Risk of twin pregnancies is greater than singleton pregnancies. In twin pregnancy, you will experience the same physical changes as other pregnant women. However, because your body is supporting more than one baby (multiple), the discomfort will be felt more heavily. More rapid weight gain.

As a result of other difficulties will arise such as back pain, shortness of breath, and frequent urination. You are also more prone to abdominal pain, constipation, and swelling. The addition of the load on the heart, lungs, and kidneys resulting in you feeling more tired.
 
Of course you need not have worried. Think is positive. Did not your mother has particularly an advantage over the other? At least if someone else got two kids who want to be pregnant twice, you only need one instead? All you need is physical and mental readiness, either during pregnancy, during childbirth and postpartum.
 

For the expectant mother of twins, there are suggestions that need to be listened to:

  1. Nutrition therapy. This should apply to all expectant mothers of twins, no matter how much weight to ensure optimal fetal growth and birth weight is higher.
  2. Eat a balanced diet including whole grains, dairy products, fruits and fresh vegetables, protein-rich foods, like fish, chicken, meat, cheese, nuts, and eggs. Remember, you need approximately 1.5 times more than single mothers.
  3. Drink plenty of water. Drink eight to ten glasses of water per day to prevent dehydration. If the doctor gives blood booster supplement, drink regularly to prevent anemia and nutrition as well as for both fetuses.
  4. Plenty of rest. Multiple pregnancies increase the weight of your body so you need plenty of rest. Often lying in order to increase blood flow to the placenta and fetal growth is more rapid. If you are including women berbanyak activity, consider leave early.
  5. Birth control regularly. By doing this, you can feel calmer because your twin pregnancies are monitored regularly, so it can help reduce the risks or complications that may occur.
  6. Prepare mentally. You may experience mood swings. Feel free to discuss everything with your partner. No less important, plan what you will do after the birth of the twins. Ask your husband's support and also your family.
  7. Find a positive support. Avoid scary stories about the twin pregnancy. Better to refer to stories and positive experiences from people who have been pregnant with twins.
  8. Duplicate fee. There's a good idea to get ready financially. A child alone require an additional fee, let alone get two or three children at once. So, just double the cost of treatment. You should begin to provide cost from now on.

What is morning sickness? Morning sickness or nausea and vomiting usually occur during the initial 3 months of pregnancy (first trimester).

Every pregnant woman will have a degree of nausea that is different, there is not much to feel anything, but there is also a feeling of nausea and some even felt very nauseous and vomiting all the time and require treatment (hyperemesis gravidarum).

Remember that every pregnant woman with the special characteristics of each, so are you! Some tips to help you cope with "morning sickness" or nausea-vomiting during early pregnancy: 
  1. Eat small amounts but often, do not eat in large quantities or portions would only make you grow sick. Try to eat when you should eat small meals but often.
  2. Eat foods high in carbohydrates and proteins that can help you cope with nausea. Many fruit and vegetables and foods high in carbohydrates such as bread, potatoes, biscuits, etc.
  3. In the morning when I wake up do not jump to hasty wake up, try to sit first and only slowly stood up. If you feel very sick when I wake up in the morning prepare snack or biscuit near your bed, and you can eat it before you try to stand up.
  4. Avoid fatty foods, oily and spicy that will aggravate your nausea.
  5. Drink enough to avoid dehydration from vomiting. Drink water, or juice. Avoid beverages containing caffeine and carbonates.
  6. Vitamin pregnancy sometimes worsen nausea, but you still need folate for you this pregnancy. If nausea and vomiting is very severe, consult your doctor so it can be given the best advice for vitamins that you will consume. And your doctor will probably give the drug to nauseated when necessary.
  7. Vitamin B 6 is effective for reducing nausea in pregnant women. Should first consult with your doctor to use.
  8. Traditional Medicine: Usually people use ginger in reducing nausea in a variety of traditional treatments. Research in Australia states that ginger can be used as a traditional medicine to relieve nausea and safe for mother and baby. In some pregnant women who consume fresh ginger or ginger candy to overcome sickness menbantu.
  9. Rest and relax will help you cope with nausea vomiting. Because if you stress will only aggravate your nausea. . Uptake time for you! try to get enough rest and relax, listen to music, reading books or magazines of your favorite baby etc.. Face your pregnancy with happiness, because it is grace.
Remember! Contact your doctor if nausea and vomiting become so severe, so that you can not eat or drink anything that can cause lack of fluids / dehydration. (Hyperemesis gravidarum).

Believe Morning sickness or nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy it will pass without you knowing it and this will be one of the interesting experiences during your pregnancy --- just think about the little one will be coming soon with a million happiness.

