Health and Fitness

Considerations for Christmas menus
If there is anything that defines Christmas is that it is a time of excess and consumerism. When January comes we realize that we took a few extra kilos because of the flashy menus on Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, and pecks to the tray of sweets. No matter how complete our silhouette, food holidays can also impact negatively on our health.

In addition to possible food poisoning, gastroenteritis and other diseases associated with heavy meals, uric acid, and our kidneys may suffer much during the holidays. To fix this, avoid the temptation of seafood and try to leave out the alcohol.

male genitalia Every day, our body uses and transforms nutrient substances that are beneficial and eliminates the rest through sweat, feces or urine. Indeed, when we speak of uric acid, we do not mean anything but a waste material. According to Dr. Paloma Casado, a specialist in family medicine, this product is “the end result of nitrogen metabolism in the body, and is so called because it is mainly excreted in the urine after being filtered from the blood by the kidney.”

So far all right. The problem comes when blood levels of uric acid are above normal. These, also known as hyperuricemia, “usually are driven by genetic factors, but, although the levels tend to rise from 40 years for males, which is much more frequent, and after menopause in women “explains the doctor.

Beyond genetics, Paloma Married hyperuricemia warns that “it is also more common in people who abuse alcohol, those who are overweight, or patients with other metabolic problems such as diabetes or high cholesterol.” In addition, some drugs may raise the percentages.

When there is an excess of this component may appear gout calls that occur when “small form acid crystals deposited in the joints causing inflammation,” said Casado. Also, “when there is excessive concentration in the kidneys, kidney stones can form, leading to kidney stones,” she added.

The main symptom of gout is that the affected joint becomes inflamed, red and sore. However, in the case of kidney stones, attacking the kidney, “gives a picture of severe pain radiating from the lumbar to the genital area, discomfort when urinating or even blood,” said the doctor.

Water As always, prevention is the primary goal is to keep in mind, especially in patients with family history. Married Paloma explains that we must “avoid foods high in purines, restrict the maximum alcoholic beverages and drink 2 to 3 liters of water a day.” There are also medications that help keep uric acid levels stable, and “during the crisis is very suitable anti-inflammatory drugs, and apply heat in case of colic, or cold when it comes to drop,” explains the expert.

With regard to the foods to avoid, the doctor warns that “the key is to eliminate alcoholic drinks, including beer without alcohol.” In addition, a person with uric acid should refrain from excess in protein intake and polyunsaturated fats:

- Almost all game meat, rabbit, quail, wild boar, deer, etc..

- Organ meats: liver, kidneys, brains, tongue, sweetbreads, foie gras, foie, etc..

- All types of shellfish and fish roe.

- Oily fish such as trout, herring, anchovies, mullet, etc..

Now that the holidays are approaching, it is important to note that some of the most desired dishes for Christmas Eve can make us a hard time. Married Paloma recommends that if we are a little high uric acid, “to a good start the new year, we have to drink alcohol in moderation, and replace it with water or fruit juices (especially lemon) in large quantities” .

Equally desirable is to avoid the temptation to opt for the seafood and fish, beef, turkey and chicken as the main course of our festive menu. Similarly, it is best to counteract the excesses of maintaining a balanced diet the rest of the day.

More and more obese. Or that’s at least what the statistics show that data reveal alarming. In countries like the U.S., and begins to talk about that in the future to have excessive weight is normal, with the terrible consequences that this may have for health system costs.

No doubt there are that affect the prevention, especially in childhood, instilling the smaller good eating habits and active lifestyles and healthy. But beyond this prevention, from the different associations in nutrition and dietetics experts emphasize that obesity is a very serious disease that needs to be treated in the same manner as required by other conditions.

Although obesity is a condition that endangers the person who suffers, and may even lead to death, is not taken into account by the health system as such. This is what has come to denounce XII during the celebration of National Day of obese people. On this day, both Dr. Lucio Cabrerizo, secretary of the Spanish Society of Endocrinology and Nutrition (SEEN), as also Dr. Xavier Formiguera, president of the Spanish Society for the Study of Obesity (SEEDO) discussed “the need for Administration shows greater efforts in terms of an improvement in the budget for these patients. ”

This objective is also to promote greater awareness of the disease. It is “therapeutic writing guides to guide professionals understand this disorder,” says Cabrerizo. “It’s very important that primary care physicians are trained and have specialized hospitals to care for these patients,” adds Formiguera turn.

in Spain is estimated that more than half the population is overweight, and within that a 15.5% rate of obesity, yet these patients are very discriminated against in relation to treatment. These two experts point out that obese people who need medication to afford themselves, “when this is not true for other chronic conditions such as, for example, diabetes.” Therefore, from the associations you want to call for the Administration to take this facet.

