Generally, sweat comes out because there is stimulation from the heat or the temperature around. At this point, sweat is the body’s defense mechanism to maintain the acidity of the skin, so that bacteria and fungi do not easily grow. Sweat can also comes out as a result of emotional stimulation such as fear or nervous. Sweating is also part of the process of secretion or disposal of the remains of salt and also toxins from our bodies.

The main content in sweat is 99 percent water and electrolytes such like the usual salt. The amount of sweat that is produce by the sweat glands (sebacea) is varies. Sweat that comes out of a laborer or athlete’s body could be more than 5 liters per day.

Meanwhile, for the office workers or housewives, approximately 0.5 liters or 500 cc. However, according to Dr. Revilda, averagely human is expelled sweat from his body ranging from 600-700 cc. The problem is that sweat could be expelled excessively (hyperhidrosis). It could be more than 600-700 cc.

There are several things that cause the excessive sweating. Certain foods or beverages. And hot beverages that contain caffeine or alcohol and spicy foods can cause excessive sweating. And drugs like some of anti-psychosis that are used to treat mental disorders, morphine, high dose of tioksin and an overdose of pain medication (such as aspirin and acetaminophen).

Diet and exercise. Generally, obese people were easily be sweating than those who had normal weight. Excessive intake of foods can trigger the excessive sweating because the foods were difficult to digested, so the body’s metabolism is working harder and the body temperature will be heating up.

Symptoms of dementia usually emerges slowly beginning with memory disorders or light mental disorders, and patients usually do not realize. Other symptoms are changes of mood and behavior, it is hard to think abstractly, personality changes, and loss of initiative. Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia, and then the causes are vascular disorder / stroke, depression and alcohol, intoxication (poisoning) medications, toxic metabolic, and infection. It has been found that uric acid in the blood of elderly groups can be useful things to detect cognitive problems (intellectual) early.

At first stage, patients with dementia generally experience emotional changes such as: lazy, less passionate, indifferent irritable, depressed, anxious. On stage two, experienced memory loss, less initiative, the language repeatedly, doesn’t recognize family members, and room disorientation.

Amoebiasis is a disease of the colon infection that is caused by intestinal comensal parasites. This disease is spread almost all over the world especially in the tropical areas of developing countries. Usually are caused by the factors of population density, individual hygiene and environmental sanitation and socio-economic conditions and a lack of cultural which can support health behavi

Amoebiasis cases are still can be seen, whether at the community health centers or in a doctor practice, but the handling is sometimes inadequate, so it can emerge complications (difficulties) which is more dangerous. So it’s good to know about cases of amoebiasis in order to have proper handling and prevention.

1. Germs that cause Amoebiasis.
Entamoeba histolytic is an intestinal protozoa, often living as a comensal (apatogen = does not cause disease) in human colon. If the body condition is allow it can turn into pathogens (forming colonies in the intestinal wall, penetrate the intestinal wall and cause inflammation). There are 2 kinds of life cycle that are trofozoit forms which could moves and cysts form which can survive.

2.Type of cases of Amoebiasis.
Amoeba germs can affect into the intestine, causing cases of Acute Intestinal Amoebiasis, Intestinal Chronic Amoebiasis (carrier), or infection outside the in which is mainly caused Liver Amoebiasis and Pulmonary Amoebiasis.

3. Clinical symptoms of Amoebiasis.
Amoebiasis Carrier (cyst passer): there are no clinical symptoms at all, because the amoeba in the colon lumen, did not make the invasion to the intestinal wall.
o Light Intestinal Amoebiasis: the symptoms appear gradually, usually complain about flatulent, sometimes having light pain in the stomach like cramps. Light diarrhea, 4-5 times a day, smelly feces, mix with blood and mucus, and a little tenderness in the gut area.

o Medium Intestinal Amoebiasis: complaints and clinical symptoms are more severe than light dysentery, but still able to perform daily activities. Feces with blood and mucus with cramps in the stomach, fever and weaken body.

o Severe Intestinal Amoebiasis: having diarrhea accompanied by a lot of blood, more than 15 times a day, high fever (40 degrees Celsius-40, 5 degrees Celsius), accompanied by nausea and anemia.

o Chronic Amoebiasis: the symptoms are like a light amoeba dysentery, diarrhea attacks along with normal period or without symptoms. Diarrhea attacks usually occur because of fatigue, fever or foods which are difficult to digested.

4. Amoebiasis disease Handling.
Drug of amoebisid (amoeba destruction) does not work effectively at all places of infection, especially when it’s given a single dose, which combined to increase the effectiveness of treatment. Consult to a doctor immediately, at the nearest health center.

5. Prevention of Amoebiasis problem.
Food and drinking water should be cooked well, because the cysts will perish when it’s heated 50 degrees Celsius for 5 minutes. It’s important for having a family latrine, isolation and treatment for the carrier. Especially for a carrier (carrier cyst disease) it is forbidden to work as a cook or any job that are related to food.

Thus a brief exposure about amoebiasis cases, from the various sources of health reference. Hopefully it can be useful as a comparison of the health information.

Leech is a quite feared animal. But do not be paranoid about it, because leeches have a significant efficacy for treating diseases like diabetes, heart disease, migraines, trapped nerves, sinusitis, muscle injuries and diseases due to dirty blood. The diseases that are mostly curable with leech therapy are coronary heart disease, heart failure, heart leakage, swelling of the heart and migraine.

Leeches can regenerate the dead nerve which is a very good therapy to treat neurological and cardiovascular disease, so not all diseases can be cured with leech therapy. Leeches that are used for this therapy is a medicinalis species while leeches that are exist in the fields or in the mud is no longer sterile. You can also use the Medicinalis leeches that are breed. In this therapy the process is by attaching 2 leeches at the points that become the center of the disease for half to one hour, and then that leeches are removed and the patient will be given herbal medicine to support its recovery.

By the time these leeches are attached, the leeches will expel mucus that is useful to regenerate nerves, expel dirty blood, and cure the disease, in this case there is no oil because 99% leech’s body consists of water or mucus. Besides these diseases, this leech therapy can also cure cancer but it takes much longer time, probably for months depending on its condition.