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Women prone to Broken Heart Syndrome

June 3rd, 2011 admin
Broken Heart

Broken Heart

Women prone to broken heart syndrome. This syndrome is usually more often experienced by women who are experiencing a stressful or sad events, such as loss of spouse, which temporarily weakened heart muscle and blood vessels can not respond normally Syndrome was originally known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, but now there are some terms indicate this condition such as stress cardiomyipathy or apical balloon syndrome.

Broken heart syndrome usually occurs after a person especially women experiencing a stressful or sad events, such as loss of a spouse, a frightening medical diagnosis, lost a lot of money or psychological factors such as stress. But until now the exact cause is not known with certainty.

Symptoms that arise are usually similar to a heart attack such as chest pain, shortness of breath, rapid heartbeat and weak. But there is no blockage in the coronary arteries and no damage is permanent, so patients will recover within several weeks. This is the condition which distinguishes it from a heart attack.

Generally there are no guidelines in dealing with a broken heart syndrome. Care provided is similar to a heart attack until doctors get the right diagnosis. Most patients will remain in hospital until cured.

Women who experienced a broken heart syndrome have blood vessels that do not work optimally because of the stress hormone response that it receives. Blood vessels should be widened to allow more blood flow to the heart. But when a person experiences a stressful thing, shock or stress, the blood vessels become limited, thereby reducing the blood supply to the heart.

The researchers revealed the abnormal blood vessel responses to stress can contribute to triggering a broken heart syndrome. Until now there is no therapy that can prevent the occurrence of broken heart syndrome, but one thing that matters is someone should be able to manage stress in their lives well enough to reduce potential damage to the heart of stress hormones.

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Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS) on Baby

June 2nd, 2011 admin

Meconium Aspiration Syndrome

Meconium Aspiration Syndrome

Meconium Aspiration Syndrome (MAS) on Baby will experience respiratory distress. Babies with MAS has trouble breathing, it will be a series of measures to cope with the baby‘s condition, such as by doing the cleaning of the respiratory tract and oxygen delivery. In a very severe condition, the baby may need a ventilator and monitoring in the NICU. Music therapy may support the baby recover on NICU.

No need to force the normal delivery. Natural or normal childbirth for many mothers are ideal. However, if the circumference of your pelvis is too small while the size of the baby is big enough, offer to give birth via cesarean section from your obstetrician should be considered. It’s for the safety of the baby for the birth process can be ascertained quickly running as planned, and minimize the occurrence of a long labor and risk of complications.

In fact, the equipment in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in a number of maternity hospitals in big cities, not fully able to support the handling of cases of meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). Therefore, if your pregnancy is overdue, or your obstetrician advised not to push yourself a natural childbirth, childbirth Caesar is wise choice.

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

May 31st, 2011 admin

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Irritable Bowel Syndrome / IBS is a condition that is relatively common among people aged 20 years and over. This is one of the most frequently diagnosed symptoms but the problem is people tend not to want to talk about it. Irritation Bowel Syndrome is characterized by frequent abdominal cramps, bloating, abdominal pain, diarrhea and constipation. This has caused much suffering and discomfort but will never cause the condition worse because it does not cause permanent damage to the patient.

Although there is a general pattern for most patients, still are the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome vary from patient to patient. Some may experience single symptoms such as constipation. Although so many people complain without cramping or pressure or slightly accompanied by expulsion of faeces. These people are experiencing along with the intestinal mucus spending them as well. Mucus is a form of lubricant that helps moisten the digestive tract to facilitate spending on materials that have been digested.

Some patients, on the other hand, have diarrhea, which is marked by the release of liquid feces and often uncontrollable. But some have constipation and diarrhea. However, the cessation of symptoms does not mean cessation of the syndrome. Many people find it more difficult to cope with irritable bowel syndrome after a few months since the syndrome to subside.

While many cases of this syndrome are routinely reported worldwide, there are still unknown cause to determine the appropriate treatment. Many researchers agree that this may have a relationship with the colon or large intestine is highly reactive to stress and certain food elements. Still others claim that this is largely influenced by the efficiency of the immune system.

People with this condition are known to have motility or bowel movements are not regular. This is referred to as spasmodic but other patients showed temporary stops bowel movements. IBS is often associated with bacterial infection found in the digestive tract. The researchers observed that people who already has particularly gastroenteritis have greater likelihood of IBS will also be developed.

