Monday, January 25, 2010

Tetanus

4. Tetanus 

Tetanus disease is one of the dangerous infections that affect the nervous system and muscles. Tetanus word derived from the Greek language from tetanos which means teinein tense. This disease is a disease in which infection tonic muscle spasm and trismus caused hiperrefleksia (lockjaw), generalized muscle spasm, curved spines (opistotonus), glottal spasm, cramps and spasms and respiratory paralysis.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Dehydration

 
The number of human body fluids is always set correctly. Approximately 60% of our body is water:
2 / 3 are in the cell, 1 / 3 is outside the cell (extracellular)
Of extracellular water 1 / 3 are in the bloodstream and 2 / 3 (= interstitial water) outside the blood stream.
At a weight of 60 kg:
total body fluids: 36 liters
in the cell: 24 liters
outside the cell: 12 liters
Interstitial water: 8 liters
• How does the body maintain the proper amount of water in the cell?
• How does the body maintain the proper amount of water in the room interstial?
• How does the body maintain the proper amount of water in the bloodstream?

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Inflammation (Local Sign)

A biological trauma of the most important is the entry of bacteria into the body. Some bacteria can cause illness and called bacterial pathogens (pathos = disease). Other bacteria are not pathogens. Entry of pathogens into the body is called the infection. An infection with the bacteria can cause inflammation.
What Is inflammation?
Inflammation is the body's reaction when destructive factors (mostly bacteria) enter the body. The symptoms of an inflammation are rubor, calor, dolor, and tumor. These symptoms have been suggested in the past by Celsius and mean redness, heat, pain, and swelling. Then Galenus added functio laesa symptoms. These five signs are still the basis of medical diagnosis. Apart from the local signs that, in severe inflammation there are also common symptoms or systemic (eg fever). Inflammation named according to the inflamed organ by adding the word "itis" (apenditis, tonsillitis).

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Diabetes Mellitus

Diabetes mellitus is a disease
in which blood glucose (simple sugar) in the high blood because the body can
not release or use insulin is a hormone cukup.Insulin be released by the
pancreas, which is responsible for maintaining blood sugar levels are normal.
Insulin sugar into the cells that can produce energy or stored as energy
reserves.