Peanuts threaten the lives of children

Peanuts threaten the lives of children !!

We often hear about food allergies and that some people can not eat eggs or milk for example because they are allergic to it. Many people complain of food problems in their babies and are allergic to it, although the real food allergies are relatively rare.

Recent statistics indicate that food allergies have increased in recent years. Scientists attributed the increase to new food products and increased use of food additives to environmental factors such as increased environmental pollution and the use of chemicals in agriculture.

What is the reality of food allergies, and what are their symptoms and effects on children? What foods can children feel?

Allergy or intolerance:

In fact, there are two main terms that are highly confusing: food intolerance and food allergies, and the main difference between these two conditions is the nature of the body's reaction to food.

Food Intolerance:

It is the inability of the body to tolerate a certain food and the occurrence of undesirable effects such as diarrhea and vomiting when eating this food, and result from the inability of the body to digest and represent the food intake, often because of enzymatic deficiency such as lactose intolerance caused by the absence of lactase enzyme Essential for the metabolism of lactose sugar. Food intolerance may be caused by contamination of food with germs and toxins or containing certain substances that are drug-effective.

Food Allergy Food Allergy:

It is a special type of food intolerance and is considered an immune reaction caused by a strong interaction between the antigen (usually a food protein) and antibody. This reaction contributes to the release of histamine responsible for most clinical manifestations.

How sensitive is the food?

The prevalence of food allergies in infants is more than that of adults, which is high in children with dermatitis. The prevalence varies according to different studies and ranges from 4 to 20%. As mentioned, recent statistics indicate an increase in the prevalence of food allergies. In France, More than twice as many as five years ago.

What foods cause allergies?

There are a large number of foods that may cause allergies, but the most common of these foods are cow's milk, eggs and peanut peanuts. These three foods make up 75% of allergy foods, and other foods are soy, walnuts, fish, oysters, chicken and wheat.

Cow milk intolerance Cow Mlik Intilerance:

This condition is seen in young infants and has a prevalence rate of about 1 - 50%. It is seen in males more than females and is common in families where allergic diseases are common (asthma and atopic dermatitis)

1 - digestive symptoms are the main symptoms usually where the child occurs in diarrhea and vomiting, agitation and colic which may be severe, and may occur with time malabsorption and failure of growth and digestive bleeding.

2 - Skin symptoms such as dermatitis, urticaria and eczema.

3 - respiratory manifestations (asthma - rhinitis).

This condition disappears in 50% of the cases around the age of the year and most of the rest will be cured within two years.

The occurrence of symptoms is associated with the amount of milk consumed by the child, and may be able to bear the child's small amounts of milk.

Dehydration of cow's milk from food leads to the disappearance of symptoms. In some cases, cow's milk protein may be passed through mother's milk (if the mother has taken cow's milk) and the removal of cow's milk from the mother's diet in this case causes the child to decline symptoms.

Allergy to peanuts:

Allergy to peanuts may be serious and lead to a severe allergic reaction called Anaphylactic Shock, which can be deadly if not treated quickly. Allergy is characterized by difficulty breathing, edema, hypotension and shock. This condition can occur within minutes of the sensitive substance, but this condition is rare. and thank God.

Allergy to peanuts lasts a lifetime as opposed to the sensitivity to other foods that can usually go away with time. It is important to note that peanut oil is widely used and may sometimes contain part of the sensitive protein, so it should also be avoided.

Allergies to food additives:

There are many industrial substances that may be added to food products manufactured to save or give them certain flavors, and may cause these allergies sometimes, and is attributed to excessive amounts of behavioral disorders in children and these substances Tartarazine (E102) Tartrazine and benzoic acid (E210) These substances can trigger asthma attacks and chronic urticaria in children.

Diagnosis:

The diagnosis depends largely on the detailed story, and the reaction that always occurs after eating a particular food and does not happen with others or at another time of good evidence of the sensitivity of this food usually clinical examination usually only if the child reviewed the case of allergic shock, Diagnosis is what we call the food challenge test. Food that is believed to be allergic to the child's food is canceled. After clinical improvement after 2 weeks, this food is usually returned again. If symptoms reappear, this indicates the diagnosis. Carries a certain gravity (s D) sometimes causes severe allergic shock). Therefore, it is performed only under medical supervision, and the doctor alone decides when and how to administer the test. Other diagnostic tests may be used by the doctor in some cases:

1 - Skin tests (tingling test - scratching).

