Pray For Health
By peace | June 24, 2008
Jesus had answered my prayer, always, granting me a happy family now. Thank You Jesus.
I considered myself a blessed person, have whatever things which I prayed for. I never asked for wealth, but I only want and really want protection, and safety for my families, and of course, must have the minimum amount, ability to survive with enough money to spend. This is what I ask for. Prayer answered, a happy family of Four I have, all my parents, brothers and sister’s families all safe and sound.
I am not bullshitting, but I always prayed for the safety of my parents and my family and I had asked for a boy. I was happy that my first baby is a boy. I hoped for a girl and I was happy that I got a girl, making a perfect match, a boy and a girl in my little family, the ‘animal farm’.
Even though we have no wealth, but I am blessed with good health and my children are healthy, pretty and handsome. My husband has good health also. Unlike other couples, we have no worries about conception or fertility problems at all. We have perfect normal lives. For couples who have difficulties in their sexual life, some drugs might help. Recover your virility and manhood with Viagra or you might even find Female Viagra or Viagra Oral Jelly at The US Drugs, the number one drugs shop!
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Mitral Stenosis
By peace | June 20, 2008
The mitral valve lies between the left atrium and left ventricle. The valve has two flaps or ‘cusps’. The valve allows blood to flow into the left ventricle when the left atrium contracts. When the left ventricle contracts, the valve closes and the blood flows out through the aortic valve into the aorta. (The aorta is the main artery which takes blood to the body.)
The cusps are stopped from turning ‘inside out’ by thin strands of tissue called chordae. The chordae (not shown in the diagram) anchor the cusps to the inside wall of the ventricle. The valve or chordae may get damaged or scarred which can prevent the valve from working properly. This can lead to disorders called mitral stenosis, mitral regurgitation, or both.
Mitral stenosis means that when the mitral valve opens, it does not open fully. It is narrowed (’stenosed’) when it is open. So, there is some restriction of blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. This in turn means there is a reduced amount of blood that is pumped out into the body from the left ventricle. In general, the more narrowed the valve, the less blood that can get through, the more severe the problem is likely to be.
Causes
Most often Rheumatic Fever where the heart and valves are inflamed. Rheumatic fever usually affects children and attacks may not always be recognised at the time. A proportion of those afflicted suffer permanent heart damage, most commonly at the mitral valve. There may be a latent period of ten to 20 years before symptoms appear. Stenosis(narrowing) is more often found, but a faulty leaking valve may also have developed. Both conditions may be present.
The most common cause of mitral stenosis is rheumatic fever (RF). Approximately 40% of patients with rheumatic heart disease have isolated mitral stenosis. Conversely, rheumatic involvement is present in 99% of stenotic mitral valves excised at the time of mitral valve replacement. RF, however, is exceedingly rare nowadays. It has been more than 10 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discontinued mandatory reporting of acute RF. Studies in the 1950s during an epidemic on a military base demonstrated a 3% incidence of RF in adults with streptococcal pharyngitis not treated with antibiotics. Studies in children during the same period demonstrated an incidence of only 0.3%.
In children, mitral stenosis may run in families. Signs and symptoms of mitral stenosis include:
- Shortness of breath, especially with physical exertion (exercise) or when the person lies down
- Fatigue, especially during times of increased activity
- Swollen feet or ankles
- Heart palpitations — sensations of a rapid, fluttering heartbeat
- Dizziness or fainting spells
- Frequent respiratory infections, such as bronchitis
- Heavy coughing, sometimes with blood-tinged sputum
- Rarely, chest discomfort or chest pain
Diagnosis and Treatment
Mitral stenosis is a heart valve disorder. Mitral stenosis prevents the valve from opening properly and blocks the blood flow from the left atrium to the left ventricle. As the valve area becomes smaller, less blood flows forward to the body. The atrium swells as pressure builds up and blood may flow back into the lungs, resulting in pulmonary edema (fluid in the lung tissue). Left untreated, mitral stenosis will damage the heart, cause irregular heartbeats and possibly heart failure or other serious complications, including stroke, heart infection, pulmonary edema (water on the lungs) and blood clots.