PNEUMONIA, is an inflammatory condition of the lungs, and can be serious in some cases. More specifically, pneumonia is an inflammation of the alveoli, when the small air sacs in the lungs microscopically visible only under a microscope. Pneumonia is also a condition when the lungs fill with fluid, known as consolidation and exudation.

Erratic weather due to change of seasons from rainy to dry season to watch.

Cause
There are some viruses that can cause pneumonia and one of the common influenza virus. Several other viruses that can cause pneumonia are respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and herpes or varicella virus. Other viruses that cause the common cold such as parainfluenza and adenovirus can also cause pneumonia.

Symptoms
Some common symptoms of pneumonia are common fever and headache. Cough and excretion of a small amount of mucus is also associated with pneumonia. People who are affected with this condition will also experience fatigue and muscle pain throughout the body. Loss of appetite and chest pains are also some of the symptoms associated with this condition. These symptoms can last for several days and because they are light it may take time for you to see them as serious enough to consult a doctor.

Viral Pneumonia Treatment
There are limited treatment options for pneumonia, one is to treat symptoms such as headache and fever, the other is to take care themselves. If detected within 48 hours then your doctor may prescribe some medications as quoted buzzle.com.

Care at home
Treatment at home will be enough rest. This will help the body's natural immune system to fight infection. It is also advisable to drink plenty of fluids to avoid dehydration. This will help cleanse your body of toxins and help you recover faster. Can use drugs to symptoms such as headache and fever.

If you have a child infected with pneumonia, then do not give aspirin. Cough medicine also should be taken only after consultation with your doctor. Should immediately consult a physician.

Treatment
Pneumonia virus if detected early, eg within 48 hours is easier than treating it after the case was found more than 48 hours. Anti-flu drug may be prescribed by a doctor if they suspect that the pneumonia caused by influenza A or influenza B virus

If you suspect that you may have pneumonia are advised to consult with your doctor as soon as early detection will help in the treatment process. Take plenty of rest and avoid physical activity like sports, also stay away from public places to prevent the spread of the virus.

PATIENTS pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs are under 50 years old and nonsmokers did not require X-ray examination to confirm the cause. In addition, the results of recent studies also show X-ray radiation increases the risk of several cancers, including breast cancer.

These findings conflict with previous pneumonia treatment guidelines that requires patients to undergo X-rays to determine if pneumonia is caused by cancer.

"If you are over 50 years and a smoker, you need X-ray examination in the chest," said researcher Dr. Eric Mortensen from Health Science Center at the University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.

Mortensen explains, X-ray radiation is not too risky if used only occasionally, but it would be better if it was not done. If someone who does not suffer from lung cancer underwent X-ray examination, the process is futile because it will not find any cancer.

Fowl act as natural asymptomatic carriers of Influenza A viruses. Prior to the current H5N1 epizootic, strains of Influenza A virus had been demonstrated to be transmitted from wild fowl to only birds, pigs, horses, seals, whales and humans; and only between humans and pigs and between humans and domestic fowl; and not other pathways such as domestic fowl to horse. Wild aquatic birds are the natural hosts for a large variety of influenza A viruses. Occasionally viruses are transmitted from these birds to other species and may then cause devastating outbreaks in domestic poultry or give rise to human influenza pandemics.

H5N1 has been shown to be transmitted to tigers, leopards, and domestic cats that were fed uncooked domestic fowl (chickens) with the virus. H3N8 viruses from horses have crossed over and caused outbreaks in dogs. Laboratory mice have been infected successfully with a variety of avian flu genotypes.

Influenza A viruses spread in the air and in manure and survives longer in cold weather. It can also be transmitted by contaminated feed, water, equipment and clothing; however, there is no evidence that the virus can survive in well-cooked meat. Symptoms in animals vary, but virulent strains can cause death within a few days.

"Highly pathogenic avian influenza virus is on every top ten list available for potential agricultural bioweapon agents".

Avian influenza viruses that the OIE and others test for in order to control poultry disease include: H5N1, H7N2, H1N7, H7N3, H13N6, H5N9, H11N6, H3N8, H9N2, H5N2, H4N8, H10N7, H2N2, H8N4, H14N5, H6N5, H12N5 and others.

Known outbreaks of highly pathogenic flu in poultry 1959-2003

1979: "More than 400 harbor seals, most of them immature, died along the New England coast between December 1979 and October 1980 of acute pneumonia associated with influenza virus, A/Seal/Mass/1/180 (H7N7)."

1995: "[V]accinated birds can develop asymptomatic infections that allow virus to spread, mutate, and recombine (ProMED-mail, 2004j). Intensive surveillance is required to detect these “silent epidemics” in time to curtail them. In Mexico, for example, mass vaccination of chickens against epidemic H5N2 influenza in 1995 has had to continue in order to control a persistent and evolving virus (Lee et al., 2004)."

