Thursday, February 26, 2009

Dengue Remedy

PASS THIS INFORMATION TO AS MANY AS YOU CAN, IT MAY SAVE LIVES.

I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengue fever. Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the ICU when his blood platelet count drops to 15 after 15 liters of blood transfusion.

His father was so worried that he seeks another friend's recommendation and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he gave his son raw juice of the papaya leaves. From a platelet count of 45 after 20 liters of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his platelet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses were surprised. After the second day he was discharged. So he asked me to pass this good news around.

Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2pcs just cleaned and pound and squeeze with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap. It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like "Won Low Kat". But it works.

*Papaya Juice - Cure for Dengue*

You may have heard this elsewhere but if not I am glad to inform you that papaya juice is a natural cure for dengue fever. As dengue fever is rampant now, I think it's good to share this with all.

A friend of mine had dengue last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water has started to fill up her lung. She had difficulty in breathing. She was only 32-year old. Doctor says there's no cure for dengue. We just have to wait for her body immune system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its own battle. She already had 2 blood transfusion and all of us were praying very hard as her platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted.

Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that papaya juice would help to reduce the fever and got some papaya leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out for her. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever subside. We continued to feed her with papaya juice and she recovered after 3 days!!!

Amazing but it's true. It's believed one's body would be overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused the patient to have fever papaya juice has cooling effect. Thus, it helps to reduce the level of heat in one's body, thus the fever will go away. I found that it's also good when one is having sore throat or suffering from heat.

Please spread the news about this as lately there are many dengue cases. It's great if such natural cure could help to ease the sufferings of dengue patients.

Furthermore it's so easily available.
Blend them and squeeze the juice! It's simple and miraculously effective!!

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Mudarat salah teknik menyusu

Kesihatan bayi mungkin terancam jika ibu guna cara kurang

LONDON: Doktor Britain melancarkan siasatan mengenai skil penyusuan ibu selepas bukti menunjukkan sebahagian bayi diserang sakit teruk kerana gagal mendapatkan susu mencukupi.

Laporan akhbar The Independent menyebut, penyelidik banyak merekodkan bilangan bayi yang dimasukkan ke hospital di United Kingdom dan Ireland dengan masalah hypernatraemic dehydration teruk, penyakit yang jarang tetapi boleh menyebabkan kematian berpunca daripada kekurangan cecair dan peningkatan paras garam dalam darah.

Keadaan itu sudah dikenal pasti selama bertahun-tahun tetapi tiada kajian dibuat untuk menentukan hadnya. Pakar berkata, mereka menjangkakan hasil kajian menunjukkan antara satu dalam 100 dan satu dalam 1,000 bayi terjejas akibat keadaan itu.

Negara lain mengelak daripada melakukan kajian sama kerana bimbang ia menjejaskan keyakinan dalam penyusuan ibu, yang diketahui memberikan permulaan terbaik bagi kehidupan bayi apabila dilakukan dengan berkesan.

Di Britain, kajian yang dicadangkan membimbangkan doktor di Unit Pengawasan Pediatrik Britain (BPSU) yang cuba melakukannya, berhubung kemungkinan impak kepada penyusuan ibu.

Perunding pediatrik di Hospital Ealing, Colin Michie, dan jurucakap BPSU, berkata: "Ia adalah proses biologi yang dihadapi oleh sesetengah ibu. Pada akhirnya, kita memutuskan untuk perlu melakukan kajian kerana memerlukan maklumat. Faedahnya mengatasi keburukan."

Kejayaan penyusuan ibu bergantung dengan kedudukan tepat bayi, membantunya melekat pada payu dara dan bermula seawal mungkin selepas kelahiran. Sokongan daripada bidan adalah kunci mendapatkan kedudukan tepat tetapi ia berbeza di seluruh negara, katanya.

"Penyusuan ibu bukan semudah yang dilihat. Lebih mudah mengeluarkan susu daripada botol berbanding payu dara dan sebab itulah memberikan susu botol satu kesilapan. Ramai ibu berputus asa.

"Jika ibu tahu bagaimana cara betul menyusukan bayi, masalah ini akan berkurangan. Apa mungkin diperoleh penyelidik ialah ibu tidak mendapat nasihat yang baik. Masalah lebih teruk di bandar dan wanita yang menjadi ibu kali pertama," katanya. � Agensi

Guna Facebook boleh bawa risiko kanser

LONDON: Laman web sosial seperti Facebook boleh meningkatkan risiko kesihatan serius dengan mengurangkan tahap hubungan wajah ke wajah, dakwa seorang doktor.

Menghantar e-mel kepada rakan berbanding bersemuka dengan mereka mungkin memberi kesan biologi yang negatif pada kadar tinggi, kata pakar psikologi, Dr Aric Sigman.

Peningkatan masalah keterasingan akan mengubah suai gen cara bekerja dan menjejaskan reaksi imun, paras hormon dan fungsi arteri malah turut memberi kesan kepada persembahan mental.

Ia boleh meningkatkan risiko masalah lebih serius seperti barah, angin ahmar, sakit jantung dan nyanyuk, kata Dr Sigman dalam Biologist, jurnal Institut Biologi.

Laman web sosial seperti MySpace dan Facebook membolehkan orang ramai berhubungan dengan rakan menerusi internet. Mereka boleh bertukar-tukar gambar, bermain permainan dan meninggalkan mesej.

Namun, walaupun ia dicipta untuk mendekatkan hubungan, Dr Sigman berkata laman web berkenaan sebenarnya menjadikan pengunjungnya lebih terasing.

Penyelidikan menunjukkan bilangan jam yang diperuntukkan untuk berbual secara bersemuka jatuh mendadak sejak 1987 apabila penggunaan media elektronik meningkat.

"Memang ada perbezaan antara 'kehadiran sebenar' dan kepelbagaian maya," kata Dr Sigman.

Sesetengah gen, termasuk yang terbabit dengan sistem imun dan reaksi kepada tekanan, bertindak secara berbeza mengikut sejauh mana seseorang itu berinteraksi secara sosial dengan orang lain. � Agensi