Fact about Obesity: part 2

Consequences of obesity 


Heart disease

Heart disease is the most critical diseases caused by obesity. We often hear stories of individuals from different ages had sudden heart attack. Heart attacks can be considered as a silent killer among obese people. Fats when too thick may clog the blood vessels, caused the body organs not get enough oxygen.

Those who are obese within the BMI range of 25, are exposure to a heart attack, sudden death, chest pain and abnormal heartbeat.


High Blood

People who are overweight may have high blood pressure. The reason is because of high amount of blood fat (triglycerides) and low level of HDL (good cholesterol) lower in blood of people with obesity. High Trigliseride can clog blood vessels quickly. When blood vessels narrower, the pressure will increase.


Hypertension 

Hypertension accelerated the process of hardening the arteries and accelerates the aging process. This circle has a string in which the harden arteries can cause Systolic high blood pressure, leading to additional damage to the arteries. It is expected for the reduction of weight of 10 pounds a person can reduce Systolic blood pressure at a rate of about 11mm mercury measurements.


Diabetes

Diabetes is a condition in which the sugar content in blood is high. The food we eat transformed into glucose. Glucose is used by our body cells as energy. The process for glucose transformed into energy, done by insulin hormone.


Obesity associated with diabetes. People with diabetes have a problem because the receptors on the cell wall are not sensitive to insulin. If people with diabetes reduced weight, receptors will be sensitive again to insulin.

The obese person is exposed to the risk of type 2 diabetes is two times higher than those with normal weight. Diabetes caused by excessive weight, damage the blood vessels and lead to extensive damage to internal organs of the body.



Cancer

There was a positive relationship between uterus cancer and breast cancer to obesity. Obese people have a higher risk for various cancers such as cancer endometrical (uterus lining cancer), colon, Gall bladder, prostate, kidney and post menopausal Breast Cancer.

Women who have excess weight of 18 pounds have double the risk of breast cancer after menopause. Adolescent women who suffered obesity will have illness because of extra pressure to the brain. The disease emerged in the form of eye disorders and headache.



Exercise or moving activity makes our muscle cells become active and it is important to enable the production of hormones and enzymes in the blood. Active muscle stimulates our body to produces hormones and enzymes well. In the muscle, there are cells called mitochondria. Mitochondria are factory that generate energy to our body for activities. Inactive muscles produce small energy because the numbers of mitokondria are very small.

Strong muscles burn fats rapidly in the body with effectiveness use of energy.

Therefore we should exercise that can increase muscle size and strengthening muscles. Among the best exercise to be done are climbing the stairs, walking and running.

Urinating Difficulty : one of prostate enlargement symptom

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More than 45 million of men around the world expected will have prostate enlargement problem, known as Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi or BPH by 2020. However Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi is nothing to do with prostate cancer. It's only refers to the increase in size of the prostate and squeeze the uretha.

What is Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi (BPH) ?

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) also known as benign prostatic hypertrophy (technically a misnomer), benign enlargement of the prostate (BEP), and adenofibromyomatous hyperplasia, refers to the increase in size of the prostate in middle-age and elderly men.

The original size of prostate is only as big as walnut, sits under bladder and in front of rectum. If prostate getting bigger, it will narrow and stop the urine flows.


Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi symtoms :

• difficulty to urinate
• frequent of urinating
• don't feel release of urinate

Complication Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi:

• Erektil Disfunction (ED)
• Ejaculation disfunction (EJD) -
• Those will effect sexual relation, depression and lose self confident.
• Hydroureter dan hydronephrosis
• Urethra infections
• Stone

Without proper prostate treatments, the problem will become worse and the kidneys will get effected as well. Based on statistic, 1 out of 10 men (age 70 above), are expose to the risk, while it is 1 out of 3 for men of 80 above!


Prostate treatments for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasi

Apha blockers method used to relaxing the small muscles component in the prostate and uretha,
which helps for smoother during urinate. However, this method is limited as for some patient,
threre are complication with high blood pressure and dizzy.

Now, there is new treatment method using Harnal Ocas (tamsulosin hydrochloride), a pill in 400mg with controlled absorbence. tamsulosin hydrochloride will reduce the BPH with more effective. This is because of selective prosess to prostate receptor which minimize the side effects of dizzy, fast heart beat, and fainted which normally happen to Alpha Blockers medicine.

How to treat BHP?

• Medical:

• Alpha Blockers
• 5 Alpha Reductase Inhibitor
• Teraphy combination
• Alternative theraphy

• Operation:

• TURP
• Laser Prostatectomy (but majority treated with pills).

Reference : Berita Harian