Health and Fitness

Where the mother is not worried if her baby sick. Never mind that severe illness, mild illness such as a cold or flu can certainly make a mother dizzy and could not sleep.

Diseases such as diaper rash, nasal congestion, post-immunization fever up is a disease that often occurs in the small. Do not worry or panic too, it can be overcome with breastfeeding.

According to Dr. Utami Roesli, SpA, MBA, IBCLC St Carolus Hospital pediatric diseases can attack children, but it also depends on age. “First aid still breastfeeding, due to a new baby or a child born naturally hard drugs, to the mother must be very careful,” he said.

Dr. Utami asserted that as much as possible avoid the baby from drugs that contain chemicals. Breastfeeding often in addition to having a good impact for children, also can improve the quality of life of the mother.

In addition to the disease, which affects infants flu often leave impurities in the nose area. This dirt if left unchecked can cause breathing difficulties in babies.

Well, because the baby is still very sensitive mothers should clean it gently. “Droppings of the nose can be cleaned with a cotton swab rolled, and then inserted into the nose. Usually the baby will sneeze and feces will be out on his own,” he said

Similarly, when cleaning the ears tiny babies, mothers do not need to use a cotton bud. “Clean only parts of his ears with cotton, too dangerous if a deep cleaning,” added the doctor who is also Chairman of the Indonesian Lactation Center.

Baby is susceptible to various diseases, especially if the environment is not supportive. Therefore protect your baby as possible to avoid unwanted diseases.

After taking a few drops of breast milk is often left around the baby’s mouth. If left in a few moments, the rest of the milk will dry up. Is it dangerous to the health of the baby’s mouth?

“Not dangerous if left breast around the baby’s mouth, because it’s basically a good milk for the baby. If you really want to clean, make clean cotton so that no bacteria that enter through the mouth,” said Dr. Utami Roesli, SpA, MBA, IBCLC, pediatrician St Carolus Hospital and chairman of the Indonesian Lactation Center

If you find any white patches around the mouth after drinking milk, it actually does not need to worry. ASI remnants could indeed cause white patches that usually appear in the mouth, such as the lips, the inside of the cheek, palate and tongue. But the rest of the milk white patches that will not cause health problems in babies.

Clean the baby’s mouth can be done to maintain the cleanliness of their oral region. This can be done using a soft cotton that has been moistened with warm boiled water. Clean the baby’s mouth after feeding the baby will be comfortable, awake baby oral health, and of course the baby feel more refreshed.

Here are the steps to clean the baby’s mouth that mothers can do, as quoted from the book ‘Secrets of Ms. Smart: A Guide to Caring for Infants Up to 12 Months Postpartum’, which was written by Nini Umi Nazwa:

1. Dampen a gauze or washcloth with warm boiled water, and dressing on your index finger. Put the baby in a supine position for easier clean up his mouth. Begin cleaning from the outside of the mouth, lips and the surrounding areas.

2. With the help of your fingers, open the baby’s mouth and insert your index finger and rub the gums gently from the top to the back of the upper front. When finished, clean the bottom of the back of the gums continue forward.

3. Do not forget to clean the baby’s tongue. Do starting from the base of the tongue, then slowly to the front. Keep in mind, do not rub the back of the tongue because the baby is likely to choke.

In addition to cleaning the baby’s mouth after feeding, it is also important to always clean your hands and nipples before breastfeeding. Therefore, they are also a potential medium for the transfer of bacteria. Therefore, it is important to always keep the baby’s mouth area.

“Wash the mother’s nipple before breastfeeding. Trick, wash your hands first with soap and warm boiled water. Then spend a little milk to clean nipples,” continued Dr. Utami.

Immunization is one of the efforts made as a form of disease prevention. All children, beginning at age infants, are entitled to this service. Because if not immunized, many adverse effects that may occur. What immunizations must be given to infants younger than 12 months?

The following immunizations must be given to infants younger than 12 months, as quoted from the book ‘Secrets of Ms. Smart: A Guide to Caring for Infants Up to 12 Months Postpartum’, which was written by Nini Umi Nazwa:

1. BCG (Bacillus Calmette Guerin)
The vaccine must be given a point in preventing TB (Tuberculosis). BCG vaccine can be 80 percent effective in preventing tuberculosis for a period of 15 years. BCG immunization is only done once, effective when the baby was 1 month. This injection will show ‘boils’ small in area injected. If not, have to do repeated injections.

