How to Cope With The "Disease of Old Age?"

The disease creeps up slowly. It all begins with episodic stiffness or pain in the joints a little, say, squatting, you feel like twinge in his knee. Or painful sensation that you just when descending the stairs. It was during the descent, rather than when lifting. This is the first symptoms of osteoarthritis.

They are almost invisible. It is necessary to give yourself a brief respite, and the pain recedes - you can move on. And later, the pain will emerge, even when you sit on a chair, and increases at night. The disease is incurable, but its development can be halted or significantly slowed down.

There is no single cause, leading to the development of osteoarthritis does not exist. With age, due to changes in metabolic processes cartilage becomes more dry, brittle, cracks, oozes, and sometimes it disappears. All this is defined as "wear and tear" of cartilage.

At the same time changes and bone. At the edges of the joint formed bony outgrowths - osteophytes - "salt deposits." Decreases bone density: because of hormonal imbalance, they lose calcium and become more fragile, so developing osteoarthritis.

Development of osteoarthritis contribute to bruising, fractures, sprains, ligament damage or multiple micro joints. Osteoarthritis - an occupational disease among miners and players (arthrosis of the knee, elbow and shoulder joints), secretaries and weavers (arthritis of small joints of the hands). For osteoarthritis of the knee are overweight and flat, which increases the burden on them.

Flat changing posture of man: the body has an unnatural position and stress on the joints redistributed. If you weigh 80 kilograms, you stood on his feet, his every knee give you a load of 40 kilograms. During a leisurely walk to load is increased 4 times during the run - up to 6 times.

In order not to bring the body to disease, it is necessary in every possible way to eliminate risk factors: lose weight, correct posture and avoid excessive physical activity, alternating with rest of the load. If you need to find the right flat foot insoles. Shoes should be comfortable. Women have to give up high heels, studs. Sometimes it helps to wear knee of the dense elastic tissue. They are removed from the joints of the load.

The natural aging process it is possible to slow down the modern drugs that contain the basic components of articular cartilage. How to get rid of pain? Dull, aching pain in the joints can ease the heat, electrotherapy, acupuncture. On joints must take care not to overload them.

Osteoarthritis of hip, knee and flat feet should be less to run, jump, crouch, lift weights. You should not walk fast pace over rough terrain. No less harmful for a long time to sit and stand in one position, it affects the blood supply to aching joints. Therefore necessary to alternate periods of load with a period of rest: 15-20 minutes load, 5-10 minutes - rest.

Unload the leg joints better lying down or sitting with straight legs. A good way to maintain muscle tone - walking in comfortable shoes for flat terrain at a moderate pace. Daily walks for 20-30 minutes will help you keep fit. The main thing is not to hurry. Optimal sport - swimming. The water from the joints of the body load is completely removed and the muscles work very well. Useful training on simulators and cycling. In winter - skiing: slip also reduces the load on the joints.

I hope these tips are general practitioner with 40 years experience healing patients Valentina Rubanova willing to help as much as possible to avoid an encounter with the "disease of old age."

How Dangerous and How To Reduce Stroke Risk?

With any disease you can fight. Stroke - is no exception. But the fight with an unknown enemy is much more difficult than with those qualities are known. An article about stroke with excerpts from medical dictionary has been published by the School of Life. Remember, what kind of disease.

Stroke - the most common disease of the brain in adults. Than people over, the greater the risk of disease. In different countries, its incidence ranges from one to four cases per year per thousand population. Among the causes of death, stroke ranks third among causes of disability - the undisputed leader.

Stroke - an acute, ie, emerged suddenly, stroke, or rupture of one of obstruction of cerebral vessels. Distinguish hemorrhagic and ischemic strokes.

In the hemorrhagic stroke destroys the blood vessel, which went no higher pressure. Blood enters the substance of the brain, ie, is a brain hemorrhage. It compresses the brain, causing its swelling and loss of a site.

Vessels in ischemic stroke remain intact, but the blood flow stops due to narrowing and blockage of blood clots. The consequences are the same as in the previous case: edema and death, myocardial area of the brain.

The first signs of a stroke - headache, nausea and vomiting. Then comes the movement disorders, speech disorders, sensitivity and awareness.

In the acute stage are killed 30-35% of cases. By the end of the first year after the acute stage - more than half. 10% of people with stroke, can not live without the constant help of others. And only one-fifth is able to return to work.

Stroke does not arise out of thin air. Often it is preceded by a variety of circulatory disorders of the brain. If you are plagued by frequent headaches, dizziness, and noise in your head, you began to forget simple things, disrupted the coordination of movements, it became a cause difficulties, there numbness in the extremities or on the face - see your doctor.

Among at-risk as people with high blood pressure. To reduce the risk, the pressure must be controlled in time and take medication to reduce it. Limit the numbers of pressure, still considered normal - 140/90. More specific advice can be given only a doctor.

Among the simple advice, it is quite feasible in the home, the following:

Do not smoke and limit alcohol intake. Safe daily dose of alcohol is not more than 20-30 g. of alcohol per day, a glass of dry wine or bottle of beer. It is best not to drink at all, but I note that in terms of state vessels, drink occasionally - more harmful than regular injections.

Reduce consumption of salt. It requires the body, but not in excessive amounts. It is quite sufficient 2.5 grams per day. Relatively much salt in the dishes from the menu and catering products, prepared industrially: the sausages, canned goods, baked goods. If you cook breakfast, lunch and dinner at home, reducing salt intake is easier.

Reduce obesity and diet. It is normal if the BMI is in the range 20-24,9. To determine the index value, divide weight in kilograms by the square of the values of growth, expressed in meters. Vessels needed potassium and magnesium, are very useful fish and seafood. Not long ago, added that the fish should not be oily. Today, the view is changing. Unlike animal fats, fish oil is useful.

Increase physical activity. Try to give yourself a low dynamic stress intensity at least every other day. Walking, cycling and swimming are very good. But in moderation. Do not allow yourself to shortness of breath, pain in the heart and arrhythmias. The maximum possible heart rate is defined as 220 minus the number of years lived. If there are problems with blood vessels, guided by the numbers, not exceeding 60% of maximum heart rate.

And finally, smile. Avoid stressful situations. Positive emotions - good health.

How to Fight A Cold? 5 Effective Methods

If you have a habit of ill know what a circle in the year, will be useful herein described methods of dealing with a cold.

Colds are not dangerous in itself, and its complications. Often there are complications such as:

 laryngitis (inflammation of the larynx - the voice is lost);
 pharyngitis (sore throat - pain when swallowing, a constant need to clear his throat);
 bronchitis (inflammation of the upper respiratory tract - initially dry racking cough, and then - with phlegm);
 otitis (inflammation of the middle ear - a sharp shooting pain in the ear);
 rhinitis (runny nose);
 angina (or tonsillitis - inflammation of the tonsils);
 and for severe disease - heart problems.

I'm wondering if there is someone from readers who managed not to have had at least half of the diseases from the list? Answer me! No? Then enter the bout with a cold immediately! The following methods are developed me throughout my years of practice to combat the cold.

1. Urgent action.

For example, if you have wet feet - at once, as soon find yourself at home, first rub the feet with vodka or alcohol, heat them thoroughly and put on dry wool socks. You can stick on the soles of mustard. Now let not such mustard as in Soviet times. They are easier to use, but the packaging has a map of the human body to know where and why they apply. They will be useful not only in the cold.

2. Natural antibiotics.

Onions and garlic - one of the best natural antibiotics. So eat onions and garlic and inhale a couple of onions, especially if you have already appeared cold. Garlic is needed to chew and not swallow, or benefits will not be. And to get rid of the smell, or at least significantly reduce it, rinse your mouth with lemon juice. Near the bed at night, put sliced onion (the smell will bother you only at first, but then you adapt, and even tears are not welling).

3. Drink plenty of water.

Before going to sleep always drink 2 cups of tea with honey or lemon (to enhance the effect can add pepper) or milk with honey. It is necessary that the milk and tea are always hot. Well wrapped up, and try to sleep as long as possible.

4. A hot shower or bath.

At the first sign of disease need to take a hot shower. Try to warm the face, neck and chest. If you allow the heart and not the heat, take a shower instead of a hot bath for 10-15 minutes. Then wipe dry and go to bed, wrapped a blanket, but better - two, under a blanket propoteyte 30-40 minutes. To do this, drink a glass of herb infusion or tea with raspberry, honey and propolis.

5. Sleep, sleep, and sleep again.

It is known that during sleep our bodies recover their strength. Make sure to sleep at least 8-9 hours. Good sleep - that's a good holiday.