2 - Measure the level of lgE (artificial globulin sensitivity) in the serum.

3. Bowel biopsy.

the cure

There is no cure for the lack of food, and the main measure is to avoid allergenic food, and this needs to change the daily routine in the family and efforts of parents to apply this issue.

In fact, the decision to prevent food is dependent on several factors: the severity of the relapse of the food and the extent of confirmation of the diagnosis in addition to other conditions for each case related to parents and the patient.

Parental education is the basis of management and must also include patient education (if appropriate) and school staff (administration and teachers).

Conclusion:

1) Food allergies can lead to a serious life-threatening condition, namely, allergic shock.

2) Allergy to peanuts may last a lifetime but the sensitivity to other foods may go away with time.

3) There are no special medicines that cure food allergies.

4) The only prevention of food allergies is to avoid food allergens and the only treatment is to control the symptoms after they occur.

5) Sensitivity to food disappears in 90% of cases at the age of 3 years.

6) It is generally recommended that, when a positive family sense story exists, the pregnant mother avoids peanut-rich foods and delayed the introduction of various foods and egg whites into the child's food beyond the age of the year, all aimed at reducing the risk of developing food allergies in the infant.

Dr.. Emad Mohammed Zoukar

Pediatrician - Department of school health for boys in Riyadh

Director of the school health unit in Harimla

89%Of medical errors committed by expatriate doctors

Modern medical statistics reveal that 80 percent of medical errors are committed by private hospitals while government hospitals commit the remaining errors. The increase in the percentage of medical errors in private hospitals attributed to the presence of a large number of expatriate doctors, which the same statistics confirmed that 89% of these errors occurred at their hands and 11% by Saudi doctors in hospitals in Jeddah. According to statistics issued by the Ministry of Health, the ministry receives 40 thousand medical complaints annually, 20% of them medical errors and complications, and that 

Medical errors are constantly falling in public or private hospitals without finding anyone to stop them or prevent their recurrence. Every day we hear a complaint here and a complaint there without reaching a situation ...

there are about 1476 cases considered by the competent committees in the Kingdom in just 3 years. It confirmed that 280 medical facilities were closed during the same period. In Jeddah alone, 142 cases were referred to medical committees, 85% of which occurred in hospitals and community clinics. In the city poll, many citizens considered that the private hospitals were behind the financial gain only among the most prominent reasons for the high rate of medical errors. They called for the formation of committees to look into this percentage. A number of doctors confirmed that the inefficiency of most expatriate doctors is the cause of the problem. The Ministry of Health has confirmed the existence of committees to test the doctors expatriates before contracting to eliminate the increasing proportion of medical errors. (City) discussed the issue and the reasons for the rise of medical errors in hospitals, civil and government. In the beginning, the young man says: I was complaining about the presence of some prominent pills on my nose, which appear frequently from one clinic to another. I read about the arrival of a professor at one of the famous beauty centers. I was hoping to find the treatment and I actually met the doctor. Operations have reached amounts to about 35 thousand riyals were made and did not improve the situation promised and I was the operation again and became worse than the previous did not receive from the distortion or loss. One of the citizens says that his wife entered a private hospital in Taif and paid the money to stop her bleeding. It turns out that the doctor performed a procedure for his wife and removed the uterus without our notice. The other story happened to the aggressive lieutenant in a private hospital in Jeddah, he was admitted to the hospital for a simple operation and as a result of anesthesia errors came out of the hospital