2. Hepatitis B
The vaccine must be given to the baby even before he left the hospital. Immunization is an effective measure to prevent HBV, the virus that causes hepatitis B. The vaccine is given 3 times. The rule, if suntkan to-1 performed at 1 month of age, a period-2 injections to between 1-2 months later, while the 3rd injections performed until 5 months later.

This vaccine protects infants from viral hepatitis B is difficult to cure in which infants can be exposed to mothers who have hepatitis during childbirth.

3. Polio
The vaccine must be given because of the threat of polio is still there. This vaccine to counteract the paralysis caused by polio virus. The first polio vaccine is given after birth. Then the vaccine is administered 3 times, while infants aged 2, 4, and 6 months. This vaccine can be repeated at the age of 18 months and 5 years.

4. DPT or DTP
The vaccine must be given which is a mixture of three vaccines is to prevent disease diphtheria (which attacks the throat), pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (infection of wounds causing spasms).

The vaccine is given as much as 4 times and the first time when the baby is older than six weeks. Then when the baby is 4 and 6 months old. Last injection is usually given when the child is older than 1 year.

5. Vaccine Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
MMR vaccine protects children from three viruses: measles (which causes high fever and rash body-wide), mumps (which causes facial pain, swelling of the salivary glands, and sometimes swelling of the scrotum in males), and rubella or German measles (which can cause birth defects if infection occurs during pregnancy).

The first vaccine given to children at ages 12 to 15 months and between the ages of 4 and 6 years.

“Immunization is mandatory that such polio, BCG, hepatitis, DPT, and measles. Immunization is very important, especially fatal if not given the dangerous diseases. Otherwise will be given greater losses,” said Dr. Utami Roesli, SpA, MBA, IBCLC, a pediatrician with St. Carolus Hospital and chairman of the Indonesian Lactation Center,

Diapers are one of the mandatory equipment for the baby. If you had only known cloth diaper, is now circulating in the market diapers or disposable diapers. As time passed, the negative impression about cloth diapers baby was heard.

Following a negative impression about cloth diapers babies still often heard, as quoted from Boldsky, Friday (10/05/2013):

1. ancient

Ancient is one of the negative impression that is still heard baby cloth diaper related. Hmm, is the traditional cloth diapers, but not ancient. If observed, the use of cloth diapers today is different from that performed grandmother or your mother first. Cloth diapers today are much more modern design for ease of use.

2. disgusting

Only having to clean baby poop diaper inherent in the cloth diapers means more disgusting than disposable diapers? Whereas for disposable diapers are also expected to be feces droppings cleaned before disposal.

3. Plastic Disposable Diapers More Comfortable

Disposable diapers are practical, but not necessarily comfortable for baby. Because in some cases diapers caused skin rashes on baby’s bottom diapers because materials that are moist.

4. Baby Cloth Diapers Make Difficult Sleep

Thin fabric that will easily wet when the baby is wetting at night, it is sometimes difficult to make the baby sleep. But this can actually be used to make toilet training.

5. Make Lots of Work

Other negative outlook is due to make a cloth diaper mom would have a lot of work to do. Actually, if only by ompol baby, the mother can wash it in the washing machine as usual. So it is not true that cloth diapers are actually making a lot of work to do.

Well Mother, option use cloth diapers or disposable plastic in your hands. Most important is the diaper on the baby’s skin comfortable.

Shark fin is said to have many health benefits for the body. No wonder a lot of people who want to eat them. But actually many myths that still believed.

“There are some myths that developed in the community. Firstly, many sharks are thought to aggressive all sorts, but in fact only 3 of the 300 species are aggressive,” said Hafiz, Fishing Program Coordinator WWF Indonesia, in a press conference # SOSharks, in Anomaly Cafe , South Jakarta, Friday (05/10/2013).

Belief in aggressive shark was then associated with masculinity. So by eating shark fin believed to increase virility. Moreover shark fin is also believed to make the young.

“Actually sharks as top predators in the marine ecosystem, eating smaller fish in the ecosystem, we can imagine a lot of polluted sea conditions, making these fish contain mercury metal or higher than other marine life,” said Hafiz.

He added that the price of shark fin soup is relatively expensive. That makes the income or revenue of the seller greater.

