2011/09/27

Maintaining Breast Health


Breast cancer is one of the horrible disease for women. There are so many cases of breast cancer experienced by women in recent. According to Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France. In 1998 the breast cancer cause kematia 1.6 percent of women in the world.
According to the study, women who breastfeed may reduce breast cancer risk of about 10-15%, it was mentioned by one of the specialist breast cancer. He said fertilizer cancer is hormone estrogen in the body. When a woman in pregnancy and lactation would appear hormone progesterone. This hormone then rise and make protection, so that the hormone estrogen is no longer dominant for 27 months.
In addition to breastfeeding, women can maintain breast health. As according to new study that shows that women who consumed soy at a young age have a much lower risk of breast cancer at this time, than those who consume less soy. Breast health is closely related to the number of soy consumption, because a lot of substances contained by the soybean which provides protection to our bodies and breasts in particular against cancer.
Research in Asia conducted in Japan and China also shows that percentage of Asian women affected by breast cancer is also much smaller than the women in America and Europe in general. Research on the efficacy of soy against breast cancer is one bright spot that could explain this fact. Women who consume soy as a child once a week have a risk almost 60% less breast cancer than women who rarely consume soy. Your breast health will be maintained by adjusting your diet and add more food derived from soybea. 

Why does puberty affect a woman's body shape?

 
Women who grew up with would normally experience puberty in age between 9-16 years, The little girl who shape and behavior is sometimes equal to men in his childhood would be very different if had entered puberty at the age of adolescence. a very visible difference physically as the chest will begin to swell, as well as hip and other psychological changes changes will also be felt very different between childhood and adolescence.

But what influences those changes? In our bodies there is such thing as hormones, namely chemical substances produced by endocrine glands such as adrenal gland, pancreas, pituitary, parathyroid and ovarian telut in our bodies whose role is to transform and regulate the function of other organs and structures. And this is the hormone that starts working the moment we entered the stage of puberty, and begin to make changes to enable growth in ourselves physically. These hormones are very good at work, their work in accordance with their respective functions and has not been entered in accordance with the sex of individuals.

Hormone acting on the individual woman will give special signs which will make it a symbol as a woman. Changes such as enlargement of the chest and waist and it also makes women menstruate, this is because when we enter puberty. Then the hormones will begin to be responsible work according to their respective functions, hormones such as estrogen and progesterone hormone produced by the ovaries or ovaries, where they work together in maintaining this body fungs according to function. And the hormone estrogen is a very important role in enhancing the development of the genitals, stimulate the development of breast tissue, regulate the distribution pattern of fat in the body so as to form a curvy female body, kelentura keep the skin to stay elastic, and have heart-protective effects and prevents bone fragility. While the function of the hormone progesterone is regulate the course of the menstrual cycle, breast tissue development, prepare the uterus during pregnancy by keeping the uterine lining is ready to receive and provide shelter for a fertilized egg, Also a role in providing food for the embryo, and protect postmenopausal women against endometrial cancer.

2011/09/20

Be careful of Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa is a disorder that occurs in adolescence, usually occurs between the ages of 14-18 years,
only a few people who suffer from this disorder at a younger age. According penelitia, 90-95% of these disorders experienced by young women, and many are found in the middle socioeconomic class and above.

Symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa causes severe weight loss is intentional, amenorrhoea and the presence of the specific psychopathology symptoms are often not detected early, because people at first did not complain about a disturbance at her. Usually the patient is her menstrual cycle was also suspended.
 

At first people did not seem weak, just added more activities to avoid solid meal and because the activities are dense and less eating, so the weight will decrease the patient from day to day, often feel restless, so the concentration decreases, and emotionally unstable, then began to pull away from the neighborhood, looking pale, weak, difficulty sleeping, and so on.
 

At physical examination found that the skin becomes dry sufferers and seen the growth of lanugo on the cheek, neck, hands and feet. some hirmon like LH (Luitenezing Hormones), and FSH (Folical stimulating hormone) disorders.
 

Psychopathology in these patients is feel very scared for fat as if there is a view in itself that the fat that's disgusting and not liked by the people around.
 

Factors causing Anorexia nervosa is usually due to Depression such as family breakdown, the demands of parents who restrain themselves, and so forth.
 

Healing for the symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa require longer periods of time can be done with a variety of family dukunga in patients in order not to feel alone, the family also have to be patient and painstaking inhealing process until the patient completely recovered.
 

However, if the patient is already severe, will be very difficult in the healing even up to death. For that beware And be quick in taking action when the adolescent has begun to be difficult to eat, and excessive activity or showing symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa other.