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These Things Trigger Heart Disease

A heart attack is closely related to stress. For that reason, keep the stability of your heart so that stress does not hit where the cause of heart disease.

According to a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, approximately 60 to 80 percent of patients have problems with stress.If not addressed promptly can lead to heart disease.

These Things Trigger Heart Disease
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This is because many are reluctant to perform follow-up care, arguing that it was a private matter. Worse, every time you're stressed, your body each was also to bear the loss which certainly interfere with your health.

If you continue to put the blame and pressure on your body, this will trigger stress hormones to suppress the body's circulation. For that, you should find out what pressure you so that you can instantly stop each way.

Below are some of the conditions that led to your stress hormone, can lead to heart health, including the following:

Sensitive to food

Symptoms can be felt when you often feel bloated, diarrhea, joint pain and fatigue. Similarly, as reported by the Huffington Post.

Potent Potassium Prevent Heart Disease

Reduce sodium and increase potassium in the diet apparently will offer health benefits for you. Increasing potassium in the daily diet will also prevent a variety of diseases that harm our health.

A study analyzed data on potassium intake and health benefits of 33 trials involving more than 128,000 healthy participants, found that increasing potassium intake can lower blood pressure in adults without disrupting blood cholesterol levels, hormone levels, or renal function.

Potent Potassium Prevent Heart Disease
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They found a 24 percent lower risk of stroke in adults with high potassium levels. Potassium may also have beneficial effects on blood pressure of children, as reported by everydayhealth.

Potassium itself is an essential nutrient that helps maintain the body's total fluid volume, acid and electrolyte balance, as well as normal cell function. High levels of potassium can be found in vegetables, fruits, nuts, whole grains, and seafood.

From the study findings, the WHO states that adults and children are healthy should increase potassium intake from the foods they eat. Adults should consume more than 90 moles of potassium per day, which is approximately 3.5 grams or a little less than a teaspoon - to get health benefits for the heart and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Four Simple Ways to make healthy body

Simple things can make your mood damaged and healthy body is hurt. For that, do preventive measures to keep your body healthy every day.

Bad mood and emotional impact on attitudes certainly do not nourish the body. If allowed to drag on, it will impact on your health in the long term. Do a simple way to fend off the bad things that might interfere with your health. Here are some ways that can be done, as reported by Huffingtonpost.

Four Simple Ways to make healthy body
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1. be grateful

Thankful very important and to be the most influential for mood problems. This is because when you are able to give thanks to the pressure that is, the mind will automatically load decreases. It was very good for peace of mind and your health.

2. Inhale

Long inhale and exhale through the mouth, it is intended that your heart rate decreases after temper tantrum and hold steady. In addition, do the bath usually have better impact. The reason, bath time is a good time to reflect, relax the mind and relaxation. How, you may do so by closing your eyes, and imagine the atmosphere that makes you calm like imagine being in the park. Do it slowly and repeatedly.

3. Open hearts and minds

Use the time you shower or a private room to produce a feeling of calm. Take the positive side of any pressure that comes, it is very useful to make your body stable.

4. sing

It may be cliché, but it is useful to lift your spirits. Look for a song that always makes you smile, and sing loudly. Slowly burden you feel will be reduced.

Here's How To Easily Avoid Diabetes

Want to be free from the risk of diabetes without the cost? Routine morning walk alone. In addition to a healthy body, diabetes went away.

The results were published Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology explains that than you are just holding the remote in front of the television, would be better off doing a morning walk during holidays. The reason, as it was able to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Here's How To Easily Avoid Diabetes
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The researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory requested 15,045 pedestrians and 33,060 runners between the ages of 18 and 80 to report the results of their walking or running distances, while still monitoring it constantly. Condition was done so that they could calculate how much energy is burned by their bodies. At first, the study that lasted more than six years, found none of the participants were diagnosed with diabetes. So, at the end of the study, the researchers concluded that the morning runs good for preventing diabetes. Similarly, as reported by Mens Health.

Then, linked the conclusions of this study, that the agency continues to be active is the key to diabetes prevention. This is due to continue burning calories in the body which makes them farthest from diabetes. In addition, the results of this study also recommends that at least once a week for a morning walk in the body convert fat into positive energy in the body.

