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Hypertension. How Bad Can It Be?

March 14th 2010 13:17
Definition
Hypertension is a high blood pressure.
hmm, What is that?
Defining exact definiton of blood pressure maybe to complicated to be understood.

The Importance
Blood pressure is important to move our blood in vessel. Without pressure there is no move of fluid, and there will be no live.
Because of the importance in fluid mechanics so it should be maintained within range.

Too low (hypotension), makes fluids move slowly. Some parts of our body maybe don't receive enough nutrition.
Too high (hypertension) also not good for our health. too fast movements the vessel maybe not strength enough to endure it. Also in high blood pressure, our heart work more hard.


In simple words. The blood pressure is determined by 3 components:
1. The Fluids or the blood, more viscous the fluid then the higher the pressure. Also more fluids in vessels, the higher is the pressure.
2. The Vessels, Less Elastic the vessels, the higher is the pressure. Less Elastic is often found in elderly.
3. The Pump or the heart
blood pressure monitor


The Risk Factors
Risk factors of having hypertension is based on that 3 components.
*Older age, has higher risk to have hypertension, because vessel is less elastic
*Obesity and physical inactivity, has higher risk, because lipid utilization is less, so contribute to hardening of the vessels.

*high Natrium intake, contribute volume overload by fluid retention
*Type A Personality, Stressful mind contribute to adrenalin and sympathetic overactive
*Smoking
*And many more.

So beware of your health.

Hypertension usually is not a terminal illness because it also can cause another disease.
such as Stroke, Myocard Infract, Renal Problems, Vision Problems, and so on.

Complication

In The practice of medicine, there is a principle that lowering is more the difficult than make it higher.
So lowering the hypertension is far more difficult than make it high.

So, my advice is keep your body and mind healthy through sports and relaxation.




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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

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.

Eventhough ARV drugs can't cure the disease, but for who has HIV/AIDS, ARV is needed to slow the disease progression. And make their life depend on ARV. Issues in AIDS also a sensitive thing. There is a group of people that don't want AIDS to have a cure. Because if AIDS has a cure, there will be an increase in free sex, drug abused. That will further breakdown human morality and spirituality. How about you?
It is up to you, everyone has own argument about that issue.

Because of clinical progression of the disease, person who has HIV usually depressed, stressed, and so being expelled from community. They are weaken not only immune but also mind and mental. So, they also need our supports.

Many rumors about cure for AIDS from having sex with teenagers, God's Crown fruit, and the latest one is a lizard ,especially Tokek. Just like other rumors about cure of terminal disease, it becomes phenomenal sensations and easy to spread.
Tokek

We don't know from who or where this rumor began. Tokek is used to be a cure for skin diseases, asthma, typhus, and prevent aging. And the price for each tokek is around US$10-20.
When the rumor a tokek can cure AIDS occurs, the price increase significantly becomes US$250 each ons, and can reach US$ 10000 for bigger size. And people in my country begin to hunt tokek.
Tokek is believed can increase our immunity, whether it effective for AIDS is unknown.


Traditional Medicine
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Until know, there is no evidence that a tokek (lizard) can cure AIDS, and recently because of the rumor, tokek is under studied by WHO.
About God's Crown fruit (Mahkota Dewa) has been studied by scientist that this fruit contain high level of antioxidant that help to slow the progression and minimize symptoms in AIDS, but doesn't eradicate the disease itself.
Mahkota Dewa fruit

Indonesian people are easier to believe traditional medicine that use plants, stones, and animals eventhough there is no evidence about its benefits, because of the cultural background of indonesian people.


Conclusion
I don't state that traditional medicine is bad, but we should use evidence to decide.
But according to phylosophy of Eastern medicine that more emphasize on empirical, while Western medicine more emphasize on logical, A treatment maybe irrational but empirically proved.

Whether, it is hoax or not, we better wait for scientific evidence about it.

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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.
Spanish Flu

Past pandemics were characterized by a shift in the virus subtype, shifts of the highest death rates to younger populations, successive pandemic waves, higher transmissibility than that of seasonal influenza.

Swine Flu vs Avian Flu

H5N1 or Avian influenza subtype has spread to avian populations in more than 30 countries and infected nearly 400 persons from 1997-2004, and about 80% persons who get infected die from it, compare to Swine Flu eventhough the human cases is bigger than Avian Flu, but only 20% person who get infected will die from it. It's far below than Avian Influenza. So, the hazard or virulence levels of Swine Flu is lower than Avian Influenza.
In the different point of view, Pandemic Potential is determined by transmissibility rather than virulence or case fatality rate. Because a highly pathogenic virus does not usually adapt well to its host, since it tends to kill faster than it can be transmitted, and that's why pandemic level of Avian Influenza is below Swine Flu.
Swine Flu, now has reached level 5 Pandemic, while Avian Flu only level 4 pandemic..
Pandemic Levels

The death toll of a future pandemic depends not only on the virulence of the virus in question but also on the rapidity with which we are able to introduce effective preventive and therapeutic measures.

World Strategy
- Active real time viral surveillance on a global scale for the effective exchange of genomic, clinical, and epidemiologic data that will give us data of pandemic wave and preparing for second (lethal) wave with vaccine and other biomedical tools.
- Reducing transmission by social distancing, promote hygiene, and vector eradication.
- Identifying high risk people
- Multinational collaboration in addressing the initial and successive waves of illness and deaths.

Principle
Pandemic can't be prevented or avoided, but we can reduce the amplitude of the wave or in the other words Reduce the impact of Pandemic.
We can achieve that, but we must work together in coordination.

Swine flu Cartoon

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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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