Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by Treponema pallidum chronic and chronic. The cause bacteria Treponema pallidum. These bacteria enter the human body through the mucous membranes (eg in the vagina or mouth) or through the skin.
The bacteria then spread to nearby lymph nodes. Further spread throughout the body via the bloodstream. Syphilis can also infect the fetus during pregnancy and cause birth defects. Keep in mind, someone who had syphilis infection will not be immune and can become infected again.
Symptoms
Symptoms usually begin to occur within 1-13 weeks after infection. Infection may persist for many years and rarely cause heart damage, brain damage or death. Other symptoms are not feeling well (malaise), loss of appetite, nausea, fatigue, fever and anemia. While in the latent phase, where no visible symptoms at all. This phase can last for years or decades or even lifelong sufferer. In the early phase of latent infectious wounds sometimes re-emerge.
Medical
Avoiding sexual contact with syphilis patients who are in treatment period. If syphilis has entered a latent phase is necessary antibody drugs on doctor's instructions. Also recommended for a blood test.
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Syphilis
Psoriasis
Psoriasis is a skin disease in which sufferers experience skin replacement process too quickly. This disease sometimes appears in the long term or recurring in uncertain times. This disease is not life threatening and not contagious.
The exact cause of psoriasis is not known with certainty. Many scientists believe that the conditions in which is derived from parent to child. The trigger could be a scratching / repetitive friction, anti-hypertension drugs and antibiotics, applying medication to the skin too hard, uncontrollable emotions, and high-calorie foods.
Symptoms
The symptoms of psoriasis in the skin known if there is a bright red area than the surrounding skin, there are small areas of bleeding when scratched, diseases of the nails, and itching at the red area.
Medical
Psoriasis Treatment is usually carried out in various ways starting with a topical ointment (topical), swallowed drugs (systemic) or by irradiation with UVB rays. Both ointments or radiation treatments only help reduce the disease and not cure at all, so any time the disease can recur.
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
Carpal Tun
nel Syndrome (CTS) is a disorder tingling in the hands teruma thumb, forefinger and middle finger. Cause swelling of the nerve in the wrist. These disorders often attack the computer users in the long term.
Symptoms
Weak and stiff in the hand and wrist, middle finger tingling or numbness. Other symptoms at night, the patient will wake up because of numb fingers.
Medical
CST can be treated with light therapy. Namely, the hand muscles to make movements that do not monotonous. Prevention can also be done by establishing a good sitting position when working at the computer.
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Hernia
Hernia is a disease due to decline as the weakening of the scrotal layers of abdominal wall muscles. Weak cavity walls formed by a pocket of the door ring. These disorders often occur in the abdominal area with the content coming out of parts of the intestine. Patients with hernias, indeed most men, especially the children.
Hernia that occurs in children, is mainly due to defective procesus vaginalis to close along with the decline in the testes or testicles. While in adults, because of the high pressure in the abdominal cavity and because the age factor that causes muscle weakness of the abdominal wall.
Hernia disease suffered by many people who live in urban areas, that in fact is full of activity and bustle in which these activities require high stamina. If not good stamina and enforced, the disease continues to be menghinggapinya hernia.
Symptoms
Most sufferers will feel the pain, if there is infection in it, for example, if children are too active sufferers.
Medical
Medical treatment for hernias is by doing surgery. Often the hernia can be pushed back into the abdominal cavity.
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Genetalis herpes
Genetalis herpes is an infection or inflammation (bubble blister) on the skin especially in the genitals (vagina, penis, including the rectum / anus and the buttocks and groin / groin) is caused by herpes simplex virus (VHS).
Men who are not circumcised, more at risk of genital herpes than circumcised men. The man who is not circumcised thin mucus membrane. Meanwhile, if already circumcised thick mucus membranes, a regular skin, so that relatively more difficult to catch.
Symptoms
Symptoms initially arose on days 4-7 after infection in the form of itching, and pain kesemutann. Then came the little red spots, followed by a collection of small painful blisters. These blisters rupture and merge to form a circular wound. Wounds that usually causes pain and form a scab. In addition, patients have difficulty to urinate and when walking pain will occur. New injuries will get better within 10 days but can leave scarring.
