Trying to quit smoking is a difficult challenge for smokers who intend to quit. Moreover, when smoking has become a lifestyle for many years.
The body will actually give a signal to you, when smoking began to affect and weakenthe body. For that, you must be sensitive to notice it. There are some signs that the bodybe sent to you immediately stop smoking.
difficulty breathing
Generally, the initial symptoms of disorders caused by smoking is a respiratory disorderwhich became persistent cough. This easily led to other complications in the body.
There are various factors that could cause these symptoms, cool air to dust. However,cough and respiratory problems only trigger more serious disorders. When you begin to experience difficulty breathing, immediately consult a doctor.
Constant sore throat
These symptoms are closing other indications. Sore throat indicates irritation of therespiratory network. And smokers are more likely to experience it, due to smoke coming into the throat.
Irritation of the throat is not the only thing to worry about. Small hairs along the throat is also destroyed, allowing hazardous particles directly into the lungs. Thus, the potential for increased lung infections.
Increased gastric acidity
Direct reaction to cigarette viewed from strong stomach acid and is indicated severeabdominal pain. Diseases and other disorders can make the complications in the body.
But not to wait for the symptoms above to stop smoking. If you want to live healthier, it's time to quit smoking, now
"Hepatitis is a disease that can be prevented by immunization (PD3I). And hepatitis B immunization is given to the newborn is the beginning of efforts to control hepatitis in Indonesia, "said Minister of Health, Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih, the World Hepatitis Day seminar, in Building Ministry of Health, Jakarta, Thursday, July 28, 2011.
Viral hepatitis virus kills secretly, said Dr. Samalee Plianbangchang, WHO Regional Director for the region SEAR (South East Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, North Korea, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Timor Leste).
That is, people who are infected will not show obvious symptoms. In fact, it appears healthy for many years, before finally showing the occurrence of complications. "This disease attacks the productive age population, causing an economic burden for families and ultimately the country," he said.
There are four types of viral hepatitis are most common, namely hepatitis A, B, C and E.In the 11 SEAR countries in the region, a total of four deaths from the virus is greater than the number of deaths from malaria, dengue, and HIV / AIDS. Each year an estimated 8.98 million cases of hepatitis occurred, with 585 thousand of them died.
Of these, 400 thousand cases and 800 deaths due to hepatitis A, 1.38 million cases and 300 thousand deaths due to hepatitis B, and 500 thousand and 120 thousand cases of deaths due to hepatitis C. While 6.5 million cases of hepatitis E due to 160 thousand deaths and 2,700 miscarriages.
Environment that is not clean, infected blood, and unprotected sex are some of the intermediate transmission of hepatitis. While hepatitis A is transmitted through food and beverages. Hepatitis B and C through blood and other body fluids.
In Southeast Asia, hepatitis A and E become a major threat because of personal and environmental hygiene such as washing hands with clean water tends to go unnoticed.While hepatitis B is considered 50-100 times more easily transmitted than HIV. An estimated 100 million people with chronic hepatitis B (5.6% of the population) and 30 million people with chronic hepatitis C (1.6% of the population) live in SEAR.
Because they do not show symptoms, 60 percent of people infected with hepatitis B and C often do not realize it until they suffer complications such as cirrhosis or liver cancer type called hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). If it is up at this stage, the patient's condition was not treatable.
To prevent and control hepatitis virus, the WHO encourages countries to make the control of hepatitis as a national priority. WHO urged all countries to an increase in hepatitis B vaccination coverage for infants up to 95 percent, requires testing and screening for blood products (transfusion) and hepatitis tests in monitoring the quality of government and private laboratories.
"Many health professionals lack of attention to security, and not run prevention, screening, treatment and other follow-up for hepatitis B and C according to WHO guidelines or government," said Samalee.
Dahlan was present as special guests to share their experiences struggling to beat death, in memeringati World Hepatitis Day seminar at the Ministry of Health, Thursday, July 28, 2011.
On August 6, 2007, former CEO of Java Post is doing a liver transplant at the Oriental Organ Transplant Center (OOTC), Tianjin, China. "It's been four years since I escaped from death. Previously, I was late to know that I suffered from hepatitis and eventually become cancerous. There is no way other than liver transplantation, "said Dahlan.
His suffering as hepatitis patients do not stop there. Although managed to escape from death, Dahlan still need to perform rituals in a disciplined routine. After a transplant, he must take medication twice a day, accompanied fasting two hours before and one hour afterwards.
"Maybe it should be like that way and should be taking medication for life, but I think it's like eating rice. Since I've felt the pain. Therefore, before it's too late, it is important to do immunization hepatitis, "he said.
For patients with hepatitis, Dahlan continues to actively campaigning for the dangers of this deadly disease with no symptoms. In fact, he opens the SMS line for people who want to know information about hepatitis. "About 10 people are always SMS me every day, and I do continue this prevention campaign and I continue to follow the development of hepatitis."
