What is Hyperpigmentation Skin?

Posted by bhakti | March 15th, 2010 in Health Info, Health and Diseases, Skin Care | No Comments »

Hyperpigmentation skin Skin Care
Hyperpigmentation is a skin problem gets more common the Latino community that is characterized by the appearance of skin discolorations.

Hyperpigmentation is an overload of pigment in the skin, usually becomes visible on the face especially cheeks, nose and perioral region. It is also common in pregnant women, where the spots usually appear on the nipples, scars, stretch marks and in the abdominal area. These spots usually are yellowish brown to dark brown.

Apart from pregnancy, other causes of hyperpigmentation, including gynecological disorders, thyroid function and / or adrenal deficient and sun exposure.

The spots are intensified in the summer due to solar radiation is more intense. Drinking to excess sun can have several consequences, including: premature skin aging, immune system depression, occasionally severe burns and skin cancer.
One of the main causes of these stains are nasty ultraviolet rays from the sun and not have adequate sun protection can trigger the process. Other triggers are related to kidney problems and hormonal imbalances, for example following a pregnancy.skin pigment

Exposure to the sun without sunscreen can produce large amounts of melanin which is what controls the pigmentation of the skin and as a result may appear the spots. When the problem is mild can be treated with creams or bleaching products that reduce melanogenesis (the process responsible for the creation of melanin), which causes the skin discoloration.

One of the best known whitening hydroquinone that is not without side effects and therefore be prescribed only by prescription. Other bleaches containing pea extract, sorbic acid or lemon extract derived from that usually produce good results by reducing blemishes.

Other tips to maintain healthy skin is cleaned with exfoliants or moisturizers on a regular basis and if natural products, the better. We should also avoid sun exposure during extremely harmful, we also take care to drink plenty of water and care for food (balanced diet, plenty of fruit, vegetables and some vitamin supplements)

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Overview Influenza A

Posted by bhakti | March 14th, 2010 in Health and Diseases, Influenza, china influenza virus A epidemic | No Comments »

What is influenza?

InfluenzaInfluenza is a disease of old people and other animals (birds, pigs …) and that causes epidemics every year, mainly during the winter months. This disease is different types of viruses that also can be combined between them to form a new flu.

Influenza is highly contagious and is spread easily from person to person through respiratory droplets or secretions that ousted the talking, coughing or sneezing.
Symptoms

Recognizing this condition is easy, because it behaves like the flu either. Consider ratifying it if it suddenly had:

* 1. At least one of these four symptoms:
Fever over 38 º C.
or malaise.
or headache.
or muscle aches.
* 2. And besides, at least one of these three symptoms:
Cough.
or sore throat.
o Difficulty breathing.

Occasionally they can appear nausea and vomiting.
Every so often the virus can change into many different types from those that existed in previous years and compared to that, being new, we have no defense for what is spread far more people than usual. Everyone can get.

Throughout history there have been several pandemics, such as the 1918 Spanish flu. The pandemic caused many deaths were not available because of health systems with which we now have and I had a high virulence.

The current pandemic is caused by a new subtype of influenza A (H1N1), and so far has a mild, although this could change over the months.

Seasonal Flu

Seasonal influenza is presented each year during the winter months. Every year people die because of complications caused by it and therefore it is recommended to get vaccinated persons are more likely to suffer complications.

This year also is expected to be seasonal flu. Many people are already protected by defenses have generated in previous years. However, as every year, has developed a vaccination campaign targeting the usual population groups.

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Asperger Syndrome: Diagnosis and Treatment

Posted by bhakti | March 12th, 2010 in Asperger Syndrome, Health and Diseases | No Comments »

Asperger syndrome is a severe developmental disorder that has as main feature the difficulty in social interaction and finding interest, followed by a limited and unusual behavior. Many come to confuse this condition with autism without mental RETAS calling high functioning autism, but is now somewhat difficult to establish differences between the two since they have similar symptoms.
asperger syndrome

How is it diagnosed?