1997: "Influenza A viruses normally seen in one species sometimes can cross over and cause illness in another species. For example, until 1997, only H1N1 viruses circulated widely in the U.S. pig population. However, in 1997, H3N2 viruses from humans were introduced into the pig population and caused widespread disease among pigs. Most recently, H3N8 viruses from horses have crossed over and caused outbreaks in dogs."

2000: "In California, poultry producers kept their knowledge of a recent H6N2 avian influenza outbreak to themselves due to their fear of public rejection of poultry products; meanwhile, the disease spread across the western United States and has since become endemic."

2003: In Netherlands H7N7 influenza virus infection broke out in poultry on several farms.

2004: In North America, the presence of avian influenza strain H7N3 was confirmed at several poultry farms in British Columbia in February 2004. As of April 2004, 18 farms had been quarantined to halt the spread of the virus.

2005: Tens of millions of birds died of H5N1 influenza and hundreds of millions of birds were culled to protect humans from H5N1. H5N1 is endemic in birds in southeast Asia and represents a long term pandemic threat.

2006: H5N1 spreads across the globe killing hundreds of millions of birds and over 100 people causing a significant H5N1 impact from both actual deaths and predicted possible deaths.

Swine flu

    Swine influenza (or "pig influenza") refers to a subset of Orthomyxoviridae that create influenza in pigs and are endemic in pigs. The species of Orthomyxoviridae that can cause flu in pigs are Influenza A virus and Influenza C virus but not all genotypes of these two species infect pigs. The known subtypes of Influenza A virus that create influenza in pigs and are endemic in pigs are H1N1, H1N2, H3N1 and H3N2.

Horse flu

    Horse flu (or "Equine influenza") refers to varieties of Influenza A virus that affect horses. Horse 'flu viruses were only isolated in 1956. There are two main types of virus called equine-1 (H7N7) which commonly affects horse heart muscle and equine-2 (H3N8) which is usually more severe.

Dog flu

    Dog flu (or "canine influenza") refers to varieties of Influenza A virus that affect dogs. The equine influenza virus H3N8 was found to infect and kill - with respiratory illness - greyhound race dogs at a Florida racetrack in January 2004.

H3N8

H3N8 is now endemic in birds, horses and dogs.

Human influenza virus

"Human influenza virus" usually refers to those subtypes that spread widely among humans. H1N1, H1N2, and H3N2 are the only known Influenza A virus subtypes currently circulating among humans.

Genetic factors in distinguishing between "human flu viruses" and "avian influenza viruses" include:

    PB2: (RNA polymerase): Amino acid (or residue) position 627 in the PB2 protein encoded by the PB2 RNA gene. Until H5N1, all known avian influenza viruses had a Glu at position 627, while all human influenza viruses had a lysine.
    HA: (hemagglutinin): Avian influenza HA bind alpha 2-3 sialic acid receptors while human influenza HA bind alpha 2-6 sialic acid receptors. Swine influenza viruses have the ability to bind both types of sialic acid receptors.

"About 52 key genetic changes distinguish avian influenza strains from those that spread easily among people, according to researchers in Taiwan, who analyzed the genes of more than 400 A type flu viruses. "How many mutations would make an avian virus capable of infecting humans efficiently, or how many mutations would render an influenza virus a pandemic strain, is difficult to predict. We have examined sequences from the 1918 strain, which is the only pandemic influenza virus that could be entirely derived from avian strains. Of the 52 species-associated positions, 16 have residues typical for human strains; the others remained as avian signatures. The result supports the hypothesis that the 1918 pandemic virus is more closely related to the avian influenza A virus than are other human influenza viruses."

Human flu symptoms usually include fever, cough, sore throat, muscle aches, conjunctivitis and, in severe cases, severe breathing problems and pneumonia that may be fatal. The severity of the infection will depend to a large part on the state of the infected person's immune system and if the victim has been exposed to the strain before, and is therefore partially immune.

Highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a human is far worse, killing 50% of humans that catch it. In one case, a boy with H5N1 experienced diarrhea followed rapidly by a coma without developing respiratory or flu-like symptoms.

The Influenza A virus subtypes that have been confirmed in humans, ordered by the number of known human pandemic deaths, are:

    * H1N1 caused "Spanish Flu" and the 2009 swine flu outbreak
    * H2N2 caused "Asian Flu" in the late 1950s
    * H3N2 caused "Hong Kong Flu" in the late 1960s
    * H5N1 considered a global influenza pandemic threat through its spread in the mid-2000s
    * H7N7 has unusual zoonotic potential
    * H1N2 is currently endemic in humans and pigs
    * H9N2, H7N2, H7N3, H5N2, H10N7.