So, we'll attack the common cold in three directions:

 Strengthening the army, that is, activate the body's defenses (bath, sleep, honey.)
 Keep the defense-that is, microbes and their products are toxic activity (bath, plenty of drink).
 're Fighting, that is destroying microbes (garlic, onion, propolis).

You probably arose the natural question: is not easier to go to the drugstore and buy some aspirin or Coldrex? It says the mother-laziness. Which is easier: to drink a couple of tasty tablets or drink tea all day, sniff the onion, garlic and honey to eat. But we can not predict how the effervescent tablet and then goes around comes around, that is, if it does not hurt our heart, kidneys, liver, etc. Using folk remedies, you will not only treated, but also strengthens the immune system and replenish your body with vitamins.

Be healthy and not get sick!

Which Treats Diseases of Beetroot?

On the medicinal properties of red beet, available any owner all year round, there are many. And in Russian cuisine it is used very often - in the salad, salads, etc. in borscht But love it, of course, not all. Even among my friends and relatives typed about a dozen people who practically do not eat beets in any form. One does not eat soup, the other does not recognize the herring under a fur coat, a third into his mouth does not take salad, not to mention the salad of beets. I, too, in his youth did not eat beets, perhaps because the extreme north at the time it was brought in either dried or canned. And the salad is not too fond of. Already married, instead of trying to cook cabbage borscht, a soup. But as they say, life will teach.

At the age of thirty-odd years I have overcome various illnesses, most importantly, that had fallen sharply the level of hemoglobin in blood, started anemia. Doctors prescribed different drugs, even prescribed iron powder. But after taking the powder became ill, apparently, the liver begins to "rebel." Poured blood donations twice nearly a liter, and after a while the hemoglobin decreased again to almost half the norm. Constantly dizzy. Who are familiar with the disease as anemia, that I understand. I do not know, whatever it was all over, but one elderly woman, a neighbor in the ward, during my next stay in the hospital advised me to start each day is a red beet in any form. Not all at once I followed her advice, but gradually began to use this valuable vegetable and boiled and raw, and juice with honey. After several months of anemia, I forgot!

It turns out, is not "squeezed", I just did not think about the most valuable medicinal properties of red beet. But another 2.5 thousand years ago the Greek physician Hippocrates include this vegetable in the list of medicinal plants. Even in those times pickled red beets successfully treated infections, fever, skin inflammation, and more. In the 16th century doctor, Paracelsus pioneered beets with blood diseases. In Russia, beets came about in 10-11 centuries and throughout this vegetable crop has spread only in the 14th century, as evidenced by entries in the ledger monasteries books and other written sources.

On the way many diseases puts beet red light - its color pigments - flavonoids. Flavonoids relieve vascular spasms, increase the strength of the capillaries, reduce blood pressure, stimulate the formation of red blood cells. Beet roots contain sugars, organic acids - citric acid, malic acid, oxalic acid, protein, pectin, carotene, vitamins C, B1 and B2, P and PP, as well as mineral salts of potassium, magnesium, iron, copper, zinc, cobalt, molybdenum, manganese, fluorine, boron, vanadium, iodine, rubidium, and cesium. On the iodine content beet is a leader among vegetables, and therefore widely used in the prevention and treatment of hypothyroidism - thyroid disease, caused by iodine deficiency.

Beetroot has a positive effect on the kidneys and liver, normalizes the activity of the gastrointestinal tract. Due to the content of vitamin U beetroot helps with gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer. Diabetics appreciate the beets for the high zinc content, which increases the duration of insulin action. Red-beet kudesnitsa improves memory in atherosclerosis, is used in the treatment of neuroses, insomnia, anemia and hypertension, displays the body of toxins and heavy metals. More recently, in the mid-twentieth century, scientists have found that sugar beet can be successfully used in the treatment of cancer.

And I have a real confirmation of this. One friend of mine about 12 years ago, underwent surgery for cancer of the stomach. There was chemotherapy, very thin woman. Doctors told her husband that year and a half she may live. On a diet advised to eat more beets in any form. All friends and relatives strongly experienced. And she is still alive, and God forbid she has to live, enjoy life. It feeds almost beets and cheese. Eat beets every day in various forms, most often boiled grated, slightly acidified with citric acid and flavor with a drop of vegetable oil. When we get together on a particular occasion, she brings with him or all the same beetroot, or we will (depending on where and how are going to) prepare for her beet salad and spicy cheese.

Unlike other fruits, beets and boiled partly retains its useful properties, due to the stability of pigments - flavonoids. After all, they have anti-cancer activity. Therefore, if a person does not want to eat raw beets or raw juice drink, use boiled. But, of course, to achieve the best results to better prepare the juice of raw beets. Of course, we should observe the following rules. In any case you can not drink just squeezed juice, as it contains volatiles, acting poison a way that may cause nausea, vomiting and general weakness. Prior to the use of the juice should not stand for less than two hours in the refrigerator. To achieve the therapeutic effect of the juice should be taken daily without interruption, for three to four weeks, a glass a day for 10-15 minutes before meals, in the form of slightly warmed. And it can not bind anything or drink. To improve the taste, you can add a little juice black currant juice, pomegranate or cherry, which also contain flavonoids. High blood pressure and cold is very good juice mixed with honey.

As a preventive same purpose, to maintain good health, beets desirable to use at least twice a week. The number of different dishes, based on sugar beet is very diverse, and they have already talked a lot. Here are just a couple of recipes for beets.

1. Beets in apple juice.
Boil the washed, untreated beets for 20 minutes. Cool, clean, cut into thin slices or wedges - as someone like, put in jars, fill with apple juice freshly. Then sterilized in the same way as in canning stewed fruit, depending on the capacity of banks. Can apple juice boil, pour hot, then reduce the time of sterilization, but will reduce the amount of vitamins. Beetroot turns out very tasty, though its winter in soup, although the salad, even though just that.

2. Red beet stew.
4.3 medium beets to boil in their skins for 20 minutes, cool and clean water. Grate on medium or large grater. 2 onions fried in vegetable oil in a pan, add grated to the same beetroot, add a teaspoon of sugar, to taste salt and vinegar or citric acid, and simmer everything together under the cover of another 15 minutes on low heat. This braised beetroot is good as a side dish for cutlets or meat, but you can eat and cold, like caviar.

I wish you all good health!

What Should Be Reserved for the Care of Bed-Patients?

As you know, all kinds of diseases people are not only stifle the elderly, but other ages. At the same person may be bed-patients, and without help he can not do. The causes of these diseases are different. Sometimes the consequences of other diseases, sometimes the consequences of injury or simply old age, disease complications. In all cases, these people are united by the lack of mobility and need our help.

Very often, when there is trouble, people are not prepared. I will not try in this paper to describe all the details, but the basics will share.

So, first of all need to stock up on kindness, compassion, faith, patience, moral and physical forces.

The second thing that is sure to be in demand - it aids and medical supplies necessary for a care for immobile patients.
Auxiliary facilities include waterproof diapers, diapers, cotton, craft.

Now a little about each.

Diapers are needed to insure the sheets from getting wet in unexpected situations in disguise diapers, as well as for under the sheet. Last used to prevent accidental soaking mattress bed. Better suited for this purpose, waterproof diaper 60 x 90 cm for a single bed patient will need no more than 30 pieces. diapers per month.

Diapers contribute to the retention of urine and its resulting odors incontinence. Diapers are divided: the size and the degree of water retention. Information can be obtained from the employee pharmacy where purchased diapers. If the bed patient urinary incontinence, you may need at least 70-90 diapers per month.

Cotton wool swabs used to make that skin treated with camphor spirit.

The vessel is used for reception of urine and emptying of the stomach. By the choice of the vessel must be approached very carefully. The vessel must not be cold. This property is better meets the plastic. Before the ship recommended to heat hot water to body temperature. The shape of the vessel shall be convenient.

Because of all bedridden patients has decubitus formation, then it implies the necessary minimum of auxiliary drugs. This camphor alcohol ointments containing zinc, creams and gels that promote skin regeneration. Of course, all drugs should be coordinated with the attending or family physician.

Camphor alcohol is used to wipe the skin, which may be formed of bedsores. Ointment to promote skin regeneration, may be applied as a preventive measure after drying of the skin treated with camphor spirit.

Harbinger of decubitus formation and subsequent destruction of the skin is darkening of the skin. In the first place, such discoloration can occur on the thighs, back in the falcon, at least on the sides of the foot, near the heel.