Other symptoms of pelvic lymph nodes are usually somewhat larger.
These initial symptoms is more painful, longer and more widespread than the following symptoms and sometimes accompanied by fever and not feeling well.
In men, blisters and injuries can be formed in every part of the penis, including the front skin of the penis is not circumcised. In women, blisters and injuries can be formed in the vulva and cervix. If the patient had sexual intercourse through the anus, then the blisters and sores can form around the anus or in the rectum.
In people with immune system disorders (eg patients with HIV infection), herpes injuries can be severe, spread to other body parts, persist for several weeks or more, and resistant to treatment with acyclovir.
The symptoms tend to recur again in the same region or in the vicinity, because the virus settled in nearby pelvic nerve and re-active to re-infect the skin.
Medical
There is no treatment that can cure genital herpes. But treatment can shorten the duration of the attack. The number of attacks can be reduced by continuously taking anti-viral drugs low doses. Treatment will be effective if started as early as possible, usually 2 days after onset of symptoms.
Treatment is aimed to reduce the amount of live virus in the wound, thereby reducing the risk of transmission. Another goal, relieve symptoms in the early phase.
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Watch for symptoms of hyperthyroidism in Women
Jakarta, Every part of the human body has glands that produce certain hormones. If the production of normal hormones will not cause a problem but if their production can lead to excessive danger. Like excess thyroid hormone (hyperthyroidism) which occurs in many women.
Hyperthyroidism is a condition where the thyroid gland produces excessive thyroid hormone, usually because the gland is too active. This condition caused some changes both mentally and physically a man, who called thyrotoxicosis.
Hormones that affect the thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), these hormones regulate growth and chemical or metabolic reactions in the body. Normally the pituitary gland controls the production of thyroid hormones, this gland is located at the base of the brain. When the intake of thyroid hormone decreases, these glands will release thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) to stimulate the production of thyroid hormones.
Hormone excess is usually caused by a severe illness, excessive thyroid hormone in the placement, inflammation of the thyroid gland, a lump in the thyroid gland, excessive use of drugs containing iodine, thyroid hormone oversecretion after pregnancy, or it could be because of cancer or tumors.
Symptoms to watch out for are:
1. Anxiety and often nervous.
2. Like trembling fingers.
3. Heart was pounding like.
4. Reduced weight.
5. Like excessive sweating.
6. Weakness and decreased concentration.
7. Insomnia.
8. Such headaches tingling.
9. Menstruation cycles are irregular and unstable emotions.
Thyroid hormone excess disease was more prevalent in women than in men, although not yet determined what factors play a role in it.
To diagnose this disease should dlakukan several tests such as physical examination and laboratory blood tests to look at hormone levels T3, T4 and THS. If the high thyroid hormone levels and low hormone levels THS, this indicates an overactive thyroid gland caused by the existence of a disease.
Could also be detected by using a thyroid scan uses X-ray beam to see the thyroid gland after the use of radioactive iodine by mouth. If not too severe treatment by simply taking antithyroid medications, proper rest, eat a balanced diet and enough sleep. But if it is bad to do surgery.
If there is one of your symptoms, you should immediately consult a specialist doctor to determine whether the result of excess thyroid hormone or not. Because if it can be detected earlier do not have to do the surgery.
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Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis is caused layers of tissue inflammation. In such a long time disrupting the inflammatory joints. This disease will limit patient activity and create pain when walking or mengggerakkan hand.
Rheumatoid Arthritis affects more women than men. Sometimes attacking women aged 40-60 years. The exact cause of rheumatoid not known. But rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease disease. This means that the natural immune system attack the joints.
Symptoms
The main symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis include pain in the pesendirian, hands, legs, and neck pain when moved. This disease always affects both parts of the body at the same time. In some cases, even, attacking the eyes, and heart.
Medical
There was no specific treatment for rheumatoid arthritis, the treatment only helps relieve symptoms and control the disease. Treatment continues throughout the life of the patient. Treatment includes medication, exercise, and lifestyle changes.
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Brain aneurysm
Blood vessels are like pipes that channel blood. These blood vessels are in seuruh parts of the body, one in the brain. But sometimes the wall "pipe" in the brain's blood was not able to resist high blood pressure. 