Doctors make the diagnosis after hearing a characteristic heart murmur through a stethoscope placed over the heart. Overall, the 10-year survival of untreated patients with mitral stenosis is 50-60%, depending on symptoms at presentation. Without surgical intervention, the 20-year mortality is 85%. In untreated patients, the causes of death are as follows:
- Progressive heart failure in 60-70%
- Systemic embolism in 20-30%, pulmonary embolism in 10%
- Infection in 1-5%
Over a period of years the diseased cusps of the valve gradually thicken and fuse. The blood cannot flow forward from the left atrium into the left ventricle, the lungs become congested, and blood vessels within the lungs may bleed.
There are a number of different treatment options. Medications include diuretics (water pills), nitrates, or beta-blockers. Digoxin may be used to treat atrial fibrillation. Anti-coagulants (blood thinners) are used to prevent blood clots from forming and traveling to other parts of the body.
Some patients may need heart surgery to repair or replace the valve. Replacement valves can be made from different materials, some of which may last for decades and others which can wear out and require replacement.
Percutaneous mitral balloon valvotomy (also called valvuloplasty) may be considered instead of surgery. During this procedure, a catheter (tube) is inserted into a vein, usually in the leg, and up into the heart. A balloon on the tip of the catheter is inflated, widening the mitral valve and improving blood flow. This procedure is less likely to work in patients with severely damaged
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The Heart Beat
By peace | June 19, 2008
Besides breathing, what is the other thing we would know if a person is alive a not? It is the heart beat. Once the heart stop beating, there would be no breathing either. This is because all the cells in our body need oxygen in order to function. The heart is the main organ which supplies oxygen to all the cells in our body. Without oxygen, other organs in our body cannot function well, and without oxygen, the heart itself cannot function too.
The heart is a marvellous organ with special muscle different from the rest of the muscles of our body. I had always been curious about how the body work, and what is within our body. I used to buy CDs on our Human Body, and various other resources and information on our human body such as the heart, lungs, and so on. However, I was so amazed at how professional some website can be nowadays — Find videos about the human heart anatomy, various heart diseases such as video about sudden cardiac arrest and many more at HeartLibrary! I had watched a few videos and they are really good, providing people like you and me lots of information about the heart.
This is a snapshot of the video about Human Heart Anatomy
This is a snapshot on the video about Heart Attack
Heart Attack is the number one causes of death according to World Health Organization. My paternal grandmother died of heart attack (as what was written in her death certificate — if the diagnosis was correct). She never had a chance to say her last words to family members. Her heart just stopped beating, and she was motionless. Her family did not expect her to ‘leave’ like that.
Knowledge is power, and it would be useful to know more about your body, your heart, and care for your heart. To learn more about various kinds of heart diseases, watch videos at HeartLibrary!
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The Merlion Head
By peace | June 17, 2008
This is a bottle a wine given to me by my mother. My mother bought a few, gave me and my sister this Merlion Wine. My sister has two at home, put at her display cabinet, at the upper most shelf.
The name of this wine is ‘Hua Tiao Jiu’, and this is a product of China.
At my home, I placed mine inside the cupboard. I am scared to see the ‘face’ of the Merlion, as in this bottle of wine — until now, it is kept in my cupboard.
The Unseen Force
Today, I want to talk about this Merlion Head because the Sacred Heart on my altar moved — shift in position. At that moment, it was this ’similar’ experience which came to my mind. My merlion head did not move, but My Sister’s Merlion Head Moved during one year. I had forgotten which year it was. I only can remember what I saw on that day and what had happened based on what I heard and saw.
Possession or Mental Illness ? Doctor any Cure?
Over the years, since the day I had learned to remember things and know my sister, she had always had ‘funny’ things happened to her. Mention more next time. The most serious case was this one, her ‘possession’ and it was during these days where she had seemed to forget everything, except her children. She did not even know how to eat (hold chopsticks), did not know how to go toilet etc. At her home, ALL windows were closed. She also wanted to jump down from the building the night before (the husband said). But the husband locked the door and kept the keys.
