Breast Implant

Posted by on Nov.05, 2011, under Health Thinking No Comments

Many women who consider breast augmentation end up hesitating for a number of different reasons. Of course, some of these reasons revolve around the simple fact that augmenting your breasts through surgery is a rather drastic step, and involves a noticeable, permanent change to the body. This is something that should never be taken lightly. However, another concern that many women have with breast augmentation is that they worry about certain negative health effects that they are worried might come about as a result of the procedure. If you are one of these women, it may reassure you to learn that there are no common dangers or health defects that come about from, for example, going from a cup to c cup breasts, or even having a simple lift procedure.

To begin with, the actual surgery is one that has been practiced and perfected for quite some time now, meaning that your surgeon will be very able. There is very little danger for side effects resulting from the actual surgery. Additionally, the implants themselves do nothing to harm your body, and will allow you to go on living life in exactly the same way as before, only with larger breasts. If you pay attention to your doctor’s instructions for recovery, and properly go about the caring process in the weeks following your procedure, your newly affected breasts should be perfectly healthy, and should show off the change that you were going for.

Another concern that a number of women have with regard to breast augmentation and health risk is with regard to breastfeeding. Fortunately, a good bit of research has been performed on this topic, and doctors have found that there is virtually no risk of infecting or dirtying breast milk with implants. Aside from some potential added discomfort, there is no real health risk involved, for you or for your child, with breastfeeding after having breast implants put in. Think of it as if, biologically, your breasts have not changed at all.

Hopefully, if you are a woman considering these procedures, this information has helped to reassure you about the health aspect of breast augmentation. Of course, there are still other things to consider, and whether or not you undergo a procedure is entirely your decision; however, if you choose not to undergo breast augmentation, it shouldn’t be because you are worried about health risks. Breast augmentation surgeries are perfectly healthy ways for you to change your body in order to make it more suitable to your desires, or to preserve a youthful appearance.

Culture in relation to health and sickness

Posted by on Dec.08, 2011, under Community Health No Comments

Cultural factors significantly influence health and sickness in society. Certain types of ailments are significantly correlated with such factors as class, occupation, ethnicity and foods habits. Hypertension, diabetes and ulcers may be regarded as urban disease, generally connected with sedentary occupation. Environmental pollution, brought about by technological advancement, is now identified as one of the major causes for the growing incidence of cancer. Food habits particularly the consumption of fatty foods and high salt intake, are significantly correlated with cardiovascular diseases. Several tribal communities in the south pacific island, the kirghis of Turkey, certain African tribes, the Australian aborigines, and Eskimos use no salt in their diet. There why high blood pressure is not a common disease for them. But in Eastern Finland one fourth of them use animal fat, so they are most prone to heart attacks. In most primitive societies, diagnosis and treatment of diseases are invariable associated with magical beliefs and rite and shamanistic practices. Violating ot taboos is also a causes of diseases in some cultures. In India this system are very often available in few illiterate societies. A culture generally defines what diseases are to be considered as illness, and this is why it needs treatments.

Concept of health security for human society.

Posted by on Oct.21, 2011, under Community Health, Health Thinking, Information on Health No Comments

Health securities mean good health for all the society people. Health security aims at health benefits for all citizens on all measures. It aims at tackling the spread of diseases due to environmental change, danger of bio-terrorism, natural disasters; radioactive accidents etc. health is a community-based primary health care. But it is major difference between understanding and use of concept of the health security. Policymakers of the world systems for health in industrialized for the countries emphasize protection of their populations especially against external threats, as few example terrorism and pandemics; while and when health workers and policymakers in developing countries and within the United Nations system understand the term in a broader public health context. Indeed, the concept is used inconsistently within the UN agencies themselves, for example the World Health Organization’s restrictive use of the term ‘global health security’ There has been a great emphasis by W.H.O to take up health security as a collective responsibility by all nations as diseases spread fast and recognize no boundaries. Health security aims at tackling these, emerging diseases that are new and highly contagious. Chemical and radioactive threats. Changes in environment. H.I.V/A.I.D.S. Strengthening health systems.
The global health securely initiative has been set up to provide informal international partnership to strengthen health facilities in different countries. This is due to emergence of different global threats that have emerged in the world. Today, lot of focus is being given to emerging threats to health security. The W.H.O keeps a track of evolving infectious diseases and health threats and promotes preventive measures to tackle these health problems. These threats can be tackled by cross border co-operation and effective collaboration. Health issues require stronger strategic focus and closer international co-operation. Concept of health security for public is to alert public or mass about the health systems of their own communities.

