Malaria is a disease transmitted by the bite of a mosquito, which affects most countries with tropical climate.
Malaria is a disease caused by the Plasmodium parasite is usually transmitted by the bite of certain mosquitoes infected female.
Half of world population 2500 million people live at risk of contracting the disease.
Between 300 and 500 million people become ill with malaria each year and kills about 3 million each year, every minute, for 3-5 children die of malaria. (more…)
Such as common skin infection but that, because common, it is still very annoying. But … what are the symptoms generated by the boils? Well, that’s just today’s topic:
The first symptoms that boils are injuries.
This includes:
The latter generally are very sensitive, with pain ranging from mild to moderate single or multiple and usually the size of a pea, but can occasionally reach the size of a ping-pong ball.
Melasma is a disease that occurs when the skin produces melanin in a disorderly way, and this causes the appearance of facial darkening
Melasma can attack anyone, but shows a clear trend in pregnant women and people who use AEDs. The areas most affected with this condition are the cheeks, chin and forehead, and when the spots on the skin are very prominent is necessary to fight melasma.
Today there are many treatments for melasma, and among the most popular treatments for melasma disease are the following:
- Hidroquinina: this therapy de-pigmented dermis, removing the dark color of the face, as it inhibits melanin production.
- Tretinoin: can be used in combination with hidroquinina, which would allow more efficient absorption of the product, making the results more noticeable.
- Azelaic Acid: Inhibits and acts directly on the skin pigment cells, only adverse effects (slows cellular metabolism and growth of the same.)
- Chemical Peeling: This by chemicals remove the top layers of the skin, in the case of melasma only produce noticeable effects in people with white faces, as in dark-skinned people there is a risk of aggravating the melasma.
- Light Therapy: This method is not equal to a laser therapy (which in this case produce unsatisfactory results.) This technique is achieved to reduce and eliminate stains and overproduction of pigment cells.
- Tretinoin cream: this type of ointments are applied directly on the skin, is expected to bleach the whole area (only recommended in some cases, melasma), your doctor may also “fortify” the cream by adding specific components to their action more efficient.
- Mandelic acid: This substance is a derivative of almonds which showed very satisfactory results in the treatment of melasma (this treatment is prescribed for people sensitive to more aggressive methods).
Vitiligo is a skin disease that destroys the melanocytes, these are the pigment cells that will give a tone to our skin (which causes white patches in different parts of the body). The definitive cure for vitiligo is not known yet, but there are some traeatments that can help.
The causes of vitiligo are largely hereditary, but research continues to explore other factors that may cause the development of the disease.
Due to the nature and origins of the vitiligo disease treatments that exist today are addressed in terms of development time of illness, severity of symptoms and type of treatment the patient wants to continue.
We can divide the treatments for vitiligo in 3 major fields.
Medical treatments
- Creams: are ointments to be applied directly to the skin, which usually contains steroids to strengthen the pigment .- Drugs: These are taken orally as tablets or capsules (as directed by your doctor.)
- PUVA: this is a therapy that involves taking combination drug therapy with application of ultraviolet (UVA).
Surgical treatments:
- Skin grafts: tissue is removed surgically from healthy areas of the patient to be transplanted to the sectors concerned (when the disease is not very widespread).
- Tattoos: this technique will be used to cover areas where the skin pigment is gone, usually in very mild disease.
Other treatments:
- Using Filters and sunscreens to avoid suffering which changes color and are more noticeable stains.
- Cosmetics: here come all those non-invasive procedures and are not permanent and makeup.
There is currently no treatment that can provide a safe cure for vitiligo, but if you can offer the patient a better quality of life. Are still investigating the causes, symptoms, reactions and solutions for definitive treatment.
The dermatosis is a skin disease that manifests itself in a very general way as a persistent inflammation of allergic origin, and whose origin may be hereditary or genetic. There are several treatments for skin diseases, and from the point of view of natural medicine for the skin are a few of them.
The dermatosis can occur in different parts of the body depending on the age of the person concerned, as it has come to know that there are three main stages to this disease can attack: the birth, the child and finally adulthood.
If a person suffers from this disease, treatments for skin conditions that may apply to do with your lifestyle. For example it is much mention of stress as a predominant factor for this infection of the skin becomes more chronic.
It is therefore recommended a person to remain as relaxed as possible to prevent the itching that causes this disease can affect a greater degree.
Another tips to follow to combat dermatosis is that the person concerned is in a cool environment, this in order to prevent sweat affect those wounds have been caused by scratching. Here is another tip that is born again, and is like fingernails as short as possible to avoid infecting the wound further.
The cause of doctor’s visit is mainly to improve aesthetics. However, sometimes the best treatment is not any treatment.
