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.

Why is it Useful to Lie with the Child in Hospital?

As often happens: Your baby has started to master kindergarten, and immediately reached a series of sores. By the ordinary nozzle and cough, it seems, are used: a child - acclimation! You keep going to work, kid - on his own. But suddenly, like a bombshell: his serious illness! And not just a typical OCR, and a high temperature, weakness and loss of appetite. And there is no getting away: we must go with the crumbs to the hospital. Let's calm down and think together: why the universe you threw this difficult situation?

1. To teach a child to bear the pain and serious about your health.
I remember how hard it was to explain to my son that my aunt with the needle wants to make it "good" ... you will be hard to keep it at an injection and droppers, cheat, giving porridge with a bitter pill inside, wear a mask for inhalation or poking him under the shirt electrophoresis . Explain to him every move, let's appointment of doctors in the form of the game ("Aunt wants to drink through this button for your hand!"). Together encourages other children who have yet heavier and praise your child for the hard treatment.

2. Finally, to communicate with your child as much as possible.
My friend was lying with two-year daughter in hospital almost a month. And most importantly, that she made: "How long I have not looked into her eyes! Once upon a time I was more worried about her stained dress or unfastened shoes, but to sit down and just smile, looking at the eyes, I did not have enough time! "

3. To teach your child something new and make their own discoveries.
Have you formed an additional lot of time, so - cards in your hand! Teach a kid poems, draw or paint, ask the house dice: learn colors and build the most incredible tower. None, even the best, the governess is no substitute for parental attention baby! Take a look at the same time as your child builds relationships with peers and adults, whether he knows how to treat others and share toys. My sister, for example, seeing the girls on what draws the attention of her son, she realized what it would be mother-in-twenty years that way!

4. To look at other children.
Of course, for any parent your own child - the smartest and most beautiful. But now I do not know! Perhaps looking at how other roll on level ground tantrum or beat the younger, mentally you hang yourself on the Order of the chest for proper upbringing of his child. Or maybe something else to learn from other moms ...

5. To understand who is who in your neighborhood.
There is a grandmother who does not call for months, knowing that his grandson is seriously ill. There are bosses, which stalled when your sick dreams of fire you as soon as you leave for work. There's even a mother (although, probably, it is called by another name!), Who brought the child to the hospital, and themselves disappear forever ... And there are just close friends, who sincerely fear for you, send sms-ki and bring the box with the yogurt. Take all of what is happening, with a calm heart! Disease - the best litmus for any relationship.

6. To see a strong and wise adults.
You are trying hard not to cry when a child, think fun with it coming "Soon" and braids of ragged bandages little pigtails. It is difficult to say who hurts: baby - physically, or mother - morally. In any case, when all you do is survive, relatives appreciate your strength and peace of mind that you have purchased in the hospital!

7. To this never happens again.
Now you know exactly how much should be in the blood leukocytes, how to stop bleeding than water baby at high temperature. We assume that it was you need to become caring, attentive and kind to your baby. Thank fate for these lessons, though taught in such a hard way. Remember, a disease of a child tries to reach out to their parents have earned! Therefore continue to monitor: when the time to scatter stones and when the time "to remove them from the kidneys.

Work, create, relax together, create something new in his family and always be healthy - together with your child!

Influenza: The Truth That Fiction?

We all get sick, and most common colds. How then bypass the flu, which has developed many myths and stereotypes that are often just as hazardous to health?

For people with strong immune flu not dangerous

Indeed, there are people who do not suffer from the flu. This is due to the so-called genetic stability. It is present in humans from birth. But immediately it must be said that such resistance is very rare. Most often, there is a risk of contracting influenza, and then the immune status plays no role. A person can hardly get sick and do not get colds, but it is not a guarantee that the next flu epidemic will pass by his side. Therefore, doctors recommend preventive influenza everyone without exception.

Treat the flu is useless - he will

As the saying goes, "Without treatment, the flu lasts a week, with treatment - seven days." This is the truth: if the therapy does not start on time, the flu can be no cure - no result will be. Judge for yourself: we are starting to take medication when it gets really bad: the temperature is kept for several days, but because of the weakness is impossible to separate his head from the pillow. I have to work a girl comes into the office, and the director tries to persuade her to go home. It is especially important to prevent the development of influenza. The acute phase of the disease is observed in the first days after infection. Person concerned only minor symptoms, but here then and you want to start treatment. In this case, you can "break" the disease and not allowing it to develop, and to minimize the chance of complications.

