Showing posts with label Tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tips. Show all posts
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Type 5 & 3 Autism Treatment Method
Autism is a spectrum disorder (spectrum disorder) is characterized by limited social skills and communication.
Here are five types of autism according to the Autism Society of America:
1. Asperger's Syndrome
This type of disorder is characterized by a deficiency in social interaction and difficulty in accepting changes in your daily routine.
In Asperger syndrome, language skills are not too bothered when compared with other disorders.
Children who suffer from this type of autism is less sensitive to pain, but can not cope with exposure to loud noise or light suddenly.
Children with Asperger syndrome have average intelligence or above average so academically able and not problematic.
2. Autistic Disorder
Autistic disorder is also known as true autism or childhood autism because most developed in the first three years of age.
In most cases, affected children autistic disorder do not have the ability to speak and just rely on non-verbal communication.
These conditions resulted in extreme child withdraw the social environment and irresponsive.
Children do not show compassion or willingness to establish communication.
3. Pervasive Developmental Disorder
This type of autism include various types of disorders and are not specific to one disorder.
The severity ranging from mild to extreme disability. Generally diagnosed in the first 5 years of age.
In this disorder, non-verbal skills and effective verbal limited so patients are less able to communicate.
4. Childhood Disintegrative Disorder
The symptoms of this disorder occurs when a child is between the ages of 3 to 4 years.
In the initial two years, the child's development appears normal and then all of a sudden regression occurred in communication, language, social and motor skills.
The child becomes lost all previously acquired skills and began to withdraw from all social environments.
5. Rett Syndrome
Rett syndrome is relatively rare and is often mistakenly diagnosed as autism.
This syndrome primarily affects women or girls who are marked by the growth of abnormal head size.
Rett syndrome is caused by mutations in a single gene sequence.
Early symptoms observed include loss of muscle control leading to problems in running and controlling eye movements.
Delayed motor skills and disrupt the body's every movement, leading to the development of stereotypical hand movements and leg and repeat.
Autism Treatment Method
To this day undiscovered cures autism.
The severity of autism varies from one individual to another causes no single treatment is suitable for all individuals with autism.
Following are the various methods of treatment of autism:
1. Drugs
Medicines can only help control the symptoms of autism.
Vitamins, nutritional supplements, antidepressants, and antipsychotic drugs showed positive results in treating autism.
2. Therapeutic Communication
Therapy helped initiate the communication and the development of non-verbal language.
Speech therapy and social interaction is often used to help overcome emotional barriers in communication.
Social stories are used to help autistic children understand the events, feelings, reasoning, and point of view.
3. Behavior Therapy
Behavioral therapy helps change repetitive behavior, inappropriate, and aggressive.
This therapy is done to help autistic children gain the skills needed to be able to blend in with the surrounding environment.
Various methods are used to treat autism, whether taken together or separately.
Applied behavior analysis skills by dividing into several stages and then teach it to children with autism
Giving gifts every child is able to perform a certain stage will help autistic children to learn by imitating (imitation).
Sensory integration therapy focuses on sensory stimulation through exposure to the taste, sound, or different textures.
Another method used is play therapy, which was the focus of emotional development.
This therapy is usually done by playing the roles of adults and children, as well as trying to develop social skills and social interaction.
Although not curable, early diagnosis with interventions can help children with autism to function better and improve their quality of life.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Drug overdose: Acetaminophen Poisoning Symptoms & Treatment
Toxicity of paracetamol (acetaminophen) could lead to mild symptoms of chronic symptoms.
Paracetamol is another name for acetaminophen is used as a pain reliever and fever.
A limited number, paracetamol is a drug that is actually quite safe for consumption.
Safe dose of paracetamol for adults is 1,000 mg per one consumer with a maximum dose up to 4,000 mg per day.
For people who drink alcohol, the maximum recommended dose is 2,000 mg per day.
Paracetamol is also safe for children. Doses for children are appropriate depending on the age / weight of the child.
Paracetamol Poisoning Symptoms
Effects due to paracetamol toxicity varies from one person to another, depending on their health condition.
People suffering from liver and kidney damage, an effect that may arise will be less severe than the liver and kidney functions were normal.
Here are the signs of overdose or paracetamol poisoning often occurs:
Gag
Nausea
Sweat
Sluggish
Loss of appetite
Diarrhea
These symptoms appear 24 hours after the overdose. Usually there are no symptoms appear in the first 24 hours.
The reaction of paracetamol with the body occurs gradually. If the poisoning is not too much, usually someone just experiencing the symptoms mentioned above.
However, if the symptoms get worse and progress to the next stage, it is a sign of liver damage. The second stage occurs in the next 48-72 hours.
Paracetamol is metabolized by the liver which will then form the metabolite NAPQI. These metabolites are toxic to the liver.