In addition, it was found that IBS will heighten the vulnerability of anxiety and stress re-aggravate the condition. Similarly, many symptoms of IBS cause depression and anxiety. Other patients are projected to have a relationship with irritable bowel syndrome and celiac disease, namely the inability of someone to digest gluten. Gluten is a substance found in wheat, and flour that basically help in the coagulation of bread. Patients with celiac disease have immune systems that respond to gluten by damaging the small intestine. The existence of celiac disease along with IBS can be checked through blood tests.

However, for female patients, the findings indicate that many symptoms worsen during their menstrual period. Basically this is a ‘suspected cause of’ the general of the internal bowel movement. Group of scientific and medical communities are continually working on resolving the causes that make a decent treatment options to help alleviate the patient’s condition.

However, people have been practicing on a few things to help provide temporary treatment for irritable bowel syndrome. Many do this by avoiding foods that commonly cause symptoms reappear. Many activities are also advised to be avoided to limit the emergence of symptoms. Including a big meal, caffeine from tea, cola and chocolate, not drinking alcohol, and avoid wheat-based products.

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10 Types of Strange Diseases, Syndromes and Disorder

May 30th, 2011 admin

There are 10 Types of strange diseases, syndromes and disorder for human. In this world it spread many diseases, syndromes or disorders. Some of them, very unusual and strange. Most diseases and syndromes are caused by psychological factors. Diseases, syndromes and disorders may be suffered by relatives and friends. By knowing the disease and this syndrome, we can suggest to them to make a treatment or consultation.

1. Trichotillomania:
Is an impulse control disorder. Patients with this disorder are encouraged to pluck the hair on her own. For example, the hair on the head, nose or feet. The disorder is caused by abnormalities of serotonin and dopamine in the brain. Patients with this disorder do not realize what they are doing so, these disorders can be reduced by behavioral training (Habit Reversal Training).

2. Cotard’s Syndrome:
Patients with this syndrome often felt that he had died or basically not created in this world. Patients with this syndrome also can just feel that he was losing blood or organs in the body. Cotard’s syndrome is one of a rare neuropsychiatric disorder. Several studies have shown that this syndrome may arise due to suffering from depression. This syndrome is named after the inventor namely, Jules Cotard. In 1880, Jules Cotard highlight the case of one patient, who deny some members of his body (for example, he admitted that he did not recognize the body which is called by hand) and claimed that he did not need to eat.

3. Kleptomania:
This disease arises due to abnormalities of serotonin in the brain. Patients with this disease are generally female. Patients with this disease difficult to control yourself not to take the goods have other people or from the store. But this disease can be distinguished from ordinary thieves because she took goods are goods that are not valuable, such as paper clips, wipes, safety pins, etc., this disorder can be treated by Cognitive-behavioral therapy.

4. Stendhal Syndrome:
This disease causes sufferers experience headaches, heart palpitations and hallucinations when viewing art objects (especially the nice and big). The name of this disease is taken from the name of a French writer in the 19th century. In his book “Naples and Florence: A Journey from Milan to Reggio”, Stendhal reveals his experience when viewing objects of art in Florence. This disease was first studied by the Italian psychiatrist, Graziella Magherini, in 1979. He studied 100 people of foreign tourists who experience symptoms similar to Stendhal while visiting Florence.

5. Exploding Head Syndrome:
Patients with this disorder feel the emergence of a loud noise or explosion from inside his head. These feelings can lead to fear or makes sufferers lose consciousness. This disease affects more women. Although its cause is unknown, the disease is thought to arise due to stress and fatigue.

6. Capgras Delusion:
This disease causes the sufferer to feel that some members of his family have been replaced by others who resemble them. These symptoms are common in patients with schizophrenia, drug users, former patients stokes or people who have suffered brain injury. This disease makes people reluctant to get along with family members who are suspected. The disease was first observed by Joseph Capgras and Reboul-Lachaux in 1923.

7. Pica:
The disease is encouraging sufferers to eat things that are generally not considered to be food such as soil, stones, chalk, paper, matches, etc.. People with pica are also encouraged to consume materials that are still raw food makers such as flour, raw onions, etc.. Some experts suspect that, Pica caused by the deficiency of certain minerals, however, this allegation can not be proven strong.

8. Genital retraction syndrome:
This syndrome causes the sufferer into a panic. Men with this disease feel that his penis shrank and eventually disappeared due to entry into the hip. Women with this syndrome will feel that her breasts shrank and gradually became flat. Some people even feel that he has become a victim of witchcraft or sorcery.

