Posts Tagged ‘Disease’

Disturbances of blood

March 6th, 2010 Hortense

Like all substances of the body, blood can also be problems. Since our health blog we wanted to achieve a synthesis of major disruptions of the blood and its circulation by being one of the vital elements. Well, synthesizing concepts, major disruptions of the blood are:

  • Aneurisma. It is the abnormal dilation of blood vessels.
  • Arteriosclerosis. It is characterized by hardening of the arteries, produced by the accumulation of fat inside the walls.
  • Anemia. Red blood cells do not provide enough oxygen to tissues. It may be because of a lack of hemoglobin or red blood cells.
  • Cianosis. It is characterized by a bluish discoloration of the skin, and is a sign that the arterial blood is poorly oxygenated.
  • Isquemia. It is the lack of irrigation with oxygenated blood in a particular area of the body.
  • A leukemia. A disease that affects blood leukocytes, in which increasing numbers of leukocytes but they are bad, and they do not leave work to the rest of substances in blood.
  • High blood pressure. One of the most common. It is characterized by pressure or tension in the arteries.

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Argentina has received vaccines against influenza A

March 6th, 2010 Hortense

Although the Government of Argentina, through its health authorities, is fighting a hard battle against dengue, he can not stop paying attention to the situation of influenza A H1N1 in the country. As regards the aforesaid, it is important to note that the last hours, arrived vaccines to prevent influenza A, a disease that caused the date to nearly 15,921 deaths in the world.

Last Tuesday, February 23 is approaching for the first time a batch of vaccines against influenza A H1N1 in a territory of Argentina. The head of the doses received was the proper Argentine Minister of Health, Dr. Juan Manzur, who took the opportunity to apply the vaccine if the disease hoped cons cited as telling the official website of the Ministry.

On this occasion, the Pontiff explained that this shipment has just arrived in Argentina is shaped by one million doses of vaccine, he published the web, adding that the same will be distributed by the country to immunize the population and to defend a disease that causes thousands and thousands of deaths.
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Disease entities critical success, will help to strengthen Life Insurance Pay Out Statistics

January 17th, 2010 Hortense

Scottish Widows has released critical data that has strengthened the disease statistics for the pay-out over the years 2000 and 2007, for a total of? 150 million euros to more than 4,500 critical illness claims.

The data showed that the number of casualties has risen which is a comforting thought for people who are cynical gaps in life insurance and wage levels and frequency out.

During the year to October 2007, more than? 29 million had been paid on 847 critical illness claims, with the most common concern to people in the UK who fall into five main categories. Cancer of 61 per cent of critical illness claims, with heart-related applicants for a total of 21 cents and stroke loans accounting for 7 percent. Multiple sclerosis accounted for 4 percent of critical illness cover claims ? with children who make up 2 percent.
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The Origin Of Cancer

November 10th, 2009 Hortense

Contrary to popular belief, cancer is not a new disease. In reality we have documents that show the existence of cancer in antiquity.

Cancer: Its origins

The word cancer is a Latin word derived from the Greek word meaning carcinos crab. The translation from the Greek word carcinos in Cancer (Latin) was the work of Celsus (28 BC. – 50 AD. J.-C). However there are documents that indicate that the cancer had been discovered long before Hippocrates.

The Ebers Papyrus which was written around 1500 BC. J.-C provides evidence that the cancer was known in ancient Egypt. The only solution at that time was the cauterization. Egyptians at this time were able to differentiate a benign from a malignant tumor.
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The Relation Between HIV/AIDS and Poverty

October 11th, 2009 Hortense

Poverty and disease are linked. This is an important factor, leading to behaviors that put people at risk of being infected by the disease. It aggravates the impact of the disease. The onset of the disease can lead to an escalation of deficits and may even encourage some non-poor financial difficulties. Millions of people suffer from the disease each year, despite various measures taken by governments around the world. The emphasis on poverty as a major reason for the spread of the disease began to emerge around 2004, when it was estimated that 39 million people living with the disease, 25 million lived in sub-Saharan while only 7.1 million and South and Southeast Asia. Approximately 2 million are expected to be there in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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