Down syndrome in children

Alphadoctor - Down's syndrome (trisomy 21, were ") is an abnormality of chromosome that causes mental retardation (mental retardation) and physical abnormalities. The cause is the extra 21st chromosome in knockoffs.

Symptoms

Children suffering from Down's syndrome have a distinctive appearance:
– At the moment of birth, their muscles are slack
– The shape of the bones of the skull asymmetry
– The back of her head horizontally
– Lesions on iris called Brushfield spots
– His head is smaller than normal (mikrosefalus) and abnormal shape
– Flat-Nose, his tongue protruding and his upward slanted eyes
– On the corner of the eye in there is a rounded skin folds (folds of epicanthus)
– Short and wide with Hand fingers are short and often only had one hand on his Palm lines
– The little finger only consists of 2 books and inwards
– Small Ears and set lower
– Between the first and second toes, there is a loophole wide enough
– Impaired growth and development (almost all sufferers of Down syndrome never reaches an average height of adults)
– Mental retardation.

In infants suffering from Down's syndrome are often found congenital heart abnormalities. Premature death often occurs due to an abnormality of the heart. Abnormalities of the gastrointestinal tract, such as esophageal atresia (blockage of the esophagus) and duodenal atresia (a blockage of the intestine 12 fingers), it is also often found.

Diagnosis

The diagnosis of Down syndrome can be enforced when the babies were still in the womb and screening tests are usually performed on pregnant women who are over 35 years old. With ultrasound assessment could note the existence of physical abnormalities in the fetus. Diagnosis of enforced based on symptoms and physical examination results. With the aid of a stethoscope will be heard to murmur (an extra heart sound).
The usual checks are performed:
– Analysis of chromosome
– Chest X-ray (to show the presence of abnormalities of the heart)
– An Echocardiogram
– EKG
– Gastrointestinal X-rays

Therapy

There is no specific treatment for Down syndrome. Certain heart disorders may be repaired through surgery

The prognosis

Children with Down's syndrome are at high risk for suffering from heart disorders and leukemia. If there are two diseases, then reduced her life expectancy; If both of these diseases is not found, then the children can survive to adulthood.

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Disease Symptoms of Appendicitis

Alphadoctor - Many people regard the cecum or Appendix as one organ of the body that are not so useful for the digestive tract. This assumption turns out to be misguided. Appendicitis is apparent plays a major role in the digestive organs healthy considering where much bacteria-good bacteria that will streamline the process of digestion of food. If appendicitis is experiencing inflammation or swelling, then we will experience disease appendicitis. What are the causes of appendicitis this disease?

Appendicitis can occur due to a blockage in the Appendix. Some foods that cannot be digested can get stuck in the cecum and then cause a hardening that could make the Appendix swell. In addition, the presence of bacteria that enter through food can breed rapidly and make appendicitis experience swelling or infection. In addition to bacteria, infection of the appendix may also be caused by the presence of gastrointestinal viruses.

When appendicitis suffered infections and swelling, then we will begin to feel the symptoms of appendicitis. Pain in the abdomen is usually the initial symptoms of this disease. You yourself can determine whether you are experiencing the disease appendicitis or not the easy way i.e. just hit the bottom right part of the abdomen and if you feel the pain, then you could be exposed to disease appendicitis. The symptoms of appendicitis are the next with often you start vomiting and nausea that continue to occur until more than 12 hours. Sufferers of appendicitis often also experience abdominal bloating is often a waste of gas. If left well enough alone, then the sufferer can experience high fever and appendicitis can also so deteriorating.

Before your body's condition got worse, immediately checking the condition of your body if it feels having symptoms appendicitis to nearby doctor. Handling is as early as possible can make healing appendectomy can be done as quickly as possible and you'll quickly recover as readily.

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What is Celiac Disease?

Alphadoctor - Have you ever heard of celiac disease? Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder occur in the digestive tract. Autoimmune disorders it can cause damage to the intestine if someone is consuming foods that contain gluten. In fact, almost everyone can not simply avoid gluten intake each day so that the presence of this disease are at risk of delivering worse health complications. That is quite shocking is, the ratio of people who have the disease are 1 in 100 people around the world are certainly high enough.

Celiac disease included in the offspring. A person with this disease will have problems in the intestine if consume gluten i.e. be immune system antibodies that will form on the gluten content and will eventually damage the intestine. Intestine would be experiencing inflammation of the intestinal villus and part, the part that resembles the structure of the hair that befits absorb food, finally could not absorb the food at all. Celiac disease would make the sufferer experiencing undernourished condition although it consumes a lot of nutritious foods sufferer.

