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Having a baby is healthy is definitely a dream of all couples. In order to have healthy offspring, it helps you and your partner from pregnancy to prepare ahead of time.


One of the important preparation is to ensure good nutrition and enough so that the mother and later her womb healthy and strong. "Mothers who are malnourished can cause a variety of risks for the child," said Tuti Ariyani, doctors nutritionists from Mediros Hospital, Jakarta. Risks that could arise, for example, premature birth or birth defects.


Tuti said, the adequacy of this nutrient should be increased before the mother is pregnant, during pregnancy, and postpartum. "Intake must be increased approximately four to six months before becoming pregnant," she said.

M. Lutfi Alkaff, the obstetrician from Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, explained that the necessity gelontoran adequate nutrition before pregnancy is not without reason. Good nutrition in determining the quality of eggs that will be fertilized sperm. If good quality eggs, the chances the baby is born healthy and grow even larger.

During pregnancy, the supply of nutrition for the mother must also be sufficient. Because during pregnancy, the mother should feed two people, himself and the baby is still in the stomach. Not to forget, after giving birth or while breastfeeding, a mother also must have good nutrition for mother's milk that is produced can also provide nutrition for your baby

Then the intake of what it must be satisfied by a pregnant woman? Tutik give an example, if the usual condition of a person requiring 1700 calories a day, then when pregnancy calorie needs could reach 2000.


"When the nursing needs of these calories can rise again until 2200 per day," he said.

In addition to calories, protein is also important. If the mother usually takes 10 grams per day and then when the pregnant she needs to go up to 12 grams to 15 grams per day. Another important nutrient for pregnant women is folic acid.


Lack of folic acid will reduce the ability of blood to carry oxygen. As a result, your body is easy to feel tired and lethargic. For the fetus, folate deficiency can result in worse. Derivative of vitamin B deficiency can make your baby has a cleft lip, low weight, and birth defects known as neural tubee defects (NTD).

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Well, according to Lutfi, folic acid should be given after the first trimester of pregnancy. Folic acid is easily found in nuts, fruits, and green vegetables. To increase folate intake, the mother may only consume milk or supplements containing folate.

When pregnant, women may also experience blood deficiency or anemia. Thus, women need adequate iron. But iron supplements are not given during the first trimester of pregnancy. "Iron can make mothers feel more nausea and vomiting," said Lutfi.


Iron supplements can be given to the mother when it enters the second trimester of pregnancy. For your body getting ready for pregnancy, mothers can complete nutritional intake by consuming milk or fish oil. Milk good for reducing the risk of osteoporosis or bone loss in pregnant women.

However, according to Tuti, milk is just a complement. "With milk consumption, it does not mean women should not eat a source of nutrition alarm," he said. The mothers who were pregnant should not be negligent to eat a variety of vegetables and fruits to meet nutritional needs.

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Tofu and Tempeh Can Trigger Breast Cancer Cells?

Tofu and tempeh are soy-based foods are known as cheap and rich nutrition. Consumption of tofu and tempeh are very important for women, because they can slow down aging.

However, for certain types of breast cancer patients are encouraged to reduce consumption of tofu and tempeh. For, could trigger cancer cell growth quickened.

Tofu and tempeh contain phytoestrogens, namely chemical compounds which are plant hormones (phyto means plant), which possess chemical structure resembles estrogen in the human body. That's why phytoestrogens are considered to help address the problem of decreased estrogen in women.

However, for people with certain types of breast cancer, the consumption of tofu and tempeh that can trigger the ever increasing amount of the hormone estrogen in the body that can actually stimulate more rapid spread of cancer.

"Although not all breast cancers, but there are certain types of breast cancer that the growth of cancer cells actually influenced by estrogen. For that, for patients with breast cancer are advised to reduce consumption of foods such as tofu and tempeh estrogen, as well as chicken skin, "said Health Experts and observers lifestyle Diponegeoro graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hyderabad, Dr Grace Judio Kahl, MSc, MH, CHt in the event Health Talk Show in FX Sudirman Plaza, Jakarta.

Although tofu dangerous for people with certain types of breast cancer, foods that are easily obtained with this low price still has benefits, of course, for those who do not have the prohibition to eat soy.

