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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Beware TORCH When Pregnancy


TORCH
TORCH is an acronym of some kind of congenital disease infection to be harmful to the fetus if suffered by pregnant women. These diseases can easily infect the fetus in the womb of a mother who is pregnant. The disease, which is part of the TORCH viruses and also consists of several bacteria. TORCH itself is an acronym which if translated a number of diseases as the following:
  • T: Toxoplasmosis or Toxoplasma gondi. In the Indonesian language known as toxoplasmosis.
  • O: Other Infections and other infections such as Hepatitis B, Syphilis, Varicella-Zoster Virus, HIV, and parvovirus B19.
  • R: Rubella, or in the Indonesian language known as Rubella or German Measles.
  • C: Cytomegalovirus otherwise known as cytomegalovirus or human herpes virus 5.
  • H: Herpes simplex virus or herpes simplex virus.

Breast Self Examination


Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is abnormal cell growth in breast tissue person. When it until an advanced stage, removal of the breast is sometimes done for patient safety. This certainly becomes something frightening for a woman.
Almost all cancer has a specific cause. For example the majority of cases of skin cancer caused by ultraviolet rays of the sun. While lung cancer caused by smoking. But there is no single definitive cause for breast cancer.
Several factors can cause breast cancer. For example, genetic factors, environmental, and hormonal likely played a role in breast cancer. Women are vulnerable to these factors may have had a higher risk.