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Today we will talk about the bank of umbilical cord. you do not know, but I could not save the cord and Rafa did not really know how and where to do, so I found a very interesting topic for us all. Polls are not as concrete, but there are already cases of cure and treat various diseases through the umbilical cord blood, it costs nothing for us to make a donation, or costs if we are to save the cord of our children, depends on there the financial situation of each one and also the heart of every one. One more thing before starting the field, we must not forget that there is also the seat of marrow just go there and collect the blood and leave their data stored, YOU can help one life, you do not know maybe, but that will have a bond of eternal life with you.

What is a bank of umbilical cord

This is the place where the material collected shortly after the birth of the child is stored. The question is choose between the public and the private bank

If you are interested in storing cells from cord blood of her son so that in future he or someone in your family can use it, then start shopping now, during pregnancy, the private banks. There are fewer than ten around the country and we need to see which serves your area. In general, the maternity information with which you are accustomed to working.

On the day of delivery, the obstetrician own party may collect cord blood and store it in a bag that is subsequently frozen. The process is quick and does not imply pain for the mother or the child. No one knows for sure how long the material can be frozen. “The oldest Cord Blood Bank in the United States, have samples of almost 20 years that remain possible.

Brazil has also has three public banks for donations, and a project financed by the National Bank of Economic and Social Development provides that reach 12 over the next three years, spread in different regions of the country. They have the same function of bone marrow banks, since the cells of cord are used to treat the same diseases. “The advantage of using cord cells rather than those of bone marrow is that, being younger, they are better suited to another body, without causing so much rejection,” explains Ribeiro Andreza hematologist responsible for the blood bank of umbilical cord Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. “With this, the compatibility between donor and recipient can be partial, need not be complete.”

According to the doctor, the downside would be a matter of quantity: “In cord blood, we found a number of stem cells ten times lower than in the medulla. That is, an insufficient sample if we need to treat an adult. ” To avoid the problem, various researches conducted worldwide seeking to optimize the use of cord blood, using material from a donor more than a single transfusion or blessed by multiplying the stem cells in the laboratory.

Snoring, according to research conducted by the Institute of Sleep linked to the Federal University of São Paulo, is the most common sleep disorder among Brazilians. Its causes can be very different, as nasal obstruction, very large tonsils, colds, deviated septum, tumors and hypertrophy of the turbinates and nasal polyps. The snoring does not have a restful sleep most of the time remaining in a lighter stage, keeping the throat muscles more tense to keep the airway open. The consequences are bad nights, daytime sleepiness, fatigue, anxiety, irritability, choking during the night and changes in memory and reasoning.

A major problem of snoring is that it can be a symptom of something more serious, like calling Obstructive Sleep Apnea. The episodes of apnea is characterized by interruptions in breathing for 10 seconds or more, with a frequency greater than five per hour, ie 30 to 300 episodes per night. These interruptions in breathing reduces blood oxygen saturation, increasing the cardiac work and exposing the patient to problems such as hypertension, arrhythmias, myocardial infarction and stroke.

To alleviate these symptoms, many professionals suggest the mask called CPAP, through a tube that carries air compressor to the nose by dilating the neck and assisting the passage of air. Despite the efficiency, the mask has numerous reports of discomfort due to air pressure in the nose and the noise it produces. Other devices work by advancing the mandible, but have a rigid structure so that it compresses the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) pain and dysfunction developing in patients after use. At surgery, indicated for more severe cases, the otolaryngologist chooses to reduce the tissues of the throat or move the jaws in order to obtain a stable occlusion.

As an alternative, more simple and comfortable to the problem of snoring and sleep apnea, the apparatus of Australian snorer and silicone TMJ TMJ MBV work properly positioning the jaw, preventing the relaxed tissues of the neck region of the pharynx and block the passage of air. The benefits of good oxygenation provided by the device contribute to the general wellbeing of patients, resulting in the improvement of the physical and emotional, beyond the end of episodes of apnea. It is also observed in the first week of use, relief of migraines in 90% of cases.