Here's How the Right Toothbrush

If everyone brush their teeth properly, the cavities can be gone for up to two generations ahead. This opinion was presented to experts the World Health Organization.

So, how to brush their teeth? It is recommended by experts, toothbrush pressure on the gums and teeth should be soft.
Here's How the Right Toothbrush
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If it's too rough, toothbrushes can damage gum tissue outside.

Here's how to properly brush your teeth, according to experts, as quoted Genius Beauty ..

1. Before brushing, rinse the mouth first use warm water to remove mucus.

2. Rub the surface of the tooth vertically down.

3. Perform short movement to clean the gums and tooth neck, repeat on the other tooth surfaces.

4. Brush your teeth with the top of the vertical angle of 45 degrees, make sure the tip of the toothbrush on the gums.

5. Clean the surface of the tongue with a slow sweeping motion.

Avoid Stockpiles Calories, Reduce Soda Now

Bottle of soda contains a lot of calories is not healthy if consumed too often. In fact, in order to burn more calories than a soda bottle required to walk as much as two miles.

People tend to be less likely to indulge their passion drink soda is not healthy when the calorie content translated into physical activity, according to a study of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health School of Public Health.
Avoid Stockpiles Calories, Reduce Soda Now
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"Most American people do not care much about how many calories they need in a day, so translating calories into easily understood if synchronized physical activity may be more meaningful to consumers than the amount of calories," said study author Sara Bleich, PhD, assistant professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, as reported Menshealth, recently.

The number of calories in each 20-ounce soda in the bottle can be translated in a simple way. For example, to eliminate them by washing dishes or grocery shopping for 76 minutes, unicycling or cleaning gutters for 35 minutes, cut the wood for 29 minutes, shoveling or skiing for 25 minutes, boxing or jumping rope for 15 minutes.

Joints Disorders in the Elderly, How to tackle it?

When the elderly women, there will be many medical conditions that may strike. One of the possible health disorders are rheumatoid arthritis attack. Disease that attacks the joints and other organs can be prevented by using sunlight.

The new findings show a benefit for women who are routinely exposed to the morning sun healthy, to reduce and prevent the risk of rheumatoid arthritis. This beneficial effect, the researchers believe that ultraviolet B (UV-B) in sunlight may be beneficial to older women, as reported by Health24.

Joints Disorders
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For the study, the researchers looked at approximately 235,000 participants took part in two stages the U.S. Nurses Health Study. The first phase started in 1976 with nurses aged 30 to 55 and continued until 2008. The second phase began in 1989 with nurses aged 25 to 42 and continued until 2009.

At the end of the two-phase, 1,314 of women had developed rheumatoid arthritis. Among women in the first stage of the study Nurses' Health, people with yangs often exposed to levels of UV-B are 21 percent less likely to develop rheumatoid arthritis than those with low exposure.

However, the relationship between UV-B exposure and the risk of rheumatoid arthritis is not visible evident among young women in the second stage. Women younger than women in the first phase and may be more aware about the dangers of too much sun exposure and avoid them.

"Our study adds to growing evidence that exposure to UV-B was associated with a reduced risk of rheumatoid arthritis," said Dr. Elizabeth Arkema, of the department of epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health.

Although this study is not a study of cause and effect, but from the results obtained, is expected to be a reference for other researchers to look at the benefits of sun exposure for prevention of rheumatoid arthritis.

Unhealthy Eating, Mood was worsening


Unhealthy diet was not only affects physical health, but also mental health. Bad mood suddenly become a threat.

Unhealthy eating behaviors that can cause you to have bad mood, especially in women. In one study, women who care about eating behavior reported so that their mood worsened after trying to eat unhealthy food on a regular basis, so that was launched Health24.

Unhealthy Eating, Mood was worsening

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Prevent Complications of disease, pre-diabetes should be Lifestyle Change


Approximately 70 million people in the United States are at risk of diabetes do not know they are in a health hazard. In many other countries, many people also do not realize that they are at risk of developing diabetes.

