Causes of Vertigo

DEFINITION

Vertigo is a feeling as if the patient moves or rotates, or as if the objects around the patient is moving or spinning, usually accompanied by nausea and loss of balance. Vertigo may last only a few moments or may continue for several hours or even days. Patients often feel better when lying still, but the vertigo may continue even if the patient does not move at all.

Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo is a disease that is often found, in which vertigo occurs suddenly and lasts less than 1 minute. Changes in head position (usually occurs when patients lie down, get up, roll over in bed or looking back) is usually triggered this episode of vertigo. The disease is apparently caused by the presence of calcium deposits in one of the semicircular canals in the inner ear.

Food for the brain

The brain requires 50% of all energy demand or energy in the body. Lack of nutrition of the brain, such as multivitamins, minerals and amino acids affect the maximum power of the brain.

The brain is an organ vital to humans. Various potentials and capabilities are controlled from the brain. Various attempts were made to optimize brain function, especially in children. Three principles to optimize brain function is nutrition, stimulation and emotional. 

Here are some nutrients that are very well taken to maintain and optimize brain function : 

Yolk 
Food for brain development and memory is abundant in egg yolks. This is why children under the age of seven years is recommended to eat them, because that affects the area of ​​memory is still in early stages of development. 

Causes of Dizziness

DEFINITION
* Headache / dizziness can result from disorders that affect any body part that affects the balance (such as the inner ear and the eye) or from certain drugs.
* A description of the problem by the patient and results on physical examination can guess the cause, which may require additional tests.
* Treatment depends on the cause and may include medication to relieve the symptoms that accompany it.

Dizziness / headache were approximately 5 to 6% of visits to the doctor. It can occur at any age but becomes more common as people age. It affects about 40% of people older than 40 years sometimes. At any age, dizziness can cause problems, particularly when doing calculations or hazardous tasks, such as driving or operating heavy machinery. People who experience persistent dizziness or associated with daily activities should visit the doctor.

Know how to prevent stroke by risk factors

Stroke is a health problem in Indonesia. It is estimated that 2-3 million people in this country suffer from a stroke. Although stroke is often associated with old age, in fact, more and more people beginning a 30-year-old suffered a stroke. In addition to causing disability, stroke can also cause death.
However, if you prepare yourself from now, you can memangksa most of your risk factors. "This disease can be prevented," according to dr.Sutarto Prodjo Disastro, Sp.S, head of public relations and outreach Stroke Foundation of Indonesia at the Living Control Cholesterol control is held by Pfizer on Thursday (19.08.10).
Stroke is a brain attack that arise due to sudden disruption of blood flow due to blockage or rupture of blood vessels in the brain so that brain cells are deprived of blood, oxygen or nutrients resulting in cell death in a short time. "If it is dead, brain cells can not regenerate or grow back, so be careful with stroke," said Sutarto.
Men are at greater risk of stroke, but in recent decades to be the same chances in women. "Women tend to be more stressful because it has two roles, namely career women and housewives," said dr. Ann Arieska Soenarto, Sp.JP (K), 

Stroke disease

What is a stroke?
Stroke disease is a disorder of brain function due to blood flow to the brain is impaired (reduced). As a result, nutrients and oxygen to the brain dbutuhkan not met properly. Cause there are two kinds of stroke, the presence of blockages in blood vessels (thrombus), and the presence of a ruptured blood vessel.
Generally the stroke suffered by the elderly, because of the aging process causes hardening and narrowing of blood vessels (arteriosclerosis) and the fat that clogs the arteries (atherosclerosis). But some recent cases show an increase in cases of stroke that occurs in adolescence and the reproductive age (15-40 years). At this class, the leading cause of stroke is stress, drug abuse, alcohol, heredity, and an unhealthy lifestyle.
Causes of stroke
In the case of stroke adolescence, genetic factors (hereditary) is the major cause of stroke. Frequently encountered cases of stroke caused by blood vessels are fragile and easily broken, or the blood system disorders such as hemophilia and thalassemia disease is passed down from parents of patients. Meanwhile, if a family member with diabetes (diabetes), hypertension (high blood pressure), and heart disease, stroke likely to be larger in other family members.
The cause of stroke is a food with high levels of bad cholesterol (Low Density Lipoprotein) is very high. Koleserol this evil there is lots of junk food or fast food. In addition, other causes of stroke is a lazy habit of exercising and moving, lots of drinking alcohol, smoking, drug use and addictive substances, much less rest time, and prolonged stress. Rupture of blood vessels are also often caused by high blood pressure (hypertension).