Dying Young Because Heart

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Jakarta, cases of death from a heart attack at a young age becoming more frequent. Whereas previously more heart disease attacking elderly people. Why is now a lot of phenomena to die young because of heart?

As recently experienced young Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy, who died at the age of 32 years on December 20, 2009. Maze still cause a heart attack suffered Brittany, there is a suspected overdose, anorexia or pure of heart attacks.

Heart attacks occur due to hardening of the arteries due to the crust stuck. Crust is more and more stacked channels which can clog coronary arteries that cause people to become quickly tired and shortness of breath.

"This new phenomenon caused by the younger generation now that has changed his diet, if you had more people eating high-fiber foods, but young people now prefer to eat fast food. Actually, this phenomenon not only in Indonesia but also other countries such as Japan and China, "said Dr. H. Aulia Sani, SpJP (K) FJCC FIHA when contacted detikHealth, Wednesday (23/12/2009).

Further, Dr. Aulia explain such foods that have cholesterol, fat and salt is very high, so that can make young people already affected by hypertension or cholesterol diseases. Plus the lack of activity or sport of young people this, because more sitting in front of the computer, working on the elevator or just watching television.

Also present generation prefers soft drink consumption compared to drinking water or tea, and sugar content in soft drinks can trigger the high incidence of diabetes is a risk factor of heart disease.

"The risk factors of heart disease there were four of hypertension, cholesterol, diabetes and smoking. The four things that can trigger heart disease," said a doctor who practiced at the Hospital Heart Center Harapan Kita, Jakarta.

Have a parent or family with a history of heart disease can indeed contribute, but this genetic factor could have been prevented if these generations have a healthy lifestyle and right.

"But if the younger generation often snacking, sports lazy, sleeping late, so a break and smoke less, then the phenomenon of a heart attack at a young age can happen even faster. Moreover, coupled with school children who are smoking, so the earlier the more risks they smoked big, "said 64-year-old doctor.

Dr Aulia added to avoid the increasingly widespread phenomenon of a heart attack at a young age, the most important thing to do is change the pattern of life (life style modification) with the diligent exercise, consumption of healthy foods rather than fast food, multiply drinking water and not smoking.

Disease by 10 Most Expensive Medical Costs

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Washington, Each year, nearly all medical costs of disease are increasing. But among all types of diseases that cost was very expensive. 10 Avoid this sickness if you do not want to fall in poverty.

As quoted in Forbes, Wednesday (16/12/2009), there are 10 diseases with the highest costs in the United States.

1. Mental illness
Increased costs per year 6 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 142.2 billion.

Including mental illness is Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Schizoprenia, depression and others. Recent drug development and the long healing process makes this disease a disease with the highest medical costs among all the existing diseases.

2. Heart disease
Increased cost-per-year 5 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 123.1 billion.

Heart disease remains the number 1 killer disease in the world. This is because more and more people who smoke and increasing unhealthy lifestyle such as high cholesterol foods and lack of exercise.

3. Trauma
Increased costs per year 6 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 100.2 billion.

Medical expenses of people affected by the trauma continues to increase because each case different ways of treatment. Also tools to diagnose this disease such as Computed tomography scans are expensive enough.

4. Cancer
Increased cost-per-year 7 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 99.4 billion.

Cancer treatment costs are most expensive colon cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer. A key part of avoiding this disease is by avoiding smoking and maintaining a healthy food intake.

5. Phthisis
Increased costs per year 6 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 64.6 billion.
Which include lung diseases including asthma, emphysema (swelling or inflammation of the lungs) and Chronic diseases obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) others.

6. Hypertension (high blood pressure)
Increased cost of 9 percent per year. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 50.2 billion.

This disease requires significant costs because many doctors who prescribe the amount of unsparing in his patients. Drug quality also determines the price. If hypertension is made generic drugs may cost this disease can be suppressed.

7. Osteoarthritis (arthritis / rheumatism)
Increased cost-per-year 8 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 48 billion.

Obesity and an enlarged waist size is a factor that increases the risk of this disease. Expensive drugs such as Vioxx and Celebrex that emerged in early 2000 to add expensive arthritis cure this. In 2004, Vioxx, withdrawn from the market because the risk of triggering a heart attack.

