Vaginal infection is one of the common disease suffered by women around the world. One possible cause is a fungal infection, which is the second most important factor causing vaginal infections.

A number of accompanying symptoms include discharge milky white or yellowish vaginal discharge, itching, burning sensation when urinating, until the pain during sexual intercourse.

Many things can cause vaginal yeast infections. For example, the use of soap trigger allergies or douching process (spraying the vagina with water) to clean the area of femininity. Well, here are some other factors that may be the cause of vaginal infection:

Tight underwear
Use of panties that are too tight or made of synthetic materials, can lead to infection around the vagina or vulva.

Contraceptive pill
Contraceptive pill can cause hormonal changes in the body. Furthermore, the use of contraceptive pills can result in the occurrence of vaginal infections.

Intimate relationship
Less maintain kebersihkan intimate area after sexual intercourse can cause infection.

Diabetes
Diabetics have a higher risk to suffer from vaginal infections.

Antibiotics and steroids
The use of antibiotics and steroids can kill good bacteria found in the vagina. In fact, these good bacteria to function to maintain vaginal acidity, thereby preventing the growth of fungi and other microorganisms.

Transferring infection
Infection can be transferred from the male body to female body through sexual relations, and vice versa.

Low immune
People who undergo cancer treatment or AIDS, eat lots of antibiotics and steroids, which weaken the immune system. Weak immune system making people more susceptible to infection.

Hormonal and fertility treatments
Women who undergo hormonal therapy and fertility treatments is more at risk for infection fungus.

Posted: May 8th, 2011 under Healthy Women.
Comments: none

Surely it would be facilitate anticipating a disease when we know the symptoms of the disease first. Prevention for not making it more complicated might be done when symptoms are light. Not only for minor ailments but also for diseases such as coronary heart disease classified as severe. But what would happen if there was also no symptoms of heart disease.

As narrated Dr. Ari Fahrial Sham, Head of Advocacy PB PAPDI, a friend who is a physician died of heart disease. In history, the doctor had never previously had a heart attack, coronary evaluation last year was no problem. But because of diabetes and obesity (obesity), weight> 100 kg, an interruption in the heart pumps so that the pump function of heart on the downside.

Ari explains this case shows that heart disease is not always due to coronary disorders, heart disease can be a variety of reason. Could be due to chronic hypertension, valve disorders, cardiomyopathy and heart disease thyroid. Due to diverse causes, symptoms also vary, particularly regular exercise to prevent coronary heart disease.

For coronary heart disease, said Ari, symptoms that often arises is chest pain, usually pain radiating to his left hand and penetrating into the back of the chest. Such as pressure and chest pain lasting more than 10 minutes. However, chest pain itself is not always caused by heart disease. In addition to chest pain patients may experience shortness of breath, shortness of breath will increase if the climb stairs or exercise hard.

Further, the Staff Department of Medicine Faculty of medicine-RSCM describes chest pain itself was not only belong to heart disease, chest pain can be caused by disorders of the gastrointestinal tract of the esophagus. In medical language is called GERD (gastroesofageal reflux disease), patients with GERD can come because of chest pain and could feel a burning sensation in the chest like a burn (heart burn) chest pain usually is followed also by bitter mouth because there is a rise of acid.

In addition to GERD chest pain can be caused by abnormalities of the lung, chest muscles and joints in the sternum. A heart attack itself was not always started from chest pain due to heartburn can be an early symptom of a heart attack. This can only happen if the narrowing of the coronary blood vessels that supply the bottom of the heart muscle, which are located closer to the solar plexus.

“Chest pain is not always caused by heart disease and heart attacks are not always preceded by chest pain because it was heartburn can be an early symptom of heart attack,” he said.

Ari called on to prevent heart disease by reducing risk factors such as weight control, control blood pressure, blood sugar levels if you suffer from Diabetes Mellitus, control cholesterol levels, reduce fatty foods, eat plenty of fruits and vegetables, stop smoking and alcohol, and of course regular exercise.

Posted: October 8th, 2010 under Tips Health.
Comments: none

Using any product labeled the world’s celebrities, makes the user confident. Britney Spears appears tub or Jennifer Lopez. But you know, that these products are risky to health.
Is the perfume with the names of world celebrities like Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, and designer of the famous Choco Channel. This test is conducted by Jane Houlihan for the latest campaign of The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics in cooperation with the Environmental Working Group (EWG). “That perfume you wear, is named after celebrities, makes you feel sexy and very attractive. But that label does not tell that there are many harmful content in the perfume that sells, “she said.

Houlihan took samples at 17 perfume products, ie; American Eagle Seventy Seven, Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle, Britney Spears Curious, Giorgio Armani Acqua On Gio, Old Spice Body Spray After Hours, Quicksilver, Calvin Klein Eternity for Men, Bath & Body Works Japanese Cherry Blossom, Calvin Klein Eternity (for women), Halle by Halle Berry, Hannah Montana Secret Celebrity, Victoria’s Secret Dream Angels Heavenly, Fierce Abercrombie & Fitch, Jennifer Lopez J. Lo Glow, Axe Body Spray For Men-Shock, Clinique Happy Perfume Spray, Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue.