Carried on the shoulders to the grave. Pain and suffering There is a story happened to a citizen who went to his wife to a private hospital in the province of Jeddah to remove the flesh from the nose and overdose of anesthesia was eliminated brain cells and became a woman in a coma permanently and transferred to a government hospital to complete the rest of her life does not know what is going on and remains her husband And her children are the heartbreak of the mother and the suffering. One of the ladies went to a private hospital in one of the provinces to carry out the process of removing the white water. The operation was unsuccessful and the eye turned into a mere member who did not benefit from it after she completely lost her vision. "We should note that there is a problem in carrying out surgical operations. There are operations that can not be performed during the course of an outbreak or in public hospitals, but what we see is that these hospitals are being operated by private hospitals," said Mohammed Jibril. Operations without controls and all for the purpose of material profit only and therefore must be the existence of oversight committees on medical facilities civil. "I think that the list issued by the Ministry of Health almost two years ago, under which the prohibition of the opening of private clinics except for doctors had a big role in this, where doctors used the process and began to open dozens of clinics scattered here and there and can not stand on the work Which led to mistakes being made in the absence of negligence. The Ministry of Health was supposed to retreat from this condition and leave the freedom of businessmen to open and follow up medical activities themselves. Mohammed al-Thaqafi believes that the increase in the percentage of medical errors in the medical medical sectors due to multiple reasons, including the lack of expertise in some facilities and the importance of more material income. Profit: "The increase in medical errors in hospitals and private clinics may be due to the keenness of these facilities on the material side more than anything else and therefore they are keen to reduce costs, which leads to errors due to the indulgence in bringing medical machines or cadres distinguished Always care On the lowest wage holders, whether in the medical, nursing or technical fields. Doctors' opinions have had multiple opinions on this matter. Dr. Khaled Hosawi, a consultant in the field of dermatology and gynecology, said: "The subject needs a broad discussion because it is very important and it is important to a large segment of people, whether residents or citizens. I think that there are several reasons, including but not limited to the following: 1- Urge hospitals and clinics in the results of treatment through the doctors to treat the disease of any of the latter and non-gradual. 2 - The keenness of some hospitals and medical centers to reduce costs by bringing doctors with low salaries and those little experience and their levels do not rise to the required level. 3 - Lack of attention to medical devices such as intensive care departments and operations, which contributes to the increase in errors, especially during operations. 4 - not to bring medical teams distinguished such as nursing and technicians in the field of anesthesia and others. 5. Conduct operations in circumstances that are not appropriate, such as the possibility of complications and otherwise and solutions. He added: In my opinion, it is necessary for the Health Specialties Authority to conduct annual examinations for all doctors working in the private sector as well as technicians to evaluate their levels of operation periodically, in addition to the formation of committees of people

Experiences from consultants to find out all the national centers and hospitals on an annual basis to ascertain their contents and the extent of care for the requirements of medical safety. The reasons for the error Dr. Abdullah Al-Nafiie says that medical errors have reasons, especially in the medical sector, with the failure to deny the efforts of this sector in order to provide a comprehensive health service, but the concern for material gain I think the main reason for increasing errors because the concern for material gain actually leads to bring medical staff is well qualified due to low salaries and thus increasing medical errors dramatically. Reducing costs Dr. Khaled Al-Abboud believes that the main reason for the increase in medical errors in the medical sector is the fact that it is only because there is a concern to reduce costs in those facilities, doctors and medical staff are brought in cheaper prices than some countries, which is known that their medical staff is not good and therefore the mistakes may And I think that the care of cosmetic operations in particular have a big role in increasing errors and suggested first that the Health Specialties Authority intensify the practical and clinical examinations for all doctors of the civil sector and periodically and preferably every year or six months in order to know the fate S doctors and control provisions of these facilities and not tolerated completely because human health is very expensive and can not be in any way tolerated. Complications and Errors Dr. Abdulrahman al-Zahrani, Director of King Abdulaziz Specialist Hospital Program, said: "We must distinguish between complications and errors. All operations have complications and errors occur as a result of negligence, whatever the causes, either about the increasing medical errors in the private sector, in the government sector. Dr. Mohammed Al-Shehri, Director of King Faisal Hospital in Taif, said that there are legitimate medical committees that will adjudicate any complaint against legal medical errors that will adjudicate any complaint against medical errors and once the committee has confirmed the existence of errors, it deals with them according to regulations Instructions. Health Opinion While Dr. Khalid bin Qasim Al Sumairi, Director of Health Affairs in Taif, said that there is strict control over any medical sector, whether private or governmental, and we stress these sites in order to reduce any error and management of medical licenses, which in turn. The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health for Executive Affairs Dr. Mansour Al-Hawasi said: The medical error may occur because of lack of experience and rehabilitation or because of the stress of the practitioner if the working hours long and became clear these reasons through the statistics carried out by the ministry and is one of the reasons that lead to error, The Health Authority has been keen to send committees of Saudi consultant doctors to choose the workforce from outside the Kingdom. The Health Specialties Authority also classifies and equates medical certificates to all practitioners. The registration is repeated for all every 3 years. Practitioners.