Symptoms of celiac disease themselves are not always the same on everyone. It's just that, digestive problems like diarrhea, abdominal pain and bloating, up drastic with weight loss can occur. Some sufferers even complained of severe rash-rash problems on the skin and anemia. In addition, the leg will often experience a tingling due to nerves start to break down due to a decreased absorption of calcium from food and will make heir own easy bone and feels pain.

If sufferers of celiac disease are not handled properly, it could be that the disease will develop into type 1 diabetes. Patients may also experience problems at early stages of osteoporosis and colon cancer as well. Sufferers of celiac disease should start doing strict gluten free diet so that it no longer consume foods like bread from wheat to avoid damage to the bowel smooth and consultation on the doctor so he could get enough nutrients even though experienced disturbances in the digestive organs

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stomach acid rising because of Coffee

Alphadoctor - Coffee is one of the drinks that are already known to all walks of life throughout the world. Almost all people ever feel it until there is an addiction. Many coffee lovers have the perception that coffee drinking is safe for the health of his body even has benefits such as making the body becomes fresh, eager to dispel the tired. According to researcher coffee from the Bogor agricultural University, Ade Wachjar mentions there are some of the benefits perceived coffee as waging a blood circulation, inhibiting free radicals to stabilize the heartbeat with the original entry in the appropriate measure with consumption and not excessive.

The problems that often arise for the coffee connoisseur is drinking it too often with a measure that is not appropriate. Caffeine in coffee is the originator of the increased stomach acid. Increased stomach acid upwards until it passes through the area of the stomach can cause irritation on the organ above the upper gastric esophageal IE. Therefore, the disease caused due to increased stomach acid up to and above the heading of esophageal named GERD (Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease). Irritation that occurs in this area of esophageal that would later manifest as heartburn, a burning on the solar plexus, the tightness to chest to a bitter taste in the mouth. Early signs we can feel when we go up stomach acid such as saltpeter, often sense a belly full of curiosity to nausea and vomiting.

Basically, most acidic drink coffee that is having a pH between 5-5.5. It also sparked an increase in gastric acid in the body. Up to this point have not yet found a type of coffee has a natural pH acid with no caffeine. But some researchers have agreed that Arabica coffee safer drunk at people have a risk of stomach acid than robusta coffee. As for those who are eager to enjoy coffee with a safe, there are types of caffeine-free coffee that are decaffeinated coffee or better known as the coffee decaf coffee or who's been decaffeinated. An overseas country such as Uncle Sam and Queen Elisabeth, the demand for coffee are increasing rapidly. The people there are already aware of her health with the remaining benefit rather than coffee. Different in Indonesia because the coffee was not popular because it requires infrastructure that is not easy. Hopefully, in the future we can be aware of our body's health by drinking coffee can still safely without having to damage the hull.

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What is Singapore Flu ?

Alphadoctor - In modern times, it's more just kind of new diseases to emerge. No exception of illnesses that are the current boom was Singapore's flu or in medical terms is called Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease. The disease is named after flu Singapore because many diseases afflicting the citizens of Singapore until his death. The symptoms of this disease are high fever at first 2-3 days, followed by neck pain (pharyngitis), no appetite, runny nose, flu-like symptoms, in general, are not deadly. The vesicles then rupture has occurred, there are 3-10 ulcers on the mouth like Thrush (tongue, gums, inner cheeks) feels pain so difficult to swallow. At the same time arise rash/rash or vesicles (blisters/redness and blister),  papulovesicle that do not itch on the palms of the hands and feet. Sometimes the rash existed in the buttocks. These diseases generally will get better on its own in 7-10 days, and does not need to be hospitalized.

This disease was "self-limiting diseases", that can be cured by itself, in 7-10 days, patients need a break because of the durability of the body decreases. Patients who are hospitalized with symptoms that are severe and the above complications. In patients who suffer from this disease should remain, however when rubbing the body with SOAP should slowly so as not to the nodule. When hay fever sufferers are extremely high, can be assisted with compress and febrifuge. If there are parts of the skin rash and itch, irregular watering can sprinkle with powder deduction itching. A nodule that burst can be given an antibiotic to prevent the spread of the infection. Patients who do not want to eat and drink, her body will be the lack of fluids (dehydration), and thus vulnerable to more severe infection. For a patient like that, then it needs to be hospitalized in order to get enough fluid therapy. In small quantities, there are also patients who experienced complications that are pretty heavy namely encephalitis (inflammation of the brain membrane). HFMD patients with encephalitis symptoms fever that has continuous high and lost consciousness.