Fundamental principal of infection prevention.

Posted by on Sep.27, 2011, under Community Health No Comments

Who are working at health care facility are at risk of getting infection. Diseases producing micro-organism live in reservoir like humans, animals and plants. From there they reach the susceptible individuals via skin, orofaecal route blood stream etc. you can break the disease transmission cycle by preventing the spread of infection. Clients are at risk of infection when appropriate infection prevention measures are not taken by the health personnel e.g. hand is not washed between clients or patients or the procedures, inadequate preparation of the client prior to clinical procedures or use of instruments or equipment which has not been appropriately disinfected. Health personnel and cleaning staffs are at significant risk of infection because they are exposed daily to the potentially infectious blood and other body fluids potentially contaminated instruments, linens and waste. Therefore appreciate infection prevention procedures can and should be adopted by every staff member of transmission is the easiest point to break in the diseases transmission cycle. While providing community health service to client this can be accomplished by, hand washing, aseptic techniques, correct disinfection of the instruments and others items for reuse, correct disposal of medical wastage. But remember that it is not always possible to know who is infected with HIV or Hepatitis.B which are various conditions and can lead to the death of the individual. Therefore any instruments needle, syringe or linen contaminated with body fluids or blood must be handled as through the client/patient is potentially infected. Therefore appropriate infection prevention measures must be taken to minimize transmission of infection.
Diseases transmission cycle
AGENT
Disease. Producing microorganism such as Hepatitis B and AIDS virus
—Susceptible Host—– —– Reservoir—–
—Person who can become infected—- —-place where agent lives—-
—Place of entry— —place of exit—
—Where the agent enters the next host— — where the agent leaves the reservoir—
——Method of Transmission—-

What is Infection prevention? And how infection prevented ?

Posted by on Sep.10, 2011, under Diseases and Remedies No Comments

Prevention is better than cure and this is the especially true for the prevention of infection in health care set ups. Three categories of people who are at risk of infection from services delivery practices. They are clients or patients, health personnel and community members. It is important to prevent transmission of infection at all times, including during the provision of contraceptive services, childbirth, newborn care, post-natal care, immunization, post abortion care etc.
Micro-organisms are the causative agents of infection. They include bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Bacteria can be further divided into three categories for the purpose of infection prevention. They are vegetative,(staphylococcal) mycobacteria,(tuberculosis) endospores(tetanus) .
Protective barriers are the barriers between the host and the micro-organisms. Protective barriers may be physical, chemical, or mechanical processes which help to prevent the spread of infectious micro-organisms from clients or patients, health personnel or from health personnel to clients or patients due to lack of infection prevention practices or from the contaminated instruments equipment or linens etc.
Aseptic technique or asepsis is the combination of efforts made to prevent the entry of micro-organisms into an area of body where they are likely to cause infection. The goal of asepsis is to reduce or eliminate the number of the micro-organisms on both animate surface and inanimate objects to a safe level.
Antisepsis is the prevention of infection by killing or by inhibiting the growth of micro-organisms on the skin and other body tissues.
Decontamination is the process that makes inanimate objects safer to be handled by staff especially cleaning personnel before cleaning. Such objects include large surfaces e.g. pelvic examination tables, OT tables and surgical instruments and gloves contaminated with blood or body fluids during or after surgical procedures or examination or therapeutic procedures.
Cleaning is the process that physically removes all visible blood, body fluids or any other foreign materials such as dust or soil from skin or inanimate objects.
Disinfection is the process that eliminates most but not all disease causing micro-organisms from inanimate objects. High level disinfecting, through boiling or use of the chemicals, eliminates all micro-organisms except some of the bacterial endospores like tetanus spores.
Sterilization is the process that eliminates all the micro-organisms including bacterial endospores.
Reservoir is a place where the micro-organism lives e.g. air, soil, water, animals, plants or on humans.
Susceptible host is person who can become infected.
Micro-organisms live everywhere in our environment. Individuals normally carry them on their skin, respiratory, intestinal and genital tracts. These micro-organisms are known as normal flora. In addition micro-organisms live in animals, soil, air, plants and water. Some organisms are more pathogenic than others, i.e. they are more likely to cause the disease. Given the right circumstances all micro-organisms may cause infection. Bacteria, viruses and other agents survive and spread within the community due to the presence of certain favorable factors or conditions.

