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Vaccination of pregnant women against influenza is safe and effective
Pregnant women and women after childbirth have the highest risk of severe forms of influenza with the subsequent development of complications up to a fatal outcome. As the most effective measure of protection against influenza, pregnant women and women planning to become pregnant during the current epidemic season, both domestic and foreign doctors and scientists strongly recommend vaccination with inactivated influenza vaccines. The vaccine retains its effect throughout pregnancy. In addition, post-vaccination antibodies from the mother are transmitted to the child and protect it in the first months of life (just during this period, infants are not yet vaccinated against influenza, since the influenza vaccine is allowed to be used only from the age of 6 months).
Flu vaccination reduces the risk of disease and death
In the 2018-2019 season, according to the forecast of the WHO National Influenza Center, a large activity of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 and influenza B viruses is expected in Russia. This can lead to the development of an epidemic upsurge with the broad involvement of not only the child population, but also adults of active working age. As practice shows, in unvaccinated people, the flu disease is often complicated by the development of pneumonia.
What does the lack of iodine lead to?
For the full functioning of the human body, you need a large number of different substances. Among them: proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, macro - and microelements. One of the most important trace elements, without which the system will fail, is iodine. It is this element of the chemical table that is responsible for many functions in the body. Why it is so important and what happens to the body with its lack-we will tell you in the material.
Why does the body need iodine?
How is the birth going?
Some women believe that childbirth is a very dangerous and painful process that is difficult to control.
This attitude to the birth of a baby often becomes the cause of the strongest fear. It is caused, first of all, by the lack of information about the processes that occur during childbirth.
When will the birth begin?
Childbirth is the interaction of the nervous, endocrine and other systems of the baby and mother's organisms. Therefore, it is impossible to determine the exact date of birth. We can only assume the time of their onset with an accuracy of several days.
Days in the hospital
We are going to the maternity hospital: the expert tells us what includes a "disturbing suitcase" for the mother, and that it is necessary to prepare for the return of the mother with the child home. This knowledge will help make the days in the hospital more comfortable.
What are the types of births
The birth of a child is one of the most important moments in the life of any woman. To decide in what situation and how exactly the birth will take place, the expectant mother should still in the first months of pregnancy.
Numerous publications, forums and online communities, relatives and friends talk about completely different types of genera, each of which has its own advantages and disadvantages. The future mother is faced with a difficult choice.
Routine delivery in a hospital setting
Pros and cons:
— The condition of the woman in labor and the baby is under constant control by the medical staff.
- Operative delivery is possible in the event of a violation of the normal course of the natural birth process.
— It is possible to provide emergency medical care in the event of a threat to the life and health of the mother and child.
- In the maternity hospital, it is possible to attract a variety of specialists to provide assistance: surgeons, cardiologists, neurologists, neonatologists, etc.
Don't get sick-just
Vaccination in our country is given a lot of attention. Children can be vaccinated free of charge from an early age. There is a vaccination calendar approved by the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation. You can get vaccinated against both "seasonal" diseases, such as the flu, and "permanent" infections. We will tell you why you need to be vaccinated below.
About the use of masks in the season of the rise in the incidence of SARS and influenza
As you know, respiratory viruses, including influenza viruses, are most often transmitted from person to person by airborne droplets: through drops released from the respiratory tract during speech, coughing and sneezing.
Anyone who is near a patient with symptoms of a respiratory infection (sneezing, coughing, runny nose, chills or fever, etc.) is at risk of becoming infected after inhaling infected droplets from the patient's respiratory tract. Therefore, among the means of non-specific prevention, a special place is occupied by wearing masks, thanks to which the spread of the virus is limited.
Poisoning with poisonous mushrooms
Poisoning with poisonous mushrooms is common everywhere. Among the 2,500 varieties of fungi native to Europe, about 200 are potentially poisonous: approximately 10,000 cases of poisoning are recorded annually. In Russia, poisoning is caused by 20-25 types of poisonous mushrooms. The most poisonous are the pale toadstool and fly agaric. Toxic to humans are also lines, some types of false opyat.
