Archive for February, 2008

Now-a-days, most of the women are suffering with diabetes.

If your blood sugar levels are above the normal, then you are said to be suffering from diabetes mellitus.

This abnormality is of three types, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes.

Because of this abnormality, the immune system of your body looses its capability of converting food into energy.

You have chances to develop type 2 diabetes at any age, even in childhood. This main form of diabetes normally starts with insulin resistance. This is the condition in which your fat, liver and muscle cells lose their ability to the use of the insulin properly.

What are the major aspects which can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes?

Not every female is affected with this abnormality. Some of you can have more chances than others.

Many researches are unable to determine the main reason, why only some particular persons are getting affected with this disease, but there are certain factors which can improve the chances of type 2 diabetes. Some of them include:

Gestational diabetes: If you have suffered from gestational diabetes during pregnancy, then you can get type 2 diabetes in your later stages.

Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer which is causing death to most of the women.

The main cause for breast cancer in a woman is still unknown. But there are certain factors which can increase the breast cancer risk in females.

Risk factor can be any thing which can improve the chances of developing the disease in you.

There are different kinds of Breast cancer risk factors like person’s age or race which cannot be avoided or it can due to your personal behavior, smoking and also consuming alcohol. Some factor can influence you more than the others.

Chemotherapy to reduce the risks of breast cancer:

Chemo therapy is a medical procedure in which you are treated with anti-biotics and drugs to decrease the breast cancer risk. It is a systematic therapy which can be used to treat many diseases other than cancer.

In this therapy, anti-cancerous drugs are given by injecting them into your body through veins and they can also be given in the form of tablets. Chemotherapy is mainly used to reduce the chances of breast cancer in women and it also reduces the recurrence of cancers in your body.

About 300 million people worldwide are with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection.

Its number is steadily increasing every year. It is been found that currently more than thirty thousand hepatitis C cases are diagnosing yearly.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 3.9 million Americans are with Hepatitis C, mostly with chronic infections.

Hepatitis C, an infection of the liver caused by hepatitis C Virus, can develop as “acute” or “chronic.” Acute Hepatitis C causes short-term liver infection. In acute phase, the body can able to kill the Hepatitis C virus completely.

On the other hand, the stage where the body is unable to kill the virus and that leads to long-term inflammation of the liver is known as Chronic Hepatitis C.

Extra-Hepatic Manifestations Of Hepatitis C:

When Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is left untreated, it can result in liver disease and even liver cancer. In addition to the liver, there are many other conditions associated with Hepatitis C, known as extra-hepatic manifestations.

Extra-hepatic manifestations refer to the diseases or health conditions that affect the organs other than liver. It usually occurs when the immune system is unable to fight off the virus.

Human papilloma virus is a dangerous infection which can cause cervical caner in women.

The only way to prevent this virus is having HPV test to be done, which can easily determine the presence of HPV virus in your body.

Generally women above 35 years of age are recommended to have HPV test.

How cervical cancer is related to HPV?

Human papilloma virus is a virus which is mainly responsible for the growth of abnormal cells on the surface of cervix.

There are more than 100 different species of HPV virus in which about five strains mainly cause the cervical cancer.

These group of viruses infect your body and causes genital warts. The most common way of identifying the HPV infection is genital warts. These warts can be very small, depending on the severity of the infection.

Mostly these viruses are not active and long enough to cause the infection. On the other hand, if the HPV virus is of high risk type, then it can lead to cervical cancer by developing abnormal cells on the cervix.