"For that, selective in choosing the food is important, especially for those who suffer from certain diseases. Consultations with doctors nutritionists to help manage your diet, "said Dr. Grace.

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Bird Flu

1. What is called Flu-Bird?
Avian Influenza is a disease caused by influenza viruses that attack birds / poultry / chicken. One type that need to be aware is caused by influenza viruses with H5N1 genetic code (H = Haemagglutinin, N = Neuramidase) which in addition can be transmitted from bird to bird turns can also be transmitted from birds to humans.
2.Who to watch out for and how to attack humans if clinical symptoms?
What to look out for is a) if a person works in the laboratory that processed samples from patients or infected animals or b) 1 week ago to work or visit the farm / slaughter poultry in an area affected or c) contact with people with Avian Influenza HPAI (Highly pathogenic Avian Influenza) or more specifically the H5N1 virus at the time the disease spreads easily and then suffer from the disease with symptoms: heat over 38 degrees Celsius, cough, and sore throat. Such patients by the WHO called Possible case of Influenza A (H5N1). The situation could become more severe if accompanied by shortness of breath occur pneumonia (inflammation of the lungs) and cause high mortality (Year 1997 in Hong Kong 33.33% death rate, or 6 of 18 cases).
3.How long incubation period? And when the man how long the infeksiusnya?
a) very short incubation period of 1-3 days, b) Although not yet proven the existence of transmission from human to human, infeksiusnya period (period in which patients with the Avian Flu H5N1 is estimated to be able to transmit the virus) is 1 day before symptoms appear and 3-5 days after symptoms appear with a maximum of 7 days (but there is literature that mention up to 21 days in children).
4.what is of Man is contagious diseases to humans such as SARS?
Until now, from human to human transmission has not been proven. So far the transmission that occurs is of birds / poultry / chicken-Bird Flu to humans through bird droppings or secretary who pollute the air and the hands of handlers. But in terms of the spread of plague that is feared is that if bird flu mutated gene, and becomes infectious from human to human as happened in SARS. 

5.who is most high risk of contracting bird flu? Those with high risk are farm workers, sellers and handlers poultry products / bird / chicken. Laboratory workers who examined the disease are also at high risk of contracting. Children and the elderly (60 years) and those who are in conditions of low immunity (long-term steroid users, drug sitostatica to cancer) is a group which is susceptible to severe disease
6.how prevention? Temporary recommendations for prevention for those involved in livestock / poultry slaughtering / birds / chickens en masse, especially in the affected area issued by WHO / WPRO Manila, January 14, 2004 the point is as follows. : a) Wash hands often, handlers should also do the disinfection of hands (can be with alcohol 70%, or a solution of chlorine of 0.5% for alat2/instrumen) b) Use personal protective equipment such as masks, gloves, protective glasses, protective shoes and protective clothing when carrying out duties dipeternakan affected or in laboratories c) They are exposed to poultry / birds / chickens suspected to be infected should be vaccinated with human influenza vaccine is recommended by WHO in order to prevent infection with a mixture of Avian-Human Flu-Bird, which is likely to lead to type-Bird Flu virus that can infect humans. d) Perform a passive observation of their health and their families exposed. Pay attention to complaints such as flu, sore eyes, respiratory complaints.) People at high risk for influenza are those aged over 60 years, or a diseased lung and chronic heart should not be working in poultry / birds / chickens. e) Perform serological survey in those exposed, including the doctor-animal f) If there is a risk for inhaling the polluted air on the farm / place of slaughter of infected, diajurkan prevention with antiviral drugs (such as with oseltamivir 75 mg in capsules, 1 time a day for 7 days). g) Laboratory tests to confirm and isolate the virus cause: Please send the blood specimens and the tools in (intestine, liver, nose and mouth swabs, trachea, lung, spleen, kidney, brain and heart) of animals suspected of contracting the disease (including pig ) to a competent laboratory.
7.what is eating chicken meat or poultry can transmit the disease-Bird Flu 

Dirt and secretary fluids infected poultry can transmit when not in cooking. Warm 90 degrees Celsius within 1 minute to kill the virus.