Causes of vaginal discharge.

Posted by on Aug.28, 2011, under Gynecology No Comments

Vaginal discharge is a common problem of women. It is also a common complain in women it may caused by some conditions, they are like as follows-
Physiological
It may cause by just before menstruation or during pregnancy, or during ovulation. In this time discharge is mucoid, not blood stained, or foul smelling and not associated with itching of the vulva.
Candidial infection or Thrush
This is like as curd white patches on the vaginal mucosa accompanied by thick, curdy white discharge and itching at the vulva. This infection occurs commonly during pregnancy.
Parasitic infestation or trichomonal vaginitis
This is transmitted during sexual intercourse or by contact with contaminated articles. It is characterized by greenish yellow, frothy foul-smelling discharge accompanied by itching and redness of the genital area.
Gonorrhea
Gonorrhea is also a sexually transmitted disease, in women it is characterized at times by purulent discharge from the cervix and ureth ra but this may be mild and may pass unnoticed. These women may develop salpingitis at a later stage and may complain of pain in the lower abdomen and fever. And the untreated gonorrhea may result in infertility in women.
Puerperal or post abortal sepsis
This is an infection of the genital tract, which occurs following delivery or after an abortion. Taking proper sepsis is characterized by high fever, headache, and low abdominal pain and foul smelling, purulent vaginal discharge.
Following IUD insertion
This may be found quite often. This discharge is profuse and watery and usually subsides after the first menstrual period following insertion.
Cancer cervix
This generally occurs in older women. In the early stages, it is characterized by watery discharge, which later becomes bloodstained and fouls smelling. The woman usually complains of irregular vaginal bleeding in between periods or vaginal bleeding following sexual intercourse.

Reproductive tract infection and sexually transmitted infections.

Posted by on Aug.16, 2011, under HIV/AIDS and STD, Reproductive Health No Comments

What is the meaning of reproductive tract infection? As answer we can say reproductive tract infection is an infection of the genital tract. The infection can affect uterus, cervix, vagina, vulva, tubes and ovaries in the woman. Infection of uterus and the tubes is usually known as pelvic inflammatory disease. It can occur even without producing symptoms. Pelvic inflammatory disease can result in infertility and in severe cases of pelvic inflammatory disease can spread to abdominal cavity leading even to death of the woman. These system can be impairs the ability to reproduce. Actually the reproductive tract infections are that affect the reproductive tract. Why the sexually transmitted infections occur? As answer we can say sexually transmitted infections occur for the sexual intercourse with the infected person, which results in genital ulcers and discharges. Untreated they can be a cause for spread of HIV/AIDS in the community. Sexual transmitted diseases are that passes one person to another person during sexual contact with the partners. We can reduce sexual transmitted disease by practicing safer sex and avoid risky sexual contact. Male and female condom may be use for prevention from sexual transmitted disease. Presence of Reproductive tract infection and sexually transmitted infections in any person may result in flare-up of infection following insertion of IUCD. Therefore IUCD in such patient is contra-indicated. In pregnancy the foetus may be affected by these infections. They may also be a cause for development of cervical cancer.
Common symptoms of reproductive tract infection and sexually transmitted infections are like as vaginal discharge with or without itching, genital ulcers, backache, and lower abdominal pain, woman whose husband or sexual partner has problem of urethral discharge with burning during urination or ulcers of genitals scrotal swelling or inguinal buboes. If any symptoms in any persons found then we have to consult with concerning physician’s immediately.