Influenza A virus causes influenza in birds and some mammals and is the only species of Influenzavirus A. Influenzavirus A is a genus of the Orthomyxoviridae family of viruses. Strains of all subtypes of influenza A virus have been isolated from wild birds, although disease is uncommon. Some isolates of influenza A virus cause severe disease both in domestic poultry and, rarely, in humans. Occasionally viruses are transmitted from wild aquatic birds to domestic poultry and this may cause an outbreak or give rise to human influenza pandemics.

Influenza A viruses are negative sense, single-stranded, segmented RNA viruses. There are several subtypes, labeled according to an H number (for the type of hemagglutinin) and an N number (for the type of neuraminidase). There are 16 different H antigens (H1 to H16) and nine different N antigens (N1 to N9). The newest H type (H16) was isolated from Black-headed Gulls caught in Sweden and the Netherlands in 1999 and reported in the literature in 2005.

Each virus subtype has mutated into a variety of strains with differing pathogenic profiles; some pathogenic to one species but not others, some pathogenic to multiple species.

A filtered and purified Influenza A vaccine for humans was developed and many countries have stockpiled it to allow a quick administration to the population in the event of an Avian influenza pandemic. Avian influenza is sometimes called avian flu, and commonly bird flu.

Variants and subtypes

Influenza type A viruses are categorized into subtypes based on the type of two proteins on the surface of the viral envelope:

    H = Hemagglutinin, a protein that causes red blood cells to agglutinate.
    N = Neuraminidase, a enzyme that cleaves the glycosidic linkages of the monosaccharide, neuraminic acid

Different influenza viruses encode for different Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase proteins. For example, the H5N1 virus designates an influenza A subtype that has a type 5 Hemagglutinin (H) protein and a type 1 Neuraminidase (N) protein. There are 16 known types of Hemagglutinin and 9 known types of Neuraminidase, so, in theory, 144 different combinations of these proteins are possible.

Influenza type A viruses are categorized into subtypes based on the type of two proteins on the surface of the viral envelope:

    H = Hemagglutinin, a protein that causes red blood cells to agglutinate.
    N = Neuraminidase, a enzyme that cleaves the glycosidic linkages of the monosaccharide, neuraminic acid

Different influenza viruses encode for different Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase proteins. For example, the H5N1 virus designates an influenza A subtype that has a type 5 Hemagglutinin (H) protein and a type 1 Neuraminidase (N) protein. There are 16 known types of Hemagglutinin and 9 known types of Neuraminidase, so, in theory, 144 different combinations of these proteins are possible.

Some Variants are identified and named according to the isolate that they are like and thus are presumed to share lineage (example Fujian flu virus like); according to their typical host (example Human flu virus); according to their subtype (example H3N2); and according to their deadliness (example LP, Low Pathogenic). So a flu from a virus similar to the isolate A/Fujian/411/2002(H3N2) is called Fujian flu, human flu, and H3N2 flu.

Variants are sometimes named according to the species (host) the strain is endemic in or adapted to. The main variants named using this convention are:

    * Bird flu
    * Human flu
    * Swine influenza
    * Equine influenza
    * Canine influenza

Variants have also sometimes been named according to their deadliness in poultry, especially chickens:

    * Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza (LPAI)
    * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), also called: deadly flu or death flu

Most known strains are extinct strains. For example, the annual flu subtype H3N2 no longer contains the strain that caused the Hong Kong flu.

Annual flu

The annual flu (also called "seasonal flu" or "human flu") in the U.S. "results in approximately 36,000 deaths and more than 200,000 hospitalizations each year. In addition to this human toll, influenza is annually responsible for a total cost of over $10 billion in the U.S." The annually updated trivalent influenza vaccine consists of hemagglutinin (HA) surface glycoprotein components from influenza H3N2, H1N1, and B influenza viruses. Measured resistance to the standard antiviral drugs amantadine and rimantadine in H3N2 has increased from 1% in 1994 to 12% in 2003 to 91% in 2005. Contemporary human H3N2 influenza viruses are now endemic in pigs in southern China and can reassort with avian H5N1 viruses in this intermediate host."