9.Stockholm syndrome:
This syndrome usually suffered by victims hostage. Instead of revenge against the perpetrator, the victim actually be loyal to the perpetrator. The experience of emotional bond with the perpetrator and often tried to protect the perpetrator of the attack apparatus. This syndrome is also often suffered by victims of rape, kidnapping or child victims of sexual violence. This syndrome was first observed on the victim hostage in a bank in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1973. After six days of captivity, the victim turned instead to defend the perpetrator.

10.Jerusalem Syndrome:
This syndrome is one type of religious psychosis that appeared after visiting Jerusalem. Patients with this syndrome feels that he is a prophet sent by god. As a result, they try to preach their teachings are claimed to come from god. They often accuse others as sinners who should do the conversion with their guidance. This syndrome usually appears after a few weeks left Jerusalem.

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Music Therapy Encourage Positive Change to Autistic Children

May 29th, 2011 admin

music therapy

music therapy

Music therapy has not only serves to facilitate positive changes in behavior of adult humans, but also has positive effects on children with autism. Music, according to the research act as external stimuli that make the child comfortable, because it is not involved in direct contact with humans.

Benefits of therapy
Improving the social emotional development of children. When starting a relationship, children with autism tend to be physically ignore or reject social contact offered by others. And music therapy to help stop the withdrawal is a way to build relationships with objects, in this case musical instruments.

Children with autism, according to study results, see the musical instrument as something fun. These children are usually very fond shapes, touching and well produced sound. Therefore, this musical instrument can become an intermediary to build relationships between children with autism with other individuals.

Helping verbal and nonverbal communication. Music therapy can also help children with the ability to communicate how to improve vocal production and stimulate conversation and mental processes in terms of understanding and recognizing. The therapist will try to create communication links between the behavior of children with a particular sound. Children with autism are usually more easily identify and more open to the sound than the verbal approach. Awareness of this music and the relationship between the actions of children with music, has the potential to encourage communication.

Encouraging emotional fulfillment. Most children with autism are less able to respond to stimuli that should help them feel the right emotion. But, because children with autism can respond well to music, the music therapy can help children by providing an environment free from fear.

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Autistic Children Have Larger Brains

May 29th, 2011 admin

Autistic children have larger brains. Children with autism have larger brains size up to 10% compared to normal children. This condition can be seen at the time the child turns two years old. As revealed in a report Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers the University of North Carolina found that children with autism have had signs of enlargement of the brain at the age of two years. Their brains are growing at the age of 4 and 5 years.

Brain enlargement occurs because of the increased number of folds of the brain surface due to the increased proliferation of brain neurons. For researchers continue to develop further studies to find out what kind of gene that makes the brain neurons experiencing excessive proliferation. University of North Carolina is currently conducting two separate studies to obtain answers to that question.

Signs of autism can be monitored by continuing to observe the development of a child’s brain size. This effort is important to monitor brain size and behavior change as you age their children. Another research also found many weird syndrome in the world.

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Weird Syndrome for Japanese

May 27th, 2011 admin
Syndrome For Japanese

Syndrome For Japanese

Weird Syndrome for Japanese was found. Psychiatric Science knows the type of typical syndromes or symptoms that associated with the culture, one of them can be found in Japan. At least, the Japanese have 4 bizarre behavior disorders which rarely occur in individuals who come from other cultures. Syndrome associated with a particular culture is culture specific syndrome. Most of the mental and behavioral disorders, though there is also a form of physical illness such as in Uganda Nakalanga syndrome that causes sufferers vomited continuously.

Culture-specific syndrome is recognized as a separate category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) made by the American Psychiatric Association. In it there are a number of unique syndrome of various cultures. One of them is a unique syndrome of Japan that is more or less Taijin Kyofusho which can be interpreted as a disorder (sho) fear (kyofu) on interpersonal relationships (taijin). In English, this syndrome termed social anxiety disorder.

However, symptoms that appear in Taijin Kyofusho very typical and not the same as social anxiety disorder in the west. Symptoms are only experienced by people living with Japanese culture or some other culture in East Asia. The four symptoms that include Taijin Kyofusho syndrome is as follows.

  • Sekimen-kyofu, namely fear of seeing a face faintly reddish (ereuthophobia)
  • Shubo-kyofu, namely fear of disability or (body dysmorphic disorder)
  • Jikoshisen-kyofu, that is afraid to look the other person
  • Jikoshu-kyofu, that is afraid of his own body odor (osmophobia)

A study published in the Journal of Psychiatry revealed, the Japanese are more vulnerable than Westerners to experience the syndrome because of the concept of shame. Japanese people generally do not just fear of feeling embarrassed but also did not want to embarrass the other person.