Why babies are born prematurely
If the birth occurs before the 37th week of pregnancy, then, according to the definition of the World Health Organization (WHO), the child is considered prematurely born and premature.
The term "prematurity" also means that the child is born earlier than its due period of intrauterine development and is not sufficiently developed.
The weight of premature babies usually ranges from one and a half to two and a half kilograms. The modern level of medicine allows such children not only to survive, but also to fully develop.
However, it should take some time before such babies begin to eat independently and can leave the maternity hospital.
Degrees of prematurity and consequences
Cystitis
Cystitis is an inflammatory disease that is caused by a bacterial infection entering the bladder through the urethra.
This disease is most often found in women. Almost every representative of the fairer sex is familiar with its symptoms.
Why is cystitis more common in women?
The prevalence of cystitis in women is due to the anatomical structure of the female urinary tract.
A delicate problem
Urinary incontinence is another urological diagnosis, which is less common among men due to the anatomical features of the body. Learn how to avoid urinary incontinence in women.
Clean from day one
From the first days of a child's life, it is especially important to properly care for the skin. How healthy she will be in the future depends on the efforts spent by her parents. And here the specialists are adamant-the care must be constant and of high quality. Babies have a very delicate skin, the epidermis is extremely vulnerable to infections, and the inflammatory process can be caused by almost any flora, since the immune system as a whole is not yet strong. The regularity of leaving is the same condition for both boys and girls. However, there are also significant differences in their toilet.
What you should know and do during the seasonal rise in the incidence of influenza and other SARS, if your age is 60 years or older
1. Every year, get a flu shot in the fall of the year.
People over the age of 60 are at significant risk of developing serious flu complications. This is due to the fact that with age, chronic diseases of the cardiovascular, bronchopulmonary, endocrine and other systems develop, and the human immune defense weakens with age. The best way to prevent the flu is to get vaccinated. People aged 60 years and older are vitally needed to be vaccinated against seasonal influenza, which is carried out free of charge in the framework of the national calendar of preventive vaccinations in state medical organizations .
April 7, 2018-World Health Day
"No one should have to choose between death and financial hardship.
No one should have to choose between buying medicine and buying food."
WHO Director-General
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not just the absence of disease and infirmity. For more than seventy years, "health for all"has been the guiding principle of the World Health Organization. Priority is given to achieving universal health coverage (UHS).
In 2018, World Health Day will be held under the slogan: "Health for all #HealthForAll"
The theme of World Health Day 2018 — Universal health coverage: for everyone and everywhere
The whole truth about IVF
Infertile couples (couples who can't get pregnant for a year) are a problem in modern society. This is primarily due to an increase in the number of cases of male infertility. If such a problem has arisen-you need to try to fix the problem in a man or woman, and if it does not work, then there is only one last chance-in vitro fertilization or IVF. What is it? Let's get this straight.
IVF technology turns 57 this year. In 1958, British scientist Robert Edwards, along with Patrick Steptoe, began work to try to fertilize human eggs outside the body. On July 25, 1978, the first "test tube girl", Louise Brown, was born in the UK. By the way, to this day, everything is fine with her, Louise became a mother herself, having given birth to a healthy child.
Alas, only one of the creators of the extracorporeal method lived for a very long time – and in 2010, in the ninth decade of life, Robert Edwards managed to wait for the highest award in science, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Steptoe was dead by then.
Breastfeeding vs formula
Man is the most intelligent being on our planet, but in the way of development, many mammals are very similar to us. At least by the fact that at the beginning of their development, they, like us, feed their babies with mother's milk. But human progress does not stand still, and if earlier the child was fed cow's milk, if the mother for some reason could not breastfeed the child, now scientists have invented special mixtures that are partially similar to the mother's milk. They do not contain any antibodies, live cells, and parts of fat and hormonal components. Such mixtures contain proteins, iron, manganese and salts in much larger quantities than what the baby eats when breastfeeding. So let's see if it is possible to replace the mother's milk and completely switch to artificial formula feeding.
Take care of yourself: liver
Apart from the skin, the liver is the largest and heaviest organ in the human body.
The main function of the liver is to protect the body. Everything toxic that gets into it is neutralized here.
