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sprue is a lesion or disorder in the form ulser (ulcers) found in the oral cavity. Ulser disorders have various types, but most often experienced by people is the kind of aphtous stomatitis or Canker Sores. What causes ulcers? What symptoms of ulcers? And how treatment ulcers?
Causes of Sprue
The lesions are usually found on the sprue mucosa of the lips, cheeks, tongue, soft palate, and gum base. The cause of canker sores remains unclear, but many who mentioned the theory that ulcers associated with immune problems.
Several types of disease, lack of intake of nutrients (especially iron and vitamin B12), allergies, trauma (eg being bitten), stress, and hormonal changes (menstrual cycle) can also trigger canker sores.

Sprue Symptoms
Sprue may appear as lesions of small size, large, or in significant amounts. Sprue lesion may also appear repeatedly or phrase is called recurrent.

Before ulser formed lesions, inflamed areas usually stung like a punctured or burned. After 2 or 3 days later ulser lesions formed in the inflamed area.
The pain of small ulcers will usually lost between 7 to 10 days, and these lesions will recover completely within 1 to 2 weeks. However, if the size of the lesions, ulcers large enough lesion usually takes between several weeks to several months to heal.
Sprue who do not recover within 1 week should be consulted with a dentist. Because there are several other diseases more dangerous form similar lesinya sprue, including dangerous diseases such as cancer of the mouth. Read the rest of this entry »

Uterus cancer is a malignant tumor of the endometrium (lining of the uterus).

Uterine cancer usually occurs after menopause, most often strike women aged 50-60 years.
Cancer can spread (metastase) locally and to various parts of the body (cervical canal, fallopian tubes, ovaries, the area around the uterus, the lymph system or to other parts of the body through blood vessels).

CAUSE

The cause is certainly not known, but this disease seems to involve increased levels of estrogen.
One of the normal function of estrogen is to stimulate the formation of the epithelial layer of the uterus. A large number of estrogen are injected to laboratory animals causes endometrial hyperplasia and cancer.

Women who suffer from cervical cancer seems to have certain risk factors. (risk factor is something that will increase the possibility of a person to suffer from a disease).
Women who have risk factors do not always suffer from cervical cancer, whereas many cervical cancer patients who had no risk factors. Sometimes it can not be explained why a woman suffering from uterine cancer, while other women who do not.

Research has found several risk factors in cervical cancer: Read the rest of this entry »

What is coronary artery disease (CAD)?
Coronary artery disease is the commonest form of heart disease in Europe and America. If you have coronary artery disease, it is a narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, the tanks which supply the heart with blood. It is not certain that the blood supply to the heart is good enough.

A narrowing of the arteries due to wax-like deposits, called plaque, on the inside of blood vessels. Plaque is a collection of fat and cholesterol that circulates in the blood. Fat and cholesterol are usually from the food you eat and accumulate time.

A fresh artery is elastic, smooth on the inside and able to carry enough blood to the heart.
A diseased artery is stiffer and narrowed due. Deposition of plaque is a problem because it can cause a blockage of the artery. Narrowing or blockage of an artery is called stenosis.

An artery with stenosis is like a clogged pipe. A blocked coronary artery is serious because the artery is the only passage that provides the heart with oxygen. A narrowed or blocked coronary artery means less blood and less oxygen to the heart muscles. The heart relies on the supply of sufficient oxygen and nutrients to function properly.

Plaque may be deposited in the arteries over many years. Coronary artery disease is generally a disease that develops gradually. The progressive deposition of plaque inside arteries is called atherosclerosis. If this process continues, you eventually have symptoms of chest pain, shortness of breath and numbness in arms and shoulders. Coronary artery disease can even cause heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI).

Fortunately it is possible to treat coronary artery disease. If you have been given this diagnosis, you can talk to your doctor about treatment options.

The doctors of the Baulker Cardiovascular Surgery Center has succeeded in making an important breakthrough for the medical world by verdict a method without a scalpel surgical procedure to treat disorders such as heart disease that is not normal.

Researcher health problems, explaining the first operation, using electrodes – rather than a scalpel as usual done on a young woman who suffered from morbid heart rhythm since childhood.

“The doctors have made a miracle. I am born again in new life, a life without fear of illness and death, “said Yulia, 30, when out of the hospital three days after surgery. Abnormal heart rate, which is scientifically known as arrhythmia, is more common than congenital heart disease.

This is a condition very painful and can lead to heart failure. “I feel very strange, when the disease is long-lasting with age” explained Julia. He did not think twice to become a volunteer of the operation of this experiment, despite all the risk.

The procedure only takes about one minute to finish everything – exactly 64 seconds, after the previous analysis was preceded with the help of computer equipment, which aims to find the main point of this disease.

During the examination before the operation, three-dimensional model of cardiac patients mapped to assist the surgeon in moving towards this important organ. Read the rest of this entry »

Cataracts are a cloudiness in the condition of the eye lens is clear and should serve as a conductor of light inflowing the eye. Disturbance turbidity due to metabolism of the lens
for a variety of both physical (eg, heavy impact on the eyes and face), chemical (eg, diabetes, poor nutrition), diseases (eg hypertension), infections, radiation (excessive sunlight) and age.

Besides the various types of cataracts, cataract most frequently encountered were cataract senilis, the reply is because the aging process (from the age of 50 years and above). Besides, according to your question, cataracts can occur because penyakit2 blood / blood vessels too, the most common are hypertension and diabetes (diabetes mellitus). Malignant disease / blood cancers like leukemia, etc. can also trigger cataracts for disturbing the cellular metabolism in the lens of the eye.
The following kinds of cataracts by causing:
1. Congenital cataracts: innate, associated infection during pregnancy, or interference in the formation of the other fetus (including less nutrition mother)
2. Cataract Senilis: aging-related processes
3. Complication Cataracts: Other conditions such complications illnesses eye infections, hypertension, diabetes, blood disease, smoking, lack of weight nutirisi
4. Traumatic Cataracts: physical impact on the eyes or face in general, either a blunt or punctured / sharp
5. Secondary cataract due to the remaining old former cataract surgery is less clear.
Therapy in cataract surgery is absolute. There is no other way to this other than surgery that can remove the cataracts.

When obesity and associated diseases threaten the lives of individuals, professionals make use of all surgical procedures called “stomach reduction. This type of surgery is complex but the results, in most cases, are excellent and represent a new opportunity for patients.

1. Bariatric surgery as a last resort
Operation. With this type of intervention will minimize the cavity, so that the patient feels satisfied with less food.
When there trying to fix the endocrine obesity through diet and exercise, but if it does not go to the surgeon is recommended in obesity or digestive specialist to find the right technique to the problem, depending on the type of obesity and its habits.

In general it is generally recommended for patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher is considered morbidly obese and people over 35 and suffering from any serious illness (diabetes, hypertension, arthritis disabling for overweight … ). Already exceeded a BMI of 35 could presage the rapid changes in the problem.

It is not aesthetic but bariatric surgery and is a radical change of habits because it alters completely the process of digestion and absorption of food.

The capacity of the stomach of a morbidly obese individual is much greater than that of a normal person. With this type of intervention will minimize the cavity, so that the patient feels satisfied with less food.

Although recent years have made great strides in this area, particularly with regard to safety, the operation is not without risks and there is still a small mortality rate (between 1 and 2%).

In order to improve technique and reduce complications, bariatric physicians in collaboration with the Medical College of Barcelona, prepare a protocol for obesity surgery will be completed in coming months and to establish patterns of action to which should benefit all professionals.

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