10 Deadly Skin Diseases

1. Harlequin Ichthyosis

This skin disease afflicts newborn babies. It is a rare skin disease, believed to be caused by a gene mutation, which usually results in death within two days from birth. Harlequin Ichthyosis or HI causes the skin to dry out and from hard plaques shaped like diamonds. When the baby is born, the infant appears to be wearing a coat of armor. The condition severely restricts the newborn's movements.

HI causes complications which are attributed to the newborns deaths. The babies experience feeding problems. These infant are also susceptible to both respiratory diseases and bacterial infections. Fortunately, the level of care has improved substantially which in turn has increased the survival rate for babies born with this devastating skin disease.

2. Epidermolysis Bullosa

Epidermolysis Bullosa is a group of hereditary skin disease. There are three major types with several subsets. The skin disease has a range of severity. The skin disease causes the skin to blister with only a light torch. Individual with more severe case of Epidermolysis Bullosa with suffer with glistering of the mouth and esophagus too. Some types of this disease can cause the toes and fingers to fuse giving the appearance of webbing. Severe scaring in another effect.

There is no cure for this deadly skin disease. Victims of skin conditions have to endure various courses of treatment, dependent on the severity of their conditions. Some afflicted with this skin disease must obtain food through a feeding tube to prevent infections. Surgeries are often performed to dilate the esophagus and to remove the scar tissue from the blistering.

3. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is a hereditary conditions. It is caused by abnormalities in the collagen. This skin disease causes the skin to be extremely stretchy (hyper elasticity) and lax. Persons afflicted with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome will also suffer with tissue weakness and easy bruising. Weak joints are also characteristic of this skin disease.

As with other skin disease, the severity of the symptoms experienced by an individual afflicted with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome depends on the type the person has. Some types of this disease will cause hemorrhaging and can result in the rupturing of arteries. An occurrence of this type will result in the person's death.

4. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus (AKA MRSA)

MRSA is labeled the "super bug". This potentially deadly skin infection begins as small red bumps. The bumps look similar to pimples or bug bites. These small bumps evolve into deep and painful abscesses. The bacteria are confined into the skin but can gain access into the body. Once in the body, MRSA causes infections in the blood, heart, lungs, bones, and joints.

Treatment options for MRSA include surgery and certain antibiotics. Surgery is performed to drain the wounds that become open abscesses and place the person at risk for life threatening infections. MRSA is resistant to almost all antibiotics. The bacteria have adapted defenses to combat what was once a lethal toxin to the infection. Only two antibiotics are strong enough to combat MRSA, vancomycin and linezolid.

5. Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis (AKA TEN)

TEN is identified as a severe allergic reaction. The allergic reaction is usually in response to an infection or a medication. TEN causes flu-like symptoms over a several day period. Inflamation of the mucous membranes then occurs. A rash covers the skin, killing the uppermost layer of skin. The dead skin will shed. This occurs over 30% of the body and can be fatal. More than a quarter of the people afflicted with this painful condition die from some type of infection.

6. Basal cell carcinomas and Squamous cell carcinoma.

Both of these skin diseases are forms of skin cancer. Basal cell carcinomas occur in the basal layer of skin. The cancer damages the tissue and causes scarring. This cancer doesn't metastasize.Squamous cell carcinoma occurs in the squamous cells, hence the name. Squamous cells from the skin surrounding the internal organs. The cancer does metastasize. The cancer can spread to the organs. This type of cancer kill at least 2500 people in the US each year.

7. Scleroderma

Scleroderma causes abnormal growth of connective tissue. The skin hardens and tightens. Scar tissue then forms on the skin and other organs in the body. This condition is believed to be an autoimmune disease. The more severe forms of Scleroderma can cause the lung and heart tissue to thicken also. When this occurs, death often results.

8. Pemphigus

Pemphigus is a group of chronic skin diseases. The skin disease is characterized by open sores caused by blisters. The sores can lead to infections. Severe cases of Pemphigus can cause lesions on the lungs and may lead to lung disease. This skin disease is thought to be an autoimmune disorder.

Pemphigus is treated with medications. Corticosteroids are most often prescribed. Treatments also include antibiotics or immunosuppressants. Some people require hospitalization to care for the wounds. Severe cases of Phempigus can result in death.