Many healthy lifestyle program that is currently being crowded published by health experts. Healthy lifestyle program aims to increase physical activity, diet repair, and achieve weight loss in those who are at risk of prediabetes, or a better strategy for preventing type 2 diabetes, as reported by FoxNews.

Prevent Complications of disease

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Pounding Heart Feels Trigger Death


Heart problems such as palpitations do you take for granted. The sensation of palpitations can cause your heart health indication of a more serious and can lead to death.

Palpitations is a condition in which the heart was very excited, even you feel a very strong pulsation felt in the chest, throat, or neck. Normally, the heart rate can reach 60 to 100 beats per minute, but people with palpitations, heart rate may experience higher than normal pulse, as reported by LIVESTRONG.

Pounding Heart Feels Trigger Death
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Broccoli Can Prevent Arthritis

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) has launched an innovative new project to investigate the benefits of broccoli in the fight against osteoarthritis. The results are good news for arthritis sufferers.

Early research in the laboratory of the UAE has found that a compound in broccoli called sulforaphane blocked the enzyme cause joint destruction in osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis itself is a form of arthritis is most common.



Broccoli Can Prevent Arthritis
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With funding from Arthritis Research UK and the Diet and Health Research Industry Club (DRINC), research projects explore how sulforaphane may act to slow or prevent the progression of osteoarthritis. Similarly, as quoted Health24

Sulforaphane is a bioactive compound found in vegetables, especially broccoli. Eating broccoli enhance sulforaphane in the blood, but scientists do not yet know whether the amount of sulforaphane into the joint enough to make it effective in preventing osteoarthritis. This is the one where the UAE team hope to find it, because osteoarthritis is a major cause of disability cases.

There is no effective treatment

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease which gradually destroys the cartilage in the joints, especially the hands, feet, spine, hips, and knees elderly. To date, no effective treatment other than pain or recovery of joint replacement surgery.

Prof Ian Clark, of UEA's School of Biological Sciences, who led the study, said: "The UK has the aging population and developing new strategies for age-related diseases. Combating diseases such as osteoarthritis is vital to improving the quality of life of patients, but also to reduce the burden on the local economy. "

As part of a three-year project, the UEA team will also investigate the effects of other compounds in foods associated with osteoarthritis, including diallyl disulphide were found to be quite high in garlic.

Broccoli has previously been associated with reduced cancer risk, but this is the first time conducted a study of the effects of broccoli on joint health.
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Retina Diabetes Often Occurs in Developing Countries

Loss of the ability to see would not expect anyone because it will certainly change the quality of one's life drastically. Along with the development and prosperity that occurred in Asian countries, also participated in a lifestyle change.

The increasing age of a person, the more people who suffer from diabetic retinopathy (a complication of diabetes on the retina), glaucoma and disorders of the central retina (macula), which can lead to impaired vision and even blindness.
Retina Diabetes Often Occurs in Developing Countries
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Dr Ian Yeo Yew San, ophthalmologists who served as a consultant at the Singapore National Eye Centre is incorporated in a healthy tourist services, FlyFreeForHealth, said, "Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness in the retina of the most common in grown, especially those working in developing countries."

As many as 80 percent of cases of blindness in humans should be avoided. Often times it is caused by complications of diabetes and other medical conditions. The longer affected by diabetes, the higher the possibility of getting damaged eye blood vessels.

"About 60 percent of patients had diabetes for 50 years or more will be damaged blood vessels in the eye, and one percent are at risk of blindness," Dr. Yeo.

According to the National Health Survey in 2004 in Singapore, 8.9 percent of men and 7.6 percent of women affected by diabetes. Rate of diabetes in India is the highest number, ie 15.3 percent, Malaysia 11 percent, and China 7.1 percent. These statistics would be a guide for other Asian countries.

"Successful Treatment for diabetic retinopathy depends on early detection and the type of treatment," concludes Dr Yeo.

Do not Let Baby Sitting Too Long

Do not leave infants less than one month in a sitting position for a long time. The reason, it can make them face the risk of increased infant mortality conditions suddenly.

Such a warning was conveyed Dr Arore Cote, one of the researchers from the McGill University Health Center in Montreal, Canada. Together with his colleagues, he reported that the mortality among infants in a sitting position accounted for three percent of all infant deaths they examined as part of his studies.

