Modern Health Therapy

By 1996, the population of the Americas Region at 781 million, of this, the economically active population (EAP) was 351 million, or 44.9% of the total population, corresponding to 201 million (57.3%) to Latin America and the Caribbean, 150 million (42.7%) to the USA and Canada, forecast to reach 270 million in 2005 1,2. Developing countries face the dual pattern of work in transition economies, increasing between countries and within them, increasingly differentiated strata of workers, since employees of multinational companies to workers in the informal sector for survival, which accentuates social inequality and health

The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC) estimates that the percentage of employed in the informal sector on total non farm employment increased in Latin America from 51.6% in 1990 to more than 56.7% in 1996 4. According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), the new jobs are being created are mostly low quality of every 100 new jobs, 85 are in the informal sector.

Technological development has significantly transformed the forms of production, creating the appearance of new and varied threats at work. A study by the World Health Organization (WHO), conducted by Leigh et al. 6 shows the importance of risk factors in terms of mortality and potential years of disability-adjusted life.

WHO, in its publication “Health and environment in sustainable development. Five years after the Earth Summit”, 7 draws attention to the exposure to risk factors in workplaces, including highlights the risks physical overload and risks, which affect 30% of the workforce in developed countries, and from 50 to 70% in developing countries, the biological (more than 200 agents), the physical (affecting 80 % of the workforce in developing countries) and chemicals (over 100 000 different substances in most economic activities, including teratogens and mutagens that particularly affect the maternal and reproductive health of workers ).

The effects of multiple factors on the health of workers are in an epidemiological profile characterized by the coexistence of typical diseases, occupational diseases (occupational hearing loss, acute poisoning by pesticides and heavy metals, skin diseases and respiratory diseases) and recently associated with work (cancer, occupational asthma, stress, cardiovascular disease and osteomyoarticular). There are also re-emerging diseases such as leptospirosis, dengue, malaria and tuberculosis. The ILO has estimated that in Latin America and the Caribbean 36 occupational accidents occur per minute and about 300 workers die every day as a result of these accidents. It also indicates that nearly 5 million occupational accidents that occur annually and of these, 90 000 are fatal 6.

In accordance with the principles of WHO and ILO, a healthy individual, disabled or chronically ill should be given the opportunity to participate actively in the workforce, without risk of danger to their health or ability to work. In the Report on World Health on the reduction of risks in particular, indicates that reducing them could result in all countries to a significant increase in healthy life expectancy of 10 years. It would make greater use of cost-effective interventions and strategies to reduce risk among entire populations 9. No doubt the welfare and health of workers contribute to economic progress and development of countries, remains an area where there are both social and economic interests and which is of essential community mobilization and workers in all sectors to achieve the foundations of health promotion, welfare and equity.

Phenomena not well planned industrialization, growth of working-age populations, the use of new foreign technologies not adapted to physiologic conditions include, elementary aspects that influence the current situation and create new problems in the occupational health. It is necessary therefore that we develop our strategy for healthy work environment is a set of Actions which are basically promotional, preventive and participatory, which recognizes the right of workers to perform their working activities in a healthy and appropriate and be informed about the risks of the work environment in relation to their health, welfare and survival, as well as take an active role in the elimination and (or) mitigation of adverse environmental factors that affect labor welfare and quality of life on the basis of the definitions of their responsibilities and duties in relation to the protection and recovery of the work environment and health, and has as main objective to obtain further improvements in health and safety indicators, framed within the Regional Plan Occupational Health.

Endogenous pyrogens

• The endogenous pyrogens are cytokines that induce fever and include interleukin-1 (IL-1), IL-6, IL-8, macrophage-inflammatory protein-1 (MIP-1), and interferon-g (IFN-g )
• Polypeptides produced by a variety of hosperdero cells such as monocytes or macrophages, neoplastic cells that explain the existence of fever in malignancies.

The endogenous pyrogens converge to a brain region that regulates the fever, the preoptic area (POA) of the anterior hypothalamus. Mechanism controversy as endogenous pyrogens have to cross the blood brain barrier (BBB) which is impermeable to them. At least two routes are evident  : Active transport across the BBB by carrier-specific cytokines.

Message transfer where the BBB has fenestrations, ie sensory organs circumventriculares particularly in the organum vasculosum laminae terminalis (OVLT). But there are alternative routes: the circulation of cytokines induce the generation of prostaglandin E2 (PGE-2) and perhaps prostaglandins F2a (PGF-2a) permeable to the BBB, the most proximal putative mediator of fever, endothelial cells the cerebral microvasculature or perivascular macrophages and microglia and meningeal. Direct transmission to the POA of pyrogens messages via peripheral afferent (mostly vagal) activated by cytokines.

Normal body temperature can change during any given day. It is usually higher at night. Other factors that can affect body temperature are:

• In the second part of the menstrual cycle can elevate temperature by one degree or more.
• Physical activity, strong emotion, eating, heavy clothing, medications, high temperature and high humidity can increase body temperature.

Fever is an important part of the body’s defenses against infection. Many infants and children develop high fevers with minor viral illnesses. While a fever for us a sign that a battle might be going in the body, the fever is fighting for the person and not against it.