General: Your doctor will explain about its condition and what to expect from the proposed treatment. The white areas affected by vitiligo have no natural protection against the sun and they can very easily be burned by sunlight, so it is recommended to use sunscreen with a protection factor of at least 15 in all areas affected discovered.
Topical treatment. To the affected skin based drugs (natural or synthetic psoralens) is the most effective. Also the use of cosmetic creams, artificial can be a relief to patient dissatisfaction with their spots.
Systemic treatment. Psoralens also be used orally in cases of extensive vitiligo, but please keep in mind that its action is not limited only to skin pigment but also affect normal skin.
There have tried other vitiligo treatments such as corticosteroids, drugs to regulate the immune response and application of autografts tattoos with very inconsistent. Psychotherapy, even if superficial, is of great help.
Sometimes the doctor can also support the use of medications to reduce distress and anxiety that the patient feels about his condition.
Causes
No one knows the origin of vitiligo disease. Several theories have been formulated in this regard such as immunological factors (body’s defense mechanisms), which act against the melanocyte or prevent the formation of melanin. Sometimes you can find a history of significant emotional distress or a sudden emotional shock (accident, death in the family, sexual identity problems, among others.), So we think that vitiligo may be a cutaneous equivalent of anxiety or its consequences. Finally, there is also a hereditary factor involved, since between 20 and 30% of those affected have a family history of the same problem.
Events
The only known manifestation is the appearance of white spots on the skin. The patient gradually lose the color in the affected area, the depigmentation, usually first appears in their hands then slowly affect the face and other body regions. In advanced cases the affected individual has skin discoloration around the body, so it resembles a albino absence of pigment in the skin throughout the body, eyelashes, eyebrows and hair.
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Vitiligo
It is a skin disease that has important implications for health, and that those affected tend to have a preoccupied state variable, sometimes with real anguish and despair, the disease is usually cause especially in children of rejection and ridicule, as significantly altering self-esteem and well being of the sufferer, in addition to any skin changes due to the inability to protect it from solar radiation.
Considerations
Vitiligo is not contagious and deadly disease, is an alteration in the pigmentation of the skin in which melanocytes (cells that produce melanin, which provides the color or our skin’s natural pigment) are destroyed or removed. This disease is the fifth leading cause of consultation in dermatology services, affects two in every 100 people and can occur at any age, yet 50% of cases occur before age 20. Patients present areas with white spots on them, the study is a clear absence of melanocytes. The hair and mucous membranes of the eyes, nose and mouth can also become targets in the affected areas.
Complications
This condition does not affect physical health, but it can affect the emotional health of the sufferer to generate anxiety and low self-esteem. In addition, people with vitiligo are more susceptible to skin cancer by sunlight and that their tolerance to UV radiation is much lower.
Some natural remedies to combat stretch marks
* Pulp grape is applied to the groove like a mask will help to hydrate our skin and patience will get remove stretch marks gradually.
* Horsetail: soak 100 grams horsetail a few drops of lemon in a quart of alcohol at 40 degrees for a month, to massage the skin.
* The carrot as a mask is also highly recommended.
* Using natural oils of olive, castor, coconut or lavender.
* Creams rich in vitamins A, B, E and D.
* Arnica cream, applied three or four times a day.
* Cream for stretch avocado pulp to mix the avocado half with a spoonful of honey and lemon, applied daily in a circular massaging.
* Sweet almond oil is undoubtedly the best choice (and cheaper) that exists for stretch marks. It works great for preventing pregnancy stretch marks.
Other treatments to reduce stretch marks
* Laser therapy there are several types of treatment, the dermatologist will advise us the best.
* Chemical Peels: more or less power.
* Creams containing Retin-A: they have shown to significantly reduce the appearance of stretch marks. They should not mug during pregnancy or while you’re breastfeeding the baby.
Most common causes of stretch marks
* Winning and losing weight quickly: it makes the skin has to stretch much.
* Hormonal changes: puberty and menopause.
* An excessively fast development of muscles: the case of bodybuilders.
* Pregnancy: skin stretches a lot and after giving birth has a hard time recovering its original elasticity.
* The genetic factor: it is one of the most common causes of stretch marks.
* Excessive use of some drugs.
* The elastic skin is dry and more prone to stretch marks.
* Diabetes: Diabetics in the stretch marks are more frequent.
Tips to prevent the appearance of stretch marks
* Ensure that the grooves disappear once they are produced is quite difficult so we must be careful and try to prevent their occurrence.
* Try to keep your weight stable as possible, abrupt changes favor the appearance of stretch marks.
* Practice exercise regularly.
* We must follow a healthy balanced diet and drink plenty of water.
* Keep your skin hydrated and supple.
* Turn movement, we can do this by changing the temperature of the water when we take a shower.
* Take extreme care and skin care during pregnancy.
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