This disease often occurs in communities with poor sanitation. Disease prevention is to eliminate those things and the density of the environment; hygiene (Hygiene and sanitation) environments as well as individuals. The easiest way to do is, for example, get used to always wash your hands, especially when close to the sufferer, disinfection equipment food, toys, towels that allow contaminated. Always be alert and immediately seek treatment when the child does not want to eat and drink, vomit constantly and always drowsy but difficult child awakened. Children afflicted by this disease could have enhanced the durability of his body with fixed eating regularly, with good nutrition, food should contain enough protein and calories. It is recommended to drink as much as possible, especially the fresh fruit juice, as well as to adequate vitamin and mineral needs of children afflicted by this disease.

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Tips to treat vomiting disease

Alphadoctor - The main causes of vomiting disease is the inflammation of the gut by bacteria, viruses, parasites (worms, fungi, protozoa), poisoning food or drinks that are caused by bacteria or chemicals as well as malnutrition, such as hunger or lack of protein. Diseases that can be caused by the bacteria Escherichia coli can be epidemic due to the environment around the dwelling less clean and food consumed contaminated bacteria.

Sanitation systems are not maintained well also make it easier for germs to breed. Continuous rain causing flooding and environmental potential, very dirty cause outbreaks of vomiting.

In addition, vomiting disease can also be caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus virus which belongs to the type of vibrio halophilic and has been identified there are 12 group antigens O and about 60 K antigens of different types. Strains of pathogens are generally (but not always) can induce atypical hemolytic reactions (Kanagawa phenomenon). Vibrio parahaemolyticus incubation period is usually between 12-24 hours but can range between 4 – 30 hours.

Mum symptoms that occur in people with Vomiting are abdominal pain or heartburn. Other symptoms that you may feel is cramping in the abdomen, nausea, fever, loss of appetite, and of course, dehydration. While diarrhea is accompanied by vomiting repeatedly, it means you are stricken with vomiting.

To treat vomiting needed the antibiotic type of metronidazole combined with (Sulfametoksazol and trimetoprim), to the metronidazole flagyl, trogyl can be used, or more. Important contains metronidazole. The generic is also not a problem. As for the drug sulfametoksazole, trimetoprim and can be used sanprima or more.

How the rules of drinking?

For metronidazole be drunk three times a day, one tablet, while the sanprima drink a day 2 times. Do not drink together. Given the range of time 1-2 hours.

Prevent vomiting

Vomiting is very easily transmitted, especially through the water. So when one of the family members who are ill, vomiting or vomiting which neighbors try to prevent the contagion factor.

Clean the environment from waste blocking the drains, clean bathroom and toilet with floor cleaners. So when there is still vomiting can cause bacteria to die, and will not be transmitted to the other. Wash your hands before eating by using SOAP.

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Treat hair lice

Alphadoctor - Skin diseases have lately increased very rapidly in Indonesia, moreover, caused by parasite infections like ticks. Terdengarnya trivial, but the disease still afflicts many of our communities were living in villages. The community often calls it with Tuma or  a mite. The problem of this disease has brought a strong social stigma because the public has long been linking the disease with poverty or social and economic status is low, as well as the seedy surroundings.

Tuma or mites themselves can live in all the hair, but most live in the hair of the head and pubic. Parasites that attack the human hair in the latin term called Pediculus humanus. This parasite can only develop and grow in the lining of the human scalp. The transmission of this parasite can be directly (the hair with hair) or through intermediaries such as hats, pillows, mattresses, combs, veils are used interchangeably.

Hair lice will provide the main symptoms i.e. itching. Exposed skin will grow worse if carded and can cause a wound so as to enable recurrent infections. In children, chronic symptoms can cause anemia or a lack of blood. Anemia makes children become lethargic, sleepy in class and learning affect performance and cognitive functioning. Additionally, the infected children also experience sleep disturbances at night because of the itching and scratching often. From the psychological side, head lice infection make a child feel ashamed because isolated from other children.