The diagnosis of AS is complicated by the lack of an evaluation or standardized diagnostic program. In fact, because there are various assessment tools in use today, each with a different approach, the same child may receive different diagnoses depending on the useful assessment used by the doctor.

To complicate matters further, some doctors believe that AS is not a separate and distinct disorder. Instead, they call high-functioning autism and see it at the end of the autism spectrum with mild symptoms that differ only in degree, from classic autism. Some clinicians use two diagnoses, AS or high functioning autism so interchangeable. This makes the collection of data on the incidence of AS, as some children will be diagnosed with high functioning autism instead of AS, and vice versa.

Most doctors rely on the presence of a core group of behaviors to alert them about the possibility of a diagnosis of AS. These are:

* Abnormal eye contact

* Withdrawal

* Do not turn around when called by name

* Do not use gestures to point or show

* Lack of interactive game

* Lack of interest in others

Some of these behaviors may be apparent in the first months of life the child, or appear later. Before 3 years of age must be present problems in at least one of the areas of communication and socialization or repetitive behavior and restricted.

The diagnosis of AS is a two stage process. The first stage begins with the assessment of development during a review of “healthy child” with the family physician or pediatrician. The second stage is a comprehensive assessment team to consider or rule out AS. This team usually includes a psychologist, neurologist, psychiatrist, speech therapist, and other professionals with expertise in diagnosing children with AS.

A comprehensive evaluation includes neurological and genetic assessment, with detailed tests of cognitive and language to establish IQ and psychomotor function assessed, strengths and weaknesses verbal and nonverbal learning style, and independent living skills. An assessment of strengths and weaknesses of communication includes assessing nonverbal forms of communication (gaze and gestures), the use of non-literal language (metaphors, irony, absurdities and humor); patterns of inflection, stress and volume modulation; pragmatic (taking shifts and sensitivity to verbal suggestions) and content, clarity and coherence of conversation. The doctor will see the results of the tests and combined with the child’s developmental history and current symptoms for diagnosis.

Are there treatments?

ASThe ideal treatment for AS coordinates therapies that address the three core symptoms of the disorder: poor communication skills, obsessive or repetitive routines and physical clumsiness. There is no ideal treatment package for all children with AS, but most professionals agree that the earlier one intervenes, the better.

An effective treatment program builds on children’s interests, offers a predictable, teaches tasks as a series of simple steps, actively engages the child’s attention in highly structured activities and provides regular reinforcement of behavior. This type of program usually includes:

* Social skills training, a form of group therapy that teaches children with AS the skills they need to interact more successfully with other children

* Cognitive behavioral therapy, a type of therapy of “talk” that can help children more anxious or explosives to better manage their emotions and reduce obsessive interests and repetitive routines

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What is Asperger Syndrome?

Posted by bhakti | March 10th, 2010 in Asperger Syndrome, Dyslexia, Health and Diseases | 1 Comment »

Asperger SyndromeAsperger Syndrome

Asperger syndrome is a severe developmental disorder that has as main feature the difficulty in social interaction and finding interest, followed by a limited and unusual behavior. Many come to confuse this condition with autism without mental RETAS calling high functioning autism, but is now somewhat difficult to establish differences between the two since they have similar symptoms.
People with this syndrome tend to hide, since they possess good oral communication, an IQ within the normal and even often higher than normal, and a solitary lifestyle, as this is common behavior of human beings, it becomes very difficult to know who has this syndrome. But the shortcomings can be seen in new situations or social situations that require other behavior which is not usual.
We emphasize that people with Asperger syndrome manifested maladaptive behaviors in various environments, and this is because these individuals have a poor understanding of social phenomena and therefore astonished when facing new experiences.

Asperger’s observations, published in German, is not widely known until 1981, when the English doctor Lorna Wing published a series of case studies of children who showed similar symptoms, which called syndrome of “Asperger’s. Wing’s writings were widely published and popularized. AS became a distinct disease diagnosed in 1992, when it was included in the tenth edition of the diagnostic manual published by the World Health Organization, International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), and in 1994 was added to the Diagnostic Manual and Statistical of Mental Disorders IV (DSM-IV) diagnostic reference book of the American Psychiatric Association.