People caring for such patients, one must try to prevent the occurrence of darkening of the skin. For this purpose, must periodically change the position of the body lying patient. That is, it must be rotated at regular intervals from one to the other side or back.
With the same purpose should be cleaned with alcohol, camphor patches of skin on which a person has to lie for a long time.

In bedridden patients, as a rule, there are problems associated with the work of the stomach, which made possible constipation. To this end, a laxative, which must be agreed upon or with your family doctor.

Almost all bedridden patients need extra vitamins and minerals, they can not get to bed by way of life. Talk to your doctor and make the necessary vitamin intake.

Finally, wish all this knowledge is not needed! Well, if all the same accident happened, then a speedy recovery!

Educating Children and Protection from Stress

Any stress: physical (competition, hard work) or psychological (exams, unrequited love, death of loved ones, etc.) may cause manifestations of diabetes mellitus type 1.

Therefore, it is recommended to educate children in the Epicurean. (Epicurus - the ancient philosopher, who taught his students equanimity (not indifference to the environment, not indifference, and equanimity), steadfast to the great joy or sorrow, his ability to hold in any vital collisions.).

Therefore, the main line of bringing up children - education based on the principles of Epicureanism. Also to develop resistance to stress is necessary to:

Improvement of the parents (early treatment of various diseases, getting rid of anger, anger, irritability, jealousy, deceit, cruelty, profanity), exclusion of bad habits, good nutrition, creating a favorable psychological climate in the family formation sanogennykh thinking - thinking that promotes health (ie positive thoughts), parents and children in health.

Increase self-esteem of the child. Educating the children's ability to resolve conflicts peacefully, to adapt to new environmental conditions, be patient, polite, calm, self-reliant.

Parents should know that there are three critical ages of diabetes mellitus type 1 (juvenile diabetes), when the increased risk of contracting the disease.

The first critical age - 4-7 years. These years have the first peak of disease, especially if the kid went to kindergarten or school.

In this age period immunity is only beginning to defend themselves against viruses and bacteria. Up to 2 years to protect children from infectious agents, maternal antibodies, especially if he was breastfed. That is the advantage and why it is useful to this type of feeding.

In kindergarten and school, where there is large amounts of children, the child begins to ache more often, especially viral infections. And as mentioned earlier, the viruses can cause the development of diabetes in · people predisposed to the disease.

The second critical period - 10-14 years. This is the age of accelerated growth, sexual development due to hormonal changes. Body, especially hormonal organs, including pancreas, "pass a test of strength." And so sensitive and prone to adverse effects.

The third critical period - 20-29. During this period, provoking the development of diabetes factors are stress, mental and physical overload, addiction to bad habits (smoking, alcohol, nicotine).

For adults it is also important to learn to resist stress and adversity in life. This will help the following tips:

1. We need to change something that you can change and accept fate as something that can not be changed while. It is important to remember that in this world no one owes nothing to! And you should never close the door if not open another!

2. Develop the positive attitude to everything going on. In all, even the most negative, the event must be able to find benefits for themselves.

3. Learning to live for today and enjoy every day.

4. Do not be offended by fate. It is important to remember that could be much worse.

5. Avoid unpleasant people. If you have to communicate with people too much to bear, we should be glad that you do not like them.

6. It should be self-esteem and worry less about what others think.

7. A little more to communicate with interesting people. Learn the skills of communication.

8. Organize your life so as not to waste time in vain.

9. Do not put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

10. Do not harass others because of what you can do yourself.

11. We must always remember that pride costs us more than hunger and cold.

12. It should be remembered, how much suffering caused sadness that never happened.

13. Accept all things with the easy part.

14. You should always plan their lives.

And a few more tips Antistress. It should be:

1. Try to get up 15 minutes earlier than usual.

2. Try to prepare everything in advance the previous evening. Decide what to breakfast. Cook breakfast. Get clothes, which was scheduled to wear.

3. Do not rely on your memory. All record. "The very pale ink better than a good memory" (Chinese proverb).

4. Do not do anything because of what will lie in the future.

5. Make copies of all keys. House key to hide in a secret location in the yard. Wearing a spare car key in your wallet.

6. Keep equipment in order. This will help avoid damaging the machine, household appliances, computers at the most inopportune moment.

7. Always be prepared for what will have to wait. Once in the queue, time flies faster if you do not forget to take the book out of the house.

8. Procrastination - a way to stress. Regardless of what you want to do tomorrow, do it today.

9. Plan ahead. Do not allow the fuel tank become empty less than a quarter of the volume. Keep a full supply of needed items on the "shelf danger." Do not wait until the end salt, bread, cereals, medicines, self control, etc.

10. Do not use what is not working properly. If the shoe sprung a leak, replace it, especially for patients with neuropathy and diabetic foot).

11. Come to a meeting for 15 minutes before the appointed time. An appointment with the doctor, study, airport or train station to plan to arrive in advance.

12. Do not forget to unforeseen situations, so to speak, just in case.

13. Be an optimist! On one account trouble 10-100 pleasant surprises. Count on them!

14. Others ask questions. Sometimes it helps to save time.

15. Say "No" if there is no certainty that something can be done.

16. Our needs - food, water and heat retention. The rest - the preferences. Do not forget about it.

17. Communicate with calm people. Nervousness is contagious.

18. Divide your break for a few if it is sedentary work.

19. Sleep as much as the body needs. Raise the alarm for a time to go to bed.

20. Every thing must have its place. Lost things can cause stress.

21. Control your body. If the abdominal muscles are tense, and breathing - deep, to relax and breathe deeply and slowly.

22. Record their thoughts and feelings on paper. This will help clarify the problem.

23. Visualize success before any trial. For example, an exam or a first date, which is very relevant today. Imagine all the good will.

24. Talk about their problems with each other. This will help.

25. Avoid places and people that interested.

26. Every day do something that causes pleasure.

27. Add a little love for what is being done.

28. Take as much as possible a bath or shower to relieve tension.

29. Bring benefit to someone every day.

30. Focus on how to love, rather than to be loved.

31. More rest between carrying out any problems.

32. Be flexible. Some things you should not finish until the end.

33. Forget words like "I'm too fat," "I'm too old," etc. Do not tell them!

34. Change the tempo at the weekend. If the past week was slow, it is important to be active!

35. Allocate time during the day for their own retirement, when you can sit quietly and think.

36. Do unpleasant tasks early and enjoy the rest of the day.

37. Do not forget diet. During the meal enjoy food and completely forget about the worries.

38. Forgive people! Recognize that we live in an imperfect world.

How Dangerous Alcohol to A Growing Body?

Remember, as Marshak wrote:

"For drinking there are reasons:
Wake, meeting, celebration, farewell,
Baptisms, weddings and divorce,
Frost, hunting, New Year,
Recovery, new home,
Sadness, remorse, joy,
The success of the reward, the new rank.
And just drinking, for no reason! "

These words reflect the well-established custom, we celebrate every little bit significant life event. Gradually drawn into the drinking man with his head and begins to try to discover all new reasons to drink. Personally, I just plunges into shock propagation adolescent and youth alcoholism. Of particular danger is a wide promotion of beer among young people. At first glance it safe, this drink is very subtly starts to teach a young body to the regular use of alcohol. And start a movement on an inclined plane ...

The most serious consequences for human alcohol is at the stage of the embryo in the first days and months of its existence, when laid major organs and systems of the future organism. The loss of even a few cells at an early stage of embryo development in the future may turn immaturity of some authority, and may even lead to deformity and anomalies. Even quite minor pregnant woman drinking necessarily leads to abnormalities in fetal development.

Mistakenly believe that alcohol defects should always be visible appearance of the child. Most of them appear on the internal organs and can often be identified only several years after birth. For example, the underdevelopment of the cerebral cortex, congenital heart defects, mental retardation.

In recent years, medicine has accumulated a wealth of information confirming the fact that the backlog of physical and mental development of children whose fathers drink alcohol regularly. As we see, not only the woman should think about the health of the unborn child. Unfortunately, most young people do not even know about the dangers of alcohol so much for posterity. French doctors have analyzed the development of children whose fathers have some time do not drink alcohol. And they came to the optimistic conclusion that the conception and birth of a healthy baby full man and woman must completely give up alcohol for at least 2-3 years.

Let us return to our youth. For a growing body alcohol poisoning is especially serious consequences. First, the protective systems in a child or young person had not yet formed, so thrombosis and cell death from oxygen starvation in the developing organism is much more intense than in adults. Withdrawal of alcohol toxins is much slower.

Secondly, this organism is still under development, which means that an intense cell division to build organs and tissues. As a result of alcohol poisoning, the body needs these cells inevitably die, and thus entail some vital structures of the body that have been programmed at the genetic level. From this it follows that the younger the organism, the more dangerous for him alcohol.