Adolescents: physical, physiological, behavioral changes and personal hygiene.

Posted by on Jul.22, 2011, under Adolescent Health No Comments

Adolescent is the period of transition from childhood to adulthood. The period is 10 to 19 or 12 to 20 years. Adolescent period is very crucial, since these are the formative years in the life of an individual when major physical, psychological and behavioral changes take place. It is an impressionable period of life and period of preparation for undertaking greater responsibilities including healthy responsible parenthood. A society future depends on adolescent and they form a great human resource for the society. Adolescents have a health problem in different for those younger children and older adults. Due to lack of accurate information, adolescents are prone to various behavioral and reproductive health problems transition from childhood to adulthood is hazardous for the adolescent health because they develop behavioral problems in absence of proper guidance and counseling. Adolescents have physical and physiological changes. In girls physical changes may begin at around 10 years and may reach their maximum growth by around 14 years. Menarche and menstrual cycle also begin at that period. Menarche is the onset of first menstruation which occurs in a young girl at around 12 years. This is the system of often recognized as the onset of maturity in girls. But there are variations in the age at which menarche occurs. Girls will attain menarche earlier due to good nutritional status. But malnourished girl’s menarche is delayed. If menstruation has not started by 16 years you should consult with doctors. Boys’ puberty usually appears later than in girls. It may begin with change in voice, growth of hair on chin under arms, face chest public region. Enlargement and development of external genitals also takes place and sperm production starts. Occasionally penile erection and involuntary ejaculation also occur. Psychological and behavioral changes comes during the transition phase from child hood to adult hood due to rapid physical and sexual changes in the body, the adolescent develops anxiety and apprehension. It is the time for exploration adventure and discovery of one’s own body and one’s capability and potential. These can lead to confusion and to experimentation with harmful substances like drugs, alcohol and risky behavior. It needs to give them appropriate information and education on adolescents for the normal physical, sexual and psychological changes they are prone to health risk behavior such as sex experiments and drug abuse leading to teenage, pregnancy, contracting STD/HIV/AIDS, injuries, accidents, violence, rape homicides, suicide so many problems. Sometimes expression of sexual urge by adolescents may lead to anger among adults while among adolescents this may lead to feeling of fears, guilt and shame. Nutritional requirement of adolescents is more due to rapid growth spurt and increase in physical activity. We should encourage developing healthy eating habits and life style. Good nutrition is equally important for proper growth of both male and female. we should educate the community and every family member about the importance of healthy eating habits and nutritious foods. Adolescents should take care of personal hygiene. Adolescents should keep the groin clean and dry otherwise fungal infection, leading to itching etc will develop. Boys should give attention to clean Smegma during and after urination. Teeth and tongue can be clean twice daily. Clean hand thoroughly before and after taking food and after going to toilet.

Theories of motivation and Distinguish between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.

