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Medicine is to heal from the inside

Introduction
About 80% from population have ever had acne problems. Acne can be very mild, but can be very big, severe, and uncomfortable.

Acne vulgaris is commonly found in teenagers, but it also can be found in children and adults.

Disease Progression

Acne has variations depends on time. Most of patient feel that fluctuation of number or size of the spots (acne). In female teenagers, it's related to menstruation cycle.

Acne usually becomes more severe for temporary then subsided and disappear in 2-3 years.
But, some people still have this problems, eventhough they already adults.

Psychological Impacts of Acne Vulgaris
Acne can make life becomes uncomfortable, and often happen in teenagers, that is a group of psychologically unstable, because they are still finding their own identity.

Especially, when acne often involved face, and for adolescents face is important part of their body because face is related to our image and impressions.

So, talking about acne is not just about the number and size of the spots, but also involved the patient perception about the acne itself.

What Cause Acne?
There are 3 main component of acne pathogenesis:
1. Androgen, high levels of androgen stimulate production of lipid at the skin and stimulate skin growth.
2. The obstruction of hair follicle by skin growth.
3. Bacterial growth in obstructed hair follicle. That bacteria than also stimulate inflammation, that will result in acne.

Therapy
Acne Therapy is based on that 3 components. But it depends on severity of the acne itself, because some modalities have many side effects.

Kind of Therapy:
1. Relieving hair follicle obstruction ----> vitamin A derivatives, benzoil peroxide
2. Kill the bacteria --------> Antibiotics
3. Lowering lipid production -----> anti-androgen
4. Anti-Inflammation
5. Comedo Extraction.

False Myth about Acne
- Acne is caused by fatty atau sweety food
- Acne is caused by lack of face hygiene
- Acne is caused by hormonal inbalance
- Acne is related with sexual activities.

Those are Fake, not true.

Food doesn't take a part in acne progression.
Face hygiene doesn't change the condition of acne
Most of the patients have a normal hormon levels
Sexual activities, don't provide any different between often, seldom, and over activities.

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Posted By: yulius hermanto - Category: General Health Issues, Skin Care

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Herbal way to fight Urinary Stone

March 7th 2010 06:39

Preface
In My previous post about urinary stone disease, i had already told about what cause urinary stone and it prevention by consuming lime.

Now, i'm gonna share my knowledge about another traditional way to treat urinary stone.
The topic is about Sonchus arvensis.

What is Sonchus Arvensis?

Sonchus Arvensis or Tempuyung is a kind of composite plant that lived well in open area, exposed to sunlight. This plant can be found at tropical area at 50-1650 m from the sea.
There are still lot of information about the Tempuyung.

i'm not gonna discuss about the plants, but about its benefits.
The part of this plant that give benefit for human health is its leaves.
Just like others herbs, the main benefits comes from the secondary metabolites.
In Tempuyung leaves, we can find flavonoid substances, kalium, manitol, and inositol.

The Benefits
Kalium and Flavonoid from tempuyung leaves offer a benefits for human health.
In urinary stone disease, high kalium content from tempuyung leaves, being excreted in urine and compete the calcium to bind oxalate, then make the crystal solute.
This effects has been verified in vitro trial.
And the practice of consuming tempuyung leaves for curing urinary stone disease has been done since ancient time in my country (indonesia).
Another mechanism tempuyung cure urinary stone disease, is by diuretic.
Of course more water, crystal is easier to solute and be excreted.

And because it's effects on diuretic, it can be used for treatment of hypertension.

Flavonoid, is organic substance, like riboflavin (vitamin B2) it can be used to maintain our health and as antioxidant, anti-inflammation as well.

Summary
Herbal medicine offer an alternative beside the western medicine.
People believe that herbal is less toxic or less side effects compare to modern drugs.
Not only that, some herbs can offer a multibenefits compare to modern drugs that being designed for specific purpose.

Tempuyung (Sonchus arvensis), has multibenefits for human health such as:
- lowering hypertension through diuretic
- relieving urinary stone through kalium and diuretic
- anti-inflammation and anti-oxidant through flavonoid substances.

In my opinion, tempuyung extract should only used in small size stone and in uncomplicated condition. Tempuyung leaves has a bitter taste, so maybe children don't like it.

Don't you about how to extract it.
Because there are some pharmacy industries done that for us.

So, i hope you can try it.
Eventhough, i'm not sure that you can find tempuyung in your country.

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Is there Any benefit of Cigarette

March 4th 2010 15:26

Preface
Cigarette is a small roll of finely-cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking.
Cigarette often being associated with bad impact on our health. In fact, there are lot of people are smokers.
And most of them have already known about health impact of smoking, but they still continue to smoke cigarette. Why?

The Nicotine
Talking about cigarette's related health problems, we must discuss about the composition of cigarette itself. There are 3 main components of cigarette: nicotine, Carbon monoxide and tar.

