Miscarriage Risk of Using Plastic Packaging

In practical all the time , as now, very easy to find food or beverage that contained plastic . But should we have to be wise in using it .

The reason , a new study has found a link between chemicals in plastics called bisphenol A (BPA) and the risk of miscarriage . High levels of BPA in the blood can increase the risk of miscarriage in women . As well as , the CPA can also harder for them to get pregnant .

Dr Linda Giudice , a biochemist and president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine said the study may not indicate a causal relationship , but it is clear BPA affects fertility and other aspects of human health .

BPA plastics and other chemical compounds have hormone-like effects are weak . Examination showed that BPA found in virtually every human urine into the body carried away from plastic berwadah drink milk or baby bottles .

The Food and Drug Administration USA ( FDA ) has actually set a safe BPA as a component of food and beverage packaging . However, the study emphasized that high concentrations of BPA in the blood can increase the risk of health, one miscarriage .

Stanford University reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Ruth lathi said , most miscarriages due to chromosome disorder or eggs . While experiments on mice showed that BPA increases the risk of miscarriage .

Lathis and his team analyzed the 115 young pregnant women with a history of miscarriage or infertility . A total of 68 of them had had a miscarriage , and the other 47 successful deliveries .Analysis of the blood samples showed that women who had the highest content of BPA in their blood turns to have a high risk of miscarriage , reaching 80 percent compared to those with a low content of the CPA .

However, this study does not take into account small-scale and other risk factors of miscarriage . " It could have been a woman with high BPA levels also have other risk factors that increase the likelihood of miscarriage , " said the lathi .

Lathi confirmed , this study instead declare BPA unsafe , but more emphasis so that people can be wise in the use of plastic packaging .

To reduce exposure to BPA , avoid the use of plastic materials in the hot food to prevent leaks BPA mixed with food . Also avoid sun exposure on plastic bottles , save the plastic bottles in the car , and limit eating canned food .

What Happens When Children Excess Antibiotics?

What happens when parents are overdosing on antibiotics in children who became ill due to a bacterial infection ?

For example , a given dose of 0.25 mg should , instead giving parents as much as 0.75 mg per day . Dangerous are ?

dr . Fransisca Handy , SpA , IBCLC , representatives of community Health Mailing List , in a talk show that was held at the Social Media Festival 2013 explains , that every drug has a half-life , and will be eliminated through the liver or kidneys . For dangerous overdosing or not , in the long term does not exist . With notes , new parents do this once , and not repeated in the next time .

"If once or twice , no long-term effects . 's To certain doses , it has been clinically tested , that should be right in the administration , " said the doctor on duty at the Pondok Indah Puri Indah Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Pelita Harapan , Jakarta , written on Tuesday ( 10/15/2013 ) .

But ideally , it's good for parents to adhere to the guidelines given by the doctor . Therefore , it would maintain drug levels in the blood . " So far it is not dangerous , just do not let it happen again , " he added .

Antibiotics , described Fransisca , a drug that can prevent the proliferation of a variety of bacteria that causes a disease . And keep in mind , that antibiotics can not prevent illness caused by a virus .

" When a parent gives a child antibiotics in disease caused by a virus , then the virus will not get killed , but the good bacteria in the body of the child . And it was not to happen , " he concluded .

No Understand the dangers of Children Allergic Reactions

Allergic have many trigger the reaction is often not known in advance . This reaction also has the same level of severity among patients who did not.
 
One trigger allergies are drugs or anesthesia . While rare , these allergies have a fatal reaction . " Each country is different , there is one case in 10,000 or one in 100,000 . Allergy anesthesia is often not discovered and consequently very dangerous , " said pediatrician, Widodo Judarwanto , Monday ( 14/10/2013 ) in Jakarta .

This is reminiscent of the case of the death Andhika Oemar Faruh (13) , Saturday (05/10/2013) then in Semarang. Victims who will undergo surgical removal of the tonsils is suspected to have instantaneous reaction ( anaphylactic ) weight , due to the anesthetic drug is injected . This reaction resulted in the victim's condition continued to decline and eventually die . In this case the victim's parents admitted to not knowing who owned the child's allergy .

Responding to this case , Widodo urged parents to understand and be aware of allergic reactions experienced by the children . Information regarding allergic reactions must also be submitted when you consult a doctor .

Swelling of the tonsils , for example , said Widodo , is the body's reaction to infection invaders . This condition occurs in susceptible children with allergies . This condition is also a sign of poor children endurance . Frequent germs infect and cause illness resulting in the defense glands swell and deflate again .