Do not Let Baby Sitting Too Long
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"Based on other studies that examined the level of oxygen in the blood of infants in a sitting position, to be compared with infants who were in bed, I would say an hour despite being the maximum time," said Cote told Reuters Health.

Cote's group conducted for 10 years, until December 2000, of all sudden deaths are unexplained between birth and age 1 year terhadi in the Province of Quebec, Canada.

Overall, 10 infants in the unexplained deaths and seven unexplained death group died while sitting in a car seat or other seating. When the researchers took into account age received 9.4 percent of the infants who died at less than 1 month of age were in a sitting position meningggal armpit. In contrast, only 2.4 percent of the infants at the age of 1 month were dying in a sitting position.

Quick Finesse Worms Kids Avoid

There are a number of worms that can live in the human body. This is usually caused from contaminated food.
"This worm is a type of worm thread which usually enters the body through food contaminated eggs, which then hatch in the intestine and develop into grown in 15 to 28 days," said Dr. Mirriam Stoppard in his book "Family Health Guide".

Female worm then spawn more around the anus, which causes itching, especially at night. If the child scratching yourself, eggs can be easily embedded in the fingers and under the fingernails, as well as put his hand to his mouth, the child start the whole cycle again worms.

Quick Finesse Worms Kids Avoid
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"Worms thread length from two to 13 millimeters are not dangerous, but can cause unpleasant symptoms. Worm thread is very easy to infect and all family members should be treated simultaneously. Way to prevent it by making sure fruits and vegetables are going to be consumed were washed and for vegetables cooked enough even half done, "said Stoppard.

Here are the symptoms of worms:
- Itching around the anus, usually at night.

- White thread-like worms in dirt.

- Can not sleep due to severe itching.

Should consult a doctor? "See your doctor as soon as possible if you find worms in the dirt in white looks small, like yarn or if you just go to areas that are often affected by a worm or if your child seems unwell," he concluded.

Brain Food for Your Children

You want your child to get better grades in exams this time? Learning is not the only way it should focus on educating the child's brain.


Provide your child with the right brain food, because whatever you eat affects not only the body but also the brain.

Food brain improves memory and skills, so make your child more adept at memorizing or remembering things. Here are some examples of healthy intake that will help your child more intelligent, as reported by Boldsky.
Brain Food for Your Children
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Milk, yogurt, and other dairy products

Milk and other dairy products are a rich source of protein, potassium, calcium, and vitamin D. All the essential nutrients is a key resource for the development of the neuromuscular system, neurotransmitters, enzymes, and brain tissue. Children and adolescents in the age group who are in the growth stage requires these nutrients.

All kinds of fruit berries

You may refer to the strawberries, cherries, blueberries, and blackberries as Brainberries because they provide most of the essential nutrients for the brain. Berry fruits are rich sources of antioxidants and vitamin C which helps in reducing oxidative stress. Seeds from fruits berries are also a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids, one of the most important elements of the outer membrane of brain cells.

Eggs and beans

Choline, an important element for the development of memory stem cells can be found in eggs. Nuts also have a proportion of these substances will. Dietary Choline may increase the production of stem cells in the brain memory. It also minimizes fatigue and improving reaction. Nuts and seeds are a rich source of vitamin D.

Wheat

Vitamin B and glucose found in wheat grains, such as oatmeal and brown rice is a healthy brain food for your child. Our body needs a regular supply of glucose supplied by grains. Vitamin B improves blood flow that our nervous system is one of the main factors in keeping all our organs are active, including the brain.

Salmon

Fish with high levels of fats such as salmon is a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids such as DHA and EPA. It is important for brain development. Research shows that people who eat fish have a sharper memory than others.

Some other very good food for the brain is colored vegetables, such as tomatoes, spinach, carrots, green beans, pomegranate, and more. Include foods mentioned above in your children's diet and increase the memory of a growing child.

Noise Disturb Baby Brain Growth

Do not underestimate the quality of the child's bedroom. Therefore, parents should keep the baby's sleeping comfort that your body and brain grow and develop optimally.

During the baby sleep, blood flow to the brain also increased during this stage of sleep Rapid Eye Movement (REM) phase of sleep or active.