Furthermore, it should consider how little we are protected against misleading advertising and diet products promise miracles every day overwhelm us that we spend looking for large sums of money trying to reduce our extra kilos. Cabrerizo Lucio argues that “we must demand that various front to make them not to commit fraud with regard to the treatment of overweight.”

tensiometer been more than demonstrated that obesity is a problem not only aesthetic, but can have serious consequences for the health of those affected. Moreover, people with excessive weight usually develop other disorders such as type II diabetes, hypertension and other cardiovascular conditions, and are also prone to problems muscoesqueléticos. All this makes these people are major consumers of health care resources, raising health care costs to astronomical figures.

But according to experts, these quantities, which in Spain exceed 2,500 million euros a year, “would be greatly reduced if appropriate treatment of patients suffering from obesity,” he said doctors. Clearly, improved treatment begins because it is the Administration Who pays for a drug that not everyone can afford.

temperature changes and the sudden drop that occurs during the months before the winter, it is that we are not quite ready and that we get sick. But not only is more coats, but extreme care in all aspects.

Autumn not only causes the leaves fall off trees and landscape of our cities and fields vary completely, it is also a time that is often associated with higher rates of disease. We talk about all those conditions that have to do with the respiratory tract and affect more virulent when the cold gets worse.

Dr. Paloma Married GP Health Centre Canillejas (Madrid), explains that this occurs because “they create conditions conducive to the spread of various viruses, especially those that cause infections such as pharyngitis, otitis, tonsillitis, colds typical gastrointestinal and some pictures. ” In addition, Dr. points out that the return to the smaller school can also be a diffusion factor, as these are more easily infected and then transmit the virus to their families.

However, viruses can manifest in many forms and affect us very differently according to our personal characteristics. For all this, although it is difficult to protect ourselves, Casado advised to take basic general measures such as “taking care of our diet, in which the fruit must have a leading role, maintaining good hydration and avoid exposure to sudden temperature changes “. Also, pay special attention if we are sick, because these viruses are spread very easily, especially with the contact through the hands.

It is characteristic that during the winter months the sneezing and coughing become more sound than usual. Also the sale of tissues and lozenges for sore throat is triggered when temperatures drop. Specifically, the doctor also speaks of “congestion and runny nose, headache, pain on swallowing, malaise more or less intense and sometimes fever” as signs that often accompany these diseases.

Generally, these involve more serious symptoms, so most of the medications you can find to relieve not require a prescription. The expert notes that “it is recommended or antiiflamatorios painkillers such as acetaminophen or ibuprofen, along with an antihistamine to reduce congestion and a cough suppressant.” These drugs at any time can prevent getting sick and only serve to ease the discomfort.

However, if the fever is very high (over 38 ° C) and does not improve after 48 hours, it is imperative to seek medical assistance. With this in mind, it is very important to pay special attention to the more severe flu, since body temperature can rise to 39 ° C and last longer than four days. Similarly, with flu-like processes, we can experience breathing difficulties that can be complicated and lead to pneumonia. Above all, be very careful when it involves children and the elderly, since they are considered risk groups.

Regarding this topic, Dr. Casado admits that “we have often been the doctors themselves who have created confusion by calling severe flu catarrhal processes and should therefore differentiate the true respiratory flu, which only occurs when there are epidemics “. He adds that it is a mistake too recurrent choose antibiotics as a treatment, since “they are completely ineffective in these pictures.” As you already know, its misuse can create resistance and do not work for a possible bacterial infection.

Sugar and diabetes
are the myths surrounding the impact that our health is the consumption of sugar. They range from those who argue strongly that the main cause of the appearance of decay, even those who believe that their consumption can lead to diabetes. And in the case of the latter disease, sugar completely determined, but you must know to what extent the damages and how we shape our consumption of it.

The term used to describe sugar many realities. Thinking is often used only in the typical cast white sugar in our coffee, and it is their indiscriminate use which causes it to be considered a negative element in our diet. One of the most common misuse is when we mention that from? I have high blood sugar? when we are referring to blood glucose levels.

It is vital to learn to differentiate. Among the carbohydrates, sugar is one of them, sucrose, but often extends the concept to all simple carbohydrates, within which we glucose and lactose. This extension is often caused by the fact that precisely these elements are also sometimes called simple sugars for sweetening power they have.

These are simple carbohydrates which should take into account the diabetic diet, they are quickly absorbed and promote the secretion of insulin. We can find in products such as honey, milk, and sugar, but in different proportions. Its main effect is the excessive elevation of blood glucose levels.