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Pneumonia

Understanding Pneumonia

Pneumonia is an acute infectious process of the lung tissue (alveoli). The occurrence of pneumonia in children is often in conjunction with the process of acute infection in the bronchi (usually called bronchopneumonia). Symptoms of this disease in the form of rapid breathing and shortness of breath, because suddenly inflamed lung. Limit fast breathing is a respiratory frequency of 50 times per minute or more in children aged 2 months to less than 1 year, and 40 times per minute or more in children aged 1 year to less than 5 years. In children under the age of 2 months, no known diagnosis of pneumonia.
Serious pneumonia characterized by coughing or (accompanied) difficulty breathing, shortness of breath or withdrawal of the lower chest wall into the (severe chest indrawing) in children aged 2 months to less than 5 years. In this age group is also known Pneumonia is very serious, with symptoms of cough, difficulty breathing accompanied by symptoms of central cyanosis and can not drink. As for children under 2 months, severe pneumonia is characterized by respiratory frequency of 60 times per minute or more or (also accompanied by) a strong drawdown in the lower chest wall inward.
Pneumonia became the focus of disease control program activities P2ISPA (Disease Eradication Acute Respiratory Tract Infection). This program is an effort to better known term Pneumonia society, making it easier for extension activities and dissemination of information on prevention Pneumonia.
P2ISPA program classifies patients into 2 groups of age:
Age younger than 2 months (Weight and Not Pneumonia Pneumonia)
Aged 2 months to less than 5 years (2 months - Pneumonia, Pneumonia Weight and Not Pneumonia)
Classification of Non-pneumonia include cough group of five patients who showed no symptoms of increased frequency of breath and do not indicate a withdrawal of the chest wall into the bottom. ARI disease outside of pneumonia include: cough, common cold (common cold), pharyngitis, tonsillitis and otitis. Pharyngitis, tonsillitis and otitis, excluding diseases covered under this program.
Pneumonia is the world's health problems due to high death rates, not just in developing countries, but also in developed countries like the U.S., Canada and European countries. In the U.S. for example, there are two million to three million cases of pneumonia per year with an average number of deaths 45,000 people.
In Indonesia, pneumonia is the third cause of death after cardiovascular disease and tuberculosis. Low socioeconomic factors heightens mortality. Pneumonia Symptoms are fever, shortness of breath, rapid breathing and pulse, or greenish phlegm such as rubber, and the description of X-ray results show the density in the lung
Density occurs because the lungs filled with inflammatory cells and fluid which is actually the body's reaction to deadly luman. But consequently impaired lung function, patients have difficulty breathing, because it left no room for oxygen. Pneumonia in the community generally, are caused by bacteria, viruses or Mycoplasma (an intermediate form between bacteria and viruses). Common bacteria are Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella Sp, Pseudomonas sp, viruses such as influenza virus.


Treating Pneumonia

You have signs of pneumonia?, Do not worry, the chance is still very large recover with the following conditions; young age, detected early, the immune system work properly, the infection has not spread, and no other infections.
Initial treatment is usually antibiotics, which are potent enough to overcome pneumonia by bacteria, Mycoplasma and some cases of rickettsia.
For pneumonia, the virus until now there is no specific guidance, although some antiviral drugs have been used. Most patients can be treated at home. Usually, the treating doctor will choose medicines according peneumonia considerations respectively, after the patient's temperature returned to normal, your doctor will instruct advanced treatment to prevent recurrence. You see, seranganberikutnya can be more severe than the first. Besides antibiotics, patients also will receive additional treatment in the form of dietary regulation and oxygen to increase the amount of oxygen in the blood.
In the mid-old patient, it takes longer to break mengembvalikan body condition. However, those who had recovered from the pneumonia mycoplasmal will be exhausted in a long time. Routinely, patients who had recovered from pneumonia, do not be prohibited from returning to conduct its activities. But they need to be reminded to not directly perform heavy. You see, adequate rest is key to a healthy back.
To deal with severe acute respiratory (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome / SARS) is still mysterious, the World Health organization (WHO) urged health officials to implement universal precautions. That is, they should wear gloves, masks, boots and jackets that protect the body from direct contact with patients. Create sufferers are also advised to wear masks and other protective until SARS was tackled. Patients who are suspected or likely exposed to SARS should be isolated. Treatment should be low-pressure chamber with the door closed, not sharing with other patients (including patients with a similar syndrome) and had a bathroom and toilet facilities themselves.
All equipment used should be disposable and the room cleaned by using desinfektans which contain antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal. Patients should be kept sedentary. Patients and healthcare workers who handle recommended to always wash hands with soap to prevent spreading. Because antibiotics do not demonstrate the effectiveness of broad berspekturm handle SARS, the WHO would recommend for the use of intravenous ribavirin and steroid injections to stabilize the patient's condition was critical.