The treatment is done by destroying all lice and eggs and cope with secondary infections due to scratching wounds. The best treatment is done directly in the affected skin with malathion 0.5-1% in the form of lotion or spray. This spray can be obtained by the instructions and prescription. Here's how their use of night before bed hair washed with SOAP then used lotion malathion, and the head is covered with a cloth. The next day the hair is washed with SOAP again and then combed with a jagged comb fine and meeting. The treatment can be repeated once a week when there are still fleas. But the current drugs of this type are very hard to come by.

Other drugs that are easily obtainable in Indonesia is gamma benzene cream heksaklorida (gameksan) 1% or benzoic benzl emulsion 25%. These drugs also must be obtained also by prescription and description of the doctor. Usage is then smeared silenced after 12 hours, then washed and combed so that all lice and eggs regardless. If there is still an egg, the treatment is repeated at regular intervals.

For secondary infections due to scratching, hair shaved and should be treated with antibiotics and then followed by the above-mentioned medicines in the form of shampoos. Of facility cleanliness and no contact with other people who are exposed to is a requirement not to recurring infections occur.

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Women Are Quite Susceptible To The Following Diseases

Alphadoctor - Many people have said if the woman has an awful lot of difference with men. Physically, the obvious differences between women and men are very noticeable with perceptible. In addition, from the psychological side, we can see a fundamental difference between men and women. The problem is, women also had a tendency to get a wide range of diseases that can be very dangerous. Here are some of the diseases that attack vulnerable women so that we can provide the best protection for the health of the body.

The first diseases strike women are particularly vulnerable to depression. Health experts mention if when compared to men, women turned out to have a greater risk of experiencing depression, and could even reach the ratio was two-fold. Many scholars who bepikir if there is a biological influence given the woman will experience a phase of menstruation, childbirth, or even menopause can trigger hormonal changes so it can get depressed.

The second disease attacking women particularly vulnerable is the disease of lupus. Lupus disease itself is a condition in which the body's immune system will attack a wide range of networks and systems of the body that are still working normally. For example, the joints and the skin also initially healthy-healthy just precisely attacked by the body's immune system and will eventually be damaged. Health experts from the Lupus Foundation of America mention if at least 90 percent of sufferers of lupus is a young woman who must now certainly be more careful in maintaining health.

The next disease that can strike women is celiac disease. This disease will make the immune system will react negatively when we consume foods with gluten, a protein content of food wheat, rye, and barley. Although it looks like regular digestive disorders, sufferers of cliac will experience drastic weight loss and getting a stomach ache, diarrhoea, severe enough to bloating-bloating.

Women also tend to be much more vulnerable to experiencing chronic fatigue syndrome which could make his body will likely always feel tired and can not be appeased with time enough to sleep. In addition to the muscle which can be more painful, chronic fatigue syndrome turns can trigger problems in memory. The women themselves will be more prone to chronic fatigue syndrome up to four times more when compared to men.

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Bone Cancer A Very Dangerous

Alphadoctor - The cancer is often associated with damage to the organs of the body like the lungs, stomach, liver or even. In fact, lots of other parts of the body are also at risk of getting cancer. One of them is the bone. Indeed, bone cancer patients include quite rare around the world, i.e. just 0.2 percent of all cancer patients. However, the case of the death of cancer is very high. At least, more than 1400 people from about 2800 cases of bone cancer in the world every year died and the disease is also pretty much attacked young people in their twenties. This means we have to be aware of the disease, isn't it?

When a person is affected by bone cancer, then the bones will be tergerogoti by cancer cells that could cause bone has become increasingly fragile. Many cases where patients with cancer of the bone must eventually answer the part of his body amputated to prevent the spread of the most severe. Bone cancer itself can be divided into three types, i.e., Osteosarcoma, Chondrosarcoma, Ewing's Sarcoma and also. Osteosarcoma bone cancer itself is located on the upper arm and knee. Chondrosarcoma will invade the upper legs, shoulders, and pelvis as well. Ewing Sarcoma will make the arms, legs, pelvis bones, even the backbone of developing cancer virus.

Symptoms of bone cancer usually begins with the pain that continues to feel on the infected bone cancer. Often the pain is n will spread to other parts. After that, any daily activities will likely soften. For example, if the bone cancer is attacking parts of the spine, the nervous can then join the depressed so body movement will also be problematic as stiff or no longer had the strength. In addition, the sensitivity also tends to be much more decline. In addition, some of the performance of the organs of the body like the intestine or even the bladder will also participate.

These symptoms if left it will ultimately make the area affected bone cancer will experience swelling and ultimately suffered paralysis. The more frightening is, gnaw bone cancer cells that will ultimately make the bones become more brittle and eventually break. If not given the proper medical, handling this issue could become increasingly severe and ultimately endanger the lives of its victims.