" If you've got tonsillitis , beware of allergies . Remember , allergic reactions often do not get caught before it finally happened . While the trigger is very diverse , not only in food or air , but also anesthetic , " said Widodo .

Parents , he said, the generally considered an allergic reaction include itching and skin redness . In fact , recurrent swelling and pain also an allergic reaction . In patients with tonsillitis , the condition is manifested in the history of fever , cough , and runny nose that occurs repeatedly in a short time span .

" If this situation occurs , you should say the child suffered an allergic reaction . So doctors have no idea when to take action , " said Widodo .

If parents do not disclose the child experienced an allergic reaction , then the doctor does not have any description when taking action , including for anesthesia . As a result , the action will be carried out according to existing procedures , without consideration of the emergence of an allergic reaction .

Info about allergic reactions , for example , be considered the doctor gave drug gradually to see the response of the body . Usually for anesthetic will be given little by little through the process of dilution through intravenous fluids . There is also given through oral medication that is consumed gradually .

" This effort is a deterrent not to be life-threatening allergic reaction . Granted not always indicate a positive result for anesthetic drugs may not necessarily be a trigger , " said Widodo

Sagging Breasts Not For Breastfeeding, Then What is it?

California : Breast sagging is often experienced by breast-feeding mothers . And concern is also felt women using implants in her breasts . However, one study found that breast-feeding is not that make sagging breasts .The study observed 119 women with breast implants . " Breast sagging is often experienced after giving birth , the result of changes brought on by pregnancy itself , not breastfeeding , " said study author Dr. Norma Cruz , who is also a professor of plastic surgery at the University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine in San Juan as quoted Relaxnews, Monday (10/14/2013).Dr. Cruz also said that breastfeeding does not make a woman's breasts grew in size to sag .Cruz presented his findings that the annual scientific meeting of the Society of Plastic Surgeons in San Diego , California .changes in sizeThis study evaluated changes in breast size due to pregnancy in 57 women who raised her breasts and breastfeeding . In addition, in 62 women with breast implants but not breastfeeding .Measurements were taken before pregnancy and one year after pregnancy or after breastfeeding .As a result, changes in the measurement of the level of sagging breasts and did not differ significantly among women who breastfeed and do not .Although women with increased breast sagging , Dr. Cruz said that because of the changes associated with pregnancy , not breastfeeding.

Maternal consumption of caffeinated beverages, Perhaps Not?

 Pregnant women during pregnancy are encouraged to stay away from her baby some delicious food and drink for the sake of her fetus. For instance sushi, soft cheeses, seafood, ice cream, and alcohol. But, if caffeine is also in contention to be avoided?

Caffeine is the most commonly used by drug world. And most people need caffeine every day be it coffee, tea, chocolate, cola drinks, and energy drinks.

This can give the effect of a low dose of stimulant and can increase energy. Caffeine increases the heart rate for the mother, the placenta into the baby, and inhibits the absorption of iron.

According Dietician Melanie McGrice, although you do not have to avoid caffeine, but for the sake of the mother and child should be reduced.

"Australian guidelines recommend that you limit your intake to less than 200 mg per day. So that's about 1 to 2 cups of instant coffee a day and 2 to 3 cups of tea," said ABC.Net McGrice as quoted on Wednesday (10/09/2013 ).

According to him, the coffee purchased in the cafe tends to contain more caffeine than instant coffee. "So, you should only drink a cappuccino or latte a day. Interestingly, many women who do not want caffeinated beverages during pregnancy," he said.

Women's wish to have a "thigh gap" could possibly be fueling consuming disorders.

Experts in eating disorders are involved about a great Internet-fueled trend by which teenage girls and young women pursue a great elusive and possibly dangerous weight-loss target: to turn out to be so slender that their own thighs tend not to touch no matter if their feet are with each other.

Specialists say attaining a so-called "thigh gap" is usually risky along with virtually not possible. But some exceptionally slender models develop the gap, that is upheld as a beauty success on countless Tumblr internet pages, blogs along with social media sites.

"The issue of focusing on a particular body part is very common," said Claire Mysko, who oversees teen outreach and digital media for the National Eating Disorders Association, an advocacy group. "What is new is these things have taken on a life of their own because of the Internet and social media."

When the vast majority of people stand with their feet together, their thighs touch. A tiny percentage of people have thighs so slim that they don't come together. The "thigh gap" refers to this space.
Studies suggest that peer pressure from social media plays a significant role in eating disorders. A 2011 study at the University of Haifa found that adolescent girls who spent the most time using Facebook had a greater chance of developing a negative body image and an eating disorder.