Structure and genetics

"The physical structure of all influenza A viruses is similar. The virions or virus particles are enveloped and can be either spherical or filamentous in form. In clinical isolates that have undergone limited passages in eggs or tissue culture, there are more filamentous than spherical particles, whereas passaged laboratory strains consist mainly of spherical virions." The Influenza A virus genome is contained on eight single (non-paired) RNA strands that code for eleven proteins (HA, NA, NP, M1, M2, NS1, NEP, PA, PB1, PB1-F2, PB2). The total genome size is 13,588 bases. The segmented nature of the genome allows for the exchange of entire genes between different viral strains during cellular cohabitation. The eight RNA segments are:

HA encodes hemagglutinin (about 500 molecules of hemagglutinin are needed to make one virion) "The extent of infection into host organism is determined by HA. Influenza viruses bud from the apical surface of polarized epithelial cells (e.g. bronchial epithelial cells) into lumen of lungs and are therefore usually pneumotropic. The reason is that HA is cleaved by tryptase clara which is restricted to lungs. However HAs of H5 and H7 pantropic avian viruses subtypes can be cleaved by furin and subtilisin-type enzymes, allowing the virus to grow in other organs than lungs."
NA encodes neuraminidase (about 100 molecules of neuraminidase are needed to make one virion).
NP encodes nucleoprotein.
M encodes two matrix proteins (the M1 and the M2) by using different reading frames from the same RNA segment (about 3000 matrix protein molecules are needed to make one virion).
NS encodes two distinct non-structural proteins (NS1 and NEP) by using different reading frames from the same RNA segment.
PA encodes an RNA polymerase.
PB1 encodes an RNA polymerase and PB1-F2 protein (induces apoptosis) by using different reading frames from the same RNA segment.
PB2 encodes an RNA polymerase.

The genome segments have common terminal sequences, and the ends of the RNA strands are partially complementary, allowing them to bond to each other by hydrogen bonds. After transcription from negative-sense to positive-sense RNA the +RNA strands get the cellular 5' cap added by cap snatching, which involves the viral protein NS1 binding to the cellular pre-mRNAs. The cap is then cleaved from the cellular pre-mRNA using a second viral protein, PB2. The short oligo cap is then added to the influenza +RNA strands, allowing its processing as messenger RNA by ribosomes. The +RNA strands also serve for synthesis of -RNA strands for new virions.

The RNA synthesis and its assembly with the nucleoprotein takes place in the cell nucleus, the synthesis of proteins takes place in the cytoplasm. The assembled virion cores leave the nucleus and migrate towards the cell membrane, with patches of viral transmembrane proteins (hemagglutinin, neuraminidase and M2 proteins) and an underlying layer of the M1 protein, and bud through these patches, releasing finished enveloped viruses into the extracellular fluid.

Influenza A (H1N1) virus is a subtype of influenza A virus and was the most common cause of human influenza (flu) in 2009. Some strains of H1N1 are endemic in humans and cause a small fraction of all influenza-like illness and a small fraction of all seasonal influenza. H1N1 strains caused a few percent of all human flu infections in 2004–2005.

Other strains of H1N1 are endemic in pigs (swine influenza) and in birds (avian influenza).

In June 2009, the World Health Organization declared the new strain of swine-origin H1N1 as a pandemic. This strain is often called swine flu by the public media. This novel virus spread worldwide and had caused about 17,000 deaths by the start of 2010. On August 10, 2010, the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 influenza pandemic over, saying worldwide flu activity had returned to typical seasonal patterns

As of 26 April 2011, an H1N1 pandemic preparedness alert has been issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the Americas. The affected areas have included the Chihuahua region of Mexico where its severity and work load have been high. It is reported by the aforementioned Recombinomics source that the current vaccine (California/7/2009) for H1N1 influenza might be losing its effectiveness in 2011. This point is all the more significant since it is the current virus target for the northern hemisphere's flu vaccine, and is the intended choice for the southern hemisphere.

(H1N1) pandemic

In the 2009 flu pandemic, the virus isolated from patients in the United States was found to be made up of genetic elements from four different flu viruses – North American swine influenza, North American avian influenza, human influenza, and swine influenza virus typically found in Asia and Europe – "an unusually mongrelised mix of genetic sequences." This new strain appears to be a result of reassortment of human influenza and swine influenza viruses, in all four different strains of subtype H1N1.

Preliminary genetic characterization found that the hemagglutinin (HA) gene was similar to that of swine flu viruses present in U.S. pigs since 1999, but the neuraminidase (NA) and matrix protein (M) genes resembled versions present in European swine flu isolates. The six genes from American swine flu are themselves mixtures of swine flu, bird flu, and human flu viruses.While viruses with this genetic makeup had not previously been found to be circulating in humans or pigs, there is no formal national surveillance system to determine what viruses are circulating in pigs in the U.S.

In April 2009, an outbreak of Influenza-like illness occurred in Mexico and the USA; the CDC reported seven cases of novel A/H1N1 influenza. By April 24 it became clear that the outbreak of ILI in Mexico and the confirmed cases of novel influenza A in the southwest US were related and WHO issued a health advisory on the outbreak of "influenza like illness in the United States and Mexico". The disease then spread very rapidly, with the number of confirmed cases rising to 2,099 by May 7, despite aggressive measures taken by the Mexican government to curb the spread of the disease.