In a minute, about 1.5 liters of blood passes through the liver.
The liver synthesizes vitamin A, and its normal functioning is important for the exchange of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, as well as vitamins and trace elements.
What prevents the liver from working properly?
1. Alcohol. It destroys healthy liver cells and leads first to their degeneration into fat cells, and then to cirrhosis.
2. Smoking. This process is essentially a poisoning of the body, which causes the liver cells to work hard, removing tobacco toxins from the blood. In addition, nicotine is involved in the development of cirrhosis of the liver.
Take care of yourself: vessels
The blood vessels are responsible for ensuring that the blood can quickly and easily reach the areas of the body farthest from the heart.
There are large-arteries and veins with a diameter of up to 2-3 centimeters, there are also very tiny-capillaries, only 5 micrometers in diameter.
The walls of the vessels, which consist of smooth muscle, expand and narrow, helping the heart to pump almost five liters of blood.
What prevents the vessels from working normally?
1. Smoking. Nicotine causes vasospasm, increased blood pressure, increased heart rate and reduces the elasticity of blood vessels. In addition, it disrupts blood clotting, which causes blood clots to form.
2. Alcohol. Under its action, the walls of the vessels gradually deform and cease to normally pass the blood flow. Therefore, with regular alcohol abuse, blood pressure increases and hypertension develops.
3. Poor nutrition. Excess saturated fat in the diet leads to the gradual deposition of cholesterol on the walls of blood vessels and the formation of cholesterol plaques. This process is especially dangerous in the coronary vessels that feed the heart. If they become clogged, this leads to a myocardial infarction — the death of the heart muscle from a lack of blood supply.
Take care of yourself: joints
The ability to run up a ladder, pick up a fork, or pick up a coin from the ground is provided by the movable joints between the bones.
Almost 200 complex devices of various types allow you to bend, rotate and twist almost the entire body.
Beautiful posture, agile movements and graceful gait directly depend on how healthy the joints are.
What prevents the joints from working properly?
1. Excess weight. Especially if the fullness appears in childhood, when the bone and joint system is actively developing. Excess weight in adults overloads the joints and leads to their destruction.
2. Poor nutrition. If there are not enough minerals in the diet, and the diet is too monotonous, the joints lose the ability to function normally.
3. Wrong posture. Due to monotonous monotonous movements and impaired posture, problems appear in the shoulder and elbow joints, and mobility is lost in the small joints of the hand.
Tempering a young child
"If you want to be healthy — toughen up!" - these words have become the motto of several generations for a reason. Scientists have long proven that hardening can improve the condition of the body and increase the work of the immune system, as it adapts the body to sudden changes in the environment and adverse conditions. To adapt the body, of course, you need to gradually, and not immediately rush into a snowdrift, hoping for better health. It is best to begin to harden from childhood, so that from an early age the human body is not afraid of changes in the weather.
It is necessary to immediately determine that you can temper children from any age and even with weakened health, only carefully and in the latter case, start the procedures only when the child is healthy. The only contraindication is acute febrile diseases. And of course, it should be noted that for young children, hardening does not mean wiping with snow or dousing with ice water in the cold. This is a barely noticeable and systematic, and quite familiar to us, change in the temperature of the air or water, staying in the sun and bathing in natural reservoirs, with a further increase in time and the effect of external stimuli on the child. Remember that it is important not only to follow all the rules, but also to create a positive attitude in the child, so that the hardening does not look like a punishment, but rather a pleasant and useful joint pastime.
How to talk to teenagers about contraception
Your grown-up child writes a hundred TEXT messages a day, stares at himself in the mirror and flatly refuses to say what his name is "extra classes"? Don't grab your heart.
Modern teenagers are well aware of where they came from and how flowers, frogs and kitties reproduce. But it's never too late to talk to them about contraception.
When it comes to such important issues as love, sex, and contraception, parents need to follow several important principles.
Say more
Trusting relationships with parents will help protect a teenager not only from unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections. With children, you can and should talk about alcohol. Do not wait for the child to grow up and come to his senses. The harm of alcohol for a young body is huge.