Dr. Danielly Conticelli, a member of the American Academy of Dental Sleep, thinks they snorer and TMJ TMJ MBV are the best solutions in the treatment of snoring and sleep apnea, “The TMJ System to the problem of snoring and apnea is really spectacular. Treatment with intra-oral devices are widely used in the United States, where it is seen as the best clinical solution for cases of snoring and mild to moderate apnea, “concluded the doctor.

The dentist Deborah Scariot from Caxias do Sul, says that patients with more severe problems and an indication of the mask at night, can be successfully treated with the apparatus and TMJ TMJ MBV Snore: “Some cases of more severe snoring and apnea, is indicated for patients whose devices nocturnal oxygenation, has also shown satisfactory results. I believe that if this system came to doctors, especially pediatricians, otolaryngologists, pulmonologists and cardiologists, a large number of patients find the solution to many of its systemic problems related to poor oxygenation.

Treatment of prostate cancer with low doses of nitroglycerin may slow or even stop the progression of disease while sparing patients the side effects of current treatments, these are indeed the assertions of researchers from Queen’s University in the United Kingdom. The results were published in the medical journal Urology.

Phase II clinical study

These statements are based on the results of the first clinical study using nitroglycerin to treat prostate cancer. The Phase II clinical study, that is to say the phase is to determine the optimal dose of the drug involved in the study and evaluate side effects, lasting twenty-four months was achieved with 29 men who had increasing levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA prostate specific antigen) following surgery or radiotherapy. The PSA is the main marker for evaluating the progression of prostate cancer.

Nitroglycerin patch

Men who participated in this study received treatment in the form of a transdermal patch for delivering slowly and in small quantities of nitroglycerin. Their blood levels of PSA were measured regularly. Of the 17 men who completed the study, patients were all, except one, showed signs of a slowdown or even a stabilization of the disease.

For Professor Robert Siemens, a urologist at Kingston General Hospital, who led the study, the results are encouraging: “We were very excited by slowing disease progression as evidenced by blood levels of PSA and see it was the case with most men who completed the study. ”

These results are encouraging, particularly because treatment for men who have their blood levels of PSA rise after surgery or radiation therapy are limited. The researchers point out however that these results on a small number of patients must be confirmed by further studies on a larger scale.

The use of nitroglycerin medicine is not new

Nitroglycerin also known as the barbaric “trinitro glycerol ester” is known for use in the manufacture of high explosives, including dynamite. Its medical use is known for its vasodilatory properties, that is to say the widening of blood vessels. It is converted in the body into nitric oxide (NO), which produces the vasodilator effect. Nitroglycerin, in small quantities, can be used to treat heart disease, like angina pectoris.

Low Doses

Nitroglycerin has been used in the study in question at doses far lower than the doses used for over a century in the treatment of angina pectoris. This study was undertaken as a result of preclinical research showing that lower rates of nitric oxide plays a major role in tumor progression and could be stopped with a low dose of nitroglycerin.

Prostate cancer

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men over 50 years. 235 000 cases are diagnosed annually in the United States, 20,700 in Canada and 62 000 new cases per year at present in France. Prostate cancer has become the leading cancer in men in France. The recurrence rate among patients who undergo prostate removal and / or radiotherapy, is 30 to 50% estimated.

Headaches can affect the concentration very much. Much worse, however, the impact of migraine. You can put a person a day lame. No wonder the WHO Migraine is among the 20 most common causes of disability. Many people suffer from the symptoms lose, sometimes even their zest for life. But not this must be because there are drugs for migraine. But it is important to clarify in advance whether one is really suffering from migraine headaches for many people, but only one in ten is really suffering from migraine. Affected are for the most part women.

The symptoms of migraine

Migraine is a disease that is quite different from headaches. Shall occur migraine attacks, for example, not arbitrary, but follow a certain scheme. Their complaints can contact the person concerned for hours out of action. A migraine attack often begins with sudden, severe, often unilateral headaches that feel throbbing. Shortly thereafter, usually to get severe nausea and even vomiting and light sensitivity. Concerned have no choice but to darken the bedroom and to lie in bed. An attack can take several hours, but in extreme cases take several days. Those who suffer from migraine have long recognized, often very quickly that an attack is coming. Directly in front of the headaches occur frequently on certain symptoms, such as

* Dizziness,
* The totals in the ear,
* Tingling sensation on the skin
* Double vision or “black foreign body in the eye,
* Problems with speech,
* Muscle weakness;
* Cold hands,
* Fatigue,
* Hunger;
* Mood swings.