On June 11, 2009, the WHO declared an H1N1 pandemic, moving the alert level to phase 6, marking the first global pandemic since the 1968 Hong Kong flu. On October 25, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama officially declared H1N1 a national emergency. Despite President Obama's concern, a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll found in October 2009 that an overwhelming majority of New Jerseyans (74%) were not very worried or not at all worried about contracting the H1N1 flu virus. A study conducted in coordination with the University of Michigan Health Service is scheduled for publication in the December 2009 American Journal of Roentgenology warning that H1N1 flu can cause pulmonary embolism, surmised as a leading cause of death in this current pandemic. The study authors suggest physician evaluation via contrast enhanced CT scans for the presence of pulmonary emboli when caring for patients diagnosed with respiratory complications from a "severe" case of the H1N1 flu.

March 21, 2010 worldwide update by the U.N.'s World Health Organization (WHO) states that "213 countries and overseas territories/communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including at least 16,931 deaths." As of May 30, 2010 worldwide update by World Health Organization(WHO) more than 214 countries and overseas territories or communities have reported laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009, including over 18,138 deaths. The research team of Andrew Miller MD showed pregnant patients are at increased risk. It has been suggested that pregnant women and certain populations such as native North Americans have a greater liklihood of developing a T helper type 2 response to H1N1 influenza which may be responsible for the systemic inflammatory response syndrome that causes pulmonary edema and death.

Swine influenza

Swine influenza (also called swine flu, or pig flu) is an infection by any one of several types of swine influenza virus. Swine influenza virus (SIV) is any strain of the influenza family of viruses that is endemic in pigs. As of 2009, the known SIV strains include influenza C and the subtypes of influenza A known as H1N1, H1N2, H3N1, H3N2, and H2N3.

Swine influenza virus is common throughout pig populations worldwide. Transmission of the virus from pigs to humans is not common and does not always lead to human influenza, often resulting only in the production of antibodies in the blood. If transmission does cause human influenza, it is called zoonotic swine flu. People with regular exposure to pigs are at increased risk of swine flu infection. The meat of an infected animal poses no risk of infection when properly cooked.

Pigs experimentally infected with the strain of swine flu that is causing the current human pandemic showed clinical signs of flu within four days, and the virus spread to other uninfected pigs housed with the infected ones. During the mid-20th century, identification of influenza subtypes became possible, allowing accurate diagnosis of transmission to humans. Since then, only 50 such transmissions have been confirmed. These strains of swine flu rarely pass from human to human. Symptoms of zoonotic swine flu in humans are similar to those of influenza and of influenza-like illness in general, namely chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort. The recommended time of isolation is about five days.

Spanish flu

The Spanish flu, also known as la grippe, La Gripe Española, or La Pesadilla, was an unusually severe and deadly strain of avian influenza, a viral infectious disease, that killed some 50 to 100 million people worldwide over about a year in 1918 and 1919. It is thought to be one of the most deadly pandemics in human history.

The 1918 flu caused an unusual number of deaths, possibly due to it causing a cytokine storm in the body. (The current H5N1 bird flu, also an Influenza A virus, has a similar effect). The Spanish flu virus infected lung cells, leading to overstimulation of the immune system via release of cytokines into the lung tissue. This leads to extensive leukocyte migration towards the lungs, causing destruction of lung tissue and secretion of liquid into the organ. This makes it difficult for the patient to breathe. In contrast to other pandemics, which mostly kill the old and the very young, the 1918 pandemic killed unusual numbers of young adults, which may have been due to their healthy immune systems mounting a too-strong and damaging response to the infection.

The term "Spanish" flu was coined because Spain was at the time the only European country where the press were printing reports of the outbreak, which had killed thousands in the armies fighting World War I. Other countries suppressed the news in order to protect morale.

What causes brain cancer?

Brain cancer can be caused by a variety of things. The reason could be one or more, and generally can be divided into two categories:

Factor of the

Is a factor that comes from within oneself. The main one is the heredity / genetic. If there are relatives who have a history of suffering from brain cancer, it means that your chances of brain cancer is greater than those whose families do not have brain cancer. The second factor that could trigger the occurrence of brain cancer is a history of conflict (if you've ever bumped heads.) Conflict can cause trauma to the brain tissue, which can cause abnormal tissue growth within the brain (which can then develop into brain cancer.)