"The intrusion and presence of social media in our lives really does make it very difficult," said Nancy Albus, chief executive officer of Castlewood Treatment Center, a suburban St. Louis facility that focuses on eating disorders. "The important distinction about thigh gap is it gives you an actual visual to achieve, this visual comparison of how your body does or doesn't stack up."

Vonda Wright, a Pittsburgh-based orthopedic surgeon and fitness expert, said the spacing between a person's legs is based mostly on genetics. And even extraordinarily thin people may not have a body type that can achieve a gap. You have to be both skinny and wide-hipped, she said.

Besides, Wright said, it isn't a goal worth chasing. Most fit people won't have a thigh gap because their thighs are muscular enough that they touch, she said.
 "Skinny does not mean fit or muscular," said Wright, who works with Division I athletes. "I cannot think of one athlete I deal with" who has a thigh gap.

Experts say it is impossible to know if the pursuit of a thigh gap has caused any deaths, nor is it known how many eating disorders are blamed on the phenomenon. But Mysko said experts believe that "exposure to online images of extreme beauty standards and the drive to compare does increase the risk of developing eating disorders."

viscous blood alert if not pregnant !!!

Soon have a baby to be the dream of every newly married couple . But what would happen when a baby never comes even though the marriage was  somewhat year ?

Trouble getting pregnant often experienced by some women due to various causes . In addition to age and fertility conditions , difficult pregnancy can also be caused disorder or disease -related blood viscosity .

According to a hematologist and medical oncologist Faculty of Medicine, University - Hospital Cipto mangun kusumo Indonesia ( Faculty of medicine - RSCM ) Prof.Dr.dr. Lidow Karmel Tambunan, Sp.PD , K - HOM , gore conditions can also inhibit pregnancy in women . For this reason, he advised women to check blood viscosity .

" There is a possibility that women not getting pregnant due to the blood that is too thick . With high blood viscosity complicate food intake through the placenta to the fetus . As a result . women not getting pregnant or experiencing recurrent miscarriage , " he said .

Miscarriage usually occurs in the third or fourth month of gestation . When women with high viscosity forced pregnancy , the fetuses were born normally unhealthy . Karmel mention premature birth or low birth weight as a risk to be borne .

Gore is a condition when blood dehydration , there is an easy consequence of cells attached to each other . This complicates the nutritional blood flow or oxygen to the entire body . As a result , patients often complain gore dizziness , migraines , stiffness in the neck and the neck area , the view see stars, to decreased memory .

Gore is a disorder caused by high levels of ACA (anti cardiolipin antibodies) to cause APS (Anti phospholid Syndrome) or gore . ACA itself is a protein in the blood that causes the body to form an immune reaction . This protein which then causes the blood becomes more viscous .In the case of pregnancy with the ACA , the body recognizes the fetus as an enemy to react increases blood viscosity . Before the mother had a miscarriage usually complain of tired , sleepy , and difficulty concentrating ." When you have these symptoms, immediately check blood viscosity . These checks should also be carried out women who want to get pregnant but have symptoms of gore, "says Karmel.Check blood viscosity aims determine whether there is exposure to ACA proteins . Through this test will be known levels of IgG and IgM , which became a standard exposure to ACA . Based on the levels of ACA , patients gore classified into low, medium , and high .

Patients included in the lower class if IgGnya ranging from 15-20 , moderate if 20-80 range , and high when more than 80 levels . While the level of blood viscosity can be measured by the speed of the blood clot . Under normal circumstances the blood will freeze in 25-40 seconds , whereas on APS blood clot in less than 25 seconds .

" If it is caught early it will be easier to give treatment . While the newly discovered pregnant women should certainly diligent control to monitor the health of the pregnancy and the fetus , "says Karmel . Cause gore itself until now unknown .

Pregnant women with APS should be consultation with the obstetrician and the disease , at least twice a week until the age of 7 months of pregnancy . The inspection frequency increases with gestational age up before delivery . Pregnant women with APS also advise you to run laboratory tests once in 6 weeks , to determine levels of ACA in the body .

ACA levels are still low may be treated with aspirin , with the ability to maintain a 40 percent infant . However, when high enough levels of ACA , Karmel recommends injections of heparin or fraksiparin . Both of these drugs will prevent blood coagulation due to high levels of ACA." 

These injections are safe for babies because it does not cross the placenta . Gore does not preclude pregnancy home diligent control, regular consumption of drugs , drinking enough water , and do not eat foods that are less healthy , " said Carmel.

Did you know, In Vitro Fertilization More Taxable Cancer Risk?

