From adolescence to menopause, menstruation is an integral part of women’s lives. During this period, it is impossible to ignore the sanitary protection. Sanitary Napkins or tampons: what to choose?

Sanitary Protection

Sanitary napkins

Previously very showy and often embarrassing, sanitary napkins, thinner, are nowadays more and more discrete. These are external protections, to protect the clothing of blood flow during menstruation. A towel is covered with a veil, draining and drying up the flow, keeping women dry. The sanitary protection is sought primarily for its comfort and ease of use. The absorption capacity of a sanitary napkin does not exceed three hours. Hence the need to change regularly, the risk of missing leak smells, smelly and very unpleasant. To increase their absorptive capacity, some sanitary pads contain chemicals. Avoid buying this product type; choose those made of cotton-based one hundred percent organic.

Tampons

Appeared in the United States in the thirties, tampons have been trivialized and integrated range of personal hygiene and large areas of medicine cabinet in our bathroom. This is an internal protection alternative in the towel. Just like the towels, tampons absorb blood flow, but unlike them, they are placed inside the vagina. Since its absorption capacity is also close to three hours, it is necessary to change it regularly. Left too long in the vagina, a tampon may cause irritation and serious infections. The tampons are available in two forms: models with applicators and models without an applicator. This type of sanitary protection is advisable to include sport, especially swimming. After use, remember to throw in the garbage and not down the toilet.

Cystitis is a urinary tract infection that causes a burning sensation in the urethra … Although painful, cystitis can be treated quickly. Just take the adequate treatment and some simple reflexes.

Although painful, cystitis can be treated quickly. Just take the adequate treatment and some simple reflexes.

Cystitis

• Be careful not to lull the symptoms by taking the blueberry leaves the sapwood of basswood or bearberry of which are known to alleviate pain. Because the infection is not really careful and cystitis returned a few days later, only worse.
• Drink plenty of water (at least 1.5 litters of water per day) to dilute the germs and taking an anti-inflammatory to mask the pain. Consult a physician makes an analysis and will prescribe an appropriate treatment. Antibiotics if necessary.
• Eat citrus fruits (lemon, grapefruit, orange) and drink blackcurrant juice or currant which has the power to change the pH of urine through their acidity. The bacteria are eliminated more quickly.
• Watch your personal hygiene. A lack of hygiene or conversely, the use of too aggressive contributes to the multiplication of bacteria. A daily bath with a pH neutral soap is needed. Forget the washcloth that is a hotbed of germs!
• Next to sex, cystitis can occur. During penetration, the bacteria can be deposited into the opening of the urethra. One solution has proved itself to pee after every hug to eliminate the few microbes that could break into the bladder.
• Do you follow a doctor? Particularly during periods of risk of a woman’s life such as pregnancy. When a woman is pregnant, her immune defences are attenuated as they are to tolerate the baby. Do not do this would be a simple cystitis lightly.
• Some women suffer from cystitis only when they are menstruating. This may be due to prolonged wear a tampon or a pad that accelerates the spread of bacteria. Do you change every two or three hours?
• Forget the tight pants, the thongs and wet bathing suits that promote the spread of germs.

Fight against constipation problems. If you have any problems with intestinal flora, eat green vegetables, fibber effective against this problem. Withholding of stool in the rectum increases the risk of infection.

Insomnia is a problem common sleep disorders experienced by people busy or are pregnant, sleep difficulties can be overcome by following a few tips.

Some of these tips can women do to get a good sleep, either pregnant or not:

1. Say “no” to cigarettes and alcohol. Both make a pregnant woman sleep.

2. Reduce consumption of caffeine from tea, coffee, sodas, and chocolate. Avoid at all after the afternoon and evening.

3. Make the bedroom as a place to “escape”. Because the body is more pregnant women feel hot when pregnant, keep the room to keep cool. Reduce light and loud noises. Both mothers can wake from sleep.

4. Use extra pillows to support the body during sleep. Place a pillow under his head, stomach, behind his back, and between the knees to prevent muscle stress or interested.

5. Sports sometimes makes mother could not sleep if done too close to bedtime. If you want to exercise, do 3-4 hours before bed.

6. Perform a nap for 30-60 minutes. Do not be too long or too late, because it can interfere with sleep at night.

7. Perform routine relaxing like dinner in a romantic place. Afterward, does something quiet like reading or a warm bath?

8. Create a sleep schedule and wake up relatively the same every day.

9. Move the TV into another room. Use your bed only for sleeping, reading, and have sex. Forget the problems and worries that entered the bedroom.

10. If you can not sleep, leave the bed. Move to another room; listen to soft music or reading a magazine. Having felt sleepy again, go back to bed.