Such abnormalities in medicine known as aneurysms. As a result of the weak vessel walls and blood pressure are relatively high, the possibility can lead to vessel rupture. When he broke the blood vessels will leak into the brain. Due to seepage of blood that drenched the brain is usually the patient complained of headache only. Over time the blood seepage into the flood of blood in the brain. This is what is causing the patient died suddenly.
Although brain aneurysm can cause sudden death, there are several factors that need to know the causes; congenital weakness of the blood vessel wall, infections caused by fungi or bacteria on the blood vessels. These risks became higher in people with high blood pressure, people with high stress levels as well as smokers.
Symptoms
Symptoms of a brain aneurysm as well as ordinary headache pain. Because the symptoms of 'minor' that patients usually do not realize the danger of this disease.
Medical
Treatment was carried out only when the patient is still in early stages, and will do surgery to clean the blood that floods the brain. Clamping is also done while the blood vessels to reduce blood seepage. However, if the patient was already severe, the possibility of small saved.
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Priapisme
Priapism is a painful erection and settled and not associated with arousal or satisfaction seksual.Penyebab Priapism can occur in all age groups, including newborn babies. Priapism in children are usually found in patients with leukemia. White blood cells that obstruct or impede the flow of blood from the penis, causing Priapism.
Children who suffer from sickle cell disease may also experience Priapism.
Other causes of Priapism in children is trauma, either on his own penis and the area under the penis (the perineum) and spinal cord injury. In adult men, the cause could be known Priapism may also not. One possible cause is the sickle cell disease.
But the most common causes of Priapism in adults is a drug-drug injected like; drug psychosis (torazin, klorpromazin), antihypertensive drug (prazosin), marijuana, a drug used to treat impotence, anticoagulants, cocaine, corticosteroids, tolbutamid, trazodon .
Symptoms
The symptoms of this disease be accompanied by painful erection that occurs without sexual stimulation and lasts for 4 hours or more.
Medical
Treatment tailored to the cause. If the cause is drugs, the drugs stop immediately. If the cause is nerve damage, is given by spinal anesthesia. If the cause is a blood clot, surgery to remove a blood clot, or to create a bypass for penile circulation returned to normal.
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Parkinson's
Parkinson's is a degenerative disease characterized by tremors and stiffness of muscle movement. However in some cases caused by toxins, head injury, and drugs.
Causes in the brain there is an area called the basal ganglia. This basal ganglia signal processing and deliver a message to the thalamus, which will convey the information that has been dioalah back to the cerebral cortex. In people with Parkinson's, cells in the basal ganglia into decline.
Symptoms
Symptoms of Parkinson's include: shaking (tremors) in hand, stiff muscles and hard-driven, if the forearm bent backward or corrected by others, the more difficult movements, the patient had difficulty walking, berkurangnnya facial expressions, often choking (difficulty swallowing ), people with difficulty articulating thoughts.
Medical
Parkinson's treated with some therapy. Drug therapy, physical therapy, and voice therapy are some examples of therapy for Parkinson's.
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Ablation Retina
Description
Medical calls the separation of the retina sensory layer of the epithelial layer of the retina called pimen retinal ablation. Ablation can
occur spontaneously or secondary. This is due to tearing of the retina in the eye. Next place the retina by the vitreous furtherance of humor (eye fluid) entering through a tear or retinal hole into the cavity of sub retina. So float the retina and cause retinal layers apart from koroid pigment epithelium.
Regmatogenosa retinal ablation is a type of ablation of the most common. Ablation is commonly seen in eyes that have a risk factor for retinal ablation occurs. Trauma is the only trigger for the occurrence of retinal ablation on the eye of talent.
Symptoms
Symptoms can be patient to see flashes of kelatan-floating black spots and light (fotopsia) a few days to several weeks earlier, in some patients the loss of the retina may occur without a preceded by sightings spots or even a real light, like a curtain complaints covering most spacious eyes, loss of retinal development that will further blur the central vision and lead to deterioration of vision.
Medical
If someone found the above symptoms then immediately to the ophthalmologist to get therapy to prevent further tearing. To cure this disease with surgery performed.
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