Posts Tagged ‘women’

January 22 2010

Beware of Skin Allergies Due to Menstrual Pads

Often women ignore the itching and discomfort due to the use of pads. Usually the reason, “Well, every month this week only. His name is the longer period, certainly it’s uncomfortable.” And may be he does have talent allergic or irritated. Only when severe, they went to the doctor.

Better, do not wait until severe, new to the doctor for consultation. Because getting worse, of course, the longer time required for treatment. If the cause allergies, your doctor will give medicine to overcome, and of course concerned to avoid the source of the allergy.

Although women are allergic and easily irritated pads are not numerous, this complaint can not be allowed and must be wary of the possible effects of cause. When the place was itchy and sore and scratched on left standing, could be wound arise there. In the long run, the wound left alone can be a source of infection. This is dangerous and can cause blackish marks.

The area around the genitals is an easy area moist and covered, if there are injuries and infections there and not getting caught, in the long run can cause a variety of more serious problems.

Cloth. Some women, who is allergic to sanitary napkins, choosing a way out by using a cloth folded. No problem, but, whatever his choice, he still had to consult in order to clear the causes of grievances known. Also, make sure that the fabric used has a good absorptive capacity, such as cotton.

Be sure also to wash the fabric must be absolutely clean. If dirt or detergent remaining continuously attached to the pubic area, it will create new problems. Besides, the use of cloth folded this will psychologically disturbing,’s discomfort for fear of blood through out, is not practical, and so on.

What is clear is prohibited fabric coated with translucent plastic so that no blood. The skin will be conditioned as ‘diperam’, and this could trigger irritation.

Prevention. In order not to allergy or irritation occurs while using the pads, there are some things you suggested, still more excellent way for a talented woman allergies, including:

Choose pads as safe as possible, ie that does not use deodorant.

Frequently changing pads. Try a day, change the bandage at least 2-3 times, or when no longer felt comfortable or wet, replace immediately.

Keep the area around sex organs is always dry during menstruation. Sweat and high humidity can also be a trigger irritation.

Changing the brand is also recommended if the dressing was not comfortable to wear. Not all brands as comfortable when used by different people.

When you have a complaint arise such as itching, pain, hot, flushed, the skin around the genitals, immediately consult a doctor. In the case of irritant contact dermatitis skin reddening limit can be seen clearly, and sometimes seems irritation, was on allergic contact dermatitis is not so visible limits.

And please note, irritant contact dermatitis can occur in all people, are allergic contact dermatitis can only occur in people who have allergies talented.

January 12 2010

Be careful, Obesity can Trigger Asthma

Someone who has a wide waist circumference was also at increased risk of asthma.

Women who have problems of obesity, high risk of asthma. Then, someone who has a normal body weight but the size of his stomach is very wide circle also at increased risk of asthma.

It is known from studies conducted by a team from the Northern California Cancer Center. The research team revealed that obese women are more at risk of asthma compared with women who have normal weight but abdominal circumference of more than 34 inches or 88 cm.

“Obesity can make asthma symptoms experienced by patients getting worse,” said one researcher, Julia Von Behrentold, such as quotes from Genius VIVAnews Beauty, Thursday, November 5, 2009.

The study involved 88,304 women who are obese. Some of these women had to undergo intensive treatment when experience asthma attack. Then, as many as 13 percent of women have body mass index (BMI) of 30 and 1.5 percent have a BMI of 40. BMI’s size can be used as a benchmark to determine a person are obese or not.

Any registration numbers BMI, for the obese woman should see her doctor. Not only the risk of heart disease but also very high risk of asthma. Regular exercise and implement a healthy diet is the most appropriate solution to avoid obesity.

Large waist Women, Vulnerable Asthma

Large waist not only ruin the appearance. The women big waist, it is also more vulnerable to asthma. A study in California trying to express the link between obesity and asthma.

Previously, the connection between the two is often observed. In a study published in the journal Thorax, there are more specific findings that relate not only obesity, but obesity and asthma in the waist. The study involving 88,000 female respondents. Of these, 37 percent of them have asthma because they have a waist size above normal, but they are not overweight.

This study was part of the research on the factors of breast cancer spread does Northern California Cancer Center. In this study data was also obtained respondents as waist circumference and body weight. From the data that was found in suspected link between waist circumference and asthma. A researcher from the Northern California Cancer Center, Julie von Behren, said that the women who weigh over bodymass standard index (BMI) had asthma.

Still according to the study, fat around the stomach area was an important role to increase the risk of asthma. “The size of the waist can be indicators of whether he was overweight,” said Von Behren.

According to him, the soft area around the stomach very easily happen fat deposition. Accumulation of fat in this area are also often linked as a trigger to diabetes and heart attacks.

Doktor Alejandro Arroliga, Chief Scott & White Memorial Hospital and Clinic in Temple, Texas, welcomed the results of the study.

“This is a large study involving 88,000 people. It’s amazing,” he said. However, he hoped that links two more specifically described.

January 10 2010

Menstruation After Childbirth

The first menstruation after giving birth relative time, there is one year after birth, 6 months, some even 3 months after delivery. Sooner or later to come back one period is influenced by the hormone prolactin and progesterone. Prolactin itself is a hormone that can stimulate the milk glands to produce milk. If breast-feeding mothers effectively, it will increase the production of the hormone prolactin, which increase the hormone prolactin can suppress the hormones progesterone and estrogen are involved in the occurrence of menstruation. This means that if, for mothers to breastfeed effectively and continuously without punctuated by a formula, then for the return period will be longer, could be up to one year and some even two years. This is called a natural contraceptive. If the mother after a 5-month period, well if mothers breastfeed it continuously? nevertheless, we think the mother’s first menstruation after childbirth is a normal.

Regarding the number of women consider menstrual enough (quite a lot relative), so long menstrual period not more than 2 weeks, then normal. The important thing is not to more than 2 weeks. Besides the large number of periods for women who have given birth also affected by other things, for example out the remnants of delivery that makes the number of periods become more, etc..

To further determine whether these women safe period either, mother consult a doctor.