Dr. Alba, expert endocrine, assures us that, in general, all people with diabetes of any type should not consume simple sugars, including sugar, helping to raise blood glucose levels, but do not considered bad or deleted from the diet of people with good health, they must be part of a balanced diet.

According to experts, if there are some schools that allow the consumption of simple carbohydrates, but by people with a low glycemic level. “In addition, endocrine notes that” in case of hypoglycemia that occur among people with diabetes , is forced to eat sugar, so that one can not say I have completely eliminated their lives. ”

paseandoTal family and as we confirmed from IEDAR, the Institute of Sugar Beet and there must be clear that consumption does not produce sugar diabetes. There is no scientific study that proves it. What is diabetes favors the one hand, heredity and obesity. So, as we explained, removing sugar from the diet does not ensure that we will prevent the disease.

No food consumed in excess is beneficial to humans, and could not be less in the case of sugar, say from the Institute. Logically, therefore, is to consume the right amount and, of course, almost completely withdrawn from the diet of people with diabetes, but being aware that their consumption in healthy people do not predispose us to develop the disease in the future .

Know the dangers of painting
We have arranged for the weekend several works of enamel and varnish. We make volume calculations, we decided what colors to use, and we planted in our paint store shopping list. And that’s where I first heard about REACH. What is that, a new regulation on quality?

The toxicity of the paints
Our friend the storekeeper gets serious: “Something much more respect. Many components of the paintings are harmful, some highly damaging. But people do not know, and without handles. You get to a chemical pole and everywhere no ads, we put on guard? But then calmly thumbed paintings, like crayons. The painting is very close to the customer. And there is every concoction? The chlorinated rubber, for example. So the new law have taken. ”

! So the paintings of life, we always used as hot dogs, are harmful to health! Inhalation can affect the application of enamel, and then emit toxic components of the painted surfaces falling to the ground, and finally to the plants that provide food and water from rivers and groundwater.

sponge paint store

We were highly impressed, and when we feel irritated, then, if they are so poisonous substances, why no one warned us?.

According to Dr. José Vicente Tarazona Lafarga, an expert in Toxicology of the European Union, before there was science to assess risks, especially those that affect people for long-term contamination. But in the 90′s there was a dramatic breakthrough in toxicology and environmental chemistry, and as a result we can now predict with a solid scientific base of the dangers associated with the use of chemicals.

Dr. Tarazona says that today we have an excellent health tool thanks to the concern of citizens, government interest and funding provided to the researchers.

Thus was born the REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals), which bans thousands of components to, among other things, the paintings later use in DIY are healthier and safer. The regulation came into force last June, and manufacturers will have a transitional period of adjustment until 2010.

Obviously these precautions especially of interest to professionals who manage daily chemicals and pigments. But DIY enthusiasts should take precautions to ensure that no toxic materials in furniture, walls and ceilings of our homes.

? And what can we do to limit the maximum risk? Our warehouses answer at the time: “Very simple, use only authorized paint children’s areas, such as childcare, and children’s furniture. These applications have very tight restrictions for some time, given the greater vulnerability of children.”

Experts store also recommends acrylic paints (water) instead of synthetic (solvent). Pay attention to sanding, it makes sense to buy new paint full guarantees and then remove the old paint without taking proper precautions, we must use an approved mask to protect our lungs from airborne particles. Also wear a mask when applying spray paint, either by compressor or spray. And, whenever possible, do these jobs overseas.

Following the advice of the warehouseman, we choose for our water-based paint work, and in addition to the variety allowed in children’s rooms. And we can make with confidence the work planned.

A common cardiovascular disorder
graphic heart is the vital organ par excellence, but sometimes may not work correctly. While lifestyle, diet, exercise and suffer other diseases can influence the state of the muscle, sometimes not enough to take better care to avoid developing certain cardiovascular disorders.

Our circulatory system is like a road network roundtrip travel where blood carrying oxygen to all tissues and organs of our body. This blood flow is essential to life, but does not always happen the right way. Whether the pressure with which your heart pumps is too high if too low, your cardiovascular system, and therefore our life be in danger. One of the most common disease that is related to hypertension, a condition that must be controlled and monitored medically.

Our heart has two states: the systole and diastole. High blood pressure is called the systolic, which is what occurs in the arteries of the heart’s pumping phase. For its part, diastolic, is responsible for measuring the amount of pressure while the heart is resting between beats. According to Dr. Nieves Martel, Hypertensive Club Coordinator of the Spanish Society of Hypertension and of the Spanish League to Fight High Blood Pressure (SEH.-LELHA), this condition can be described as “the elevation of blood pressure when the patient or maximum systolic blood pressure equal to or greater than 140 and diastolic or minimal, less than 90 mmHg. ” The normal range for an adult are at 120/80 mmHg, representing the first issue of high blood pressure and the second floor.

