Alcohol abuse

For convenience of reference for people with alcohol abuse and dependence, it is called as alcoholism. This term may be less precise, but it is technically and medically may be more easily understood.

Misuse of alcohol is in the habit of drinking alcohol is dangerous, such as drunk every day or drank in large quantities at any time. Misuse of alcohol can damage the social relations of the patient. Why, people will lose their jobs and may conflict or deal with legal problems. If these abuses continue dilajutkan are the consequences of alcohol dependence.

In addition to knowledge, the doctors in the U.S. only allows women to drink 3 sips a drink or 7 sips of the week with a standard (a bottle of beer, 1 glass of wine, or a mixture of alcohol 1). Whereas for men, 4 sips of a drink or 14 sips in a week.

The doctor will check the patient's health if found in clinical symptoms. They also know the mental patient, whether or not depression.

Treatment for alcoholism depends on how bad a result for the patient alkol. But most of all in the treatment of alcoholics is the awareness to reduce or stop drinking alcohol altogether.

Drugs Poisons Together for Brain, catecholamines, hormones, adrenaline, dopamine

Very many drivers had an accident with a car or motorcycle driving from drinking alcohol. But the researchers found alcohol could actually be a potent drug that protects the brain from injury at the time of the accident itself. A study published in the Archives of Surgery prove it.

In a study involving 38,000 patients in U.S. hospitals who experienced brain injury between 2000 and 2005, as many as 38 percent of their blood alcohol injuries. But surprisingly, patients whose blood contains alcohol have less injuries than those who never drank alcohol.

"It just raises more questions than answers. To say that alcohol is good is not easy because alcohol is not good for health. But the alcohol proved to be saving someone from a brain injury is more severe the accident," said one doctor from the General Surgery Residency Educational Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles as quoted from Health.

Each year about 2 million people in the United States suffered a brain trauma injury, and 50,000 of them died, while another 80,000 permanent brain impairment. Alcohol contributes about 40 percent of car accidents, and half the victims was hospitalized with injuries in the brain.

"This discovery could help researchers to develop new types of therapy for patients with alcohol injuries and brain trauma, but certainly with a certain alcohol limit," Salim said.

If you compare the numbers of deaths due to brain injury among those who drank alcohol and what not, were those who drank alcohol mortality rate was 7.7 percent, lower than those who drank no alcohol is 9.7 percent.

Is not clear why alcohol can help reduce injuries in the brain. But researchers suspect that alcohol can reduce the effects of catecholamines, hormones like adrenaline and dopamine are released the body of post-traumatic accident.

"Alcohol also helps lower the body temperature will slow death of the body cells and brain and prevent swelling and bleeding caused by heavy impact on the time of the accident," clearly says one professor, professor of neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles.

But how many levels of alcohol that can save someone from a brain injury remains to be investigated because alcohol consumption is definitely there should be a limit. "There needs to be dose and the proper way to make it as therapy, for giving alcohol after the accident would not be useful,".

Delirium, syndrome, cognitive, nervous system, systemic

Delirium is a syndrome with the main symptoms of the disorder usually appear kedasaran in the form of constraints on cognitive function. Delirium has several causes. Everything has a pattern similar symptoms associated with the level of consciousness and cognitive pendeita. The main cause is from the central nervous system diseases, systemic disease, intoxication, or even drop out drug reaction toxic substances.

While several factors influence the occurrence of this disease, among others; age, history of delirium in the family, alcohol dependence, diabetes, cancer, sensory disturbances, or malnutrition. People with this disease picture can vary highly depending on the individual. But for sure that the patient mengalamin memory loss and cognitive.

The symptoms are: People with mental disorders typically show signs such as drowsiness, mistaken understanding of time, space and people, have no orientation.

Simple maintenance should be done to restore the mental patient is to give them the attention of people around. Also need to take the patient to a mental hospital.

Tuberculosis infection exacerbated by HIV / AIDS

Dly - Tuberculosis remains a major public health problem. Indonesia is still ranked third as the country with the most cases of tuberculosis. Later, tuberculosis problem was exacerbated by HIV infection / AIDS is growing rapidly.

It also appears the case of MDR-TB (multi-resistant drugs-resistant to various drugs). It said the Director of Direct Transmitted Disease Control (PPML) Ministry of Health Iwan M Muljono at the event with a press briefing to welcome the World Tuberculosis Day, Friday (19 / 3). Day Tuberculosis (TB) is commemorated every year on March 24.

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The disease is transmitted by air through the mucus spark people with TB. Most of the attacks the lungs, but can also other organs.
From: Compass

Most people with tuberculosis in developing countries and densely populated. Most people with tuberculosis in India, China, and Indonesia.

In Indonesia, every year in about half a million new cases of TB. Half of them are infectious TB cases, causes approximately 100,000 deaths. TB disease most common cause of death was infectious diseases.

Tuberculosis is also a threat to the productivity of society-about 70 percent of sufferers are in productive age. The findings most cases, namely in North Sulawesi, DKI Jakarta, and Banten.

Heavier burden

Control of TB, according to Lani, the more severe with increasing cases of HIV / AIDS and the emergence of resistance to several first-line drugs (MDR-TB). HIV infection weakens the immune system that causes people with HIV / AIDS vulnerable to TB. HIV-infected people at risk of TB illness by 60 percent.

They are without HIV risk by about 10 percent. Another challenge is bermunculannya cases of MDR-TB or TB due to

germs that have been resistant to various anti-TB drugs. Treatment of MDR-TB with second-line drugs is much more expensive and difficult.

Head of the Ministry of Health TB Subdit Dyah meaning of MUSTIKAWATI add, TB becomes more difficult to control because the disease has a social and economic dimensions. "TB associated with poverty and population density. In densely populated areas and poor neighborhoods are usually tight and do not qualify healthy home. Public awareness of health and the environment are also low, "he said.

Chairman of the Patients Association and the Community Care pamali TB or TB Indonesia Indonesia Retnowati said, tuberculosis is also associated with behavior. "Coughing without covering her mouth, medication non-compliance, and obstacles to reach health facilities come to influence," he said.

Iwan said Indonesia using DOTS strategy (directly observed treatment shortcourse) in dealing with TB. DOTS consists of five components, namely the government's commitment to maintain control of TB, case detection, treatment of 6-8 months of regular, routine availability of TB drugs, and reporting system for monitoring treatment and program development. World TB Day was commemorated with advocacy activities, communication and social mobilization, involving all parties to support the commitment to TB control. (INE)
From: Kompas

Use of Alcohol Worse Than Narcotics

DLY - Misuse of alcohol becomes a bigger problem for Pacific people compared with the drug, according to Australian reports, the associate drinking with domestic violence and widespread health problems.

Burnet Institute survey, led by the Australian National Council on Drugs, found that alcohol is a major part of concern in the Pacific, the most desolate communities are among the poorest in the world.

"It clearly identifies alcohol as the main ingredient of concern in the Pacific region and shows kanabis is the primary drug of most concern in the region," said co-author of the study, Robert Power, this weekend.

"This is the first time we get a much clearer about the danger of the spread in many countries of our neighbors. Alcohol is seen as a major factor contributing to a number of health problems affecting people in the Pacific," he said.

The report calls beverage makers in Australia and New Zealand, which their products are used extensively in the Pacific, to help eliminate the problem. Recommendations include the provision of treatment programs and improvement of data collection.

"We are witnessing continuous clear danger posed by alcohol to the Australian community," said John Herron, leader of the Australian board.

"Increasing the problems associated with alcohol and the increase in the Pacific pontesi very large - especially if we do not act now," he said.
From: KOMPAS