Antibiotics for the flu will not be denied. Any medication should be taken only under medical supervision. The flu is assigned a complex treatment, mostly symptomatic, and antibiotics are needed for the development of complications and strictly according to prescribed regimens.

Vaccination will protect against influenza. Many believe that after the flu vaccine is impossible. In fact, it is not: the risk of infection remains, but it is significantly less. In this case, a role played by the type of vaccine, each of them gives their percent guarantee of security. But on average it amounts to no less than 80-90%.

If there is a temperature, it should immediately bring down the

This setup is very harmful, and in recent years, many are aware of this. While not everyone can keep ourselves from the desire to take a loading dose of antipyretic. And it would be necessary. After a fever - it is nothing like a defensive reaction of the body that seeks to kill infectious agents. This means that the disease easier. Another thing is that many not tolerate this process. In this case the fever should be taken, but if the temperature is below 37.5 - 37.6 degrees.

Vitamins rescued from influenza

There is no dispute vitamins - that's great, but from the flu, they will not save. The optimal solution will be integrated therapy, which includes antiviral medications, and vitamins.

The longer you are on the outside, the lower the risk of contracting influenza
Adoption is not all right, because on the street, we met many people who, it is likely suffering from the flu. Another thing is that in the fresh air the risk of infection is relatively low. He grows hundreds of times indoors, where going to a lot of people.

So be healthy and do not sneeze!

Why Do People Become Addicted?

The fact that the drugs - evil, it is theoretically known to all. And yet, every year the army of patients of this dependence increases.

In recent years, Russia has begun to play a major drug markets. The situation of drug addiction is rapidly spinning out of control.

Drug use today is for living and future generations, not less terrible danger than the epidemic ravaging the previous century, whole countries.

It is terrible that drug addiction affects primarily young people, depriving the company a significant number of its members, which could in future benefit. More often using drugs starts in adolescence, and the primary motivation, pushing young people to drugs is curiosity and imitation, informal recreation and the lack of contact with parents.

In any family, even very prosperous, there is a real risk that the child can not resist the temptation to try drugs. Unfortunately, parents often find out about it when terrible dependence has taken hold of the child.

Modern parents are spending all their energy on making money, with little attention paid to children. Feeling of guilt for this, parents try to compensate for the lack of attention pocket money, not interested in how the money is spent. It turns out that a teenager having pocket money, it becomes desirable for a bad company. So begins the wrong life, filled with fake friends and predilections.

There is also another problem: in many families a child put on a pedestal, around which revolve all. And he is absolutely indifferent to the family, he has no responsibilities at home, it does not affect what parents, sticking, just tumbled to the ground, earning him the money on good clothing, tutoring, and further study. And to blame themselves compassionate parents. Remember, with any desire for little kids want to participate in domestic affairs, but the parents deny them this opportunity, to justify the fact that to do this too early, thinking that their "help" they will create more problems, it is better to do everything yourself and be quick. Catch phrase of many parents: "Let the wee rest gained by all for his age."

The school boy is not strained, there's just a solid holiday, from household chores he is released. It turns out that teenagers need a something to do, you need to let off steam. (Come to school and pay attention to children as they have accumulated energy, which can be used.) That's when he joins to questionable companies, where, as he seems to understand it, need it, trust him.

Many parents do not realize this, and all the blame on going trying to topple the government, the state. Forgetting that the foundation of how a baby, laid in the family.

Addiction develops rapidly, it is impossible to see how self-indulgence turns into a servile man's dependence on drugs. Today the drug is difficult to distinguish from drunk teenagers. It's fashionable to laugh out loud, elbow, drinking beer advertised on TV.

Hopefully, humanity will be able to stop the spread of drug addiction. But it needs the joint efforts of all, and all go in one direction. And we have someone fighting the spread of drugs, and someone accidentally brings the work to "no." For example, all your favorite comic transmission: there's often used the word "injected", "buzz" in the text they produce laughter of spectators. And how children perceive it - no one thought about it. The sheer laughter distracts from the idea that it's bad. So, someone from the teens decide what you need most to try what it is, once assessment is mixed.

The media also contribute - for example, during the period of influenza vaccination titles of publications were filled with the names "And you have already pricked?", "Shoot up or shoot up?" And it is in serious publications. Idols of youth is a hero - was a drug addict, gave up, now just a healthy lifestyle. And the young fledgling establishment concludes - a drug, you should try, once you can get away from him always, and way of life idol must go, as he did.

But now and draw a conclusion that the solution to this problem initially in our hands.