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Aromatherapy honors the sense of smell and skin as a means for health care. Essential oils are complex agents, concentrates, which can not be duplicated synthetically and act at different levels. By Manuel Nunez and Claudina Navarro.

If its use is not common is because they are so powerful that there is a risk of not using them correctly, especially by internal (this can be done only by prescription). But the inhalations and massages are safe if you respect the indications of the recipes and can provide effective help to common problems. They are pleasant remedies, allies who understand the disease prevention and even as opportunities for welfare. Read the rest of this entry »

How is it diagnosed?

The symptoms of malaria are similar to those of other infectious diseases. Call your doctor if you are sick and have traveled abroad, especially if you’ve gone to the tropics in the last year.

The diagnosis of the disease is studying a sample of blood under a microscope. A trained observer will identify the parasite and usually its kind, and can count their number. (Sometimes, the number of parasites is very small and the test must be repeated).

There are other techniques to detect in the laboratory and blood samples from the parasite components (proteins or nucleic acids). Read the rest of this entry »

Cerebral Malaria

Malignant malaria can affect the brain and the rest of central nervous system. It is especially common in children and other non-immune people with severe malaria. Are alterations in the level of consciousness, paralysis, convulsions and coma.

Dark-colored urine

In malignant malaria sometimes destroy a large number of red cells and hemoglobin (which is a pigment containing in its interior) is excreted in the urine, which takes a dark color (like cognac).

Late complications

If a person with a benign form of malaria is not treated, eventually may have anemia, enlarged spleen. Read the rest of this entry »

What are the characteristics of the attack of malaria?

The attack of malaria usually have 3 phases:

- The first phase of cold chills, lasting 15 minutes to several hours.

- A second phase in which there is high fever, sweating, and low which may be accompanied by cough, headache, or abdomen, nausea, vomiting, etc.. This period usually lasts from 2 to 6 hours.

- A third phase of profuse sweating with decrease in temperature, fatigue and drowsiness accused.

The attack described is typical of malaria, and does not occur in all cases, but when there is repeated approximately every 48 hours or every 72, according to parásitro concerned. The Plasmodium falciparum usually produces more continuous fever or irregular cycles. Read the rest of this entry »

What places have malaria?

The areas of the world where this disease exists coincide with the places where the Anopheles mosquito lives. There are vast areas of America and Europe where there was malaria in the not too distant past. At present, there is malaria in Central America, South America (excluding its more southern latitudes), Africa (except in regions north and south), southern Asia (from the Middle East to its eastern regions) and some islands of Oceania.

Plasmodium falciparum is proper warm areas, while the other three species are found in more temperate.

The disease occurred more frequently acute Plasmodium vivax and Plasmodium falciparum. Sometimes there are mixed infections (caused by more than one species).

There are cases caused by mosquitoes, “imported” on airplanes and that have bitten people, usually near airports (airport malaria). Read the rest of this entry »

What is the cause of malaria?

Malaria is caused by different species of protozoan parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which are small unicellular microorganisms that have as a guest to man and certain species of mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles.

There are four different types of Plasmodium:

- Plasmodium falciparum, which often causes the most severe forms of the disease and is generally more resistant to drugs used for treatment.

- Plasmodium vivax

- Plasmodium ovale

- Plasmodium malariae. Read the rest of this entry »

What is malaria?

Malaria is a disease of tropical areas of the earth. It is caused by a parasite called Plasmodium. Usually is transmitted by the bite of infected female mosquitoes of certain.

The sick person may have different symptoms, which are the most typical intermittent fever hits. They are also frequent fatigue, diarrhea and other, similar to those of flu. At these events should be suspected when the possible existence of malaria and are to be made as soon as possible evidence to confirm whether the patient has been in a danger zone during the past year.

Malaria is an infectious causes major illness and death in the world. It is estimated that there are 300 to 500 million cases each year with 1.5 to 2.7 million deaths by cause. Read the rest of this entry »

Anamnesis

It is important to find out details about:

Diseases – child’s previous and current diseases, if you recently received any vaccine, has had a febrile seizure before.

- Family history of febrile seizures or epilepsy.

- Existence of other striking symptoms before the seizure.

- How has the crisis started, the extent and form (type of movement) and approximate duration of the seizure.

- If the child had received before the crisis, some kind of medication. And if it is “known epilepsy”: what drugs he was taking and if there is any change in the treatment recently. Read the rest of this entry »

It is common to experience slight variations in body weight, without straying too far from what it means to make tables and standards. However, there are those who present changes that fall outside the limits, a situation that is usually associated with the consumption of food, not organic or mental abnormality.

Surely you would agree with the finding that there are different ways of eating, for example, who does it for pleasure, self-regulated selectively and is rated gourmet or hedonistic, while those who eat food out of control, choice and satisfaction, are often identified as “compulsive overeaters.” Notably, the latter generally channel their anxiety and stress toward food, learned behavior throughout his life. Read the rest of this entry »

Urine

Urine tests can not evaluate the episodes of hypoglycemia and only detect glucose levels when they are too high, and because those affected do not have enough insulin to help the sugar enter the cells, the body is reward energy deficit fat storing cell structures. Before it is used is broken down into small fractions (fatty acids) which, passing through the liver, are ketones (substances resulting from an imbalance in metabolism), this situation only occurs in patients with type 1 diabetes .

This occurs when blood glucose is above 200 milligrams per deciliter of vital fluid in these cases the attending physician recommended the patient to measure levels of ketones in the urine. If the determination is positive, the specialist will be responsible for modifying the insulin dose and diet. Read the rest of this entry »