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Monday 4 March 2019

Waghih beach fun run. 27/4/2019


WAGHIH Beach Fun Run 2019
5km/7km | 27/4/2019
register here!!!



PERHATIAANNN kepada pelari-pelari tegarr dan peminat-peminat aktiviti sihat...!!!

Satu lagi event beach fun run akan diadakan APRIL 2019 ini di Port Dickson, pantai batu 4.. adalah salah satu program yg mempromosikan hidup aktif WALK(when active life kicks) di bawah usaha kerajaan menggalakkan rakyat Malaysia melakukan aktiviti-aktiviti sukan dan yang menyihatkn badan. Selain elbagai lagi aktiviti-aktiviti menarik yg boleh didapati di sepanjang program yg berlangsung selama seminggu itu, pengunjung dan peserta boleh mendalamkan lagi ilmu tentang kesihatan disamping bersantai di Pantai Batu Empat di Port Dickson.

MARI RAMAI-RAMAI menyertai Beach Fun Run ini, bawa anak-anak, ahli keluarga, kawan-kawan dan rakan sekerja anda bersama.




Tuesday 8 November 2016

Intrauterine device/system, something to ponder

INTRAUTERINE DEVICE
  • An IUD is a small, T-shaped plastic device that is wrapped in copper or contains hormones. The IUD is inserted into your uterus by your doctor. A plastic string tied to the end of the IUD hangs down through the cervixinto the vagina. 
  • Hormonal IUD. The hormonal IUD releases levonorgestrel, which is a form of the hormone progestin. The hormonal IUD appears to be slightly more effective at preventing pregnancy than the copper IUD. Hormonal IUDs prevent pregnancy for 3 to 5 years, depending on which IUD is used.
  • Copper IUD. The most commonly used IUD is the copper IUD. Copper wire is wound around the stem of the T-shaped IUD. The copper IUD can stay in place for up to 10 years and is a highly effective form of contraception.
  • Hormonal IUD. This IUD prevents fertilization by damaging or killing sperm and making the mucus in the cervix thick and sticky, so sperm can't get through to the uterus. It also keeps the lining of the uterus (endometrium) from growing very thick.1 This makes the lining a poor place for a fertilized egg to implant and grow. The hormones in this IUD also reduce menstrual bleeding and cramping.
  • Copper IUD. Copper is toxic to sperm. It makes the uterus and fallopian tubes produce fluid that kills sperm. This fluid containswhite blood cells, copper ions, enzymes, and prostaglandins.
  • You can have an IUD inserted at any time, as long as you are not pregnant and you don't have a pelvic infection. An IUD is inserted into your uterus by your doctor. The insertion procedure takes only a few minutes and can be done in a doctor's office. Sometimes a local anesthetic is injected into the area around the cervix, but this is not always needed.
  • Do not have sex, use tampons, or put anything in your vagina for the first 24 hours after you have an IUD inserted.
IUD use is safe in women with the following conditions:

Absolute contraindications for IUD use include the following:
  • Pregnancy
  • Significantly distorted uterine anatomy
  • Unexplained vaginal bleeding concerning for pregnancy or pelvic malignancy
  • Gestational trophoblastic disease with persistently elevated beta-human chorionic gonadotropin levels
  • Ongoing pelvic infection