Counterfeit drugs pose a serious threat to the lives of patients in the Middle East

Counterfeit drugs pose a serious threat to the lives of patients in the Middle East

Experts say the tradition of medicines in the Middle East has risen to high levels and has reached an 

end that could endanger the lives of patients.

Counterfeit drugs pose a serious threat to the lives of patients in the Middle East

The tradition of drugs in the past has not received much attention because it is seen as a problem that has had a major impact on Indian and Chinese markets, but the problem has spread throughout the world, affecting the lives of patients in the Middle East.

The tradition of drugs ranges from the illegal production of proprietary drugs to the production of counterfeit medicines. These practices have spread in recent months, partly because of the growing demand for ED drugs.

The consequences of taking antimicrobial drugs, many of which are made in unhealthy conditions and using dangerous or non-standard chemicals, are extremely detrimental to the health of the patient and are usually life-threatening. These drugs may lead to drug resistance, loss of confidence among patients, and doctors, pharmacists and other medical personnel.

The pharmaceutical industry, along with patients, has been severely affected by counterfeit drugs, with imitators trying to target commonly used prescription drugs, such as antibiotics and painkillers. Counterfeit medicines generally contain no more than baking soda or talcum powder, Sometimes on more hazardous substances, such as antifreeze. In the case of drugs that have an effect on the heart or blood pressure, the results may be fatal. In some cases, narcotic drugs were filled with distilled water or alcohol.

The distribution of unsafe drugs has increased significantly around the world, in light of the increased reports of patients receiving counterfeit drugs and taking them without knowledge. The casings of these medicines appear to be made with the quality and mastery of the original medicines. Counterfeit drug manufacturers imitate linear symbols, inner envelopes and even three-dimensional marks.

Patients recognize that prescription drugs are safe and effective. In many developed countries, drug-approved distribution systems have guaranteed a high degree of patient safety so far, although drug mimicking has quadrupled in recent years.

Various factors have contributed to the expansion of criminal counterfeiting activities, including the growing involvement in drug supply chains by unlicensed wholesalers and re-packaging agents, the flourishing of online pharmacies, and the movement of drug imports around the world.

Patients should consult with their doctors before changing their medication for whatever reasons they may need to change. Specific medicines for ED treatment may belong to the same category, and may have a different range of safety.

500 patients failed to queue annually

The growing numbers of people who need organ transplantation and the lack of the required organs are not a problem that is not limited to a country or region in itself. It is a global problem that affects most of the world, especially with the widespread spread of what has become today called diseases of the age, including diabetes, hypertension and heart disease. Or neglected by some patients over time to require the transplantation of some organs such as kidney, liver, pancreas and others.

Dr. Faisal Abdul Rahim Shaheen, Director General of the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation and Prince Salman Al-Khairi Center for Nephrology, said that 365 colleges are being cultured annually in the Kingdom.

500 patients failed to queue annually

He added that there are about 500 patients with renal failure annually enter the waiting lists, which reached more than seven thousand patients at the Saudi Center for organ transplantation, that is, the rate of increase in the number of patients amounted to 12%.

Revealed d. Shaheen dialysis center in King Fahd Hospital in Jeddah, where daily washing of 280-300 washing and the cost of dialysis per patient to 198 thousand riyals annually, and the dialysis machine serves seven patients in Jeddah and five in Riyadh and Jazan, which is alarming because it is supposed to The device is allocated to a number of patients ranging from 1-3 patients.

