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The Problem That Is Often Experienced By Pregnant Women

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, January 15, 2013 0 comments
Most women have some problems or difficulties during pregnancy. Keep in mind this is not a dangerous disease for pregnant women and do not worry because this is part of the pregnancy process. These will be presented some problems that often occur in pregnancy. 

Vomiting or nausea
Most pregnant women often experience and complain with this problem. The main causes of vomiting sickness is due to the increase in hormones gonadrophin high. But this will not last long, it will expire at the end of the third or fourth month, this hormone is reduced so as to make a pregnant woman feel better.
Vomiting sickness is not a disease, it is a positive symptom of pregnancy. This is normal and natural. Although not harmful to the baby or the pregnancy, but there are certain issues which the obstetrician may recommend you to take a break and drink plenty to avoid dehydration.

Heartburn 
Heartburn is a common problem in pregnant women. This problem occurs in the 4th month, but should not be considered as a disease. Because of this heartburn occurs when the baby moves and grows large that puts pressure on the stomach.
 
Constipation 
Another problem that most pregnant women face is constipation. This is due to the hormonal changes that affect the digestive organ function. To overcome this problem every day consume fiber, drink plenty of mineral water, a lot of moving or exercising regularly.
 
Frequent Urination 
This problem can occur because your uterus is growing pressure on your bladder so urine storage limit of normal capacity. This is a very common problem and the use of drugs is not recommended to address this issue until delivery. If you are experiencing urinate too often, to overcome this then eat or drink less sweet, it could also be useful doing Kegel exercises strengthen the pelvic floor muscles.


Prevention and Treatment of Toxoplasmosis

Posted by Unknown Saturday, January 12, 2013 0 comments
In the case of toxoplasmosis prevention is a matter of hygiene, washing hands after handling raw meat to avoid cat feces during yardwork or gardening. Cooking meat at a temperature of at least 66°C or frozen at - 20°C. Keep food from being contaminated by animals or insects home. First trimester pregnant women should be checked regularly in the possibility of infection with Toxoplasma gondii. Treat to prevent miscarriage, stillbirth, or congenital defects.
Until now, the best treatment is a combination of pyrimethamine with trisulfapyrimidine. The combination of the two drugs would synergistically inhibit the cycle p-amino benzoic acid and folic acid cycle. The recommended dose for pyrimethamine is 25-50 mg per day for a month and trisulfapyrimidine dose 2000-6000 mg a day for a month.
Because the side effects of these drugs are leukopenia and thrombocytopenia, it is recommended to add folic acid and yeast during treatment. Trimetoprinm also proved to be effective for the treatment of toxoplasmosis but when compared with the combination of pyrimethamine and trisulfapyrimidine, trimethoprim apparently still losing effectiveness.
Spiramycin is the drug of choice although less effective but less side effects when compared to previous medications. The recommended dose of spiramycin is 2-4 grams a day divided into 2 or 4 feedings. Some researchers advocate the treatment of first-trimester pregnant women with spiramycin 2-3 grams a day for a week or 3 weeks later followed by 2 weeks without medication. Such alternate until healed. Treatment is also aimed at patients with clear clinical symptoms and the infants born to mothers with toxoplasmosis.  

Toxoplasmosis: The Zoonotic Disease Pregnant Women Need to Beware

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, January 9, 2013 0 comments
Toxoplasmosis is a zoonotic disease, is a disease in animals that can be transmitted to humans. The disease is caused by Sporozoa known as Toxoplasma gondii, an intracellular parasite that infected many humans and pets. Toxoplasmosis Patients often do not show a clear clinical symptoms, so in determining the diagnosis of the disease toxoplasmosis is often overlooked in everyday medical practice. If the disease toxoplasmosis the third trimesters of pregnant women, it can lead to hidrochephalus, khorioretinitis, deafness or epilepsy.
Toxoplasmosis is usually transmitted from cats or dogs but the disease can also infect other animals such as pigs, cattle, sheep, and other pets. Although common in animals above mentioned disease toxoplasmosis is most commonly found in cats and dogs. For contracting toxoplasmosis does not only happen to people who keep cats or dogs but can also occur in other people who like to eat food from undercooked meat or contaminated vegetables fresh vegetables with toxoplasmosis disease-causing agent.
Today, after the life cycle of toxoplasma found its prevention efforts are expected to more easily done. At this time the diagnosis of toxoplasmosis becomes easier to find because of the IgM or IgG antibodies in the blood of patients. Expected by way of the treatment of this disease diagnosis easier and more perfect, so that treatment can be given a complete recovery for patients toxoplasmosis. In this way it is expected that the incidence of miscarriage, congenital defects and stillbirth caused by the disease can be prevented as early as possible. Ultimately incidence disabilities in children can be avoided and create human resources of a higher quality. 
Toxopasmosis is a zoonotic disease that can attack human nature, animals, pets such as wild animals, birds and others. Incidence of toxoplasmosis have been reported from several areas in the world that is very broad geography. A survey of this incident illustrates that toxoplasmosis in an area can be so great that every animal showing symptoms of toxoplasmosis.
In humans the disease toxoplasmosis is often infected through the digestive tract, usually through the medium of food or water contaminated with the agent that causes toxoplasmosis, for example because of drinking cow's milk or eating meat that has not been perfect maturation of the animals infected with the disease toxoplasmosis. The disease is also common in cats that kind of race and color beautiful hairy usually referred to by mink, toxoplasmosis in mink race cats often occur because the food is normally derived from fresh meat (raw) and the remnants of meat from a slaughterhouse.  

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