In this article, i will focus on nicotine. Why?
Because, this substance is more related to cigarette dependency.

Nicotine substance dependence is the most prevalent, most deadly, most costly, yet most treatable of the substance dependencies.

What is Nicotine effect to our body and mind?
hmm, difficult question because i have never smoked. That make it out of my mind.
But, don't worry, because i'am medical student. I'll try to explain from my background of knowledge.

First, nicotine enter our body through inhalation of smoke, then it enter our blood circulation.
Main target of nicotine is our brain. What nicotine do in our brain?
Hmm, maybe burns it, hehehehe.

Nicotine activate several parts in our brain, especially emotional and motivational parts.
It makes us more confident, calm, focus, aware, decrease anger. That make smokers have better performance on long and boring tasks after they smoke a cigarette.

Besides, that nicotine also increase our adrenaline levels, so it increase metabolic rate and also create more free radical.
Free radical accumulation and vascular damage involves in cigarette related Cardiovascular diseases.

hmm, Sounds Scary.

So, we know that nicotine main health benefit is related to short-term mental condition.

The Conclusion
People those are smokers, have a difficulty in smoking cessation because they are feel mentally discomfort while no smoking and not confident to do some tasks.

Hmm, from my poin of view. The Motivation and ability to perform well not Come from the cigarette but it comes from our inner strength.
We are human, we have spirit.

Cigarette only offer u a short-term happiness and bring to us a long-term sadness.

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Kegel Exercise

May 21st 2009 14:14

Introduction
Kegel exercise is an exercise for pelvic floor muscle, in order to strengthen the muscle that support pelvic organ such as bladder, urethra, womb, rectum, etc.

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Save others Lives with Blood donation

May 15th 2009 04:12

Blood is an important component of our body. It also unique and can't be manufactured or replaced by animal blood. But can be transfused from human to human.
Worldwide, blood shortage often can be saw. That's why blood banks organization such as Red Cross is keen on searching for blood donors. The demand of blood increase during holiday or disasters, related to trauma. In United States from 37% of all people who are eligible to donor, only 10% are donor annually.
With blood donation we can help others or maybe we can save others lives, because blood transfusion usually is used in life threatening cases. It's a rare chance, we save others, but we can do it with blood donation

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Uterine Fibroids

May 13th 2009 15:30

Definition
Uterine fibroids are benign tumors of uterine smooth muscles (leiomyoma). This tumor perhaps the most common tumor in female genital tract, about 20-50% of reproductive women have this disease.
Uterine fibroids also multiple lesions rather than solitary. They can range in size from very tiny (a quarter of an inch) to larger than a cantaloupe. Occasionally, they can cause the uterus to grow to the size of a five-month pregnancy. In most cases, there is more than one fibroid in the uterus

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A Lizard can cure HIV/AIDS? Hoax or not?

May 11th 2009 15:26

Recently, there is a rumor in Indonesia that a lizard can cure HIV/AIDS. This rumor is spread from mouth to mouth. Is this just a hoax or not?

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), this virus will infect our immune system thus make our immunity become weaken, can't encounter infectious agents. Until now, scientists especially in developed countries haven't discovered the cure for AIDS. The Latest invention is Anti Retro Viral (ARV) to limit virus spread or replication in our body, but can't eradicate the virus. Also until know, there is no vaccine for HIV, because the virus is highly mutability

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Swine Flu, The next pandemic?

May 10th 2009 12:06

Introduction
Many resources and scientist warn us about next flu pandemic, possible cause by swine flu. World have ever had three previous influenza-pandemics — A/H1N1 from 1918 through 1919 also known as Spanish Flu, A/H2N2 from 1957 through 1963 also known as Asian Flu, and A/H3N2 from 1968 through 1970 also known as Hongkong Flu. And Spanish Flu become the worst ever flu pandemic, caused nearly 50-100 millions people death, worldwide. And from that pandemic, we learn about prevention, preparedness, management, and policies should be made to reduce the impact of the pandemic. It can be saw from total case and death of next pandemic was less than Spanish flu.

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Iron Woman, A Rare Case

May 9th 2009 16:40

Introduction
I will report to you a rare case in my country, just like Dede 'the Root Man'. But this case is a different disease, maybe you can name her as Iron Woman. Why? You will know later on. It is also very interesting case because it challenge our knowledge, brain, science to explain the condition that happened.

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Swine Flu, New Hazards

May 2nd 2009 14:42

About Influenza Virus
Actually, many kinds of influenza virus around the world. And not all strain can infect human. Because of mismatch antigen. Influenza virus also responsible for millions death worldwide. High mutability and high frequency of genetic reassortment and resultant antigenic changes in the viral surface glycoproteins make influenza viruses formidable challenges for control efforts.

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