8. Back pain
Increased cost of 9 percent per year. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 40.1 billion.

Expenditures for these diseases was spent for operations. There are also drugs that are expensive narcotic (drug) to overcome this disease. But a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, said that all the expensive treatments that did not make a person better.

9. Kidney disease
Increased cost-per-year 13 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 35.9 billion.

The discovery of dialysis techniques for patients with kidney disease makes it an expensive disease management. Dialysis technique is the first technology that is very expensive to handle kidney disease.

10. Diabetes
Increased cost-per-year 8 per cent. The total cost of handling this disease in the United States has reached U.S. $ 35.8 trillion.

Nearly 24 million Americans affected by diabetes and obesity triggers are highest. Diabetes could trigger other diseases such as heart disease and cancer. However, because the diseases were different back treatments, the diabetes itself does not take a higher cost of heart disease or cancer.
(Fah / ir)

7 Small Steps to Big Benefits of the Healthy

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Louisiana, USA, body slim, vibrant energy and even live longer, it all started with a small change can you do starting today as well.

"Someone will be successful when he decided to start everything from a small step," said Catherine Champagne, Ph.D., a professor at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University System, as quoted detikHealth from MSN, Monday (6/7/2009 ).

The same with health. No one can achieve perfect health without a healthy lifestyle, and starting from the simplest things.

From now on, change the day you become more healthy with 10 small steps below and see what you feel and get after it.

1. Smile

Small changes: reduce 10% weight loss.

"We found that those who lose weight only 1% each week, can be lowered to 10% in two or three months without feeling that they make a heavy sacrifice," said Maciej Buchowski, Ph.D., Director of the Energy Balance Core Laboratory at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Big advantage: lower blood pressure, LDL cholesterol and triglycerides, prevent heart attacks, stroke, and diabetes.

A study at the University of California, San Francisco noted, obese women with abnormal eating patterns can reduce the weight of less than 10%, leakage rate decreases 47% after six months.

2. Bring pets traveling

Small changes: increased sports activities 10%. Even if you do not linger around, your body continues to burn at least 1000 calories. Not have a pet? Try up and down stairs for 15 minutes.

The advantage of size: burning more than 100 calories each day can reduce 10 pounds in a year and had become more heart healthy.

Women's Health Initiative said that, moving to reduce the risk of breast cancer. Walking for 75 minutes (10 minutes each day) until 2 or 3 hours a week can reduce the 18% risk.

3. Rent Comedy Movie

Small Change: Laugh at least 10 minutes can burn calories and make healthy heart. Watch your favorite comedy and invite your friends to watch together can reduce 10-20% of calories than watching a drama or action movie.

Big advantage: Laughter is like working out on the couch. Laughter makes your stomach muscles tighten, the heart beats faster, breathing and trigger faster so that more oxygen into the body.

"These things can burn energy," said Buchowski, a researcher who predicted that laughter can burn calories every 10-40 minutes 10-15 a day. This means, in a year you can be more slender with reduced weight 4 pounds, just by watching TV!

4. Take fruit or vegetables for snacks

Small changes: increase the 10% consumption of vegetables and fruits. Replace your snacks with a carrot or apple to ensure adequate intake of vitamins that the body needs.

Great advantage: adding menu fruit and vegetables as a snack can reduce the risk of stroke by 11% and heart attack up to 7%.

5. Reduce salt intake

Small changes: lowering blood pressure 10%. A study says, someone who avoids salt generally prefer to eat vegetables and fruits. Coupled with regular exercise, you will get a natural slender body.

Big advantage: to prevent an increase in blood pressure, you protect yourself and prevent kidney disease.

6. Consumption of healthy fats

Small changes: get 10% of calories from foods that contain omega 6, such as nuts, olive oil and salad dressing. American Heart Association recommends 5-10% of calories from omega-6 each day.

Big advantage: AHA Science Advisory reported that consumption of omega-6 can reduce LDL cholesterol and prevent heart disease by 24%.

7. Close your eyes for a moment

Small changes: relaxing the mind, at least 10 minutes. Find a quiet day around noon, rest for a moment, especially if not enough sleep last night.

Big advantage: Sleeping on a good day for the heart. Greek researchers who studied deaths from heart disease to say that 37% of people who do regular naps, live longer than those who did not sleep or rest day.

However, to prevent loss of consciousness, get enough rest for 10 minutes. A study in Australia mentioned that those who take a nap for 20-30 minutes slower re-run activities.