Posted by on Jun.28, 2011, under psychology and mental health No Comments

Investigated the effects of external reinforcement on intrinsic motivation in a puzzle-solving task in 96 undergraduates. Results support previous findings that money decreases intrinsic motivation while verbal reinforcements tend to enhance it. The beginning of a cognitive evaluation theory is discussed. It is concluded that although there is an apparently discrepant prediction between this theory and J. Adam’s inequity theory, the theories are not conceptually discrepant.
Maslow’s theory of motivation.
In 1943, Dr. Abraham Maslow ‘s article “A Theory of Human Motivation ” appeared in Psychological Review, which were further expanded upon in his book: Toward a Psychology of Being In this article, Abraham H. Maslow attempted to formulate a needs-based framework of human motivation and based upon his clinical experiences with people, rather than as did the prior psychology theories of his day from authors such as Freud and B.F. Skinner, which were largely theoretical or based upon animal behavior. From this theory of motivation, modern leaders and executive managers find means of motivation for the purposes of employee and workforce management. Abraham Maslow’s book Motivation and Personality (1954), formally introduced the Hierarchy of Needs .The basis of Maslow’s motivation theory is that human beings are motivated by unsatisfied needs, and that certain lower factors need to be satisfied before higher needs can be satisfied. According to Maslow, there are general types of needs (physiological, survival, safety, love, and esteem) that must be satisfied before a person can act unselfishly. He called these needs “deficiency needs.” As long as we are motivated to satisfy these cravings, we are moving towards growth, toward self-actualization. Satisfying needs is healthy, while preventing gratification makes us sick or act evilly. As a result, for adequate workplace motivation, it is important that leadership understands the active needs active for individual employee motivation. In this manner, Maslow’s model indicates that fundamental, lower-order needs like safety and physiological requirements have to be satisfied in order to pursue higher-level motivators along the lines of self-fulfillment. As depicted in the following hierarchical diagram, sometimes called ‘Maslow’s Needs Pyramid’ or ‘Maslow’s Needs Triangle’, after a need is satisfied it stops acting as a motivator and the next need one rank higher starts to motivate.
Theory of achievement motivation.
Proposes a theory of motivation and emotion in which causal ascriptions play a key role. Evidence is presented indicating that in achievement-related contexts there are a few dominant causal perceptions, and it is suggested that the perceived causes of success and failure share the 3 common properties of locus, stability, and controllability, with intentionality and globalist as other possible causal structures. The perceived stability of causes influences changes in expectancy of success; all 3 dimensions of causality affect a variety of common emotional experiences, including anger, gratitude, guilt, hopelessness, pity, pride, and shame. Expectancy and affect, in turn, are presumed to guide motivated behavior. The theory therefore relates the structure of thinking to the dynamics of feeling and action. Analysis of a created motivational episode involving achievement striving is offered, and numerous empirical observations are examined from this theoretical position. The strength of the empirical evidence and the capability of this theory to address prevalent human emotions are stressed, and examples of research on parole decisions, smoking cessation, and helping behavior are presented to illustrate the venerability of the theory beyond the achievement-related theoretical focus.

Danger of pollution and Need for plantation

Posted by on Jun.17, 2011, under Community Health, Health Thinking No Comments

Dangers of pollution are many and various. Pollution means the process of making something dirty by adding harmful substances to it. The natural conditions in which human beings, others animals and plants live are polluted by the harmful substances. Chemical and smoke are such harmful substances. Dangers to living beings may assume different forms. Waste matters like chemical substances from factories pollute water. The air is also polluted. The carbon monoxide coming out of the exhaust pipes of motor vehicles pollutes the atmosphere. Accident like those of Bhopal gas leak in India and Chernobyl nuclear explosion caused the death of many people. Pollution of air is also responsible for long diseases like asthma. Soil is another victim of pollution. Human and animal are domestic waste pollute the soil. Then there is the pollution of the sound. The blaring of car horns and the harsh sound of the loudspeakers are nothing but a social menace. Dangers of pollution can be averted by shifting factories from the residential areas. Motor vehicles should use petrol and not diesel. If the government is alert and the public is conscious dangers of pollution will not be there.
Men are totally dependence on plants. We can say no. plant no man. The oxygen we breathe to keep alive is supplied by plants. For foods, clothes, shelter and various types of medicines, we depend on plants and trees. It is scientific fact that indiscriminate cutting down of trees in vast areas of tropical forest in Brazil, Indonesia and India has affected rainfall in these countries to some extent. Deforestation is causing dangerous erosion of the rich top-soil. It is an important cause of the silting up of the dams. It is also robbing the land of its natural fertility making agriculture totally dependent on artificial fertilizers. Since the area under forest cover is decreasing rapidly owing to the insatiable demands of man, the need for plantation is urgent. More and more trees must be planted in a systematic, planned manner by the government, non-government organizations like NGO’S and the local people. We must not forget the food chain. Its means that plants feed herb-eating animals which feed the flesh-eating animals and, in turn, they keep the forests healthy by keeping down the numbers of animals which would otherwise destroy the forests. More and more plantations are the need of the hour.