Archive for July, 2009

Diabetes, a bitter relationship.

Posted by admin in Medical on July 27th, 2009

Among the diseases on the rise as diabetes is a chronic disease spreading in the wider world: in 2025 it is expected, in the age between 20 and 79 years, an increase of 24% with involvement of 333 million people. The diabetes is a disease that is characterized by an increased concentration of glucose in the blood. The concentration of glucose is normally regulated by ‘insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas. When this hormone is deficient or missing altogether problems occur on the levels of glucose.

However, when the pancreas does not produce any insulin or produces too little is spoken of type 1 diabetes, also called juvenile diabetes, whereas in type 2 diabetes (typical of people of more mature age), insulin is produced in the right quantity, but at a slower pace and is not active on the cells of blood glucose.

Diabetes type 1 is certainly the one that involves a greater involvement of the patient and his family because there is the need for daily insulin. And therefore required an active collaboration between practitioner and diabetes specialist, a good information the patient should be instructed on the control of blood glucose levels, to take on lifestyle and nutrition. At least in theory.

In Cittadinanzattiva Ratio (with support from the Lilly Foundation and the help of Fand-Diabetic Association) for assistance to patients with diabetes, the picture that emerges is an entirely ‘other than reassuring (“You have diabetes? Expect to get worse. Or found the money to do proper prevention ‘), is the bitter summary of the association. Little integration between diabetes centers and general practitioners, contradictory messages received by patients, little innovation, poor prevention of complications.

The aid to better manage their disease in 80% of cases is completely dependent on the patient and his family. The main items of expenditure reported relative to transport (42%), the specialist visits (40%), drugs (34%) and principals and aids (17%).

What to do? Area Rights customized treatment on quality and complaints, prevention, medical integration between figures spreading more and more computerized medical records for the choice of a path of joint care, information and prevention of complications such as retinopathy (38%), the risks associated with pregnancy, such interventions dental, vaccination and depressions.

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To correct the language of the hands

Posted by admin in Uncategorized on July 13th, 2009

There is a varied gesture in people when we want to emphasize a concept, or deny it clear we have a clear body language. Some actions, sometimes unconscious, are inherent in modern man thousands of years.

While the animals show care in their own way, the man tends to raise eyebrows in some phases of his thought. Not only that, even pupils dilate depending on the emotions we feel during a conversation and the kiss was rather primitive roots dating back millennia, some scientists have expressed the theory that the kissing gesture dates back to the primitive maternal populations where mothers chewed food for their children and children Passau him through the mouth There are indications that some thousands of years ago in some primitive cultures, there was the belief that the union between partners of the lips there was the significance of the union of two souls.

Equally ancient is the shaking of the head to affirm or deny: this has studied the nineteenth-century English botanical Darwin. He said in the studies that the “yes”, a gesture that is accomplished through the head to say remember the sucking of an infant milk maternal parallel with the “no” would reject the breast milk itself.

Still Charles Darwin investigated into the causes of crying: the assumption is that animals operate one watery eye when they have a small foreign body in the eye. While kids are crying to attract attention. No explanation to tears adult: a natural evolution said that one day the man would never cry, except in cases of spontaneous lacrimation, precisely given by a small foreign body.

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Down Syndrome Information

Posted by admin in Syndrome on July 8th, 2009

In the past, mainly because of cardiac complications, the life expectancy of individuals with Down syndrome was not very high. Currently, thanks to advances in cardiac surgery and medicine in general, it has risen significantly with an increasing number of individuals who come up seniority. The quality of life has improved significantly, the problematic aspects of the syndrome may in fact be effectively addressed through appropriate educational and early intervention and rehabilitation implemented since early childhood. A child followed properly by skilled operators (speech therapist, locomotion, child psychiatrist) since the first months of life and raised in a stimulating and welcoming family environment has a good chance of becoming an adult is sufficiently autonomous and social integration. Are many people with Down Syndrome who attend school, play sports and do a job in addition to having a good life report.

It is estimated that in Italy there are 40000 people living with jack trisomy 21 with 800 newborns each year. The incidence of the syndrome and constant time and in all populations.

Prenatal diagnosis is possible through the ‘amniocentesis around the sixteenth week of gestation, or through CVS around the twelfth week. There are many additional screening tests such as the Tri-testing, and so-called nuchal translucency combined tests that allow to identify mothers at risk for which it is recommended to undergo amniocentesis or CVS. These are invasive investigations which present a risk of miscarriage of 0.8% for amniocentesis and 1, 5% for CVS. Currently, the most important risk factor identified for the onset of the syndrome and maternal age accounted for. Fewer younger the mother the greater the risk that a child is born with Down syndrome.
In Italy there are different groups of people with Down Syndrome and their families, providing, inter alia, information support services and are active in projects of social promotion.

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