Matters of The Brain
On that day where I received this news that she was unwell, I went to see her. She is my sister, of course I cared for her, even though she may be ‘harsh’ to me at times. She threw away lots of things, and she did not remember where she put her things the next moment. She just sat on the chair most of the time during the time we went there, at her home.
Merlion Head Moved/Turned
I walked around the house, and I saw that there were candles almost everywhere (not really everywhere but most of the places). Something strange and really the most remarkable thing which I had remembered until now was the turning of the Merlion Head. The Merlion Head was turned inwards in her display cabinet. My sister would not have put the Merlion Head in such position in her display cabinet. I knew her for so long, I know her. I opened the cabinet, and I turned the Merlion head back, facing outwards, the ‘audience’.
The Catholic Faith
On that day, I saw Prayers ’script’ on my sister’s wallet — Virgin Mary, if I remembered correctly. My sister prayed everything in Chinese because she was from Chinese school. She bought a 3-D picture of the Last Supper from Ginza Plaza. That was the time we went shopping together and she was so ‘loved’ so inclined to buy that piece of 3D Last Supper artwork (not cheap), but she bought it anyway…
POWER OF GOD, Jesus Son of God, Son of Man
I never know the POWER of GOD. I never really KNOW the POWER OF JESUS’ NAME. I never, NEVER even know about the name SACRED HEART, even though I already OWN a bookmark of it (something which I had already bought it myself during my younger days, but was not AWARE). But today, and since last year, and over the years, so much things had happened, and what I had seen and now experienced, there is really SPIRITS and there is really a creator in this world, GOD, and the BIBLE is TRUTH, they were all people who feel the need to write, when INSPIRED by GOD, the need to “LET IT OUT”.
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
By peace | June 16, 2008
Alcohol (wine, beer, or liquor) is the leading known preventable cause of mental and physical birth defects. When a woman drinks alcohol during pregnancy, she risks giving birth to a child who may be born with mental and physical deficiencies for his or her entire life.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome(FAS) is one of the leading known causes of mental retardation and birth defects. If a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy, her baby can be born with FAS, a lifelong, physically and mentally disabling condition.
Addiction will never be cured by a pill. Indeed, when you understand addiction, the idea of a pill for curing it makes no sense. That is because addiction results when people’s lives are unbalanced. It cannot be remedied by a pill, just as a pill cannot balance people’s lives. Women who have ‘habitual habits’ or addicted to drinking alcohol needs lots of determination and will to stop drinking if they want to deliver a healthy baby.
Research indicates that heavy drinking by expectant mothers can affect the health of unborn babies. Newborn infants whose mothers drank heavily during pregnancy have been found to have frequent physical and behavioural abnormalities and may experience symptoms of withdrawal. For example, such infants have shown growth deficiencies, facial and limb irregularities, and central nervous system dysfunction.
Alcohol abuse in pregnant women is the third-leading cause of birth defects (the first two being Down syndrome and spina bifida, the latter referring to the incomplete formation and fusion of the spinal canal and one of the leading causes of mental retardation). Fetal alcohol syndrome is also associated with the development of mental disorder in adults.
There are many women alcoholics nowadays. Alcohol abuse and dependence are difficult to treat because many alcoholics refuse to admit that they have a problem or seek assistance before they ‘hit bottom’, and many that do go into drug treatment leave before therapy is completed. Di Clemente(1993) refers to the addictions as ‘diseases of denial’. In a survey that included more than 60 000 treated alcoholics, Booth, Cook and Blow (1992) reported that 11% left treatment against medical advice. When alcoholics are confronted with their drinking problem, they may react with denial or become angry at the ‘messenger’ and withdraw from this person.
A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of drinking problems appears to be most effective because the problems are often complex, requiring flexibility and individualization of treatment procedures. Also, an alcoholic’s needs change as treatment progresses. Treatment program objectives usually includerehabilitation, detoxification, control over alcohol-abuse behaviour, and development of an individual’s realization that he or she can cope with the problems of living and lead a much more rewarding life without alcohol.
Traditional treatment programs usually have as their goal abstinence from alcohol. However, some programs attempt to promote controlled drinking as a treatment goal for problem drinkers. No matter what the treatment method, however, relapse is common and is seen as part of the treatment and recovery process by many in the field.
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