9. Leishmaniasis

Leishmaniasis is reported to have afflicted around 12 million people and is considered to be endemic. The disease is transmitted by sand flies. When the sand fly bites, they transfer the skin disease. A sore usually appears on the bite and scars the skin. The disease then causes skin lesions and ulcers. Tissue damage occurs in the mouth and nose. Infections attack the liver, bone, marrow and spleen. Other organs can also be infected.

10. Herpes Gladiatorum or Scrumpox

Scrumpox is a skin disease caused by a strain of the herpes virus. The skin disease causes cold sores. Sore throats, blisters on the face, arms, neck, and legs. As with many of the other skin disease, infection can be a complication of the blisters and sores. The infection can then lead to death. Scrumpox is spread through skin contact and is extremely contagious.

 

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New breathalyser detects marijuana, meth and cocaine

Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden have developed a new kind of breathalyser at the detects a lot more than just alcohol on your breath. When Police suspect a driver under the influence, it's a simple matter to administer an on-the-spot breath test that can immediately reveal how much alcohol is in bloodstream. But what if the influence in question is not alcohol?

Rather than subjecting everyone involved in transportation to a facility that can administer an invasive blood test or a messy urine test, researchers at the Karolinska Institute have created a breathalyser that can be used on the spot Called SensAbues, the breathalyser has succesfully detected amphetamine, metamphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, buprenorphine, methadone, heroin, benzodiazepines and nicotine.

The team, lead by Olof Beck at the Karolinska Institute's Department of Medicine, collected blood and urine samples from 47 patients who had recently used drugs as a comparison point. The test subjects then breathed into the SensAbues. Tiny particles were trapped in a proprietary filter, in 40 cases of the 47, the substances were positively identified.

Alas, it's not as simple as an on-the-spot reading, however. Once used, the SensAbues breathalyser needs to be package up and sent to a laboratory for liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis. This, of course, leaves a problem in its wake what are the police to do with a driver suspected of being under the influence?

There are other applications, for the technoogy, though, drug testing for construction workers or operators of heavy machinery, for example. And, although the laboratory for analysing the filters is in Sweden, the product is already available on the market. It's only matter of the time before SensAbues starts appearing in other countries. You can read the research paper, titled "Detection of drugs of abuse in exhaled breath using a device for rapid collection : comparison with plasma, urine and self-reporting in 47 drug users", on IOP science.

 

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1,200 Years Old Egyptian Secrets At Sunken City

Until ten years ago, no body know if Heraclion  believed to be an ancient harbor city, was fiction or real. Now, report the Telegraph, the researchers who found it - 150 feet beneath the surface of Egypt's bay of Aboukir-are sharing some of the amazinf historical artifacts preserved there.

The finds include 64 ships, 16-foot-tall statues, 700 anchors and countless gold coins and smaller artifacts. According to underwater aecheologist Frank Goddio, credited with having discovered the site, the city was probably built sometime around the 8th century B.C, which makes it older than the farmed city of Alexandria.

Over many years, it fell vistim to a number of natural disasters before being swalloewed by the sea, probably around A.D 700.

The Telegraph reports that researchers are beginning to more fully understand what daily life was like in the city, also called "Thorus." Mainly they describe it has having served as the main hub for sea traffic entering the region, including all trade from Greece.

"We are getting a rich picture of things like the trade that was going on there and the nature of the maritime economy in the Egyptian late period," Damian Robinson, director of the Oxford Centre for Maritime Archeology at the University of Oxford, told the Telegraph Robinson is part of the team that has been busy uncovering artifacts from Heraclion's sunken remains.

It was the major international trading port for Egypt at this time," Robinson addes "It is where taxation was taken on import and export duties. All of this was run by the main temple."

The city is also believed to have had a rich cultural hstory. Helen was said to have visited it with her lover Pans shortly before the onset of the Trojan War.

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Makanan yang Sehatkan Mata

Melalui organ bernama mata, kita menatap dunia. Lewat mata pula, perasaan seseorang bisa diterka. Seperti organ tubuh lainnya, mata sungguh anugerah ajaib. Namun, kadang-kadang kita lena menjaga sepasang bola mata kita. Kita sering memaksanya menatap layar komputer berlama-lama. Kita juga sering lupa mengatur pola makan kita untuk membantu kinerja mata.