Children born from the process of in vitro fertilization ( IVF ) increased risk of developing cancer . Research results of scientists from Denmark indicates that babies born from fertility treatment outcomes 33 percent higher chance of suffering from cancer since she was a childhood .

 Types of cancer are also not arbitrary . According to research , these babies are 65 percent greater risk of suffering from blood cancer ( leukemia ) , and 88 percent greater brain cancer and central nervous system .

 IVF technique is a method that has been used on a large scale in couples who experience fertility problems . In the UK , around 18 thousand babies born from this technique every year . In this technique , a woman's eggs are removed from the uterus and then fertilized sperm , in a special environment . Products of conception then implanted in the woman's uterus .

Research published in the journal Fertility and Sterility is reviewing 25 studies from 12 developed countries including the U.S. , Britain , Denmark , France , and Israel from 1990 to 2010 .

" The results indicate a link between fertility treatment during conception techniques , the risk of cancer in the resulting offspring , " says researcher Dr . Marie Hargreave , of the Danish Cancer Society Research Centre , Copenhagen .

Research indicates , fertility treatments cause changes in the function of specific genes such as genes passed down from parent to child , or also called genomic imprinting . This condition can be triggered by several aspects during the process of therapy and treatment such as exposure to hormones , semen preparation ( cement ) , embryo freezing , embryo growth conditions , or delay conception .

Even so , researchers also can not deny the possibility of an increased risk of infertility due to cancer are experienced parents , and instead result of treatment .

According to investigators , the etiology ( origin ) of cancer in childhood is not yet widely known , but there are allegations that fertility treatments have a role . One possibility is that cancer can be triggered by the use of anti - estrogen drug that stimulates ovulation . The same drug diethylstilbestrol given to pregnant women to prevent the occurrence of complications . The latter drug was associated with cases of cancer in children . In a statement , the researchers stressed that the overall risk of cancer among children born from fertility treatment remains low .

" Couples who are infertile may have increased the risk of defective offspring , which then decreases the risk through medical therapy , " the researchers said .

In this research , most babies born from IVF methods . However, some of them using other methods such as intra - cytoplasmic sperm injection or intrauterine insemination . 

Chairman of the British Fertility Society , Dr . Allen Pacey argues despite research showing an increased risk in IVF , but their numbers are still relatively small . " Relationship is very small and is not yet possible to say , whether the cancer is a consequence of IVF because of infertility or parents , " he said .

Asthma in Children

Respiratory problems are most commonly experienced by most people is asthma. Not only adults can suffer from this disease, but also in children. Asthma that occurs in children, due to interruption of air flow in the small airways for air in and air out. 

Asthma Symptoms in Children 
Asthma can be regarded as a chronic disease that enough so that symptoms alone usually begins in infancy. Here are the signs:

•     The shorter the child cries

    If your child is crying, then crying the longer will be getting shorter. This is caused by a disturbance in the respiratory tract so that the child becomes resistant to tears with a long cry.

•     difficult to eat

    Asthma was also influential in a child's appetite. Therefore parents should really pay attention to this because if children do not eat constantly, then your child will be even thinner.

•     breath whistled

    During breathing, usually will hear the sound or whistling breath of every child. Breath normally will also be faster than normal due to the narrowing of the airways.

•     Chest movements look stiff and as restrained

    Asthma can cause breathing becomes short so it looks at the movement of his chest. Children will not be visible sigh of relief as a result of oxygen that can be received only slightly.

•     Cough at night

    Other symptoms appear in children due to asthma are coughing at night. This cough usually also be experienced after the child crying and exhausted playing jog.

•     Suffering from respiratory tract infections

    Respiratory tract infections such as bronchitis and peneumoni would often experienced by children who suffer from this disease.

Prevention and Treatment of Patients with Asthma in ChildrenAsthma can be prevented by :

•     Reduce strenuous activity in children, such as exercise
•     Child away from a dirty environment, pollution, foods that can cause allergies and eating too sweet.
•     Making a child's weight is ideal to avoid shortness of breath, also avoiding complications with other diseases.

As for the treatment up to now there is no cure for asthma directly. However, the disease can be reduced by treatment. The first thing that must be done to reduce asthma in children is to keep him away from the things that can cause a recurrence of the disease. When the disease began to recur, then the parents can provide appropriate controller medication or inhaled dose has been set by physicians.Thus the presence of symptoms of asthma in children. In this case, parents should really give special attention to children. Although not curable, most parents do not have to reduce the symptoms arising from chronic disease this one. Hopefully this can give you the information that is you need.