“A few months ago there was a study that said the actual earnings of sharks as an ecotourism life greater than a bowl of shark, which is worth U.S. $ 180,” he said.

Practitioners of yoga and food combining, Erikar Lebang, who also attended the event confirmed that the high mercury substances in the body affects the health of shark.

“Shark fin has a color that is not interesting, because it’s also a lot of people who dip into hirosikda solution and it can cause free radicals,” said Erikar

Meanwhile Nugie singer and environmental activist claimed to have a unique experience with sharks. At first he said they were afraid to meet with these predators, but not interact directly when explore the beauty of Indonesia’s marine exotic, the fear was gone.

“I immediately fell in love,” said Nugie.

Nugie wife of Chinese descent who has a chance to find out the myths about shark fin. Understandably his wife according to ancient Chinese nobles had ambitions unusual food cravings.

“Actually there are a lot of exotic foods, according to my wife’s first kings in China have to eat food that has not been ambition can not be enjoyed by the people,” said Nugie.

According to him, one of which is a bird’s nest. “So the apparent myth was a lie, if you want a male riding a bicycle Bro,” said Nugie

Some simple tricks can help you look directly, without the need to spend time practicing in the gym.

1. Play Color
If you have wide hips and thighs, wear a black pencil skirt and bright tops. (Do the opposite if you do not feel confident with the upper body). By wearing dark colors in areas that are “problematic”, you will draw people’s attention to other parts of the body you are proud of.

2. Buy a new bra
One thing that all women can do right now to look slimmer is to buy a new bra, says Charla Krupp, author of “How to Never Look Fat Again”. “As many as 85 percent of women wear the wrong bra, so that their breasts are supposed to look down from.” To look slim, we have to create a space as possible between waist and chest so your torso look longer and thinner, he said. Ask experts recommendations, do not immediately buy the bra size now.

3. Select the V-shaped collar
Krupp suggest you wear tops with collars V. “Inverted diamond shape will give the impression of an optical illusion making you look slimmer. However, be careful when you wear the collar V. You have to make sure the right part of the chest and neck, not to dull.

4. Buy ‘shapewear’
You may have heard about the wonders of Spanx called. Charla Krupp was very fond of shapewear products, but remember that Spanx can sometimes feel like a sausage skin. The solution: Skinny Britches, the latest product from the Spanx shapewear that the layers can be added as needed. “It’s very feminine, and beautiful that it does not matter when you see people,” says Krupp.

5. Clean the closet
Remove clothes that can make you look fat. Among other things, T-shirts that are too big, amputated shirt (if your hands are fat), and a satin skirt that showed protrusion.

6. Belt use
“Wear a belt to emphasize the waist can instantly make you look thinner,” said Romy Fazeli, beauty and health experts from Kymaro. “Creating curves can draw attention to the waist area thereby creating a sexy and slim style.”

7. Show off your skin
There is one rule to remember: Do not let all your skin covered with clothing. Let your arms open, and the neck area to create a touch of sexy but still courteous.

8. Understand how to pose
“When posing, standing upright, not down,” said Jennifer Miller, director of Cosmopolitan photo dealing magazine cover photo shoot. “High posture can instantly give the impression slim. Hips will give the impression you are skinny hands. ”

9. Find out how konturing
“Excess Highlight your face,” says makeup artist Brigitte Reiss-Andersen. How? With emphasize cheekbones and brow bone. Tip: Play like the color in the middle of the cheek area and the edge of the eye, to accentuate the effect.

10. Alter your jeans
Be aware of your jeans is “treason” and memperjelek display. The signs? There are around crotch. Do not let looks swollen, or looks too narrow. Do not be afraid to buy one size bigger, because we’re looking for is convenience, says Shatonia Amee, fashion stylist from New York.

11. Waist folds
“There are several reasons this happens, Shatonia said. “One is, your jeans are too tight.” Once again, do not be afraid to buy jeans a bigger number! Jeans that are too tight can cause low or fat spills aka creases waist – no matter fat / skinny.

12. Enough sleep
Lack of sleep can be stressful, and you might also be wanting to eat. Scientists at the University of Chicago Medical Center says, people who slept only four hours a day his appetite increased 23 percent. So, try to sleep at least seven hours a day.