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Hobbies in plucking Eyebrows & Hair For OCD Mental Disorder

May 26th, 2011 admin
OCD Mental Disorder

OCD Mental Disorder

Hobbies in plucking Eyebrows & Hair beacuse of OCD Mental Disorder. Obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD) is a mental disorder and thoughts of an unreasonable fear that makes sufferers perform repetitive behaviors. Because of OCD, hair and eyebrows of a kid 11 years was out because uprooted.

Max Sherwood, a boy aged 11 years go bald due to a psychological disorder called trichotillomania. Disorders that include a form of obsessive compulsive disorder made his hobby of pulling his own hair. Starting from second grade elementary school, a kid from Riverdale, Iowa began a hobby plucking eyebrows in the classroom. In the first few months, parents and teachers are not aware of the condition Max until finally at one point caught his eye brow was gone.

Max More and day habit is not reduced, even later not only eyebrows but also pluck the hair on the head. As a result, Max’s hair thinning over time, just like most adult men who began to face the problem of pattern baldness. His mother, Cancade finally received information about mental disorders suffered by children when joining the Hair Club for Kids, an organization that helps overcome the problem of baldness in children. Some members are cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. After consulting with the organization, in 2009 Cancade get wigs designed especially for Max. Semi-permanent wig made of synthetic fiber materials are very strong with little real hair plaited.

According to Dr. Franklin Martin, a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania that as experienced Max trichotillomania can be triggered by depression and anxiety. Some people also experience it because they feel bored while doing activities that do not like. Children with this disorder typically also experience learning difficulties. Association was also hampered because the environment will generally give a negative stigma on the children who like hair-pulling, such as being stressed or perhaps crazy.

Because classified as one form of obsessive compulsive disorder, the most effective solution to this problem is usually done with behavior therapy. The principle of this therapy is to divert the attention of children to do something else.

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Uncontrolled hormone Cause The Distention Organs

May 25th, 2011 admin

Uncontrolled hormone cause the distention organs happen to a woman in Las Vegas who suffer from akromegali diseases. The organs in the body such as the heart and lungs come enlarged. Akromegali condition suffered by one of the worst, because nearly every part of her body go bigger. Even so he did not give up and keep trying to find a treatment to overcome the excessive growth hormone.

Akromegali is a rare pituitary disorder that causes the body to produce too much growth hormone. The fluid that accumulates in the body causing pressure on some systems in the body, hence the patient more susceptible to heart disease, hypertension and diabetes.

The disease is not inherited in the family history and occur sporadically. Akromegali Patients will experience a severe headache and are vulnerable to early osteoarthritis. And is usually diagnosed when he already has a wide range of medical problems.

Generally, patients do not see immediately that they look bigger and if you look at the mirror every day will not see a change. But if you look at the photographs that were collected in the last 10 years will see the difference.

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The Causes of Anorexia Sufferers Afraid to Eat

May 24th, 2011 admin

Anorexia

Anorexia

The causes of anorexia sufferers afraid to eat will be discuss today. Most people seeking food to satisfy the tongue and stomach. But for people with anorexia, food is something that should be avoided. A study at the University of California finally reveals the reason why people who suffer from anorexia are not fond of or avoid the food.

The study, led by Walter Kaye, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, found that food affects the brain that trigger anxiety in people who suffer from anorexia. Most people looking for food to find the experience enjoyable and beneficial to the body. But people with anorexia nervosa often say the food made him more anxious and refusal of food will make her feel better.

Research over the past decade has provided new knowledge into the brain mechanisms associated with pleasant aspects of food. One of these brain chemicals are dopamine, which is released when people or animals eat delicious food.

The new study by Walter Kaye using brain imaging technology called Positron Emission Tomography (PET), which allows the visualization of the function of dopamine in the brain. To provoke the levels of dopamine in the brain, researchers gave doses of amphetamines, which can release dopamine in the brain.

In healthy women without eating disorders, amphetamine stimulates dopamine release associated with an extreme sense of excitement in the brain known as the center of the ‘prize’. However, in people who have anorexia nervosa, amphetamines made her feel anxious and active part of the brain is the opposite, namely that made her feel worried. This is what ultimately makes anorexics avoid the food.

If most people have great difficulty in diet and weight, individuals with anorexia nervosa can diet by itself, even life-threatening. Based on new studies that have been published in the report International Journal of Eating Disorders, eating disorders have very high death rate due to starvation.

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