When the metabolite NAPQI is formed and accumulated a lot of it will cause damage to the liver
Symptoms that may occur at this stage are:
Jaundice
Bleeding
Urination is reduced
Acute Renal Failure
Pain in the right upper abdominal
At this stage of the handling of health workers should be given immediately.
As soon as someone taking paracetamol in excess, either intentionally or by accident, handling to dispose of these substances should be given.
If it turns out the symptoms of poisoning has not been lost and continue to the next stage, you could say it was fatal.
The third stage occurs after 72 hours and can continue until the 5th day since the overdose.
Some of the symptoms are serious enough at this stage because it shows a high level of toxicity in the body.
These symptoms include:
Hypoglycemia
Coma
Necrosis or premature death in living tissue or cells
Renal failure
Liver damage
Swelling in the brain
Blown
Multiple organ failure (multiple organ failure)
Often required liver transplantation for patients to survive this life-threatening situation.
That is why, it is advisable to immediately get treatment before the symptoms worsen.
Paracetamol Poisoning Treatment
The first step that must be done is to remove paracetamol from the digestive system.
If the potentially life-threatening, then rinse the hull needs to be done. Rinse the stomach takes about an hour.
Rinse the hull will be effective when done at least two hours after consumed paracetamol because it has not been absorbed by the body.
Antidotes for this case is acetylcysteine (acetylcysteine).
Acetylcysteine works to reduce paracetamol toxicity by replenishing (refiling) quotas body's antioxidant glutathione.
Acetylcysteine work effectively within 8 hours of the overdose patient.
The use of activated carbon is another way to cope with paracetamol poisoning.
Activated carbon will absorb paracetamol is in the stomach.
It is recommended not to use activated carbon with acetylcysteine as activated carbon can absorb these antidotes.
The last step to overcome paracetamol poisoning is a liver transplant. Usually this is only done in extreme cases and severe.
Prevention is always better than cure. So take any medicine in the recommended doses.
Although paracetamol is a safe drug, but it is the most common cause of poisoning and acute liver failure.
Avoid the use of paracetamol (acetaminophen) or other pain medications if you have liver or kidney problems, on an empty stomach, or have been drinking more than three alcoholic drinks a day.
It is advisable to consult with your healthcare provider before taking any medications to avoid unnecessary complications
Sunday, December 2, 2012
8 Tips Maintaining Heart Health
Want to keep your heart healthy and avoid heart diseases?
Below are 8 tips you can do to keep your heart healthy, as follows:
1. Drink Green Tea Without Sugar, Carbonated Beverages Leave
Self brewed green tea and take it wherever you go, be it to work or simply visit to the park.Green tea contains antioxidants that are good for heart health by preventing damage to blood vessels.Drinking two cups of unsweetened green tea a day has been proven to protect the heart health benefits.
2. Perform Relaxation
Perform relaxation routine every day can lower blood pressure and stress hormones that can wreak havoc on the heart and cardiovascular system.
Stop for a moment and take a few deep breaths, or stretch out and let your body relax. Doing meditation or yoga sessions will also provide benefits for the heart.
3. Eat Nuts Healthy
Replace your snacks with nuts to eat natural and healthy. Almonds, walnuts, and other nuts have been shown to lower LDL cholesterol (bad cholesterol) in the bloodstream. Nuts are high in calories, so do not go overboard in taking them. Simply eating less nuts a day can help protect your heart with healthy fats.
4. Walk
Walking keeps the body moving, blood flow, and put fresh air into the lungs. A quick walk as far as three miles every day can help control weight, strengthen the heart, and promotes proper blood circulation.
5. Stop Smoking
We all know that smoking causes damage to the arteries and lungs. If you can not immediately stop, then subtract the amount. Any amount that decreases in smoking could help the heart stay healthy.
6. Qualified Night Sleep
Research has shown that lack of sleep at night can cause heart damage. Work activities can make the number of hours of sleep at night is reduced.
Lack of sleep cause you have twice the risk of heart attack. Sleep for 8 hours a day, some people may need more than 8 hours.
Sleep is when the body restore itself. If you have trouble sleeping, try deep breathing exercises just before turning off the lights.
People who get enough sleep more controlled weight and have better health.
7. Perform Strength Training / Sports Expense
Adding strength training or sports expenses as one exercise routine exercise can strengthen the heart muscle and help the heart to beat and pump blood more efficiently.
Although aerobic exercise should be part of the daily routine, weight training session can be done two or three times a week.
8. Stop Eating Fast Food
Fast food contains a lot of saturated fat, salt, sugar, preservatives, and flavor enhancers. Almost all fast food is not only harmful to heart health, but also can lead to chronic disease and obesity
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