13. Fix posture
Standing and sitting up straight not only makes the body take care of but also reduces fatigue on joints, neck, and back. Fix posture with this tip:

a. Imagine a straight line on the side of your body, from the ears, shoulders, hips, knees, feet up.
b. Imagine your head is pulled by a rope to the ceiling, tegapkan your shoulder.
c. Pull your belly to back.
d. Let your arms hanging beside pants, a little bit backwards.
e. Distribute your weight evenly on both feet.

14. Chewing slowly
If you like to eat in a hurry, be careful. University of Rhode Island study says that women who eat pasta for 9 minutes to consume 646 calories. But who eat pasta slowly (30 minutes) consumed 70 fewer calories. They also feel more full.

15. Drink more water
You’ve often heard. Water, which has 0 calories, is the best diet drinks. Can of Coca-Cola has 146 calories, while a cup of grape juice, 154 calories.

Acne is the most common skin problems experienced, especially in adolescents. When the spots that appear on the face, hands it felt ‘itchy’ want to push. Though squeeze pimples can make the condition worse.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) squeeze acne can cause scarring. If your acne, keep hands out of your face because the oil and dirt on the hands can make acne worse.

In addition to scarring, following some of the risks that lurk when you carelessly squeeze pimples, as reported by LIVESTRONG on Saturday (05/11/2013):

1. Irritation

Squeezing and squeezing will only aggravate acne. In fact, if there is any improvement then it is only temporary, according to Georgetown University’s Health Education Services.

As soon as squeezed pimples will reappear, often with redness or irritation. Even if you squeeze pimples and appear less obvious, irritated and inflamed scars are longer than the acne itself.

2. Bleeding

Squeezing pimples can lead to bleeding surfaces. When a bloody acne, clogged pores will open and vulnerable to leave bacteria on the skin.

White blood cells to fight bacteria then attack, the pores will again clog but inflamed. With the advent of swelling and dried blood, pimples may appear even more noticeable than before.

3. Infection

According Kidshealth, squeeze acne making bacteria deeper into the skin. The entry of these bacteria can cause infections in the pores are clogged, making the area around the pimple more reddened and inflamed.

4. Scar tissue and scar

The CDC warned that the squeeze acne can cause scarring. Additionally, injuring surrounding tissue that can clog pores permanently damage the skin and leave a scar. This is especially true on the problematic acne lesions, such as papules, pustules, nodules and cysts, all of which can be very painful.

To avoid scarring and permanent skin damage, do not push or squeeze a pimple. Be careful when shaving, avoid areas with acne because it can also lead to scarring.

The number of working mothers in the present work gave rise to a dilemma between the child and the guilt for not paying attention to them fully. What should be considered in the care of her baby working mom?

“If you work and do not have time to come home for a break to just give milk, you can give the baby expressed milk. Yet the most important note is to wash your hands before expressing milk,” said Dr. Utami Roesli, SpA, MBA, IBCLC, a specialist Child St Carolus Hospital and chairman of the Indonesian Lactation Center.

Keep in mind by working mothers, to always keep the quantity of milk that comes out. This can be done by removing routine. If not, over time milk production will be reduced. In addition, milk is supposed to come out but not removed will coagulate and make the breasts feel sore and stiff.

Breastfeeding mothers can keep milking results in the cooling chamber. This will be very beneficial to the health of the baby, as it remains exclusively breastfed. As quoted from the book ‘Secrets of Ms. Smart: A Guide to Caring for Infants Up to 12 Months Postpartum’, which was written by Nini Umi Nazwa, that breast milk can last more than 2 days, during storage in a cold room.

Here are ways to express the milk is right according to the Indonesian Breastfeeding Mothers Association:
1. Wash your hands first.
2. Put your thumb 3 cm above the nipple, and the index and middle fingers at 3 cm below the areola, shaping the letter C
3. Push the breast to the chest without changing the position of the finger
4. Continue to move forward under the areola tissue massage to express the milk in a milk duct. Repeat this until the milk is reduced emission.
5. Avoid squeezing the nipple, as it can clog the breast. Also, do not pull the nipple, as it may cause blisters.

Whereas dairy milk storage means, among others:
1. Fill the bottle three-quarters of the maximum storage bottles
2. Close the bottle tightly
3. Label the name, date, and time expressing milk
4. Enter into an appropriate storage place. If frozen, first insert into the cold room for 30 minutes, then put into freezer.