Most bacteria and viruses that cause infections in people thrive best at 37 ° C (98.6 ° F).

Brain damage usually will not occur unless the fever is over 42 degrees C (107.6 ° F). The fever caused by untreated infection rarely exceeding 40.5 º C (105 ° F), unless the child is overdressed or trapped in a warm place.

Febrile seizures do occur in some children. However, most of them completed quickly, does not mean the child has epilepsy and cause no permanent damage.

Fever

They will be 40 degrees or more. But for one are always 55. When it starts to shake and not cold. I look out the window to be sure, and everyone is in shirt. Cold does not, but I tremble like a leaf. And my feet are cold and boiling the head. I get out of bed and go to ibuprofen, walking very slowly, emulating a 98-year old, fucked and covered with flies, dragging his feet in slippers winter, refusing to feel the fever. So I will not have luck.

The tablet of ibuprofen is empty. But do not despair, because I can go buy another. But if I can walk to the bathroom, unless I can walk three blocks to the pharmacy. Still, going back to bed.

Ojala dream catch me and pass me the fever, even a little, to get out into the street. I start to scratch a pimple on my left arm, a little below the shoulder, arm in that part of the leftover meat. I find it easy, because I have quite long nails, like a guitarist. I scratch and I feel no pain, not even bothering me. I went out the pus that was enough, while if the stock was trading pus, I would make a few bucks. I keep scratching while watching the news on TV, dead people everywhere, especially in the ditches. I scratch and I scratch until blood begins to flow in my arm, but with the fever-hot body I did not realize. He trembled so. And on TV, a star old advised me to keep my jewelry in a safe place, assuming I had jewelry in my house, and saying that my house is unsafe. I laughed at the nerves. And I was scratching.

Fever in children is a symptom that worries parents too well and should be identified to adequately address the origin

A symptom of disease of great concern to parents, is fever, and is only touching the face, neck or stomach of our son or daughter, we realize that are warmer than normal. But not enough to know what they are warmer than normal, it is important to check the thermometer through how high is the fever, because it depends on immediate care and prevention of further damage, because if the thermometer hits more than 38 °, it will be necessary to take the child with your pediatrician to identify either the source of the fever and give appropriate treatment to control the disease that is causing.

Fever is not a disease but a symptom of many, usually of infectious or inflammatory, caused by some external agent, poisoning, allergies, rheumatic problems, neurological disorders and malignant tumors and certain mental processes. It is believed that fever is a reaction of self-defense, as the fever’s mission is to tire and reduce the enemy that may be a virus, bacterium, fungus, parasite or toxic substance active

Other manifestations that accompany fever are chills which, on trying to level the body temperature and acceleration of heart palpitations.

Although fever is very concerned and very disturbed, generally not dangerous to 39 °. Importantly, the body temperature is not the same in young children than in adults as in infants, the normal temperature is about 37 °, while in adults is 36 °. Usually newborns can not run a fever until 4 weeks old, because their system thermostat is not fully developed.

Also varies during the day, morning is usually lower than 5 ° at night, so when it comes to fever can reach 37.5 or 38 ° and is dangerous when it exceeds 41 degrees, as it can be put in life threatening or cause severe brain disorders. A temperature of 42 ° is tolerable only for a moment and causing severe brain damage and even death.

Then we will give you some tips that when applied will allow you to eat more slowly, having more full with less food, thus promoting weight loss better digest food and prevent illnesses, savor the flavor as well as people with whom you share the table.

• Chew: establish a minimum goal of how much chewing, is a good resource to slow the time to eat. For example, at least chew each bite 10 times. In addition, chewing collaborates with digestion which will reduce the work of the stomach.
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Fever is an elevation of body temperature above normal. When a child has a fever, your body is responding to external aggression, usually an infection by viruses or bacteria.

Fever is thus a symptom or sign of alarm as a result of the body’s defense mechanism against something that is bothering. In short, high temperature is a primary barrier of the body to prevent the infection progress.

The normal temperature ranges from 36 º C to 37.5 C (degrees Celsius). For practical purposes it is considered a fever when the child’s temperature exceeds 37.5 ° C. when taken rectally

Mild fever or feverishness: from 37.0 C to 37.5 º C rectal or 38 axillary

Mild fever: from 37.5 C to 38.9 º C axillary

High fever: More than 38.9 º C axillary

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Eating healthy in youth, is a large investment for the future, it is known that unbalanced diets increase the risk of future diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, among others.

Although nutritional and energy needs are very different for each individual person should observe the following general recommendations:

Do not skip breakfast.

Drinking two liters of water a day, Do a little exercise three times a week at least, Eat a varied diet, moderate and appealing, which includes all the basic food groups.

Eat slowly, sitting, chewing well and avoiding distractions such as radio, television, computer, etc..

Feeding a young adult (18 to 39 years)

Minimizing the consumption of sweets and sugars. It supports 30 grs. sugar daily maximum.

Fast food and / or prepared have high levels of cholesterol, salt and saturated fats, so that their consumption should be very sporadic.

Remember, much less manufactured is the food they buy, provide greater nutritional value your body.