Too late though not Know Pneumonia

PNEUMONIA peyakit actually not new. American Lung Association, for example, mentions until 1936, pneumonia became the number one cause of death in America. The use of antibiotics, making the disease can be controlled a few years later. But in 2000, a combination of pneumonia and influenza again rampant and become the seventh leading cause of death in the country.
Pneumonia is an infection that causes lung? inflamed lung. Air sacs in the lungs called alveoli filled with pus and fluid, so the ability to absorb oxygen becomes less. Lack of oxygen makes the body's cells can not work. Gara? This is because, in addition to the spread of infection throughout the body, patients can die of pneumonia. Actually pneumonia is not a single disease. The causes can vary and there are 30 known sources of infection, with the main source of bacteria, viruses, mikroplasma, mushrooms, various chemical compounds and particles.


By Bacterial Pneumonia

Triggered bacterial pneumonia can attack anyone, from babies to old age. Alcoholics, post-operative patients, people with respiratory disease, were infected with a virus or immune decline, are most at risk. Actually, the bacteria that cause pneumonia, the most common is Streptococcus pneumoniae already exist in healthy human esophagus. Once the body's defenses down by illness, old age, or malnutrition, the bacteria multiply quickly and cause damage.
The whole lung tissue filled with fluid and infection quickly spread throughout the body via the bloodstream. Patients infected with pneumonia will be a high heat, sweating, panting, and his heart rate increased rapidly. Lips and nails may turn blue because the body lacks oxygen. In the case eksterm, patients will be shivering, teeth bergemelutuk, chest pain, and when coughing green mucus. Before too late, the disease is still treatable. Even for the prevention of vaccine had been available.


Pneumonia By Virus

Half of the estimated incidence of pneumonia caused by viruses. Today more and more viruses were identified. Although most of these viruses attack the upper respiratory tract, especially in children, this disorder can lead to pneumonia. Fortunately, most of these species are not severe pneumonia and recovered in a short time.
But if the infection occurred simultaneously with influenza virus, interference may be severe and sometimes fatal, virus that infects the lungs will breed even though no visible fluid-filled lung tissue.
Symptoms of Pneumonia by just the same as influenza virus, namely fever, dry cough, headache, pain throughout the body. Lethargic and tired, during the 12? 136 hours, a shortness of breath, coughing more violently and produced a number of mucus. High fever sometimes make the lips turn blue.


Mycoplasma Pneumonia

Pneumonia is a different type of symptoms and physical signs when compared with pneumonia in general. Therefore, pneumonia suspected to be caused by a virus that has not been found is often also called a pneumonia that is not typical (Atypical pneumonia).
Mycoplasma pneumonia began to be identified in the war dnia II. Mycoplasma is the smallest the wild free agent that causes disease in humans. Mycoplasma could not be classified as viruses or bacteria, although having characteristics of both.
Pneumonia is usually mild and widespread degree. Mycoplasma attack all types of ages. But most often in young men and young teenagers. The death rate is very low, even in the untreated.
The most frequent symptoms were severe cough, but with a little mucus. Fever and chills only appears at the beginning, and in some patients could be nausea and vomiting. New weak flavor is lost in a long time.


Other Types of Pneumonia

Including this group is Pneumocystitis pnumonia carinii (PCP) are suspected to be caused by fungi, PCP usually be early signs of disease attack in people with HIV / AIDS.
PCP can be treated in many cases. It could be the disease appeared again a few months later, but good treatment will prevent or menundah recurrence.
Other more rare pneumonia caused by the entry of food, liquids, gases, dust and mold.
Rickettsia-also fall into the category of viruses and bacteria-causing Rocky Mountain fever, Q fever, typhoid, and psittacosis. These diseases also interfere with lung function, but eyebrows tuberculosis pneumonia Tuberculosis is the most dangerous lung infection except dioabati early.

