 mg/dl (moderate), and if >140 mg/dl, including lack of control. While blood sugar in state two hours after eating is 120-160 mg / dl (good), 160-200 mg/dl (moderate), and> 200 mg / dl (or less). In addition to controlling blood sugar, should also be controlled weight, blood pressure, and lipid levels.

examination of blood sugar can indeed be done at home, but should I check myself with the tools necessary glucosemeter well understood. After buying the appliance, ask the correct way to use it. The good examination results are periodically compared with the results of blood sugar is checked in the laboratory.

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diabetes

Diabetes Mellitus is a chronic disease marked increase in blood sugar levels above normal. The increase is due to blood sugar disorders hormone secretion and insulin resistance.

Diabetes mellitus traffic system differentiated type 1 and type 2. In type 1 diabetes mellitus required insulin treatment, whereas in type 2 diabetes mellitus is not absolutely needed insulin. In addition, there are actually more pregnancy diabetes mellitus, diabetes occurs during pregnancy and blood sugar levels became normal after delivery.

Most people with diabetes mellitus type 2 was detected in the situation further. information on the circumstances of this usually has complications occur in the kidneys, eyes, heart, or blood vessels. If the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus was made early on, then open the opportunity to control blood sugar in diabetic patients better so that complications can be avoided or reduced.

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Typhoid fever

Typhoid fever (Typhus pain) caused the bacteria Salmonella Typhi. These germs enter the body through contaminated food and beverages. after the bacteria entered the body usually arise disease symptoms (after 7-21 days incubation period.

The main symptoms are fever. At the beginning stage of a gradual increase of fever 5-7 days, after it settled a high fever. In addition to fever, gastrointestinal symptoms may occur in the form of tongue disorders and discomfort in the abdomen. can also occur constipation or diarrhea. In severe disease can arise disturbance of consciousness. Even severe infections can occur in shock. Fortunately, with the progress of therapy using antibiotics, typhoid fever usually can be cured. Yet there is a small part of patients died of intestinal bleeding complication or shock.

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Many people who complain stiff. If not for the weary stiff work, presumably because of lack of vitamin B1. Normally, this vitamin is obtained from rice.

But now instead of rice pounded rice is still there epidermis layer which has a vitamin. Milled rice has run out of his vitamin B1. In fact, vitamin B1 is needed every day. Functions to the nerves, muscles, heart and brain. If a deficiency, disturbance occurs on the body.

It is necessary to take additional vitamin B1 if the consumption of rice instead of mashed rice. Especially with increasing age, eating rice on the wane. Adequacy of vitamin B1 from rice growing unmet. In addition to stiff, complaints can arise in the heart and brain as well. Beri-beri disease extreme example.

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