Levonorgestrel-Releasing Intrauterine System (Mirena and Skyla) Insertion
The packaging is opened by an assistant, taking care to maintain the sterility of the package contents. Care is taken to ensure the arms of the IUD are in a horizontal position (see the image below).
Ensuring horizontal positioning of IUD arms. Ensuring horizontal positioning of IUD arms.
The threads on the handle of the IUD insertion device are then released from the groove in the handle of the insertion device. While pushing the slider toward the insertion tubing, the strings at the base of the IUD handle should be pulled, which will retract the IUD arms into the insertion tubing. See the image below.
Loading the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine
Loading the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system into insertion tubing with correct orientation of knobs at the end of the arms.
The threads are then secured in the thread cleft, as shown in the image below.
Securing threads on the handle of the insertion de
Securing threads on the handle of the insertion device.
The flange on the insertion device is then set at the level to which the uterus sounds. This is accomplished by sliding the flange over the marked increments on the IUD insertion tube, as shown in the image below.
Set the flange at the level to which the uterus soSet the flange at the level to which the uterus sounds.
One hand is then used to provide gentle downward traction on the tenaculum. While continued upward pressure is applied to the green slider on the IUD handle, the insertion tubing is placed into the vagina at the level of the external cervical os. The insertion tubing is then gently advanced until the flange is approximately 1.5-2 cm from the external cervical os. See the image below.
Advancing the insertion tubing to 1.5 cm from the Advancing the insertion tubing to 1.5 cm from the external cervical os.
Next, the slider on the handle is pulled backward to the level of the raised mark on the insertion handle, expelling the IUD arms from the insertion tubing (see the image below), and wait 10 seconds to allow the arms to open completely.
Retracting slider and expelling the IUD from inserRetracting slider and expelling the IUD from insertion device.
The insertion tubing is then advanced until the flange is at the external cervical os, thereby advancing the IUD to the level of the uterine fundus (see the image below).
Advancing the insertion tubing until the flange isAdvancing the insertion tubing until the flange is at the level of the external os.
While holding the insertion device steady, the slider is pulled all the way down to release the IUD. The IUD handle and insertion tubing are then gently retracted from the uterus and cervix. The strings will remain in place. See the image below.
Pulling the slider down completely to release the Pulling the slider down completely to release the IUD.
Following removal of the insertion device, the IUD strings will be readily visualized in vagina. Using long-handled scissor, the strings are then trimmed so that approximately 3 cm are visible, extending from the external cervical os.[52] See the image below.
Trimming the IUD strings to 3-4 cm. Trimming the IUD strings to 3-4 cm.



Copper T380A IUD (Paraguard) Insertion
The copper T380A packaging is opened by an assistant, taking care to maintain the sterility of the package contents.
Load the IUD into the insertion tubing. This is accomplished by slightly withdrawing the insertion tubing and folding the horizontal arms of the IUD down along the vertical arm using your thumb and index finger. The insertion tubing is then advanced so that the horizontal arms sit securely within the insertion tubing. See the images below.
Loading the copper T380A IUD into the insertion tuLoading the copper T380A IUD into the insertion tubing.
Loading the copper T380A IUD into the insertion tuLoading the copper T380A IUD into the insertion tubing.
Next, the solid white rod is introduced into the bottom of the insertion tubing and advanced to the point that it touches the bottom of the IUD (see the image below).
Placing the insertion tubing containing the copperPlacing the insertion tubing containing the copper T380A IUD.
The insertion tube is grasped at the open end and the blue flange is set to the level to which the uterus sounds. The insertion tubing is then rotated so that the horizontal arms of the IUD are parallel to the long axis of the blue flange. See the image below.
Releasing the arms of the copper T380A IUD. Releasing the arms of the copper T380A IUD.
The loaded insertion tube is passed through the cervical canal until resistance is met at the uterine fundus and the blue flange should be at the external cervical os, as shown in the image below.
Advancing the insertion tubing to the fundus, wherAdvancing the insertion tubing to the fundus, where slight resistance is felt.
With the solid white rod steady, the insertion tubing is withdrawn approximately 1 cm, releasing the IUD.
The insertion tube is then gently moved up to the fundus of the uterus, ensuring placement of the IUD at the level of the fundus. Holding the insertion tubing steady, withdraw the white rod. Then, gently withdraw the insertion tubing. See the image below.
Holding the insertion tube steady and withdrawing Holding the insertion tube steady and withdrawing the white rod.
Following removal of insertion device, the IUD strings will be readily visualized in vagina. Using long-handled scissors, the strings are then trimmed so that approximately 3 cm are visible extending, from the external cervical os.[53] See the image below.
Trimming the IUD strings. Trimming the IUD strings.


