What is Pompe Disease?

Have you heard about this disease before? Pompe  disease, also known as glycogen storage disease type II or acid maltase deficiency, is a rare genetic disorder that results in profound muscle weakness. For the people who are getting this disease, their muscles are not working properly like usual people. The disease is caused by mutations in the gene that instructs the body to make an enzyme called acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). Normally, the body uses this enzyme to break down glycogen (stored sugar) into glucose (sugar). But in Pompe disease, GAA is absent or significantly reduced, causing excessive amounts of glycogen to accumulate in the body’s tissues, which results in major damage. The heart and skeletal muscles are most affected. Pompe disease is an auto-somatic recessive condition — meaning that each parent of an affected individual must pass on a copy of the mutated gene. This is part of the reason that the disease is relatively rare, affecting one in 40,000 people. With the compare value, only small number of people who are affected with this disease. Glycogen normally stay in our muscles that is why when we lose glycogen in mass amount our muscle will not working as well as usual. It is very dangerous thing we always avoid.

How to Describe Cancer to Your Family

Cancer is serious diseases for every human that is why it is never easy to talk with your family and friends about cancer diagnosis especially if you have children it’s even more difficult. If you still confuse how to find appropriate words to tell your family about your cancer problem, you can use some of these suggestions. Here are some ideas to tell:

• First, think about the age of your children and the maturity of them to take such important information. If your children are at the age when they’re reading books, you may want to get a health related book that describes what cancer is in very simple terms. If they’re teen, you can give them the fact about cancer while at the same time reassuring them that you’ll be there for them.
• You should describe briefly about any physical changes that might occur during chemical treatment such as hair loss, fatigue, loss of appetite, and so on.
• You should communicate two sides to make you understand what they feel after you are talking to them about your cancer.

It is always not easy to talk about serious disease like cancer but with the right method of telling, there will be minimum problem with your family acceptance.

Asthma Treatment with Gum Therapy

Have you heard about this asthma therapy? It has been proved by one dentist from Indonesia that asthma disorders can be reduced by massage on the gum. The therapist is not always required from lung specialist. It is very good that every doctor especially in remote area clinic mastering techniques found by Haryono Utomo, a dentist from Surabaya. The tools needed for the therapy is in the form sterile needles size 10 cm long, crescent-shaped tip. Commonly every dentist has the device that is usually used to clean tartar. According to him, a small metal can also be used to massage the gum. More »