“We started with 17 products,” said Houlihan, “send them to a laboratory to see if there are harmful chemicals in these products.”

After research is completed is revealed, the existence of 10 chemicals which, when associated with allergic reactions cause headaches, asthma, asthma. While his fellow researchers found 12 different chemicals. Twelve chemicals were shown to potentially interfere with hormone Benzyl benzoal, diethyl phthalate and tonalide.

The researchers reported that the total content of 91 chemicals, only 19 that have been reviewed by the Cosmetic Ingredient Review, and only 27 chemicals that are perfume acc by international agencies, the International Fragrance Association and the Research Institute for Fragrance Materials.

Posted: August 10th, 2010 under Women Matter.
Comments: none

Take pride in yourself and the talents you possess. Do not look for someone to give you something you can not get through your own efforts. With these wise words can be a hope to get up slowly.

Companies exist to provide opportunities for your development, but ultimately you who has the control on your own career. Your achievements is the entrance. Here is a strategy to take control of your career.

1. Build yourself as an asset.
Sometimes you have to step out of role that you live for a vision. Perhaps it is by volunteering to lead groups of staff resources, or special projects, or identify the needs within the company and provide the solution on your team.

2. Define your success.
Success is being able to resume everything becomes a priority. Which is to become proactive and take action before someone close to you. Also find out where you want to go. Not everyone wants to be a CEO or president. Know what you want and believe that as long as you’ve picked, you’re already successful.

3. Make your voice heard at the right time.
Timing is everything. If someone is being defensive and you could see that was not the time to express your opinion, would be better if you resign first. Bring the matter if they’re more willing to accept. Explain the situation, what you feel about it, and how you can work together to move forward.

4. Find a champion.
If you work hard, then you will get a reward. But you also need sponsorship, some people who can work on your behalf who can support you. Some people actively seek out, but with achievements you get the people will recognize you. They will be glued to the quality of your work, so that the champions are formed around you.

Quoted from: perempuan.com

Posted: July 15th, 2010 under Women Matter.
Comments: none

Believe it or not, nobody can control the problem of money than love. You can change the nature of a spendthrift spouse without a divorce.
If you are concerned with the nature of a spendthrift spouse, no need to hear things that cliche about how financial problems can bear grief, stress, and even separation. What you may not know is that there are many practical ways to find harmony with your partner about money dear. How?
1.FIX THE DEBT
Maybe you’ve heard, with the wealth that is not equal, you both can not be united. Fortunately this is not true. Your credit card interest out of control? Immediately look for a lower interest rate. There are people who have similar characteristics and habits in a matter of money. In almost all husband-wife relationship, there are always financial issues that must be faced. Successful couples are couples who understand and successfully resolve financial problems together.
2. CUSTOMIZE ATTITUDE
When you include the type of saver, you may be eligible for an award in handling financial matters. But when including the type of spender and the type of person who always felt most true in your relationship and your partner, you have to lose before beginning.
Spendthrift spouse who would have been ready to defend himself. He may just not understand it with you, how money works and ignorance can make him feel threatened. Money can mean the power and freedom. Well, your plan to reduce the power and freedom is what makes couples feel trapped. Actually, people who do not have the same attitude in managing finances, tend not to fit when they became a couple. Usually people become more careful and frugal tend to create a spendthrift spouse into a panic and become more extravagant anymore. As a result, he was forced to save more for the sake of saving more pressing expenditures.
However, this spirit can be changed even if you both start to become spendthrift. If one is more concerned with financial issues and tried to tighten spending, others rebelled by being more wasteful anymore. Clearly, changing the rules requires compromise. This is something very important to every relationship. Wasters need brakes but savers may need to reduce snug in spending.
3.KEEP ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Ask the waster, what its response to the word “budget”, “spending plan” and “frugal”. He would say, these words actually mean “sacrifice”, “loss / seizure”, and “death.”
All you need to do is create a budget and the actual destination. To ensure that you spend money only for things that people want and avoid the self-purchase items that are not important and necessary, discuss together what you both want in life. But as far as possible avoid the boring words such as “retired”, “new house”, “vacation money”. Talk about how you want to feel your money in 5, 10, and 30 years. Spenders are free to do anything with his credit card might provide a relaxed response. But he must realize, he will also need concrete things such as goals to be achieved in the near and long term.
Make sure your goal list is a list of a combination of both of you both and is a reasonable list. Read the books that provide inspiration. A good book can induce you to do the same thing.
4.SHOW THE EXPENDITURE
Spenders tend to follow the motto “live for today”. That is why, whatever money they spend on a cup of coffee or lunch, not a big thing. “My husband does not realize, how the expenditure for lunch, shoes, clothes, and others. The money he wasted quickly,” the story of a woman.
Then how to react? Maybe you can show the pair with the bigger picture. At the board to write the message, you can put the paper with the title “Money Papa” who can make the couple aware, by treating his friends means he has spent so much money. Money actually can be used for more important needs for his family. Thus the couple will reduce its expenditures to treat his friends. Instead, you can offer a couple to bring friends who eat together at home much cheaper than eating in restaurants.
If you have a computer program for personal finances, you can print it to see the annual expenditure on all sides. This can help you both to determine the heading / section which should be reduced.
5.PERSONAL ACCOUNT
You can arrange finance with a variety of ways. But the method seems more appropriate for the spender is the plan “together and separately.” For both your salary, open an account in your name alone and use to pay the monthly bills. Instead, the thrifty spouse is responsible to pay monthly bills. Most couples feel more comfortable if one of those responsible for this task.
The following steps, each of you open your own account with the agreement that has been agreed on the amount transferred from joint accounts into individual accounts. Thus, each able to freely use the money from each account without the supervision of one partner.
You can also do the opposite, namely from each account where salary is transferred, moved to a joint account with the amount of money that has been established for the payment of monthly bills.
6.DECIDE TOGETHER
If the expenditures for the purchase of household goods that are expensive and use the money from the joint account, these purchases should be discussed and agreed upon beforehand. If you are both limited financial, determine how expenditure will be approved together to purchase the goods whose price is not cheap.
7. DON’T BE DESPERATE
Most family financial problems can be overcome with patience and with time. You both just need a room for each pair.
ASKING HELP IF …
1. Gambling habit
Promises to change just a promise. In fact, he never changed. When the couple who likes to gamble aware of this and realize that this is a serious problem and he would not mind to find a way out but repeatedly fell again, obviously need serious treatment. Seek help.
2. Your Husband Doesnt want to Change
Couples who lavishly hide their own accounts or open accounts clandestinely. Consulting a psychologist, marriage counselor, financial expert, is indispensable. But when the couple refused to compromise, it means that your finances are in danger. You need to initiate legal action to separate your finances if you do not want a divorce. In this case, the problem is not a minor problem and you can not correct yourself. You should consult with a lawyer about the rules that apply to your status. At a minimum, you should start a versatile guard with separate ownership.