Referral http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1998022-overview#a3

Saturday 10 January 2015

ALERT!!! Colon Cancer on rise


"The overall age-adjusted CRC incidence rate decreased by 0.92% (95% CI, −1.14 to −0.70) between 1975 and 2010. There has been a steady decline in the incidence of CRC in patients age 50 years or older, but the opposite trend has been observed for young adults. For patients 20 to 34 years, the incidence rates of localized, regional, and distant colon and rectal cancers have increased. An increasing incidence rate was also observed for patients with rectal cancer aged 35 to 49 years. Based on current trends, in 2030, the incidence rates for colon and rectal cancers will increase by 90.0% and 124.2%, respectively, for patients 20 to 34 years and by 27.7% and 46.0%, respectively, for patients 35 to 49 years."

Above is the result of a study which shows a concerning figure. It tells us that more and more of young people are getting colon carcinoma. 

Friday 14 November 2014

MUST KNOW!!!! Heart cancer as we never heard of it..




The Reason We Don’t Get Heart Cancer As you likely know, we receive half our genes from our mothers, half from our fathers. While it would seem our genetic fate is sealed, “nothing could be further from the truth,” said Gaynor, whose new book on the subject, The Gene Therapy Plan, will be available in 2015. “We understand now how gene expression can be modified throughout your life… and that can create cancer,” he said. In fact, our environment affects which genes become expressed (activated) as well as how frequently they become activated. And carcinogens coming from our food and environment are one of the many factors that influence which genes are activated or not. “A lot of toxins are found in breast tissue, because there are a lot of fat cells there,” Gaynor explained. “And toxins are found wherever there is the most fat.”


 While our bodies have some defenses against these contaminants, in the form of detoxifying enzymes, and while our bodies are supported by micronutrients which turn on tumor suppressor genes, dangerous toxins found in our fat tissue still modify our genes, which can result in cancers forming in the organs of our bodies, especially those containing fatty tissue. 

This, then, is why the heart is so exceptional: “There’s not a lot of fatty tissue [in the heart],” Gaynor said. Even more, “the heart’s enclosed in a membrane,” he explained. Known as the pericardium, this fluid-filled sac may itself become engulfed by cancer, with tumors metastasizing to the outside of it, but still it does its job of protecting our precious hearts. So, even though cancer can happen anywhere there are cells, your heart remains virtually immune due to its muscular nature and the assistance of the pericardium. Smart heart.



Read more at: http://forum.facmedicine.com/threads/why-do-we-never-hear-about-heart-cancer.19966/

Saturday 1 November 2014

Vaccination.





Measles is one of the most contagious of the vaccine-preventable diseases, with reproduction rates (R 0) estimated at 12 to 18 — meaning that the average person with measles would be capable of infecting 12 to 18 other people if all his or her contacts were susceptible. The herd-immunity threshold (the population immunity level needed to interrupt transmission) is usually calculated as (R 0−1)÷R 0; for measles, this threshold is on the order of 92 to 94% to prevent sustained spread of the virus — higher than the thresholds for almost all other vaccine-preventable diseases.




From statistic of the measles prevalence in US, the resurgent of the case is somewhat closely related to the increasing number of parents in this country which are hesitant to have their children vaccinated, and such hesitancy has resulted in an accumulation of unvaccinated populations who can become infected and maintain transmission.

The licensure of the first live attenuated measles vaccine in 1963 offered the opportunity to prevent this health burden. Current vaccines are highly effective — about 94% for a single dose, if it's administered in the second year of life. With two doses administered on or after the first birthday and at least 1 month apart, almost all immunocompetent children are protected against measles for life. But vaccines don't save lives — vaccinations do. Vaccines that remain in the vial are completely ineffective.


To prevent measles from being reestablished as an endemic disease in the United States, we must first do better in vaccinating our at-risk population. That means ensuring that vaccine is accessible to all who need it — especially to people traveling outside the Western Hemisphere and those traveling to the United States from countries with circulating disease — and convincing hesitant families both that the vaccine is safe and effective and that measles is not trivial and can result in serious illness.



Taken from article entitles:

Mounting a Good Offense against Measles

Walter Orenstein, M.D., and Katherine Seib, M.S.P.H.
N Engl J Med 2014; 371:1661-1663October 30, 2014DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1408696

Monday 20 October 2014

life support....!! how to do cpr...

If happen in front of you, someone just fall down unawake.. What will you do besides panicking??
at least you can make yourself usefull sometimes right...  so enjoy these videos...

adult cpr




cpr with 2 rescuers




with AED