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Less sleep will invite a heart attack

Alphadoctor - Fewer hours of sleep not only causes the area around the eyes became black but also impacted badly on the health of the body.

A study shows people who sleep less than six hours at risk 50 percent larger had a heart attack and stroke risk 15 percent larger than people who get enough sleep.

The lack of sleeping hours can result in a disruption of the balance two important hormones leptin and ghrelin, i.e. a function control of appetite.

The short hours of sleep can make people become more like to eat and are at risk of experiencing obesity, high blood pressure, and also heart disease.

Unhealthy lifestyles can also lead to diabetes. However, not necessarily people who sleep more than 9 hours of safe from a heart attack. Heart disease can cause the sufferer to feel tired. Even sleeping for 9 hours was not able to make the body of the sufferer becomes refreshed

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Recognize the Signs of a heart attack in Women

Alphadoctor -If a heart attack is coming, the perceived symptoms in women are not always the same as the perceived men. Sometimes women don't feel the symptoms of a heart attack like chest pain that spreads to the littlest toe one arm. Some women feel the symptoms that sometimes is not real so be missed. Below are the common symptoms of a heart attack experienced by women:

1. Chest pain or discomfort in the chest. Chest pain in women is sometimes like kneaded or like feeling full. Chest pain can be felt anywhere in the chest, not just on the left chest. Usually, taste very uncomfortable when a heart attack occurs.
2. Pain in the arms, back, neck, or jaw. This symptom is more often perceived in people with women than men. This pain can appear suddenly or slowly. These symptoms can occur is lost before the attacks become more powerful. If you're sleeping, these symptoms can make you be awakened.
3. Pain in the stomach. These symptoms are sometimes misinterpreted as symptoms of heartburn, flu or peptic ulcers. Sometimes some women who experience a heart attack can feel the heavy pressure on the abdomen as if there is an elephant sitting on top of the stomach.
4. Breath so it retracts, nausea, and dizziness. If there is a breath which retracts and breathless without cause, then you likely had a heart attack, especially if there are other symptoms as above.
5. Sweat. The sufferer looks like a nervous person, other than a cold sweat appeared on a woman who had a heart attack. Sweat in those who had a heart attack looks like sweat on a person who is depressed compared with those who sweat after a workout.
6. Fatigue. The woman who had a heart attack will be felt very fatigue even though they have been sitting a while. The patient felt very fatigue is felt in the chest. They can't even do a simple activity to walk to the bathroom.


The above symptoms are generally experienced by women, however not all of these symptoms can be found in one person, if you know of or have symptoms that are very similar to some uncomfortable symptoms above the exact steps to do is immediately call the help and bring it to the nearest health unit so that as soon as possible to help and proper inspection.

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Shaving Armpit Hairs Could Make Breast Cancer!

Alphadoctor - Besides the scapegoats of body odor, underarm fur also tends to be able to give a sense of inferiority for some people, especially womenfolk. Such, indeed, modern womenfolk tend to crave a clean armpit of feathers so that they will be much more confident to wear sleeveless shirts or short arm shirt. To remove armpit hairs this way automatically, most often do is shave off or even revoke the armpit hairs. Though seem trivial, the activities of repeal armpit hairs turned out to have a high degree of risk, i.e. triggering breast cancer.

Kesehatran expert Dr. Therese Bevers plucking the armpit hairs explained that it was not just about plucking the feathers until the roots only. By plucking the armpit hairs, without us even knowing the pores on the armpit will be larger or hurt. The magnitude of the pores is certainly will allow many chemicals that can even be toxic enters the skin and blood circulation. Chemicals from deodorant or powder even this are rather worrying. Type of antiperspirant deodorant with even claimed to have many toxins if constantly gathered and left will trigger cancer. In some cases, the toxin is even carried through blood circulation and ultimately make the organs like the lungs, heart, brain or even crash. Infection or irritation in the underarms result from revocation armpit hairs could make cell mutation that triggers breast cancer. Various poison turns out to be distributed through the Glans of the spleen and some kind of toxin enters the breast and cause this deadly cancer.

Dr. Therese Bevers even emphasized if women tend to often deprive the far be it with equipment like tweezers or wax turns out to have a very big risk, up to 10 times more likely of getting this disease. Because of this, he suggested the womenfolk to shave it alone rather than pulled it out because of the great risk to the health of the body.

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