External factors

Is a factor that comes from outside the body, generally in the form of food and radiation. Certain drugs that are taken at constant potential to cause cancer. Other factors:

     * The pattern of less healthy lives: such as smoking, fatty foods, lack of fiber, etc..
     * karsiogenik Ingredients: cooking oil used repeatedly, chemicals ingested
     * Radiation: radiation exposure in certain waves can trigger cancer cell growth


Identify the characteristics of brain cancer

Before you understand more about the symptoms of brain cancer, you need to understand the human brain structure first. The brain is an important organ that regulates all the activities / movements of the human body. Just imagine you're on a motorcycle, how many activities you do? Seeing the road, drive, look left-right, see the rearview mirror, balance, not to mention while thinking what to eat tonight ... Within one second, there is riburan things happen in your brain (both of which occur consciously or unconsciously).

The brain can be multitasking like this because all the activity regulated by different brain parts (each part has a different function.) In general, the human brain is divided into three parts, namely a large brain (cerebrum), cerebellum (cerebellum) and brain stem (brain stem). Each section is subdivided into smaller parts, where each small part is divided again, and so on. Fills the space between the brain fluid (cerebrospinal fluid), while the exterior is protected by three layers of the lining of the brain (meninges) and bone of the skull.


Well, every part of the brain can be affected by tumor / cancer. Although benign tumors, but because of the growth in the brain, can be very dangerous. The tumor may interfere with and damage the structure of the central nervous system, because it is located in the cavity is limited (cranial cavity). Along with the development of these tumors, brain tissue will be more depressed. Whereas the volume of the cranial cavity is very limited and unlikely to grow big. This is what makes the headaches / dizziness as an initial symptom of brain cancer.

Baseline characteristics of brain cancer vary widely, depending on which part of the brain affected. For example, the head feels dizzy or nauseated. The following symptoms of brain cancer that you should be aware:

     * headache accompanied by nausea to vomiting that spraying
     * the power of vision is reduced
     * a decrease in consciousness or behavior changes
     * speech impairment
     * hearing loss
     * disturbance to walk / balance of the body
     * neurological disorders
     * weakened limbs or seizures
     * in infants usually large protruding crown

Remember, the list above is only a symptom. Even if you experience one or more of the above symptoms, you may not be affected by brain cancer. To make sure, you should be examined immediately by a doctor neurologist and undergo further investigation such as CT scans, MRI, angiogram, myelogram, spinal tap and biopsy.


   

Blood type diet is found if Dr Peter D'Adamo, author of "Eat Right for Your Type". According to him, the chemical reaction occurs between the blood and the foods you eat. This reaction is part of the genetic heritage. This reaction is caused by a factor called Lectins. Lectins and diverse proteins found in foods have properties that affect your blood agglutination. So, when you eat food containing protein lectins that are incompatible with your blood type antigen, the laktin began agglutinate blood cells and this will cause many health problems. of the blood type diet is where the concept originated O blood type diet.

Blood group O is believed by D'Adamo as a group hunter (hunter), blood type, which first appeared in humans. O blood type diet recommends that blood type O is a high protein diet. D'Adamo bases this on the belief that blood type O is the first blood type on the face of the earth, from 30,000 years ago. The owner of this blood type usually tend to have high achievement, an active and organized. Sports that are suitable for blood type O diet is cardio exercise: jogging, cycling, swimming, or brisk walking. Exercise in the morning is better than night. 


O blood type diet Profile diets: low carbohydrate and high protein. Very Helpful (foods that have the effect of diet as a cure for blood type O): ginger, kailan, turmeric, meat (beef, buffalo, deer, sheep, calf), Broccoli, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, lettuce, radish china, blueberries, seaweed, kelp, cherry, guava, red beans, curry, peas, all kinds of onions. 


Neutral (any food that does not react to blood type O diet): Carp, eels, lobster, tuna, oatmeal, rice, rice cakes, bread, rice, wheat flour, sardines, shrimp, eggs (chicken, duck), butter, beans (black, red, green beans, soybeans), tempeh , tofu, soy milk, eggplant, tomato, pumpkin, meat (chicken, ducks, goats, geese, turkeys, rabbits) Avoid (food that acts negatively to a diet blood type O): Pork, peanuts, cashews, pumpkin seeds, laichi, potatoes, cucumbers, cauliflower, oysters, frog, octopus, eggs (goose, quail), ice cream, cheese, cow milk, yogurt (all kinds), coconut oil, turtle, corn oil, corn, mushrooms, cantaloupe, mandarin oranges, bananas, bitter melon, white wine, soy sauce, coffee, liquor, squid, cuttlefish, broccoli flowers. A blood type diet. 