Increasingly, young people are already at the age of 30 years suffer from diseases of the stomach, liver, cardiovascular system, neuroses and disorders of the sexual sphere, appearing on the background of alcoholic beverages. The effects of alcohol are equally favorable for all systems and organs, and often diseases occur suddenly, amid the apparent prosperity.

Danger and deceit effects of alcohol on a young body give reason to call it genocide, weapons, undermining and weakening the gene pool of humanity. Because of this weapon can be seen in the conquest of America. It was enough to teach the Indians to "fire water," continued not long in coming: a large number of Indians at the present time?

What are we going next?

Can Smoking Be Useful?

Tobacco was introduced to Europe from South America in the 16th century. Despite existing in his time smoking prohibitions by the Church and State, tobacco smoking has become a common habit among the European population.

The composition of smoke is complex. It identified about 500 substances. But the main pharmacologically active substance is nicotine (acute effects) and resin (chronic effects).


Known about the small number of diseases that develop in smokers less likely than non-smokers!

These include: toxemia of pregnancy, postoperative pulmonary embolism (blockage of blood vessels - a dangerous complication), Parkinson's disease, ulcerative colitis, Alzheimer's disease (smokers never develop!). Also, the frequency of endometrial cancer is slightly lower in smokers than in nonsmokers. Still, it should be emphasized that these minor beneficial effects can not be compared with the risk stemming from the constant smoking.

Everyone knows that smoking causes the most severe forms of disease:

 Lung, larynx, oral cavity, kidney, pancreas and bladder.
 Atherosclerosis.
 Myocardial infarction.
 Peptic ulcer and duodenal ulcer.
 Chronic tooth decay.
 Pulmonary tuberculosis.
 Diabetes.
 Skin diseases.
 Rare form of blindness.

The list is endless. Of course, these diseases are found in non-smokers. But statistics show that the risk of the disease in smokers is 10 times more! In 9 out of 10 hard-core smokers (smoked 2 packs a day), myocardial infarction!

Many non-smokers exposed to tobacco smoke, inhale as his home, in public places, bus, at work, where there are smokers. This is called passive smoking. Passive smoking is less dangerous to health, but also can be addictive!

According to WHO, the effects of chronic nicotine poisoning each year prematurely give up their lives for at least 2500000 people. This number continues to grow every year. Think about the health ...

Every cigarette you smoke may be the last ...

Is There Any Real Threat of Contracting Cholera?

At the present time, according to World Health Organization, cholera is recorded on almost all continents of the world. Constant and real threat of importation of cholera into the territory of Russia there.

Cholera - is the oldest intestinal infection, occasionally extending to many countries in the past and kill millions of human lives.

Historical and current to today's hotbeds of cholera are the areas of river basins of the Ganges and Brahmaputra in India, parts of Pakistan and countries in Southeast Asia, where a combination of climatic, geographical and social factors determined the formation and establishment of the infection.

From 1816 to seven stories describe the devastating pandemics of cholera. All the pandemic began in India and took over many countries. It was only during the fifth pandemic (1883-1896 years), German bacteriologist Koch opened the cholera - Vibrio cholerae classical. Procession of the seventh pandemic began in 1861. During this period, the classical cholera vibrio was replaced by Vibrio El Tor.

In 2006 the world had registered 151 318 cases of cholera, died 4575 people

Cholera is a group of acute intestinal diseases, which infects only humans. Cholera - vibrio. Outside the human body Vibrio cholerae are unstable.

The source of infection is a sick person or vibriocarrier, which provides the agent with the feces, contaminating the environment. Portal of entry is the gastrointestinal tract, where the pathogen enters with infected water or food. Possible contact-household transmission through infected Vibrio household items. Different foods can be stored Vibrio cholerae from 9 to 30 days, and in waters up to eleven months.

The incubation period for cholera patients from the moment of infection until the onset of clinical signs of disease, lasting from several hours to 5 days (usually 1-2 days). The disease can cause mild, to severe, life-threatening form.

The disease begins with the appearance of acute watery stools, vomiting, malaise, weakness, light fever, dizziness and sometimes a slight increase in body temperature to subfebrile figures. Patients complain of a feeling of dry mouth and thirst (but only increases the liquid drunk vomiting). The stools of the patient in the early hours can have fecal character, but quickly become colorless, watery, and resemble in appearance rice water.

A characteristic feature of cholera is loss of fluids from diarrhea and vomiting. In the short term (one and a half to two days) the patient is losing up to 30-40 liters of fluid, which leads to dramatic shifts in water-salt balance. A quick pronounced dehydration is life threatening. There is dehydration, which, without urgent specific treatment can lead to death.

If signs of disease should call a doctor, but before he took none of the people in the apartment of the sick should not come out of it. The patient was hospitalized, and all who associated with him, are tested (if necessary, subject to preventive hospitalization).

The most effective measure to protect themselves and loved ones of cholera is a strict adherence to measures of personal hygiene and prevention. Needed:

- Frequently and thoroughly wash hands with soap before preparing food, before eating, after using the toilet;
- Protect against contamination of food products, to comply with the terms and temperature of storage;
- Fruits and vegetables consumed after thorough washing with running, and then boiled water;
- Used for drinking water only quality-assured, preferably purified by means of filters, or boiled;
- Refuse to buy products from trays placed on the street;
- If you swim in open water not swallow water;
- Not self-medicate and when the first signs of the disease go to the doctor, remembering that the sooner treatment is started, the less risk to the health of the patient and those around him.

Is It Possible To Guard Against Head Lice?

Despite the fact that we live in the 21st century, cases in children, adolescents and even adults found lice are still found. And it brings a lot of trouble and anxiety. One wonders why the problem still remains? After all, we have everything to prevent lice - soap, hot water, irons, etc.

The main causes of head lice:

decreased attention to personal hygiene, cleanliness of the body, clothing  violation of hygienic rules  migration.
Infection often occurs in hotels, trains and rented apartments in mattresses and pillows (only one they have not slept, and a health certificate for all users no one needs).

Louse loves clean hair and body and not afraid of water. It swims well, so you can catch head lice and the pool and bathhouse, and in open water. Lice do not fly, can not jump, but very fast runners. Enough moments to louse quickly moved from "on its head."

The main source of infection - the patient lice man. Infection is possible through direct contact with him or indirect way - through the things and objects, which were lice.

Most people buying a new thing, it was not necessary to extend before you wear, regardless, she bought in a store or market. Things we can not extend (ie, coat) must be dried in air (preferably on a sunny day) and then ironed.

Lice - parasitic infectious disease caused by blood-sucking insects - head lice. In the world's fauna are more than 150 species of lice. In humans are parasites of three kinds: clothes, head and pubic.

Largest - clothes, lives in the folds of linen and clothes. Parent lives in the hair on my head, but can pass on hair eyebrows, beard and mustache. Crablouse live in pubic hair, genitals and lower abdomen firmly attached to the base of hair and skin. Most other common head lice.

Lice - vectors of typhus fever, severe illness, which does not always end happily.

The main sign of lice - itching due to strong biting lice, provoking scratching the skin. At the first sign of head lice should immediately contact the medical facility. For the prevention of head lice is necessary to observe good personal hygiene and education that children in early childhood.

Remember how many times your parents, and then you yourself, being late for work, combed her child her hairbrush? This is fixed in memory, stereotype behavior remains for life. And what wonder then, when someone is using a comb or a friend or girlfriend wears a strange hat?

So from an early age to teach children what a toothbrush, towel, underwear and other personal items should be at everyone. Over time, all this is a habit, and you will all be spared from the many worries and disappointments.

Once or twice a week, you should carefully examine the hair. Detect head lice is simple: the hair at the temples and back of the head is firmly seated whitish balls. They should not be confused with dandruff. And if all that you have discovered, be sure to warn those who have been in contact with you. After so many lice begins to "walk" on people because of what we are ashamed to talk about it. In your own interest to avoid it.

Any disease, including lice, always has an adverse effect on the psyche. There's no tragedy if you suddenly contracted lice. This is the same disease, as well as any other. Should forget the old and no unfounded prejudice that lice - satellites homeless people, refugees and street children. Research shows conventional thinking wrong. But the fight against this scourge - the duty of every one of us.

If you find contamination does not need to use kerosene or dusts, especially in children. Haircut nalyso also not necessary. Need to buy in the drugstore and apply funds strictly according to instructions. These funds destroy live lice and nits comb combed, wearing a cotton swab dipped in vinegar. Bedding and clothing should be washed and ironed.