11. Practice relaxation techniques. If the mother is often sick (for example in the first trimester), do snack crackers before bed. Or try drinking warm milk before bed. But avoid eating foods that “heavy” or spicy.

12. Drink less during the afternoon and evening. Much to drink in the morning and afternoon, and reduce the time the afternoon and evening will reduce the chances of you go to the toilet during the night.

13. Sleep on your left side. This position helps blood flow and nutrients to the uterus and the fetus, and helps the kidneys remove waste and fluids. This position also makes the mother sleep better when growing belly.

14. Disturbed sleep during pregnancy is natural. While sleeping through the night did not seem possible, with the activities above will help you sleep.

Do these tips so you can say good bye to insomnia…

Breast cancer is a disease that arises because of the growth of breast cells to excess. From all over the world, breast cancer was placed in fifth position as one of the causes of cancer death after: lung cancer, cervical cancer, liver cancer and colon cancer.

Causes of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer disease the most common cancer attacking women but men also have the possibility to attacking this disease with a ratio between 1 in 1000. Until now has not known for certain what causes this cancer occurs, but several factors likely are:
Age: breast cancer increases  at young age and above.
Genetic: there are two types of genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) that are possible as a risk. If mother or sister of breast cancer, then you have risk of breast cancer.
The use of Medicines, for example a woman who uses hormone replacement therapy as exogenous hormones.

Other factors suspected as the cause of breast cancer is; not married, married but no children, birth to their first child after age 35 years, never feed a child. Some studies reveal that breast cancer increased in people who often deal with stress conditions (shock soul) and also for women who menstruate before 11 of age.

Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer Disease

For those of you who felt a strange lump surrounding breast tissue or even one of your breasts look bigger. These bumps are generally painless, ranging from small size would become huge and palpable as attached to the skin. Several cases of breast skin changes around the lump or change in the nipple.

When the lump started to grow, then pain when pressed. If you feel pain in the breast and nipple that does not go away, you should immediately consult a medical. The nipple into the contract, which was pink and finally become brown and evens the existence of edema (swelling) around the nipple, this is sign of breast cancer. Another thing is the frequency of discharge from the nipple when not nursing a baby.

Breast Cancer Diagnosis Disease

Breast cancer can be ascertained by taking samples of breast tissue that have swollen (action biopsy). This way to know what kind of growth experienced by cells, whether the tumor is benign or malignant tumors (cancer).

Breast Cancer Disease Type

Through the mammograms examination, there is two type of cancer:
Non-invasive breast cancer: cancer that occurs in the bag (tube) milk (link between the alveoli that producing milk and nipples). In the medicine called “ductile carcinoma in situ “(DCIS), the cancer not yet spread to the outside of the network milk bag.
Invasive breast cancer: cancer that has spread out the bag of milk and attack the surrounding tissue may even lead to the spread (metastases) to other body like lymph and other glands through the blood circulation.

Breast Cancer Treatment

Treatment of breast cancer depend on the type and stadium experienced by the patient. Generally someone know has breast cancer after stepped-up stadium, this is due to a lack of knowledge or shame.
Surgery, in the known breast cancer early so surgery was the right thing. The doctor will remove the lump and a small area surrounding the then replaces it with another muscle tissue (lumpectomy).There are 3 surgery of breast cancer,including:

• Radical Mastectomy: the surgical removal of part of the breast (lumpectomy). This surgery is always followed by the provision of radiotherapy. Lumpectomy is usually recommended in patients with large tumor less than two cm and located on the edge of the breast.
• Total Mastectomy: the surgical removal of the entire breast, but not the glands in the armpit.
• Modified Radical Mastectomy: the surgical removal of the entire breast, breast tissue in the sternum, collarbone and ribs and lump around the armpit.

Radiotherapy (radiation), the irradiation in the area affected of cancer using X-rays and gamma rays are aimed to eliminate the cell of cancer remaining in the breast after surgery. These actions have bad effects as the body becomes weak, decreased appetite, skin color around the breast to be black and hemoglobin and leukocytes was decrease as a result of radiation.

Hormone Therapy, This is known as ‘anti-estrogen Therapy’ that the system works to hold the exist of hormones estrogen’s.

Chemotherapy, this is the process of providing medicine in the form of anti-cancer pills or capsules or liquid through the infusion aimed to eliminate the cells of cancer. The impact of the patients experienced chemotherapy is nausea and vomiting and hair loss due to the influence of drugs given during chemotherapy.

Herceptin treatment, biological therapy effective against HER2-positive in women who have breast cancer stadium II, III and IV.

Breast Cancer Prevention

see the previous articles “How to Prevent Breast Cancer’s from The Natural”