Hypertension is a disease too common, in fact, in Spain is estimated that about 30% of the adult population may suffer a greater or lesser extent. However, these figures could be significantly higher, since many suffer without ever having been diagnosed with it. This uncontrolled hypertension can cause multiple health problems and even lead to premature death, so it is very important to get in the hands of a specialist in notice any symptom that can make us believe that something is wrong.

It is also “more common after age 60 and in males, although the prevalence of the disease is equal in both sexes from a woman enters menopause,” says Dr. Martel. Furthermore, it is an inherited disorder, so it is likely that several people from one family to suffer.

Care is critical
The causes that can lead to suffer from this disease are unknown, however, yes it is clear that “there be a genetic predisposition to hypertension, but lifestyle is to relocate what will be revealed sooner or later,” says the specialist. Or what is the same, if we take a less sedentary pace, take care of our diet and not live under too much stress, hypertension is likely to take longer to appear.

Therefore, take care of our diet and our lifestyle should be the first point in treatment for hypertension. Also, being a chronic disease, educate the patient to be completely change their habits and life is more important. They have to adjust to their case and, moreover, must be “complemented with antihypertensive medication your doctor recommends,” Nieves says Martel. The doctor that if this incident were not taken into account with the necessary rigor, the patient “might have a serious cardiovascular complication.”

In some cases, hypertension can lead to premature death. This is because often produces no symptoms and “when found, usually because there has been a complication after the patient’s circulatory system,” said the expert. It is therefore essential that overweight and family history made periodic checks of your blood pressure status, since they are the group most at risk.

Having a blood pressure above normal values may trigger our circulatory system to collapse. That said, if a hypertensive person does not care enough, the chances of heart attack, angina, stroke or thrombosis multiply. It can also be very damaging to the kidneys, in some cases be required dialysis.

To reduce the impact that a person may have this chronic disorder, the first step is to reduce salt intake of foods high in cholesterol and coffee. A healthy balanced diet and an aerobic exercise program will help strengthen your heart and lose weight. Experts recommend at least 30 minutes walk or jog daily, especially for the elderly. Also, snuff and alcohol are the enemies of our arteries, so their use should be avoided. With this in mind, the best treatment for this disease and to prolong and improve our quality of life, is in our hand.

that does not slow your sex life
Impotenc many men living embarrassed by the difficulties faced when having sex and this is cause of psychic discomfort. Some are unaware that their problem has a solution, so it is best to visit a medical specialist to provide them with a diagnosis of your problem.

Psychological rather than physiological problem. If any of the ducts of the male reproductive system, all else fails.

There are bad habits that interfere with male sexual health, such as snuff and alcohol.

Some diseases motivate impotence. Diabetes, kidney or hormone problems decreased sexual desire.

These problems increase with age. At age 40 affects one in three men, a figure that doubles after 70 years.

Symptoms

Difficulty getting an erection.

Treatment

The physician evaluates the patient’s condition and gives a diagnosis of the problem.

Viagra is one of the most effective treatments. It works by relaxing muscles in the penis, causing blood to come to this and to maintain a lasting relationship.

Injected drugs automatically produce an erection but the drawback is to be administered directly to the male organ.

Apart from drug treatments, there are other alternatives such as vacuum devices, which consist of a plastic cylinder that is placed on the penis and removing the air pump and causing blood to pool and can get an erection that is maintained oppressive to a paste that will prevent the penis is flaccid.

Implants that are inserted inside the penis and cause blood to flow better

Fobias fear in some dangerous situations is normal. The problem arises when; in irrational, uncontrollable reactions occur. Phobias usually occur between adult women and the most common are environmental, animal or blood related, elevators or airplanes.

Our brain perceives some physical symptoms that make you interpret that is in danger, which, added to an unknown situation, you may end up generating fear though the risk is not real.

This is a marked and persistent fear that is excessive or unreasonable in the presence of a stimulus.

It is characterized by exposure to the phobic stimulus provokes intense anxiety ceases if you avoid the stimulus.

It develops an association between intense anxiety state and a given stimulus occurs at that time.

Symptoms

Tremors, excessive sweating, increased heart rate, muscle tension, and even causes widespread anxiety that can cause significant psychological distress.

This is a great loss of quality of life when you cannot avoid situations that cause this phobia.

Treatment

It is very important the help of a psychologist to determine therapy.

Cognitive-behavioral techniques that can be combined, if necessary, drug therapy to relieve symptoms.

Relaxation techniques should be practiced daily.

In addition to expert assistance is required the willpower of the patient to complete the process successfully and to be exposed gradually, that produces fear phobia.