Compliance with the measures of personal prophylaxis prevents you from lice - an unpleasant and contagious disease.

How to Increase the Body's Resistance Against Colds?

With the onset of cold weather the number of colds and infectious diseases is rapidly increasing. However, some people are much more resistant to colds than others who are beginning to cough and sneeze with the first breath of cold air. How to improve your immune system? Maybe this really only need a bottle of yogurt drink daily? Alas, no! Everything in life is more complicated than in the ad.

1. Vitaminizing. Vitamin most needed to stimulate the body's defenses - is vitamin C. Its deficit is almost inevitably leads to colds. Much vitamin C is found in citrus, kiwi, sweet peppers and other fresh fruits and vegetables. But better still take a multivitamin or extra vitamin C tablets. Another necessary vitamin for immune system - is a B vitamin, found in meat, fish, eggs and cereal.

It is also desirable to consume the following products:

Brewer's yeast. They are very rich in various vitamins and oligo-elements, which increase the immune defense.

Bee pollen (propolis). Bee pollen - this is what the worker bees feed on. It has tonic and regenerative properties, strengthens the immune system well. It is rich in vitamins, minerals, nuclide acids and enzymes. Propolis - this is the same as bee pollen, but processed in order to feed the queen bee. Propolis helps bee pollen to lay millions of eggs and live much longer than usual bee. It contains the same active ingredients as bee pollen, but to a much greater degree.

Sea cabbage. Life on earth came from ocean. Laminaria contains chlorophyll, amino acids, minerals. It strengthens the endocrine, nervous and immune systems, regulates metabolism, purifies blood, contributes to the regeneration of tissues.

2. Douche the nose with seawater. Usually ready to spray with sea water is used to treat a cold. But at least they are useful for prevention of colds, colds and viral diseases. Need to squirt the nose twice a day - morning and evening.

3. Wash your hands often. The viruses that cause colds, it is extremely contagious. And they often passed through his hands. Viruses are present in excess in public places and live on the surface of objects for hours. Suffice it to bring the contaminated hand to your nose and inhale to get a virus in your body.

4. Dress warmly, as soon as it became cold. If you have cold hands or feet, the blood just rushes to the extremities to warm them. Other parts of the body at this time receive less blood, and hence less protective blood cells, able to withstand the viral aggression. In particularly cold weather is useful to close your mouth and nose with a scarf. This is for a reason: safety bodies function best at temperatures around 37 degrees. When inhaled, icy air temperature decreases respiratory tract of up to 30 degrees, which means that the immune system is significantly reduced.

5. , Eat iron. Sometimes, frequent colds are directly linked to iron deficiency in the body. If you consume enough iron, your cells become starved of oxygen, which slows down metabolism. Iron deficiency is usually manifested in the form of fatigue, pallor and weakness. Most multivitamins contain about 18 mg of iron. You can get more if you eat 3 times a day, foods rich in iron: dark meat, fish, poultry, and eggs. These foods also contain large amounts of zinc - an element necessary for the production of white cells, also protects the body from disease.

6. Get plenty of rest. It is clear that a tired and weakened body less resistant to disease successfully. So plenty of rest, more sleep, walk in the fresh air and avoid stress.

7. Do not eat too much high-calorie foods. The trend is that people in the cold season they eat more calories than in summer. It's like trying to diet to protect yourself from the cold. Be careful: the excess calories and weight harass and weaken the body. A surplus of sweet and fat reduces the body's immune defense.

8. Do not overheat your home. Dry air dries out the mucous membranes of the nose, throat and makes them more vulnerable to infections. Keep the room temperature at 20 degrees and often ventilate it. Good idea to purchase a humidifier. Also negative, as dry air, operates in the nasopharynx smoking, including passive and smoke inhalation.

9. Take echinacea. Useful properties of this plant has long immunostimulating scientifically proven and tested. It's safe to say that echinacea can increase the body's resistance to respiratory infections, including influenza before. Echinacea is not toxic and has no side effects. With the onset of cold weather are advised to take echinacea for 10 days every month. During the winter months or the beginning of a flu epidemic - 20 days a month. Echinacea in tincture form taking 50 drops three times a day, in the form of tablets or capsules - to 325 mg daily.

How to protect yourself from the flu

One should not confuse ordinary course of the nose and sore throat with a "real" flu, which usually manifests itself in a rapid and strong increase in temperature, aching bones and headaches. Influenza can lead to very serious complications, often with fatal consequences. During epidemics will help to protect themselves from infection receive antiviral drugs. But the best protection against flu, along with the strengthening of immunity - vaccination. Vaccination should be immediately with the onset of cold weather, because the vaccine takes effect only after 10-15 days after vaccination, and often the influenza epidemic begins in November. It is particularly important to vaccinate children up to age five are infected with flu by about one child in three, whereas in adults - one out of ten.

How To Heal Yourself From The Flu?

Drugs are really effective against the influenza virus and thus safe, no. Therefore, symptomatic treatment of influenza, ie, doctor at a high temperature encourages antipyretic drugs, with a cold - a vasoconstrictor nasal drops, etc.

Fervex and Naiza - drugs of similar action. But the drug Naiza in no case be given to children under 12 years (and it is used primarily to treat arthritis and in surgical practice), containing paracetamol Fervex (child form) is prescribed for children from 6 years.

To reduce temperature in children is used only drug - acetaminophen (brand names - Efferalgan, Kalpol, etc.). Antipyretic drugs prescribed for the flu with a temperature above 38-38,5 degrees, as to these values - a protective reaction of the body, aimed at destroying the virus. The temperature during the flu long - up to 2 weeks (if no complications).

For colds and flu, doctors recommend to drink more. But what to drink? What is the best help the body cope with the disease? I will give you a few recipes of drinks that are recommended in folk medicine in this case.

1. Drink from the hips. Per liter of cold water to take 5 tablespoons of berries. Crush, add water, boil for 10 minutes. Then wrap up the dishes and press for about 10 hours. Infusion filter. Drink in the morning one glass every 2-3 hours during the day. If you want a sweet drink with honey, jam, sugar. Need to drink this infusion of at least a week, gradually reducing the dose.

2. Lipa with snowball. Prepare a mixture of lime flowers and berries, viburnum in a 1:1 ratio. Two tablespoons of mixture to fill two cups of boiling water and boil for five to ten minutes, then strain. Drink a hot drink at night for 1-2 cups.

3. Raspberries. Used in various collections, as well as separately. Raspberry juice with sugar - a refreshing drink well at high temperatures. To prepare the drink a tablespoon of fruit to make a glass of boiled water, 20 minutes. Drink a glass of hot infusion 2 times per day.

4. Lipa with raspberries. Prepare a mixture of equal ratio of the fruit of raspberry and lime flowers. Tablespoon of the mixture to make a glass of boiled water, 20 minutes, drain. Drink a glass of hot infusion at night as a diaphoretic.

5. Raspberry and honey. Mix 1 tbsp. honey, 1 tbsp. hips spoon, 1 tbsp. spoonful of raspberries, 1 tbsp. spoon currants. The mixture is poured 100 ml of boiling water and infuse for 15 minutes. Drink 3 times a day for half a cup before eating.

Nor can take antibiotics and sulfa drugs if you were not prescribed by a doctor. Potent antipyretics, of which at pharmacies - the sea and are heavily advertised on television, you should take great care - only if the temperature is very high. If the temperature is decreased or did not initially exceed 38 degrees, of the administration of antipyretic drugs is better to abstain altogether.

In addition, patients with influenza should be in clean, ventilated area on a daily basis, and in any case not "treated" with the help of alcohol!

How to Get Rid of Any Disease and Regain Healthy?

Unfortunately, most people have absolutely no culture of healthy lifestyles.

People eat that horrible, alcoholic beverages, smoke, almost no one involved in sports, do not drive away harmful thoughts.

We never have enough time to do a favorite (oops).

Few people pay attention to the signals the body when it is at the first sign of disease so notify the owner in different ways (fatigue, tingling, spasms, shortness of breath, cough, discomfort).

We often shrugs off these messages, and only when the disease is already apparent in all its glory, we suddenly some free time. And we like mad by doctors, praying all the saints, tried to lead a healthy lifestyle. But once the disease is slightly released, we immediately begin to relax and live as before.

But in fact, any disease - is our best friend and assistant. Every ailment tells us valuable information: "Do not go there, eat it, thought!". But we often do not think, and pills suppress your body and continue and continue to move in the wrong direction.

So, what is the present health and on which it depends?

A depends on the health of every person just from two factors.