Ada banyak makanan disekitar kita yang dapat membantu merawat kesehatan mata. Harga untuk menikmatinya juga relatif terjangkau. Malah, ada beberapa jenis sayuran yang bisa kita tanam dihalaman rumah. Jadi, untuk mengusahakan kesehatan tak perlu dimulai dengan berpikir yang mahal-mahal.

Makanan yang menyehatkan mata dimulai dengan telur. Dalam pengujian, telur didapati menyimpan banyak asam amino, belerang, lesitin, sistein, dan lutein yang melindungi mata dan lensanya dari ancaman katarak.

Selanjutnya ikan. Penghuni air ini memiliki kadar DHA yang tinggi. DHA merupakan zat yang mendukung struktur pada membran sel. Mengkonsumsi ikan amat disarankan untuk orang yang mengalami mata kering atau degenerasi makula. Jenis ikan yang kaya kandungan DHA antaralain tuna, cod, salmon, sarden dan makarel.

Makanan berikutnya yang baik untuk mata berasal dari keluarga buah. Anggur dan Blueberry adalah contohnya. Kedua buah itu menawarkan zat anthocyanin yang diyakini dapat memperkuat pandangan mata di malam hari.

Dari kelompok sayur-mayur wortel menjadi yang paling populer untuk mendukung kejernihan mata. Wortel kaya kandungan beta-karoten yang diubah menjadi vitamin A dalam tubuh manusia. Beta-karoten juga berperan sebagai antioksidan untuk melawan beberapa jenis kanker.

Sumbangan zat yang menyehatkan mata juga diberikan oleh bawang putih dan bawang merah. Bahan bumbu dapur ini mempunyai kandungan sulfur yang tinggi. Sulfur digunakan untuk memproduksi glutation alami, antioksidan yang penting untuk lensa mata.

Tanaman hijau yang biasa tumbuh dihalaman rumah dan bermanfaat bagi mata adalah bayam dan kangkung. Sayuran ini menyediakan unsur karotenoid, lutein, dan zeaxathin. Pigmen kuning lutein membantu melindungi makula dari cahaya biru dan sengatan sinar matahari.

Makanan yang Bisa Menurunkan Sistem Kekebalan Tubuh

Sistem kekebalan berfungsi melindungi tubuh dari infeksi dan penyakit. Jika ingin memiliki sistem kekebalan yang kuat, sebaiknya jangan terlalu sering mengonsumsi nutrisi dan makanan berikut ini.

Beberapa faktor memang bisa menghambat dan menurunkan sistem kekebalan tubuh seperti stres, kurang tidur, merokok, kebiasaan makan dan olahraga yang buruk serta kondisi medis lainnya. Dan anak-anak serta orang yang sudah tua diketahui memiliki kekebalan tubuh yang lebih rendah.

Meski begitu beberapa kandungan dalam makanan diketahui bisa menurunkan sistem kekebalan tubuh seperti dikutip dari Livestrong, Senin (4/7/2011) yaitu:

1. Daging merah
Makanan ini merupakan sumber utama dari lemak jenuh yang jika dikonsumsi secara berlebihan bisa meningkatkan risiko kolesterol tinggi, diabetes tipe 2 dan bentuk penyakit lain akibat kekebalan tubuh yang menurun.

Para ahli dari Cleveland Clinic menyarankan masyarakat untuk mengurangi atau menghindari sumber lemak jenuh (hot dog, sosis babi, salami, daging goreng, iga) dan daging merah.

2. Margarin dan mentega
Margarin mengandung lemak trans yang bisa merusak kesehatan jantung serta sistem kekebalan tubuh. Dr David Katz direktur Yale Prevention Research Center di Connecticut menuturkan lemak trans berkontribusi terhadap peradangan.

Hal ini membuat sistem kekebalan tidak bisa memberikan perlindungan yang tepat dan baik bagi tubuh. Untuk itu gantilah mentega dan margarin dengan minyak nabati seperti minyak zaitun dan kanola untuk memperkuat sistem imun.

3. Produk susu tinggi lemak
Produk susu yang memiliki kadar lemak tinggi merupakan sumber tambahan untuk lemak jenuh. Cleveland Clinic menyarankan untuk memilih susu, yogurt, keju atau makanan lain yang rendah lemak agar bisa memberikan manfaat bagi sistem kekebalan tubuh.