According to him, hepatitis vaccination be the most expensive as a precaution. "I used to make unhealthy lifestyle. As a kid I used to drink river water that somehow water hygiene conditions, fed with the same plate, same finger bowl. Maybe it's unhealthy behaviors that drive I experience this pain, "he said.
Maintain discipline while taking drugs, Dahlan also conduct regular health check-up.Every two weeks, he was obliged to do blood tests every 10 days and mandatory immunization injections.
"Not only that, there is abstinence should I obey. It should not be eating foods that make the liver work harder. Among mengonusmsi alcohol abstinence, berpengawet foods, eating foods that burn, fat, foods containing MSG and other chemicals. All I had to obey
As quoted from the pages of the Daily Mail, this conclusion is obtained from research conducted in Australia. Researchers in Melbourne tested the blood of 5200 people anddetermined that each additional 25 nanomoles of vitamin D in the blood can reduce therisk of developing diabetes by 24 percent. Lack of exercise and poor diet are alsofactors causing this sugar disease.
"It's hard to underestimate how important this is," said Dr. Ken Sikaris, lead author ofthe study.
People getting vitamin D intake of less than 50 nanomoles per liter of arguably deficientvitamin D in their bodies. If connected between vitamin D and diabetes, those at riskcan take vitamin D supplements to reduce the likelihood of developing diabetes. Lack of sunlight and vitamin D deficiency is also estimated to cause 600,000 cases of cancer each year.
"It is not possible to recommend vitamin D supplements to reduce risk based on the results of this study. But do not be seen as a quick fix," said dr. Victoria King, ofDiabetes UK.
Diabetes UK is the body that funded the research team at Glasgow University to find outwhether the person with type 2 diabetes can take advantage of supplemental vitamin D.
"Maintaining a healthy weight by maintaining a healthy diet and doing regular physicalactivity is the best way to reduce the risk of diabetes," said King.
Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih visit Gullain disease patients Barre Syndrome (GBS), Safa Azalia (4) at St. Carolus, Jakarta, Monday, August 1, 2011.During his visit, the Minister of Health admitted that the disease is a rare type of disease.
"It is indeed rare. The trouble is that we as yet have a cure. So that could be done until now only treat it, keeping alive on a ventilator but did not know when it ends well," said Endang.
Therefore, Endang proposed Public Health Service, Health Center or IHC needs to take measures for dissemination to the public. However, Endang said the disease is difficult to prevent. "Difficult, yes, because rare. When there are symptoms of the best step is immediately brought to the hospital, the nearest health center," he said.
Associated with the patient, Azka (in Bogor) and Safa, Endang promised to pay more attention to both. It's just that given the enormous cost while the patient's recovery time limit of GBS is unknown, Endang said the government could not bear the self-financing.
"Maybe We Can help it is only partly Because of our budget is limited, it may not help thisThat Continues, what about other diseases. We were really asking for help andhimbauannya to Philanthropists and Journalists to help, '"Endang said.
As is known, Muhammad Azka Arriziq (4) and Safa Azalia (4.6) suffering from GBS positive. According to health experts, GBS should be wary because it included a rare disease. If you had the disease then the lifetime of GBS patients will live with GBS. Can lead to death if mishandled.
The disease is found since the year 1916 by two doctors of France, Jean-Charles Alexander Barré and Georges Guillain, but GBS patients are still rare in Indonesia even the world.
From medical recap, in GBS patients a year and most of 1:40.000 just less informed what it is so often mistaken for GBS disease or cikungunya weak wilt. Whereas if delayed treatment, patients with GBS within hours of being confronted with the abyss of death
A group of researchers found, there is an easy way to relieve stress and evendepression, that is music. According to them, music is non-verbal communication tohelp patients express their emotions.
A study, whose results are published in The British Journal of Psychiatry, apply thetherapy for three months against 79 people. A total of 30 people from the music therapygroup were given for 20 sessions with a trained music therapist and involving musical instruments like drums.
All depressed patients received standard counseling and medication accordingly.Result, the recovery was higher in patients who received music therapy than patients receiving standard therapy.
Music, according to experts, able to involve people who have trouble communicatingwith words though. Music therapy is also used to help children who are difficult to talk.Playing musical instruments and singing with the guidance of trained music therapistshelp children express themselves.
Professor Christian Gold, of the University of Jyväskylä said, "The experiments show of music therapy and standard care helps reduce depression and anxiety," Gold said,quoted by BBC news station.
"Music therapy has certain qualities that allow people to express themselves andinteract in a non-verbal ways. Even in situations when they can not find words todescribe their inner experiences."
Dr Mike Crawford, who specializes in mental health services at Imperial CollegeLondon, said the study shows that music can improve mood and general functioning of people with depression.
"Music is a social decision that is fun and meaningful. Music makes people connect to each other even without words," said Crawford.