Posted: July 8th, 2010 under Relationship, Tips Women, Women Matter.
Comments: none

Chewing gum may make us more fresh breath even divert us from the bad habit of smoking. But some plastic surgeons actually demanded we stay away from chewing gum. Why, chewing gum-forming wrinkles in the facial wrinkles. Really?

“Many of my patients who are enthusiasts of chewing gum, has a pattern of wrinkles around their mouths,” says Dr. Joel Schlesinger, an expert in dermatology and plastic surgery from Omaha, Nebraska. “That’s why I started thinking, chewing gum cause wrinkles in the face.”

Although until now no studies that provide the link between gum-lined with wrinkles on the face, but this issue has erupted in cyberspace, such as beauty blogs.

But for some plastic surgeons, chewing gum can damage the muscle tissue around the mouth. One of the mengamini this is Dr. Hema Sundaram, a plastic surgeon from Washington, DC. Hema explained when we chew gum there is a movement we do repeatedly. Movement is then made which then imprint lines around our mouths.
“Because the muscles are asked to perform one movement over and over again to form a construction strokes,” he said.
Construction strokes that arise due to muscle movements repeated by Sundaram will damage some of the skin tissue which then contributed to the decrease in skin elasticity.

But we should not immediately dispose of chewing gum, for the German study conducted in October 2009 and, in fact concluded that chewing gum makes you concentrate better. Even some of the other studies mentioned, chewing gum can reduce stress.

Just as the science of enjoying the food, we should enjoy the bubble gum in natural limits. So the possibility of the muscles around the mouth to slack can be minimized by chewing gum when you’re stressed or want to make a fresh breath back.

Posted: July 2nd, 2010 under Beauty Care.
Comments: none

What you need to know about bifocal glasses. Glasses are two windows. Lens can watch everything from above, and below the lens used in reading. As one important attribute is a combination of sunglasses bifocal glasses and bifocal sunglasses. They serve two purposes for you. First help in reading and things look good, and secondly, protecting them against harmful ultraviolet rays of the sun eye.

Therefore, bifocal sunglasses, you do not need two different pairs of glasses just reading / viewing and one eye protection. Some of those corrective glasses, although some above normal sunglasses and corrective below.

You can choose a specific type of bifocal sunglasses to suit your vision conditions. Bifocal sunglasses are best suited for those who suffer from nearsightedness and farsightedness.

Since glasses are associated with sight problems, you should be checked by qualified eye doctors eye. However, if you just want protection against ultraviolet rays, and eye examination is required.

Bifocal sunglasses come in different varieties of styles and designs. This means that not only buy from a little style and design. You have many opportunities to purchase the most suitable for your face type as a whole. People whose work is often required for outdoor activities or outdoor enthusiasm, select polaraithe reading glasses. Polaraithe sunglasses not only failed to reduce the harmful ultraviolet solar radiation, but crude glare that can block the normal glass.
Read more »

Posted: April 3rd, 2010 under Eye Care.
Comments: none