1. Person's thoughts, his ideas and feelings.
2. That surrounds a person and one way or another gets in his body.

Yes, all right, man's thoughts, his ideas and feelings are in first place on the significance of effects on the human body. It was only in second place is the environment, consumption of food and air.

Much more likely that you live a healthy and vigorous life, if you become to think positively, stop being angry and hurt on every occasion, and you will clearly see your near-and long-life purpose.

Very high probability of occurrence of diseases of the body may occur due to rejection of himself. Almost all the people that do not like something in itself, is not satisfied with the appearance or certain character traits. This is a very frequent cause of various diseases.

Also, often the disease, illness and depression may mean that you do not have specific goals in life. That is, you do not know what exactly you want out of life. Just sleep, eat, walk to work and watch TV. And even if you read many of psychological and developmental literature, it does not mean that you have clear goals in life.

But if you think you set a goal stupid, and life is still all happen as laid down by fate, then try to do it at least for the sake of the experiment.

Of course, there are thousands of options causes you have a disease. And here do not necessarily look for the answer in books or online. Better counselor than your own body, you will not find anywhere else.

There is a very simple and accessible to everyone a way to understand the cause of his disease or infirmity. All the events of our life (and disease among them) we create ourselves. "No, I do not want me to have had the disease" - you say. Or: "I never wanted it to happened to me this trouble."

You think so, because I do not understand how this principle. For example, you're terribly tired at work, you are all tired, there is no free minutes. And you're heart says: "As I got sick of it all, so you want to relax!". The subconscious mind accepts your desire in their own way and decides to give you rest. You "accidentally" catches a cold, and with a clear conscience can afford to relax.

So, what is needed to determine the cause of your illness? To do this you need to display information about the illness from the subconscious to the conscious. One need only ask ourselves: "Why do I need this disease? What I want to say that my body? "And listen closely to him. The answer may come immediately or appear in the next few days. But it will appear. The answer is inside each person. If you do not get or do not want to receive a reply, it means that you are comfortable to date with your disease and you do not want to change anything.

If you are not yet fully understood how to communicate with your subconscious, there is a wonderful exercise, proper execution of which can save you from any illness.

 1. Sit or lie down in a comfortable place for you. Relax. Can close your eyes. Think about what's bothering you. Now ask your subconscious mind, why have you experienced this disease. How to ask the subconscious? And just as you ask anyone. Just ask a question. The first thought that comes to you in the head, and there is a subconscious response. Memorize it. The answer need not be one.
 2. Now set the subconscious mind the following question: "Why do I need this disease, and I want to say to yourself this disease?"
 3. Next question: "What do I need to do to get rid of this disease?"

Do not worry about the fact that you have never communicated with his subconscious. This exercise is obtained from any and all people. And this action is not even required to call the communication with the subconscious. Can you name it, for example, "dialogue with oneself." In fact, you already know why you have this disease occurred, and how you can get rid of it. You just need to wish to know this information and it will open to you once.

Do you want to entirely give up medicine, you ask? No, it does not need to do this. But contact a doctor and take pills to be only when help is needed urgently, and a positive attitude and work on yourself you do not instantly change (bleeding, fracture, emergency surgery).

After overcoming the crisis must own, operate over their thoughts, understand, why you are having this situation. After all, nothing happens by accident. Every unpleasant incident, accident, injury, even a scratch display some of your wrong thoughts and deeds. And referring to the doctors, do not change their minds, you are preparing the ground for another of the unpleasant event.

Therefore, take care of your health, love yourself and your body, and you will always be full of health and energy.

How To Help Your Joints?

Our bones "suspended" on the set of joints. Stifle. Hip joints. Joints of fingers and toes ...

Joints are necessary in order for us to make movements, but, as with any mechanism, moving parts - the weakest link. Nature, of course, tried that, we lived happily ever after, but in the course of our life we are constantly wears your body. Joints are no exception. The disease develops gradually, over a lifetime. And over time, discomfort in the joints, which can be attributed to fatigue, a sedentary lifestyle, changes in weather can lead to very real illness.

Overview.
The end of the bones converge in the joint capsule. The outer layer of bags is made up of fibrous tissue - a kind of protective capsule. The joint is supported by ligaments. Articular end of the bones are covered with an elastic cartilage. Lubrication between moving parts of the joint produces thin film, called synovium.

Diseases of the joints.
Inflammation of the joints.
Degenerative diseases due to tissue destruction in the joint.

Reasons:

 Slag. For a good work of the joint it needs lubrication. To this end, our body sends to your joints a lot of blood and lymph circulation, and with them, and all sorts of rubbish. Degradation of muscle. Joint health is highly dependent on the health of the muscles. When a muscle is healthy, well supplied with blood, then blood flow to the joint is best carried out.

Great physical exertion. If the body is not ready for such pressures, the joint is simply no time to recover.
 Heavy loads, due to being overweight. Every five extra pounds, in addition give five kilograms of load on 1 square. See This overpressure is slowly but surely destroys the cartilage of the knee. Muscle tension. When the muscles are constantly on our toes, joints and ligaments start deposition of calcium salts. It is not necessary to lift cargoes, it is enough to sit in a "comfortable" position in the office for several hours.

Hypertension.
 Atherosclerosis.
 Varicose veins.
 Diabetes.
 Stress. Stressful situations only exacerbate all of the previous reasons, further loading the body.

Prevention.

Lifestyle changes.

 1. Move. For this loan aerobics, running or at least work out a half-hour walks two to three times a week. Try once again to take no elevator and public transport, and their feet.
 2. Very effective stretching.
 3. Do not dial overweight.
 4. Vitamins can help you, especially vitamin C. This vitamin is an antioxidant, protects tissues of the joints and slows the aging process.
 5. Oily fish. Eat fish. It contains omega-3 - fatty acids, which reduce the risk of developing the disease.
 6. Gelatin. Gelatin is obtained digestion of bones, cartilage and tendons (most commonly from fish cartilage). Eating a variety of jelly products improves recovery of articular cartilage.
 7. Liquid. 1,5-2 liters of fluid a day is necessary for the body to its normal functioning.
 8. Correct posture. Standing. Stand straight, keep your head straight. Relax the shoulders, pull them back, lift up the diaphragm, pull up the stomach and buttocks. Sitting. Sit up straight, keep your head straight. Remember how in school you were taught to draw the two elbows on the desk? It is not in vain, remember how it was. Sitting try to draw with both hands on the table, evenly distributing weight on both shoulders.
 9. Normalization of blood pressure.
 10. Correction of diseases associated with blood vessels.

Your health - in your hands!

What is Osteochondrosis How to Live With It and Can It Be Avoided?

If you are diagnosed with osteochondrosis, do not panic. From this disease no one has died. Although, of course, when for no reason, nor from this start to hurt the neck, shoulders and back, numb hands and feet, there is noise in the ears and dizziness - a pleasant enough.

Today, when osteochondrosis sick every other inhabitant of the Earth, physicians seriously thought: "Maybe this is not a disease at all, and the adaptive response of the body?" Whatever it was, osteochondrosis gives a person a lot of inconvenience. And most of it goes to women older than 30 years.

What is it?

Despite the fact that "Hondros" in Greek means "cartilage", under osteochondrosis often do not realize all the damage to cartilage, and the only problem with the cartilage of spine. In osteochondrosis of the intervertebral discs - special cartilage structures that provide the backbone to our flexibility and mobility have become defective. Since then, it all begins. When osteochondrosis progresses, irreversible changes occur even in the vertebrae themselves.

Causes

The main cause of degenerative disc disease - improper distribution of load on the spine, which leads to a change in the cartilage in areas of excessive pressure. Disease may provoke anything: "broken" as a result of injuries vertebrae, weakened muscles in the back, round shoulders and lateral S-shaped curvature of the spine, dragging heavy weights and just hold for a long awkward pose.

Osteochondrosis can occur not only in people with poor posture, engaged in mental work, but also those who are well trained physically - for example, in athletes and longshoremen. In addition to purely mechanical causes, to the development of degenerative disc disease also cause metabolic disorders (eg, calcium and phosphorus), lack of micronutrients and vitamins (magnesium, manganese, zinc, vitamin D and F). Not be ruled out that a not insignificant role in this genetic predisposition plays.

What's happening?