What are some common signs or symptoms?

Asperger SyndromeThe most distinguishing symptom of AS is the child’s obsessive interest in a single object or topic to the exclusion of any other. Some children with AS have become experts on vacuum cleaners, makes and models of cars, even objects as peculiar as fryers. Children with AS want to know everything about their topic of interest and their conversations with others will be about little else. Their expertise, high level of vocabulary and formal speech patterns make them seem like little professors.

Children with AS gather large amounts of factual information about your favorite topic and talk about it incessantly, but the conversation may seem like a collection of facts and figures at random, without point or conclusion.

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Oral Hairy Leukoplakia (LVO) part 2

Posted by bhakti | March 8th, 2010 in Cancer, Dentistry, Health and Diseases, Leukoplakia | No Comments »

dentist LVOHow is the LVO?

LVO usually does not require treatment or cause serious symptoms. However, treatment may be an option for those concerned with the appearance of the LVO in the language, or who have disseminated lesions and experience discomfort or taste changes due to the plates.

The usual method for treating viral LVO is taken orally (by mouth). Usually, these medicines are taken for one to two weeks or until the plates of the LVO disappear.
Other options include tretinoin (Retin A) and podophyllin resin, two drugs that can be applied directly to the plates of LVO. Usually tretinoin is applied two or three times a day until the plates are gone. Podophyllin it operates a health care provider once or twice during a period of two to three weeks. Other options, especially if the plates are small, is that a healthcare provider applies liquid nitrogen (cryotherapy) to the affected area, or surgery to remove the plates.

LVO oral leukoplakiaCan you prevent the LVO?

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Oral Hairy Leukoplakia (LVO) part 1

Posted by bhakti | March 5th, 2010 in Dentistry, Leukoplakia | No Comments »

oral hairy leukoplakiaWhat is it?

Oral hairy leukoplakia (LVO) is one or more white patches that can appear in the mouth. Normally, these plaques appear along the border of the tongue, but sometimes develop on the top or bottom of the tongue or along the inside of the cheek. If you look closely, these plaques can appear hairy or contain a number of small folds or bumps.

The LVO may look like thrush (oral candidiasis), another common problem characterized by white patches that develops in the mouths of people with HIV. However, if canker scraped gently using a toothbrush, usually are removed, the LVO not.

The LVO is one of the first opportunistic infections that occur in people with HIV. May occur with any T-cell count While there are people with HIV with more than 500 T cells that developed LVO, is more common in those with T-cell counts under 200. It is noteworthy that the LVO may affect those with healthy immune systems, even those who are not infected with HIV.

It is considered a benign disease, since it rarely causes serious physical problems and cause no serious complications.

The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is causing the LVO. Most people worldwide are infected with EBV. But only some, including those with a weakened immune system, develop the disease.

Over 25% of HIV positive people LVO develops sometime during the course of infection. It is more common among HIV positive men and smokers.

oral hairy leukoplakiaWhat are the symptoms of LVO?

The classic symptom of the LVO are looking fluffy white patches (hairy) and bumps that develop on the edge of the tongue. Plates may also appear at the top or bottom of the tongue, or along the inside of the cheek. It is also possible that these plates do not exhibit villi and contain no visible bumps or creases.

In general, LVO causes no other symptoms. Therefore, many people may not know they have LVO unless you consider the tongue or inside the mouth to find the plates, which usually do not cause discomfort or affect the taste of food or liquids. In some cases, LVO may cause mild pain, taste changes and sharpen sensitivity to food temperatures.

How is it diagnosed the LVO?

Often, health professionals can diagnose by simply looking LVO white plates. To find out if LVO plates or thrush (candidiasis) may be a simple test of scaling. With the help of a trowel or brush teeth gently scraping the plate. If the board is clear with white scaling, it is probably thrush, not LVO.

