‘Infection’

Factors – The Causes Of Cancer

Friday, June 4th, 2010

The Causes Of CancerCause of cancer usually can not be known for certain because the causes of cancer can be a combination of a set of factors, genetic and environmental. However there are several factors that allegedly increase the risk of cancer, as follows:

* Factor descent
Genetic factors cause some families are at higher risk for certain cancers when compared with other families. Type of cancer that tends to run in the family is breast cancer, ovarian cancer, skin cancer and colon cancer. For example, the cancer risk for women increased 1.5 s / d 3 times if his mother or sister had breast cancer.

* Environmental Factors
- Smoking cigarettes increases the risk of lung cancer – lung, mouth, larynx (vocal cords), and bladder.
- Ultraviolet rays from the sun
- Ionizing radiation (which is carcinogenic) is used in x-ray beam generated from nuclear power plants and atomic bombs that can reach very long distances. For example, people who survived the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in World War II, a high risk of cancer of blood cells, such as leukemia. (more…)

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Prevention and Treatment of Cancer servix

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

HPV and cervical cancer

Cancer servixThe main cause of cervical cancer is infection with HPV. HPV is the sexually transmitted disease more frequent today.

The man acts as a carrier of the disease without even knowing it, in most cases.

Infection occurs from sexual contact of a woman and a man carrying the virus that sowed in the lining of the cervix.

In most cases the defense systems, the agency charged with eliminating the virus and the infection resolves without sequelae.
But the misfortune is that the HPV virus has mechanisms to attach to epithelial cells and transform them into malignant cells.

The virus has a protein capsule that allows you to adhere to the epithelial cells of the cervix.

Cervical cancer begins to develop when the virus manages to insert its genes into the genes of the infected cell, so the virus remains while the cell is alive. (more…)

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Some Cancer-Causing Infection

Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Some Cancer-Causing Infection40 percent of cancers can be prevented and 20 per cent is associated with viral or bacterial infection that can cause stomach cancer, uterine or liver disease, said today in the Spanish oncology expert at the World Cancer Day night.
Director of the Master Plan of Oncology in Barcelona, Josep Maria Borras said that 40 percent of all cancers could be prevented by vaccines, changes in lifestyle and diet, and lead a healthy lifestyle.
In a press conference on the next occasion of the World Day against Cancer, Borras showed that survival has increased over the years and have reduced the possibility of death from cancer thanks to new treatment, which also improve the quality of life of patients.
For this expert, one big improvement from the last 15 years has found that some types of cancer associated with infection, and provide a potential vaccine for prevention and care, such as Helicobacter pylori (HP).
Head of nutrition and cancer unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Carlos Alberto Gonzalez said about HP is a bacteria associated with peptic ulcer and gastric lymphoma. (more…)

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How to Prevent Urinary Tract Infections

Monday, March 22nd, 2010

One in five women experience pain urinary tract infection. This is certainly quite worrying not only of the woman alone. The men also would not worry if it is not immediately overcome.
Cranberry juice is not the only foods that can provide protection against certain diseases. Here is a list of foods that can protect men and women, especially given that the disease or some other attack.

1. Tomato sauce

Men who eat a lot of tomatoes or tomato sauce could be to protect against prostate cancer, according to Harvard University researchers who studied the eating habits of 47,000 health professionals, men. They found that men who ate tomato sauce two to four times per week have a risk of 35 percent lower than that to get prostate cancer than those who do not consume. A carotenoid called lycopene, abundant in tomatoes, seems to be responsible. But some doctors puzzled: tomato juice did not seem to offer the same protection. The reason, as other studies have shown that lycopene is better absorbed if cooked with some kind of fat.

2. Oysters

A myth that says oysters are the food of love. Maybe science agrees. Only two or three oysters per day provides the daily amount of zinc is needed for the functioning reproductive system of men. There is controversy among scientists because of several studies showing that sperm counts have declined over the past 50 years due to environmental factors. Malnutrition would cause some cases of low testosterone levels. Sometimes the solution is to eat more zinc. (We recommend 11 mg per day for men, more than 40 can be very dangerous.) In an experiment, 22 subjects who had low testosterone levels and reduced sperm counts were given zinc every day for 45-50 days. Both testosterone and sperm increased. (more…)

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Venereal Disease Causes Skin Cancer

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Poor hygiene and a few wounds on the penis, among other factors, may cause cancer of female genitalia, said the head of the Department of Urology, National Institute of neoplastic disease (inen), Carlos Morante Deza, who stated that although this is very rare neoplasm in the country This, every day there is an increase in cases among young people.

“The disease is extremely rare and represents 1% of urological malignancy affecting humans. But, the frequency may be increased in areas with high levels of rural, low socioeconomic status and hygiene habits is very dangerous”, he said the doctor.

“Although this is an injury that appears in the visible region does not understand why patients come late diagnosis, with the injury which has in excess of years of evolution and what motivates them, sometimes the most radical application treatments to eradicate the disease, such as loss of total members.

He explained that cancer is a carcinoma of the skin of the penis and usually comes from the gland, but also can have their start in the foreskin or shaft of the penis, forming ulcers.

The most common symptoms of genital lesions may be on the penis, and probably painless ulcer bleeding and pain in the leg when the disease has advanced. (more…)

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What Causes a Cerebral Aneurysm

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

A cerebral aneurysm (also known as intracranial or intracerebral aneurysm) is a weak or thin in a cerebral blood vessel that protrudes like a balloon and filled with blood. The outgoing aneurysm can put pressure on a nerve or surrounding brain tissue. They may also lose or break, spilling blood into surrounding tissue (called a hemorrhage). Some cerebral aneurysms, particularly the very young, do not bleed or cause other problems. Cerebral aneurysms can occur anywhere in the brain, but most are located along the loop of arteries that run between the underside of the brain and skull base.

What causes a cerebral aneurysm?

Most cerebral aneurysms are congenital, due to an inborn abnormality of an artery wall. Cerebral aneurysms are more common in people with certain genetic diseases such as connective tissue disorders and polycystic kidney disease, and certain circulatory disorders, such as arteriovenous malformations . (more…)

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