Causes Of Excessive Thirst In Children
Posted by este in Kids Health on August 1, 2011
Excessive thirst are common symptoms that many children may complain. Most parents tend to ignore these symptoms, because they claim that the children played outside most of the time and tend to easily become dehydrated. However, these symptoms there may be more than what meets the eye. Excessive thirst in children can be an indicator of serious underlying disorder your child may suffer. Given below are the various causes of excessive thirst in children and how to deal with them.
The cause of excessive thirst in Children
Diabetes Mellitus
One of the most common causes of excessive thirst is a diabetic. Diabetes mellitus is characterized by the classic triad of polyphagia (excessive hunger), polydipsia (excessive thirst) and polyuria (excessive urination). These symptoms appear because of the excess glucose in the bloodstream. This is type 1 diabetes seen in children and is also known as insulin dependent diabetes. This occurs because the insulin producing beta cells of islets of Langerhans in the pancreas are destroyed, because that person does not produce sufficient amounts of insulin in the body. This type of diabetes is also known as juvenile diabetes, as children see.
Diabetes insipidus
Diabetes insipidus is a condition where there is an anti-diuretic hormone deficiency or insensitivity of the kidneys for it. Anti-diuretic hormone is a hormone that is responsible for sending signals to the kidney they need to absorb as much water as possible. So, in the case of people suffering from diabetes insipidus, there is in children frequent urination. This causes the loss of excess fluid from the body, which in turn, causes excessive thirst in children. Read the rest of this entry »
Breast Development in Girls
Posted by este in women's health on July 12, 2011
Puberty is that time of life when you reinvent yourself! It’s like getting born again as you cease to identify with people you previously. Puberty for girls is a mixed bag – it’s exciting and confusing. Physical changes girls experience during puberty often causes mixed feelings about the comfort level of their body, appearance and social. Breast development in girls during puberty is the most prominent metamorphosis experienced by us and the breast is a complex physiological. Let’s try and understand the various aspects of breast development in girls to learn how to complete physical, which serves the most significant visual difference in the gender goals, materialized.
Stages of breast development in girls
Breast development in girls can be very different ages. However, on average, breast development begins somewhere between the ages of 10-15. The first indication to announce the formation of breast tender, but firm lump under the areola of one or both breasts. This is known as a soft lump Thelarche and this stage is called Stage 2 breast development Tanner, Tanner stage of Phase 1 is really not developed before the formation of this Thelarche. Thelarche also dubbed as “breast buds” when they precede a physical full bloom flora of women! Thelarche formation is the result of rising levels of estradiol in the female body during puberty. Estradiol is the most significant sex hormones in women and the role it is to regulate the growth of reproductive tissues in addition to treating the vaginal lining, cervical glands, the endometrial lining and fallopian tubes. Read the rest of this entry »
Smelling Ammonia Discharge
Posted by este in women's health on July 12, 2011
Foul vaginal odor can be a very embarrassing condition. A discharge ammonia smell can really make us work and worry. Vaginal discharge is normal, however, foul-smelling vaginal discharge is something to be concerned. Glands in the vagina and cervix produce small amounts of fluid that flows out of the vagina every day. This fluid is brought in which old cells that previously lined the vagina and the body’s own mechanism to keep the vaginal area healthy and clean. Usually clear or whitish milk, however, the color and viscosity changes with one’s monthly cycle of menstruation. At ovulation vaginal discharge becomes thicker, so also when a woman is sexually excited or breastfeeding. The number of vaginal discharge also varies from one woman to another.
Every woman has a unique scent vagina. This is something natural and unique to each woman. Some studies also say that the natural odor vaginal discharge is what makes men feel more ‘switched on’ when a woman is most fertile. Thus, unusual vaginal discharge has a certain smell and this smell is normal. However, when there are changes in the odor of discharge, there may be a problem.
Ammonia smelling discharge is not necessarily a bad personal hygiene. Even inadequate washing or cleaning rarely happens to be a cause of vaginal discharge ammonia smell. During pregnancy, mild-smelling thin, whitish milk is quite normal and should not be mistaken as abnormal. Only when the smell of the drastic change that it becomes a reason for concern.
Smelling Ammonia Discharge Causes
Bacterial vaginosis
This is one of the most common infection interfere with the female reproductive system. Typically, a woman’s genital area is given with good bacteria that fight foreign bacteria and unwanted hazardous. If there is such an imbalance in the ratio of good and bad bacteria in the vaginal area, either too much or too little, a condition triggered by bacterial vaginosis. Bad bacteria take over and convert nitrogen into ammonia compounds, thus causing the stench of ammonia. This condition mostly occurs in women during their childbearing years. Read the rest of this entry »