4. Konsumsi gula berlebih
Mengonsumsi gula berlebih hingga 8 sendok makan per hari bisa mengurangi kemampuan sel darah putih untuk menghancurkan kuman sebesar 40 persen. Efek ini sudah mulai terasa sejak 30 menit dari saat tertelan hingga 5 jam ke depan. Asupan gula ini bisa berasal dari permen, seral warna warni, sirup, selai, jeli, kue dan bisku

4 Makanan Sumber Kolesterol Baik

Persepsi buruk sering kali terlintas ketika kita mendengar kata Lemak. Lemak tidak selamanya buruk bagi tubuh. Karena bagaimanapun juga, konsumsi lemak tetap dibutuhkan sebagai sumber energi. Jenis lemak dalam makanan seperti lemak trans, minyak terhidrogenasi, lemak jenuh dan beberapa minyak tropis, dapat menyebabkan ketidak seimbangan, peradangan kronis, dan penyakit. Inilah jenis lemak yang harus dihindari.

Sedangkan minyak zaitun, kacang, biji-bijian dan biji minyak, minyak nabati yang belum diproses dan minyak non terhidrogenasi adalah pilihan lemak terbaik yang harus anda konsumsi setiap hari. Berikut ini adalah sumber makanan yang bisa meningkatkan kadar kolesterol baik (HDL) dalam tubuh anda :

1. Alpukat

Alpukat adalah buah yang memiliki kandungan tinggi lemak. Tetapi anda tidak perlu khawatir, karena selain daging buahnya yang gurih, alpukat memiliki kandungan lemak baik (HDL). Kandungan lutein pada alpukat berkhasiat untuk membantu meningkatkan kualitas kesehatan mata dan kandungan klorofilnya merupakan sumber antioksidan.

2. Minyak kelapa murni

Minyak kelapa dapat menjadi pilihan terbaik seagai menu makanan penutup yang sehat. Meski kegunaan minyak kelapa masih terus dipelajari, tapi manfaatnya telah diakui ampuh sebagai anti-bakteri kaya akan vitamin K dan E dan zat besi. Beberapa riset bahkan mengindikasikan minyak kelapa dapat membantu menejemen berat badan karena mengurangi stres pada sistem endokrin.

3. Ikan

Beberapa jenis ikan mengandung lemak yang sangat baik bagi kesehatan. Salmon, sarden, herring, makarel dan tuna adalah jenis ikan yang amengandung asam lemak omega-3. Lemak pada ikan sangat dibutuhkan untuk membantu pertumbuhan, perkembangan fungsi otak, dan mengurangi resiko penyakit kardiovaskuler. Asam lemak omega-3 juga dapat ditemukan pada tumbuhan laut seperti krill, alga, beberapa tanaman dan minyak kacang. Asam lemak omega-3 dapat membantu mengurangi kolesterol jahat (LDL), meningkatkan kolesterol baik (HDL), menguarangi resiko penyaakit jantung, kanker dan diabetes tipe 2.

EPA (asam eicosapentaenoic) dan DHA (asam docosahexaenoic) adalah tipe asam lemak omega-3 yang banyak ditemukan  dalam minyak ikan untuk mengurangi resiko irama jantung abnormal yang mengakibatkan kematian mendadak dan penyakit jantung, menurut studi di University of Maryland Medical Center.

 4. Kacang-kacangan atau polong-polongan

Kacang-kacangan merupakan sumber nutrisi yang melindungi kesehatan anda. Orang yang makan kacang secara teratur beresiko lebih rendah untuk meninggal akibat serangan jantung dan stroke ketimbang mereka yang makan sedikit, menurut studi di Harvard School of Public Health. Badan Pengawas Obat dan Makanan Amerika Serikat (FDA) bahkan mengklaim "makan makanan yang cukup satu ons kacang setiap hari dapat mengurangi resiko penyakit jantung".

Kebanyakan jenis kacang-kacangan mengandung tingkat kolesterol jahat (LDL) yang rendah dan mampu meningkatkan kolesterol baik. Kenari misalnya, mengandunga asam lemak omega-3 yang melindungi diri anda dari ritme jantung abnormal yang mematikan dan pembekuan darah. Beberapa contoh jenis kacang yang mengandung omega-3 adalah kacang tanah, kacang merah, almond dan kenari.