Noise Disturb Baby Brain Growth
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It plays an important role in the psychological health of the baby and infant brain activity, thus allowing optimal growth and development of the baby's brain.

To support the work processes of growth and development of the baby's brain, it's good as long as the baby does not get the sleep disorder, both disorders caused by leaking diapers comfort or due to a noisy environment sound. Because the noises can interfere with infant brain growth.

"The environment is too noisy on some of the research will lead to a focus thought disorder. Consequently, there should be no sound over 80 decibels as it may interfere with brain growth in the future," said dr. Rosalina Roeslani

How to Overcome Stomach Bloating in baby

Newborns have a health condition is not good. Babies often suffer from constipation, flatulence or dysentery because their digestive systems are still in infancy.

Then, when the child began experiencing abdominal bloating, you need to apply a few simple steps, as reported BoldSky.
How to Overcome Stomach Bloating in baby
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Gently pat the baby's back

After eating, you need to pat the baby's back gently as he picked her up. You can do this for one to two minutes until the baby burp. Bloating began to decrease when the baby burp.

Rub the baby's stomach
To overcome bloating, you need a tummy rub gently used baby oil body warmers. But before this is done, you have to put the baby first and then massaged her stomach gave a little pressure. This step can overcome abdominal bloating in children.

Give warm water

When the baby's stomach bloating, you need to give a little warm water to drink. You do not give hot water. In addition, you also need to use warm water to bathe the baby. This step is able to recover the baby's stomach bloating.

Be alert to the bottle-fed baby

You need to be vigilant with the bottle-fed baby, because formula milk can make some baby stomach bloated. You need to observe whether children stomach bloating after drinking milk formula? If yes, then you should avoid your child's milk formula.

Allowing your child to exercise

You need to let baby exercise. One of the sports that can be applied by holding his legs and then move it slowly. This step can improve bowel movement and ease the baby to get rid of gas.

Letting your child active

You can fill the time by getting your child to play. You need to involve the baby in fun activities to help him out of gas in the abdomen. Body movement growing baby are able to help out of gas through belching.

Risk Pregnancy Above 40 Years

Pregnant at age 40 years and over fairly vulnerable. However, if you are still determined to remain pregnant at that age, you have to plan health programs mature.

More recently, studies have shown that by maintaining a stable weight before pregnancy, to minimize the risks that could endanger the health of both the mother and the baby later.

"If you are in a healthy state, with more than 40 years of age and not obesity, the risk of pregnancy complications can be reduced. In a sense, the mother with a balanced weight have an increased risk of pregnancy complications are smaller than maternal obesity, "said researcher John R Barton, MD, who served as director of Maternal-Fetal at Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington, Ky., USA, as reported of web.md.com.
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John compared between pregnant women who are obese and who do not have a weight problem in the study did. Respondents included most women around 20 years old and the other aged 40 years and over. John mentioned, women who are obese at a young age no longer have health issues than those who were too old, but with an ideal body weight. The invention described John the annual meeting the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in San Diego or associations of obstetrics and gynecology in San Diego, United States.

The birth rate for women aged younger today is experiencing a decline. In contrast, the number of deliveries made women aged over 40 years has increased. From 2008 to 2009, the average birth rate of women aged 40-44 years performed experiencing increasing by 3 percent to 10.1 births of 1,000 women. This figure is the highest number of reports ever since 1967, if you see the old lady. John looked at data collected from 53,000 women.

They are included in the educational program and the risk of pregnancy dikordibasi by Alere, a diagnostics and health management, between July 2006 and August 2011. Of the total, 1,231 of which is aged 40 years or older. With 228 of them in the obese category. The body mass index classified as overweight is 22 to 29.9, while the figure of 30 or greater, including obesity.

The women were lined respondents experiencing their first pregnancy and just expecting a baby alone. Women with a history of heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, and other chronic diseases are not included in this study. John then divided into four grup.Yakni young women aged 20-29 years with a body mass index of 35, women older age with the disease of obesity around the age of 41 years with a body mass index of 35, young women aged 20-29 years were not obese with an index body mass 23, and the last  women with a range of 41 years and a body mass index approaching 24.