Blood group A is called the cultivators (land cultivators, cultivating the land) by D'Adamo, blood type A grown in the agricultural era, about 20,000 years ago. Blood type diet recommends that individuals who are doing the diet blood type A is required to reproduce eating vegetables and avoiding red meat, food intake is directed more toward vegetarian. People with blood type A tends to be very creative, very sensitive, and good problem solvers. A blood group owners tend to be more suited to a relaxing sport for 30 minutes, such as yoga, tai chi, walking and outdoor sports. The owner of this blood group is less active in sports.
A blood type diet profile Diet: low fat and high kerbohidrat. 


Very Helpful (foods that have the effect of diet as a cure for blood group A): Spinach, peanuts, beans, nuts / soy milk, tofu, carp, sardines, (Snails, pineapple juice, mango, banana, lemon lime & lemon), tempeh, rice flour, blueberries, broccoli, carrots, olive oil .
Neutral: Tuna, quail eggs, sesame seeds, pumpkin, onion, cucumber, taro, grape (all kinds), melon, cantaloupe, pears, pomegranates, kiwi, dates, strowberi, persimmon, guava, Meat (chicken, ostrich, turkey, grouse, pigeon), chicken and duck eggs, sunflower seeds, wheat bread, peas / peas, corn, tapioca.
 

Avoid: Meat (beef, goose, rabbit, pheasant, buffalo, sheep, ducks), lobsters, eels, frogs, cheese, ice cream, milk, pure coconut / coconut milk, honey melon, banana (king), papaya, pickles, eggplant , tomatoes, sweet potatoes, octopus, crab, potatoes, oranges, shrimp, squid, butter, milk cows, pare, soda water. B blood type diet.
 

Blood type B, according to D'Adamo called type nomads (wanderers). Blood type is associated with a strong immune system and digestive system that is flexible. According to the blood type diet theory, people with blood type B is the only person who can grow well with dairy products. It is estimated that blood group B originated approximately 10,000 years ago. The owner of this blood group tend to be very practical, one who does not like to beat around the bush in many ways. Sports that are suitable for blood type B diet is moderate exercise, which uses the body and brain. Sports such as ballet, dancing can be done to support the blood type diet B.
 

B blood type diet Profile diet: Milk & dairy products
Very Helpful (foods that have the effect of diet as a cure for blood type B): Cauliflower, eggplant, green tea, rice cakes, broccoli, sweet potatoes, carrots, meat (goat, sheep, rabbits, deer), buburgandum, marine fish, cow's milk, cheese, bread Essene.
Neutral (any food that does not react to blood type B diet): Chicken eggs, bread, rice, spinach, broccoli, lettuce, cucumber, pumpkin, potatoes, cabbage, squid, carp, tuna, butter, cheese, mango, melon, meat (beef, buffalo, turkey, calf liver) , oranges, pears, red beans, chickpeas, rice flour, dates, guava.
 

Avoid: Meat (duck, chicken, geese, grouse, pigs, horses, snails, crabs, snails, peanuts, wheat bread, tomato, pumpkin, corn, water, soda, alcoholic beverages avocado, pare, pomegranate, coconut / coconut, persimmon, starfruit , eel, frog, octopus, lobster, ice cream, eggs (duck, goose, quail), pears. AB blood type diet.
 

AB blood type, according to D'Adamo called the Enigma (enigma, mysterious). Blood type AB is the last type of blood type evolved, originated approximately 1,000 years ago. In terms of food, blood gologan AB blood group which is treated as that is an intermediary between blood groups A and B. People with AB blood type has a clever and creative nature, have a good idea for business, easy to get along with people. In the blood type diet, exercise that is suitable for blood type O diet is yoga or pilates once a week, lightweight Jogging can also be done with an intensity that more often.
 

AB blood type diet Profile diet: Adjust with various types of food.
Very Helpful (foods that have the effect of diet as a cure for blood group AB): Sardines, green tea, tuna, goat's milk, egg white (chicken), ricotta cheese, sour cream (low calorie), red wine, meat (turkey, lamb, rabbit).
 

Neutral (any food that does not react to diet blood type AB): red beans, bread, rice, spinach, broccoli, lettuce, cucumber, pumpkin, potatoes, mustard greens, mango, cuttlefish, gold fish, beans, rice flour, tuna, butter, cheese, chicken eggs, melons, oranges, pears , dates, guava.
Avoid: Persimmon, Meat (beef, buffalo, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, deer and horses), lobsters, crabs, frogs, butter, pickles, corn, star fruit, pomegranate, alcoholic beverages, ketchup, coffee, soda, guava, mango , black beans, Ice cream, duck egg, bitter melon, banana, coconut.
 

Alternative Blood Type Diet
Maybe some of you start thinking that this diet so many exceptions for food and feels heavy, there are alternatives other diets that you can see the diet with nutrients that are low calorie foods regardless of blood type.

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