When lifting weights, jumping, falls and similar effects on the intervertebral discs decreases the maximum load. As a result of these cartilage discs permanently injured, and healed by them can not do. It is known that cartilage, like the nervous, almost restored. Damaged intervertebral discs over time, lose their elastic properties, flattened, and the distance between the vertebrae decreases. And that means extending from the spinal nerve roots are clamped, there is pain. At the same time in the field clamps neurovascular bundle appears edema, which leads to further strengthen his denial and pain. If the intervertebral disc has already begun to break down, it ceases to absorb even more injured, the spine and gradually loses its flexibility. In 95% of cases the cause of sciatica is osteochondrosis of the intervertebral disc.

How to recognize?

The major symptom of osteoarthritis - pain. Depending on where the damaged intervertebral discs, may be ill: neck, shoulder, arm, back and even chest. Sometimes a person thinks that he has heart problems, but really, it's aching nerve, compression from degenerative disc disease. Along with the pain of a person often feels the strain and stiffness of muscles. If you squeezed the blood vessels supplying the brain, headache, dizziness, tinnitus, double vision, nausea and vomiting.

Diagnosis

Similar complaints refer to a neurologist or trauma surgery. It will examine the spine, and if necessary appoint radiography, CT or MRI. Check how things are going with the cerebral circulation.

Treatment

Treatment of degenerative disc disease - long-term process that requires a person of great strength of will and free time. Methods for controlling the disease missing: tablet (not always effective), manual therapy, massage and physiotherapy. Some people prefer to be treated by means of traditional medicine - Cup massage, hirudotherapy (leeches), traction, acupuncture, metallotherapy and bee venom. In cases where osteochondrosis complicated by herniation of the intervertebral disc, a man sent to surgery.

Prophylaxis

For the prevention of sciatica and degenerative disc disease experts recommend the following:
 Timely correction of curvatures of the spine and posture disorders in the early school age.
 Actively engage in sports, which will form the muscular system. No "standing" near the wall and "efforts" to sit up straight is no substitute for your muscles, which themselves have to take care of your posture, even when you're not thinking about it.

 Diet, eating foods with sufficient calcium and magnesium (fish and other seafood, cabbage, spinach, beans, nuts, seeds, peas, wholemeal bread and fresh milk of healthy cows) and a complete set of vitamins. Struggle with being overweight. When carrying heavy loads to ensure a uniform load on both hands, wearing a backpack instead of bags. Lift weights using only the feet, rather than the spine, as is done by weightlifters. Avoid twisting the spine in movement of cargo. And - hang, hang, hang on the bar, not only pulling the spine, but also strengthening the hand.

As AIDS Became A Pandemic?

AIDS - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, a pandemic - an epidemic of global proportions.

The first reports of the disease have appeared in American medical periodicals in the early 80-ies. In a relatively short (5-7 years) term AIDS gripping the world. The territory of the then Soviet Union, thanks to the communist iron curtain "remained unconquered (except in isolated cases). At the same time, the incidence of AIDS in African countries has grown exponentially.

If we analyze the morbidity statistics by country, it turns out an interesting pattern. Level of infection with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in the civilized world (Western Europe, North America) for the past 6-8 years has stabilized and does not exceed 1% of the total population, and is formed mainly by migrants and non-indigenous population (as For example, African migrants in England). In contrast, the underdeveloped countries of Africa and Asia show the highest infection rate. Thus, according to official figures (and official statistics in many African countries are under pressure from government agencies and has used the data to understate), HIV infection in Zambia is 30% (every third Zambian), Botswana - 41%. Average life expectancy for this disease there has slipped to 38-40 years (for comparison: in the developed world - 70 years and over).

I've always been interested in the question: "What is the reason such a high level of HIV in Africa?". At the time, Soviet propaganda, using the fact that so far there is no single proven theory of the origin of AIDS, has put forward the theory that, allegedly, HIV was artificially created somewhere in the West to destroy the African race. This idea is so like the African leaders (especially those who blame the West for all their problems) that they have accepted it as an explanation for high incidence of AIDS in Africa.

But in fact the cause of high incidence of AIDS is in the other, namely, the sexual mentality of the Africans, or more simply, in their attitude toward sex. According to historical records, before the arrival of Europeans in Africa (ie, up to 16-17 centuries), sexually transmitted diseases there were not known. Now imagine the following situation: the absence of STDs, warm climate year-round abundance of fruit (again, the whole year). What would you do? Well, of course, sex! And Africans. Their mentality has historically incorporated lightweight attitude toward sex. Add to this the absence of any religious dogmas and taboos, which is filled for European Christianity and for Muslims - Islam.

In the State Archives of Zimbabwe, I came into the hands of an interesting book. It provides a statistical report on the incidence of Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1921. The incidence of syphilis among Aboriginal people in far in 1921 reached 25%, ie, one in four black Zimbabwean in 1921 was infected with syphilis. It is therefore not surprising that when AIDS appeared on the scene, it has spread like lightning across Africa. Probably the same way (or close to it) AIDS is growing in other regions of the world.

The high level of HIV infection has set sane African leaders reviewing the national attitude to sexual culture. In Africa today is a fairly aggressive promotion of family values (loyalty to the spouse) and safe sex, because the stakes in this game is survival - of both the individual and the nation as a whole.

In my opinion, it is time to revise moral values about sex and we have. The alarming statistics of the growth of AIDS in post-Soviet space - to the foundation.

What are Polycystic Ovaries and How to Treat it?

Polycystic - a hormonal disorder that leads to the formation of cysts in the ovaries. Causes of cysts are different: the left over inflammation of the fallopian tubes, stress, psychological trauma experienced by the girl in the 10 to 12 years of age.

First of all, should alert the irregular periods, long delays. This is the main symptom. Once the egg is not mature, therefore, does not ripen, and endometrium. Menstruation have to wait several months.

Encourage the development of the disease can develop chronic inflammation of the pharyngeal tonsil, acute respiratory viral infections. Able to provoke disease and poor environmental conditions, and abrupt climate change.

The disease can manifest itself in different ways: delayed menstruation from one to six months, obesity, shows "excess vegetation, is that women have a nagging pain in the abdomen. But this is sometimes insufficient for diagnosis. Correlate data with clinical ultrasound and hormonal studies because of polycystic can be observed in other organs.

Cause of the disease may be the denial of their femininity, rejection of femininity; scrolling old hurts, plate images. Here, we can recommend the use of affirmations: "I am glad my femininity. I love being a woman. I love my body "or" The images in my mind are beautiful because I choose to make them so. I love myself. " They can speak or write. It is important to seek medical attention.

It is important to start treatment in time, as the sooner treatment is started, the sooner you can achieve success. Remember: polycystic leads to infertility and cancer. There are two ways of treatment: the operational and non-surgical.

Operation on the ovaries is called laparoscopy, in its course is three holes. Through them, removed all the cysts, which detects the surgeon during surgery. Unfortunately, surgery provides only a temporary effect that lasts about six months, then you have to take hormone therapy.

At present, perhaps non-surgical treatment - hormone replacement therapy from 3 months to a year. In recent years, widely used drug "Yasmin", who, unlike other hormones control weight.

There is a folk remedy for treating polycystic: 300 g of raisins, 0.5 liters of vodka to infuse for 21 days. Take 1 tablespoon an hour before meals 3 times a day. Repeat the course 3 times.

There are yoga exercises, aimed at addressing "purely women's issues." Pose Baddha Konasana, for example, promotes the improvement of the pelvic organs, kidneys and adrenal glands.

Whatever treatment you choose, know this: it must take place under medical supervision.

One of the tips for preventing re-formation of cysts is "Operation Warm hands and feet." As you can imagine, we must keep hands and feet warm. Particularly difficult to maintain them warm in cold weather. Then it follows immediately after returning from the street to warm hands and feet under running hot water. If it fails, then in the evening take a hot bath.

Success in treating!

Depression - An Illness or Fashion? Part 2

Thus, the opinion of the second.

Depression - a disease.

Depression (from Lat. Depression suppression) - mental illness, usually occurring after negative events in a person's life, but often develops without any apparent reason.

Argued that the depression - the illness is very rich and very poor (Rejoice, the middle class!). Gossip says that the rich people who can afford anything, anything you want, quickly pall their comfortable existence. Like, having tried all the entertainment world, they are millionaires, these are beginning to be depressed, and all that "mere mortals" would instantly dispel sadness, for them is not new and boring. The second category of people who are prone to depression, according to popular belief, suffer from their own poverty. Like, people living below the poverty line, feel inferior and defective, they are sadly dragged its existence and can not do anything (or think they can not) do about it. There is a misconception opinion ... (the middle class - ready!).

Oddly, but in reality people are depressed completely, regardless of their intellectual level and social status.