John discovered the fact that, in women aged 40 years and over who have a history of obesity, most would have the baby before age 37 weeks. Well, this birth too early it will increase the health risks to the baby. Women aged over 40 years who are obese are also three times more likely to develop gestational diabetes, the high blood sugar may increase during pregnancy. More than 21 percent of women who are no longer young and suffer from obesity, have a disease problem. While only 7 percent of women of the same age but with stable weight, who develop gestational diabetes.

Nearly 9 percent of obese young women, suffer from the disease during pregnancy. While those who are younger and healthy weight, only 4 percent were exposed to gestational diabetes. Obese women both came from a young age and older, the risk of preeclampsia.

In order for the Small Diligent Toothbrush

Familiarize children diligently brushing is not easy. However, that does not mean the mothers give up. In order for children diligently brush your teeth, parents should encourage children brush their teeth in a fun way.

For example, taking children to brush teeth together. Encourage toddlers to brush your teeth at least every night before bed by brushing teeth together in front of the mirror. If he can not brush their teeth properly because of limited motor skills, then the mother can help menyikatkan again, after the child tried it myself.

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He cajoled by diverting attention if refused disikatkan again.

Create an atmosphere of fun. Toothbrush shaped attractive or ornate child's favorite characters make her happy. She shared with the involvement of his favorite character for him to brush his teeth in sufficient time, at least two minutes. When going to the dentist, and take the child.

Toddlers can see that the parents comfortable with the activities of dental care and dental care room used to smell, to become acquainted with the operator, and the sound of dental equipment that become more cooperative when taken care of the teeth themselves.

Alert, Constipation Causes Disease Laparospic

appendicitis is no stranger heard. Many people have the disease detected starting from abdominal pain to constipation. So, whether the cause is indicated as a person eating too much chili? Find out more caused by the following review.

As the name implies, the appendix is ​​part bersaluran short bowel and appendix. His position was sticking out of the meeting intestine and colon. In medical language, called the appendix. The function of the appendix as an immunologic organ that actively participates in the production of immunoglobulin (an immune system).

Appendicitis occurs when the appendix is ​​blocked partially or completely, and bacteria that accumulate in them cause infection.
Alert, Constipation Causes Disease Laparospic
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There are many factors that cause blockage of the appendix, including a pile of feces or stool hard, enlargement of lymphoid tissues, intestinal worms, parasites, foreign bodies in the body, 'primary cancer' and stricture.

Eating chili with seeds or guava often with undigested seeds in the feces and slipped into the channel as foreign appendix. Similarly, the so-called hardening of stools or constipation for a long time which could potentially leave the appendices tucked into the channel. In the end, the part that is tucked into a nest and a breeding ground for bacteria which can cause infection which then causes inflammation of the appendix.

In addition, a person who has the disease worms (worms), if the worms are breeding in the large intestine strayed into the appendix, is also a potential cause of appendicitis.

"When there is a blockage, the appendix gets inflamed and swollen that need to be removed surgically. Apandektomi an emergency surgery commonly performed in children. However, appendicitis is rare in infants younger than 12 months," said Dr. Mirriam Stoppard, in his book "Family Health Guide".

Even though it looks scary, you do not need to worry because of appendicitis is not a dangerous disease if treated as soon as possible.

"If diagnosed early, appendicitis is not a serious problem. However, if treatment is delayed for any reason, an accumulation of pus in the appendix can lead to clogged part broke. Condition known as peritonitis and require immediate treatment," said Stoppard .

To that end, recognizing the symptoms of appendicitis preventive measures that need to be done. These symptoms of appendicitis to watch and addressed:

- Abdominal pain, starting from the area around the belly button, then moving down to the lower right abdomen.

- Temperature slightly elevated, rarely exceed 38 degrees Celsius.

- Appetite lost.

- Vomiting, diarrhea, or constipation.

"If you suspect child stricken with appendicitis, see a doctor as soon as possible. If the appendix ruptured, any delay can cause the infection to spread to all parts of the intestine," urge Stoppard.

Post-surgery, continued Stoppard, give support to the child to rest and eat normally when they get home from the hospital. Children should recover after two or three weeks after surgery.