To be sure if the white patch is LVO, your health care provider can send a sample to a lab for analysis. The lab will look for the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) to confirm the diagnosis of LVO.

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Diagnosis and Treatment of Oral Leukoplakia

Posted by bhakti | March 3rd, 2010 in Dentistry, Health and Diseases, Leukoplakia | 2 Comments »

leukoplakia

Diagnosis

The white color of the leukoplakia is caused by a thickening of the layers of prickle cell keratinocytes or taking a white color when wet. Histologically, the majority of benign biopsies show hyperkeratosis, acanthosis and chronic inflammation. Approximately 20% of cases show a dysp

lasia that can range from mild to moderate. The tendency of lesions to become malignant can be investigated by various methods, including the determination of mitotic index, apoptotic and Ki67 and the expression of proto-oncogenes p53 and Bax and Bcl2

From a clinical standpoint, the diagnosis of leukoplakia is done by excluding other diseases that produce similar lesions.

Candidiasis: the first step in establishing the differential diagnosis of a white lesion in oral mucosa is whether it can break off (as in pseudomembranous candidiasis) or not.

Lichen: if the lesion is located in the mucous membranes of both cheeks differential diagnosis must be established with lichen planus and lupus erythematosus. The final diagnosis was determined by biopsy and immunofluorescence

Injury: the most common are mucosal chewed and focal keratosis.dentistry

Inherited as white lesions white sponge nevus: family history and histologogía can distinguish from leukoplakia

Treatment

Elimination of risk factors causing discontinuation of snuff up to 50% regression of leukoplakia in which snuff is the etiological factor.

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What Is Leukoplakia?

Posted by bhakti | March 1st, 2010 in Dentistry, Leukoplakia | 1 Comment »

Oral leukoplakia

dentistLeukoplakia is defined as a stain or white plaque, which appears on the tongue or mucous membranes of the mouth, which can not be scraped or detached and can not be attributed clinically or pathologically by any other disease. The significance of this lesion is its relatively high incidence and it is considered a precancerous lesion at 5% of cases, progresses to squamous cell carcinoma.

From a clinical standpoint, leukoplakia is classified as:

* Homogeneous leukoplakia, the most frequent, with little risk of malignant transformation
* Nodular or mottled, very rare, with a relatively high risk of degeneration to cancer
* Erythroleukoplakia, similar to the homogeneous leukoplakia but surrounded by red lesions

Some authors include as verrucous leukoplakia fourth group, proliferative and aggressive very rare, with increased risk of malignant transformation and are often seen as an advanced stage of homogeneous leukoplakia.

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Multiple Sclerosis (II)

Posted by mzPOTTER | February 27th, 2010 in Autoimmune | No Comments »

Main symptoms in multiple sclerosis

* Urinary incontinence.
* Bladder dysfunction.
* Intestinal dysfunction.
* Dizziness.
* Dysphagia.
* Fatigue.
* Difficulty in walking.
* Headache.
* Loss of hearing.
* Itching.
* Numbness.
* Optic neuritis.
* General pain and a tendency to chronicity.
* Tremor.
* Difficulty speaking.
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Multiple Sclerosis (I)

Posted by mzPOTTER | February 25th, 2010 in Autoimmune | No Comments »

Multiple sclerosis is an immune system disease whose causes and natural treatments are possible today in continuing study.

Definition of Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis is a disease of slow onset with a tendency to chronicity. Affected the immune system, renal system, nervous system, the joint system and the excretory system.

It is a disease of the restrictive nature which also has to take into account the negative thoughts and feelings generated by multiple sclerosis.

The most important factor in the emergence of multiple sclerosis is the loss of myelin is composed of protein and fat.

Myelin facilitates the conduction of nerve impulses produced in our brains. Damage to the myelin gives us multiple sclerosis. Everyone suffers from different symptoms and may suffer from mild to severe symptoms. Read the rest of this entry »

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