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Diseases That Can Cause Impotence

Vera Farah Bararah - detikHealth

Jakarta, sexual disorders such as impotence or erectile dysfunction is one of the most feared disease by men. This is because these disorders can reduce quality of life. Impotence can also be triggered because a man suffering from the disease. What are the illness?

Impotence can reduce the quality of someone's life because he was not able to achieve or maintain erection during intercourse with a partner. Consequently partner will not get full satisfaction in intercourse and may reduce confidence and self-esteem of these men.

Impotence can be caused by two things namely the physical and psychological factors. In Indonesia, a cause of most male impotency is affected by physical factors, such as age, a few specific diseases, alcohol consumption, smoking, had hip surgery and weight up or down drastically.

"The penis is a blood vessel rather than muscle, so if the blood flow to the penis is disrupted by certain diseases one is likely to experience erection problems or impotence," said Prof. Dr. Dr. Wimpie Pangkahila, Sp.And, in the event Maximizing FAACS You: 10 years of MagniVicent Satisfaction, at Hotel Akmani, Jakarta, Tuesday (8/12/2009).

Some diseases that can trigger a man experiencing impotence are diabetes, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, cholesterol, peripheral blood vessels and the consequences of smoking. Because the penis is a blood vessel, it is usually a disease that can trigger associated with a disturbance in the blood vessels that person.

Reported by Prof. Wimpie acquired approximately 60 percent of patients with coronary heart disease have erectile dysfunction, men who smoke by 50 percent, people with high blood pressure by 52 percent, people with peripheral blood vessel disease by 80 percent, high cholesterol by 40 percent and male depression for men is 90 percent.

"If the cause of erectile disorder is the presence of certain diseases suffered by these men, the disease should be treated just prior to treatment for erection problems," said the Head of Andrology and Seksologi FK Udayana University, Bali.

The average incidence of this disease causes are due to lifestyle changes such as smoking. It seems almost everyone knows that smoking can cause impotence. This is due to release a substance nicotine cigarettes and other substances that could become an obstacle to blood vessels. If the blood vessels in the body are blocked, surely even flow to the penis will be disrupted that can cause people experience impotence.

So also with heart disease usually caused by a clogged blood vessels, whereas excess cholesterol in the body will form piles of fat in the blood vessels which hampered him. Therefore treatment for impotence healing begins to trigger the disease.

"Once a treatment for erectile disorder or conduct operations in the form of injections in the penis, but is now done through a drug treatment taken in the hope of working all the time and did not take long," said Prof. Wimpie.

The main purpose of this impotence treatment is to improve erections in order to get more leverage so they can provide sexual satisfaction for men and also their partners. The level of violence is the optimal erection when the penis is hard and perfect tense.

The drugs most widely used for treatment of impotence was known by the name viagra, discovered in 1998. Drug discovery is regarded as a second sexual revolution occurred after the first sexual revolution in 1960. Ditahun the invention of contraceptives for women.

However, the use of these drugs should be based viagra prescription and does not include drug-free in selling. Despite the fact many stores that sell these drugs without known with certainty whether the drug is genuine or fake. Viagra can be dangerous if taken in conjunction with heart disease medications that contain nitrates, because the resulting effect can be mutually reinforcing.

So if you want to avoid this impotence disease, should avoid any kind of diseases that can trigger it. In addition, make healthy lifestyle diligently exercising, eating the right foods and keep cigarettes and alcohol.

Regulate cholesterol, Prevent Stroke

Jakarta, Stroke is a major neurological disease. Stroke is the third leading cause of death (after heart disease and cancer), but it is the number one cause of disability. Stroke occurs due to disruption of blood vessels in the brain.

Research in the United States shows that there are 3 million Americans are affected by blood penbuluh disease (heart disease, stroke, and peripheral blood vessels) and 150,000 of them die each year. General recurrent stroke incidence is also found, 33% of stroke patients who survive will suffer a stroke back in 5 years.

Stroke can occur because a person has a healthy individual stroke risk factors. There stroke risk factors that can be controlled and others can not be controlled.

Stroke risk factors that can not be controlled are age, gender, race, family history, and history of previous stroke. Old age group and men more prone to stroke, as well as someone with a family history of stroke.

Stroke risk factors can be controlled are hypertension, diabetes, smoking, high blood cholesterol, high blood triglycerides, obesity and so on.