When home work, it helps the mother is always giving hugs to the baby. This can improve the psychological after a day of not feeling the touch of his mother.

“Better every’ve come home, immediately hug the baby. Cuddles Try to keep doing this until the baby is asleep. Though working mothers, but mothers have a right to know the direct and definite state of the baby and the baby also has the right to feel the breast milk directly from the mother,” said Dr. Utami.

One of the most striking symptom of diabetes patients is easy daytime sleepiness. No wonder the origin of Alabama’s student fell asleep in class during school hours. But what happens if because of his illness, he was beaten at school?

This girl named Ashlynn Avery caught in the middle of a nap at his desk during the lesson. School police who caught him, Christopher Bryant, and immediately hit Ashlynn bag before finally pushing her to hit into a filing cabinet and handcuffed him.

Yet according to Ashlynn, she slept in a room specifically designed for children who get suspended because he had just made a problem with truancy from a class. Therefore, he felt not interfere hour lesson. Just then a girl with diabetes, asthma and sleep apnea fall asleep when reading Mark Twain’s classic novel, Huckleberry Finn.

Not only that Ashlynn school suspension supervisor, Joshua Whited also accused of hitting the girl’s cubicle to cubicle is caused partly detached and hit his head.

Over what happened, but suddenly woke Ashlynn feeling very sleepy, he went back to sleep. Knowing this, Whited then pick up a book and threw it on the table and the girl’s chest. Not satisfied, Ashlynn Whited eventually expel from the room.

As reported by news.com.au, Saturday (05/11/2012), due to acts of abuse committed Bryant and Whited, Ashlynn should wear a cast on his arm for a month or endured severe injury.

No thanks, Ashlynn and her family were demanding the city government and police department Alabama as well as a number of staff at his school, Hoover High School, because they have violated their civil rights.

In the lawsuit said because both these elements maltreatment, Ashlynn had to undergo treatment for injuries in the shoulders, arms and wrists. Ashlynn also need counseling to overcome the trauma caused by the two suspects.

When experiencing toothache if you’re looking for? It is definitely a pain reliever with a variety of brands. If there are no drugs in the house, you do not need to panic. Because traditional medicine is in your kitchen cupboard.

As quoted from Boldsky, Saturday (11/05/2013) this is it natural remedies that you can find in the kitchen:

1. Cloves, Toothache Medication

Clove is the proper remedy for toothache and also handle gingivitis. Pain-relieving effect on clove produced by a naturally occurring compound called eugenol in it and this is a powerful natural anesthetic.

2. Ginger, Muscle Pain Relief

Ginger can ease muscle stiffness and reduce swelling in the joints. This is because the active ingredients contained in the raw ginger called gingerol. In the recommended amounts, ginger can also be included in your diet list. You do this by adding 1 teaspoon of dried ginger or 2 teaspoons of chopped ginger.

3. Garlic for Ear Pain

If your ears hurt, try to add two drops of warm garlic oil into the ear twice a day for five days. The active ingredient in garlic such as germanium, selenium and sulfur compounds could provide action on the bacteria to reduce inflammation.

4. Salt, Reduce Sore Throat

Gargling with warm salt water is very effective for relief of throat pain. Salt will help reduce any swelling due to infection. Do this several times a day, you can also add garlic to it.

5. Oatmeal, Relieves Cramps When Menstruation

Oatmeal is a rich source of magnesium and is very important in relieving the pain of menstrual cramps. Oatmeal is also one of the best sources of iron in foods that can help you to get rid of the pain you experience during menstruation.

6. Blueberries for Bladder Infection

Fruits are synonymous with purplish blue color is effective in reducing the pain of a urinary tract infection. Antioxidants found in blueberries is strong enough to treat bladder infections.

7. Pineapple for Digestive Disorders

Abdominal pain due to digestive disorders such as acidity problem is a common problem. Pineapple would be good medicine for the indigestion. Proteolytic enzymes in pineapple can help to good digestion.

8. Turmeric, Joints Due to Arthritis Pain Relief

Turmeric can be a major relief for joint pain caused by arthritis. Add turmeric to your food within a certain limit. The active ingredient in turmeric called curcumin, naturally close and cyclooxygenase 2 enzyme also increases a hormone that can cause pain.