Depression - a serious disease that affects not only our moods and thoughts, but also the body. It has a strong influence on all spheres of human existence - the way a person sleeps and eats like perceives itself and its surrounding objects and people. Depression does not equate with the lethargic mood or infirmity, and it is hardly possible to defeat the effort of will. Depressed people can not just "pull themselves together" and get better. Like any other mental illness, depression should be treated, otherwise the symptoms may last a week, month and even a few years. Appropriate treatment usually helps everyone who calls him.

Depression, like any other disease, can flow from one form to another.

Psychiatrists often distinguish three main types of depressive disorders, which, in turn, may significantly differ from each other symptoms, the strength with which these symptoms are expressed, and the duration of the disease.

Major depression. On it may indicate symptoms (they are all listed below) that interfere with a person to fully work, study, eat, sleep and enjoy everything that usually gives him pleasure. Such a strong mental disorder may occur only once, but often happens a few times in my life.

Less severe type of depression is a mental depression, which manifested in prolonged, chronic symptoms that are not globally interfere with a person there, but do it the existence of defective. Typically, patients in this disorder may occasionally fall into a deep depression.

Bipolar psychosis, or manic-depressive disorder. This form of depression is less common than the previous two. In manic-depressive psychosis is characterized by cyclical mood changes, such as mania or passion for something suddenly gives way to depression. In some cases, these changes occur very rapidly, but mostly it occurs gradually. Being in a cycle of depression, the patient may experience some or all of the symptoms of depression.

In the manic cycle, the same person becomes overly active, talkative, the energy just gushes out of him the key. Such condition often causes serious harm to humans and its reputation, the patient begins to behave strangely society, condemning all who do not share his views and the like. During a manic episode a person is unable to realize all their grand ideas and Napoleon's plans, which are created in his head, and that threaten to exacerbate his mental illness.

Signal to the alarm is usually represented by multiple symptoms of depression and mania. We should not forget that people who suffer from manic-depressive disorder may experience all or only a few of the following symptoms.

Thus, depression:

- Prolonged sadness, anxiety, feeling "empty";
- Hopelessness, pessimism;
- A sense of helplessness, guilt, worthlessness;
- Loss of interest in activities previously enjoyed (including sex);
- Tiredness, lack of energy, some "confusion";
- A sharp deterioration of memory, difficulty concentrating and making decisions;
- Insomnia, when a person wakes up too early, or vice versa can not get out of bed Sutra;
- Loss of appetite and weight Ljubo overeating and a sharp increase in obesity;
- Thoughts of death or suicide, attempted suicide;
- Irritability and restlessness;
- Long-term physical disorders that are not amenable to traditional treatment, such as migraines, digestive problems, aches and pains of chronic nature.

Mania:
- An unusual elation or excessive admiration;
- Irritability;
- A constant feeling of lack of sleep;
- Excessive talkativeness;
- Sverhmerno grandiose intentions;
- Excessive talkativeness;
- A fleeting thought;
- Increased sexual desire;
- Increased energy;
- Acts that defy analysis from the perspective of common sense;
- Anti-social behavior.

Thus, if at least some of these symptoms you notice me in person or in someone from your family, you should immediately contact a doctor who tells you how to deal with this disease. Do not think that mental disorders may touch someone else, but not you.

Depression affects both women and men, old men and teens. The main thing - time to recognize the disease and to direct all efforts to combat it.
There are many ways to combat depression, among which are serious, like psychotherapy, medication or even hospitalization, and are available to all of us as aromatherapy, homeopathic remedies and simple but so useful vitamins.

In some ways you can help yourself, the main thing to realize that depressed mood, feelings of helplessness, hopelessness and desolation are part of depression and may not affect the real state of things that surround you. The second asset in the struggle with this mental disorder are your relatives and friends. For only they can give you much needed support and love. Should not be removed from the depressed person, it should be remembered that, after proper treatment, he will again become familiar with all your favorite humorist.

And now try to compare the symptoms of a serious illness called "depression" with the state, which is so readily grant for this disease your friends or relatives. But not if your daughter has just left the kitchen, throwing on the move: "I can not do, depression is probably"? Does not your husband, watching retreating into the darkness once smoked a cigarette butt next to them on the balcony of cigarettes, tells you the sepulchral voice: "At work, things are bad, I have depression?

Reassure the family, because most likely they have no depression, but simply a temporary fatigue or low mood due to, again, time troubles, which are held and resolved as quickly as they arise. Everything we know about the materiality of thought, and especially the word, so let's stop our lives to proclaim the various problems and serious illnesses such as depression. Psychiatrists aware of the most powerful weapon - self-hypnosis.

Do not point a weapon against themselves, and do not call every trifling trouble and sadness connected with it, scary, well-known to every inhabitant metropolis, in a word - Depression ...

Depression - An Illness or Fashion? Part One

Depression ... We are continually confronted with people living with this disease or whether they were victims of this "plague of the late 20th century." Looking at the incredible number of "patients' depression inadvertently suggests the idea that no is not a disease but merely a tribute to fashion.

Is again at the peak of popularity for society are languishing sighs, self-torture, the tears, every now and then screw-in eyes without any reason, the endless oohs and ahs da etc.? So, the first of the diametrically opposing views.

Depression - fashion.

Oddly, but in the spring, most people who call themselves depressed patients, illness is dissolved in a sea of fresh flavors, the singing birds and a riot of youth swelling buds on the branches of waking up. But in autumn, on the contrary, by every modern girl schoolgirl can we hear the phrase, uttered with such sadness in his voice that just my heart bleeds: "I have autumn depression ... Oh ...." Paradoxically, the psychiatrists and psychologists around the world in one voice say that the escalation in really depressed people may fall ... and in the spring. Yes, yes, exactly. And in the spring, too. Depression is an exception among other mental illnesses and disorders, and consequently, the spring song of the birds is unlikely to cure it.

The fact that the fall and winter our mood is steadily going down to the minus sign, of course, because the days are getting shorter, gray, gloomy. On all sides we are relentlessly attacking the dirt, mud, cold and darkness. At work we run a dark street, sometimes from the window of frozen trolleybus can be seen not yet extinct stars in the sky.

On the way back we will have the same grim picture, yet embellished and heightened by the wind, which can not wait to sign us to their spiny arms. Well, at any reasonable person not to spoil the mood of this picture? Is that hopelessly in love with winter, romantics and optimists who look like their reflection in the ice of the frozen puddles and slush underfoot known not only as snow. Does this mean that everyone who complains about the arrival of the cold season, people with depression? In my opinion, no ... I'll tell you a secret that the lack of sunlight can replace simple and so familiar to us all the bright electric light.

From time to time, people tend to feel sadness, pain, anguish. And it is absolutely natural and logical. Could people rightfully call himself a man if he was insensitive and lacking compassion for a creature? And he could empathize and sympathize with, if he did not feel absolutely no ill feelings? Much to our regret, the man is not perfect and sometimes positive feelings are entirely absorbed and suppressed feelings negative. This is where you can talk about depression or other mental illness.

What we now so readily take for depression, more similar to this old concept, as melancholy. In its origin melancholia originates from one of the four moods "which described the Hippocrates. He called it the mood of "black bile." I believe the name speaks for itself, and no further description is superfluous melancholy.

Melancholy, or the so-called "mild depression" can be easily overcome through sports or other active hobbies, or else taking a course of vitamins, especially well past help after a prolonged winter. Only about one hundred years ago, scientists first seriously interested in depression, and antidepressants emerged and that later - but early in the second half of the twentieth century. I wonder how in the old days people cope with this disease? Or maybe they just did not know about it, and therefore hurt less?

Many psychiatrists argue that even the deepest state of depression can be overcome, just like a regular bout of the blues. The key point in this struggle is the fact that you are required to strive to raise their spirits and put himself in order. The hardest part - get yourself to act and stop to look for reasons to be sad. And in this case, even recourse to a professional is a consequence of their own efforts.

People, especially women, are often repeat one another phrase: "Well, what do you cheat yourself?". Familiar? Of course, it is heard by all, and not once. Always, when we worry for their loved ones, our imagination is taken to paint horrific pictures. For example, when a spouse for half an hour late, and the mobile is not responding. Most of us have 20 minutes to climb the head the idea that ice on the roads, will begin to choke the memories of how last week you have "clipped" and you almost flew into the opposite lane, and similar horrors. In short, you will gradually raises the self, and chop into outright panic!

This state may last for as long as the door burst open, and you do not embrace his beloved's neck. Exactly the same way as we multiplies own fears, we can multiply and the disease. The line between melancholy and depression is very thin. The main thing - do not cross that line. Depression-mode is most easily subject to depression, illness, because they often begin to believe that the utter ...


To be continued.