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Bronchitis

Bronchitis is an inflammation of the bronchi (airways into the lungs). The disease is usually mild and will eventually complete recovery. But in patients who have chronic illnesses (eg heart disease or lung disease) and in the elderly, bronchitis can be serious.

Infectious bronchitis caused by viruses, bacteria and organisms that resemble bacteria (Mycoplasma pneumoniae and Chlamydia)
Recurrent bronchitis attacks could occur in smokers and people with lung disease and chronic respiratory tract. Recurrent infections may be a result of:

    * Chronic Sinusitis
    * Bronchiectasis
    * Allergies
    * Enlarged tonsils and adenoids in children.

Irritating bronchitis can be caused by:
Symptoms include:

    * Cough up phlegm (sputum can be colored red)
    * Shortness of breath during exercise or mild activity
    * Suffer from frequent respiratory infections (eg flu)
    * Asthma
    * Tired
    * Swelling of ankles, feet and legs left and right
    * Face, palms or mucous membranes of the reddish color
    * Looked ruddy cheeks
    * Headache
    * Impaired vision.

Infectious bronchitis often starts with symptoms such as runny nose, ie runny nose, fatigue, chills, backache, muscle ache, mild fever and sore throat.
Coughing is usually a sign of the start of bronchitis. In the beginning, not coughing up phlegm, but 1-2 days and then will issue a white or yellow sputum. Furthermore, sputum will multiply, yellow or green.
In severe bronchitis, after most other symptoms improve, sometimes there is a high fever for 3-5 days and the cough may persist for several weeks.
Shortness of breath occurs when the airways are blocked. Often found wheezing, especially after coughing. Pneumonia can occur.

    * Various types of dust
    * Smoke from strong acids, ammonia, some organic solvents, chlorine, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and bromine
    * Air pollution irritants ozone and nitrogen dioxide
    * Tobacco and other cigarette.

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Asthma

* Cause: The cause of asthma is a temporary narrowing of the respiratory tract that can cause sufferers to feel shortness of breath. Vessel constriction occurs in the throat. Heredity plays an essential role in this disease, if there are parents or grandparents who suffer from this disease can be reduced to a child or grandchild.

      Allergies to things like dust, changes in temperature, humidity, excessive exercise or emotional stress can cause allergies so that the membranes lining the vessels will swell and excessive mucus so that the vessels become narrow and people with difficulty breathing. Despite the shortness of breath attacks can go away, but severe attack if left untreated can cause death because the patient can not breathe.
    * Symptoms: Shortness of breath accompanied by wheezing sound (wheezing) Prevention and solution: Avoid things that can cause allergies in people, causing asthma attacks. For example, by cleaning the dust on the mattresses, pillows or blankets. Avoid extreme temperature and humidity, piaran animals or food that can cause allergies.
    * Treatment: To cope with asthma attacks is to use a salve medicine (bronchodilator) by inhaled. Another way is to do therapy that will teach you how to relax and catch your breath in case of an asthma attack. When asthma is severe, can take medication every day to salve asthma attacks can be controlled. Thus, it is advisable for sufferers to always carry a salve to any drug he can go for immediate use in case of attack.

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Tuberkulosis (TBC)

Cause: The disease tuberculosis is caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The disease can be transmitted through saliva splashes when patients cough.

    * Symptoms: Coughing up phlegm for more than three weeks. It can also be accompanied by a cough that bleed. Patients will experience a fever, especially in the afternoon or evening, sweating at night. Decreased appetite resulting in weight being thin.

    * Prevention and solutions: If there are friends, neighbors or family members who experience these symptoms, you should suggest to consult a doctor to see if the cough is TB disease or not. Because sometimes a cough illness are often considered trivial, but this disease can kill someone if not immediately addressed and can be transmitted to others.

    * Treatment: Treatment for tuberculosis when it is known early really is not that expensive and easy to cure because there is a drug that provided by the government. If required, a patient with TB may also be quarantined in a special place so as not to transmit the disease.

      This disease is actually also one of the diseases that have been conquered, but later returned to attack. One of them is because people with tuberculosis are not spending their medication. Drugs must be taken regularly for 6 to 9 months to cure this disease. No drug can cause sufferers to spend can not be cured and no longer able to lead drug fight germs because germs become resistant.

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