The cause of migraine

What causes it? To date, this is not understood very well that the scientists in many details still groping in the dark. But it should be a disorder of the nervous system that affects the blood vessels in the head. Flows the blood vessels caused by irritated a throbbing pain. The journal Emergency Medicine ‘summarizes the issue as follows: “Migraine patients have inherited a very sensitive nervous system that may occur in the daily routine out of balance – whether through lack of sleep, intense smells, movement, irregular diet, stress and hormonal fluctuations.”

Recognize the triggers with a pain diary

Exactly what triggers the migraine attacks is difficult to determine. Kind of a pain diary can help to provide clarity. However, this diary will be conducted over a longer period. which can take months, but also quickly take years before an accurate pattern shows. It is important to note the pain exactly like the previous situation. Everything here is important, because most are a combination of factors. Heat, cold, noise, weather changes, as well as spices and certain foods can cause a migraine attack. Even those who can not limit the factors carefully, you can with the help of a diary at least reduce the attacks. It is important above all to avoid the most common triggering factors:

* Lack of sleep
* Too much caffeine
* Hunger
* Stress

Medicines for migraine

The best cure for migraine is sleep. Some non-prescription analgesics relieve the symptoms, at least to the extent that the person can sleep. Since 1993, the doctor may also use so-called triptans are prescribed. To battle the symptoms quickly and reliably. Unfortunately, triptans also have disadvantages: they are firstly very expensive and does not help everyone. Each must decide for yourself if he wants to try a treatment with triptans. The list of drugs that help is much longer. As a concerned party is called the best with the GP on the subject. Can help, also in conjunction with the pain diary to identify the triggers and find the right treatment for the patient.

Migraine is commonly associated with halbseitigem headache, which can also go along with vomiting and severe malaise and is next to the so-called tension headache, the most common forms of headache at all.

Causes of Migraine

The cause for the occurrence of migraine is not known. But we know now that there is a certain genetic predisposition and familial tendency. This theory also talk studies conducted on twins.

The trigger for recurrent migraine is suspected with appropriate pre-load stress and little sleep, just like a messed up hormonal or severe mental or physical tension. Nicotine and alcohol are also suspected to occur as a trigger of a migraine attack in question.

Patients feel an impending migraine attack

Experienced Migraine Patients usually know exactly what triggers it should best avoid. They feel individually the approach of these attacks by specific symptoms (examples: the ears, bad mood, nausea). The disease sometimes occurs even in children and adolescence is to find, however, most often in the age group between 30 and 50 years, with women being more affected than men.

Intolerable headache

The headache is described by those affected to be intolerable. It can be piercing, pounding, booming, or tearing. The duration of these migraine attacks is very different from case to case and therefore unpredictable. Migraines can last several hours, but so are up to several days.

Migraine Acupressure contribute towards

There are different medications and alternative treatment options that can be helped with after today’s medical state of the migraine patients. The fight against the symptoms depends on the severity and the severity of the disease.

As a migraine attack according to Chinese tradition, however, very simply and successfully with no side effects can be prevented, says the Chinese doctor, Dr. Xu, in his book “Chinese, it does not hurt so” as follows:

Once you have obtained a little gem (if not available, a sufficient rice grains). The Pearl is on the outside ring finger directly mounted above the joint with a plaster. Whether the ring finger of the left or the right hand comes into question depends on which side of the headache is. It should always be chosen, the ring finger in the opposite direction. For a left-sided head pain that is the pearl is mounted on the ring finger of his right hand and vice versa. You press fifty to a hundred times on it and fought with this simple acupressure method the pain.

The Chinese doctor recommends migraine patients, this procedure carry out preventative once a day. According to this experience migraines less frequently and in some cases even more have occurred.