Understanding of stroke risk factors can be controlled is important. Control of these stroke risk factors will decrease a person's risk for stroke. Controlled blood pressure below 130/80 mmHg would reduce one's risk for stroke. Quitting smoking will reduce the risk of stroke.

High cholesterol is also a risk factor for stroke. Critical question that arises is' How does the relationship between high blood cholesterol and stroke? " and 'How cholesterol control efforts to prevent a stroke? "

Know cholesterol

Cholesterol is a fatty substance, which is normally formed in the body. Cholesterol is formed in the liver from fatty foods. Cholesterol plays many important roles in the functioning of body cells (such as hormone production).

Blood cholesterol can be divided into 2 main sections: LDL (Low Density Lipoprotein) is known as 'bad cholesterol' and HDL cholesterol (High Density Lipoprotein) is known as 'good cholesterol'. LDL carry cholesterol from the liver to the cells, and HDL cholesterol from play brought to the liver cells.

LDL cholesterol is high, it will trigger the accumulation of cholesterol in the cell, which causes the emergence of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arterial wall) and the accumulation of plaque on artery walls. This penngkatan risks associated with diseases of blood vessels (eg coronary heart disease, stroke, blood vessel disorders integral).

Levels of high blood cholesterol can be caused by various factors. The factors that cause high cholesterol is genetic, high-fat diet, being overweight, physical inactivity, and smoking. Smoking increases LDL cholesterol and lower HDL cholesterol levels. LDL cholesterol may also high due to the consumption of alcohol or drugs (eg steroids or the contraceptive pill).

The relationship of cholesterol and stroke

Cholesterol is a stroke risk factor consistently reported from various research results. High LDL cholesterol, low HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol ratio and high HDL associated with an increased risk of stroke. This will be strengthened if there is a risk factor of stroke (eg: hypertension, smoking, obesity).

The relationship between cholesterol and stroke is also portrayed in a variety of studies of cholesterol therapy. The success of therapy decreased blood cholesterol levels will reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease by 60%. Koleserol decrease blood levels will hamper the process of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries wall).

The development of atherosclerosis can be inhibited in most patients who undergo therapy for 2 years. Blood cholesterol levels are not controlled will increase the risk of stroke. 40-year-old patient's who have high LDL cholesterol level will have a risk of 52% for heart attack and stroke at the age above 50 years (Lang, 2005).

Levels of high blood cholesterol does not provide specific gejla. This causes the levels of high blood cholesterol also known as 'the silent killer'. Treatment when patients come have emerged vascular complications. The process of atherosclerosis still running without any complaints of patients.

Controlling cholesterol

Controlling cholesterol levels to the normal rate will be very useful to reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease. Cholesterol reduction targets are as follows:

1. Total blood cholesterol level below 200 mg / dl
2. LDL cholesterol level below 130 mg / dL (in individuals without a history of coronary heart disease), or below 100 mg / dl (if he has heart disease, smoking, hypertension, diabetes).
3. HDL cholesterol above 35 mg / dl
4. Triglyceride levels below 250 mg / dl.

Controlling blood cholesterol levels achieved with a targeted lifestyle changes and drug therapy. Lifestyle changes recommended include weight loss, eating lots of fiber, consumption of fruits and vegetables, stop smoking, exercise, and limiting consumption of excess fat.

If the target reduction in blood cholesterol has not been achieved, patients can consult a doctor to obtain obat.Terapi drug therapy recommended for lowering cholesterol are statins daah. This drug has many groups (eg, pravastatin, simvastatin, lovastatin, Atorvastatin, Cerevastatin, fluvastatin), and most have been available in Indonesia.

The success of statin therapy to reduce the risk of stroke has been demonstrated from various studies. Decrease in blood cholesterol levels according to the target (below 200 mg / dL) would reduce the risk of stroke ebesar 27%. For patients who have experienced heart disease, the decrease in blood cholesterol levels will reduce the risk of stroke by 32%.

Many of us who do not know their blood cholesterol levels. Levels of high blood cholesterol are often asymptomatic. The question is 'Did you know that your blood cholesterol level?'. Controlling cholesterol levels is an effort of effective stroke prevention. Always remember that prevention is better than cure.



dr Rizaldy Pinzón, MKes, SpS
Team Stroke Bethesda Hospital Yogyakarta

source : health.detik.com