He continued d. Shaheen pointed out that the Saudi Center for organ transplantation has been able to do so far more than 1121 kidney transplantation of brain and living deaths, and studies conducted by the Center indicate that the survival rate of patients alive after kidney transplant of living relatives close to 97% after 3) Years and 90% for kidney transplantation of brain dead, and there are 13 centers for organ transplantation in the Kingdom.

And the long waiting periods in which the patient is on the waiting list for periods of up to years to get a college d. Shahin:

The length of the waiting period for the patient with renal failure to get a kidney from the center and therefore cultivation is a global problem not only in the Kingdom, but in all countries of the world, including America, and the center determines the priority of agriculture according to the health status of patients with priority to children and special medical cases, We have an urgent waiting list on which to distribute donated kidneys to different regions of the Kingdom.

And about the phenomenon of patients traveling abroad to get a college adds d. Shahin:

The phenomenon has begun to spread in recent years, but this phenomenon has many medical and economic consequences that can be avoided if the family of the patient understands the issue of kidney donation from the neighborhood relatives, where the results and success of operations abroad out of purchase by a very large, and there are 11 specialized centers for kidney transplant The centers are distributed in all regions of the Kingdom, and all these centers work in coordination with the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, which oversees the program in general, especially with regard to queues and access to donated kidneys and practice controls. Medical and Ethical Organ Transplantation in the Kingdom

Vitamins slow the spread of AIDS

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Experiments on African women living with HIV have shown that taking daily doses of a certain category of vitamins slows the growth of the virus in their bodies and 

reduces their risk of developing the disease by 50 percent.

Vitamins slow the spread of AIDS

The results of the test were published in the journal "New England Journal of Medicine" in which the trial authorities require the adoption of vitamin treatment for patients in developing countries, to delay the need for these drugs to treat the disease and be able to use exclusively for patients who are at an advanced stage of the disease.

"The cost of this treatment is low and it will help many people get a better life," according to the professor at the Harvard Institute of Health, Dr. Wafa Fawzi, according to the Associated Press.

But at the same time, he cautioned that HIV-treated drugs could in no way be substituted for these vitamins.

The test took 6 years during which doctors followed the health status of approximately 1,078 women carrying the virus. These women took daily doses of a group of vitamins in addition to vitamin A or this vitamin alone.

The test results showed that the virus grew in just 7 percent of those who followed the system, as well as less problems such as fatigue, diarrhea, mouth ulcers and a lower proportion of the virus in the blood.

According to researchers, eating a combination of vitamins can help strengthen the immune system and weaken the ability of the virus to grow and spread

Smarter children have less geriatric

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children with natural intelligence have a lower incidence of geriatric disease than ordinary children, according to a new study.

The study was conducted in 12 American cities on at least 50,000 babies, of whom at least 633 were 

followed for 30 to 39 years.

Smarter children have less geriatric

IQ tests were performed for babies when they were 7 years old. When they reached the age of 30, they were tested for heart disease, cancer, diabetes, asthma, arthritis, strokes, infectious ulcers, hepatitis and tuberculosis. Several factors that played a role In IQ ratio such as human weight, economic status and social status.

IQ was found to reduce the proportion of all diseases regardless of sex or social group. Each 15-point increase in the intelligence scale reduced the rate of disease by a third.

The study also pointed out that the increase in the number of years of education has a role in reducing the proportion of diseases among adults, especially those with a higher education certificate.

Based on this study, scientists conclude that intelligence at a young age plays a prominent role in the prevention of critical diseases in adulthood.

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The discovery of an effective drug in the treatment of avian influenza

Scientific tests have shown that a drug used in the treatment of influenza has shown effectiveness in the fight against avian flu spread in Asia. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Australia tested the drug called Relenza on a sample of the H5N1 virus, which killed 

Get rid of colds and treat colds by traditional means

22 people in Asia and infected millions of chickens. During the tests, the drug showed great effectiveness in stopping the multiplication of the avian flu virus, the same role it plays with other strains of the virus. Relenza was introduced on the world market in 1999. The drug is based on the discovery by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization that there is a small sector on the surface of the influenza virus that does not change in different breeds. Relenza works by disrupting the work of proteins on the surface of this part of the virus Therefore, the number of the virus can not be doubled. The drug proved that it could prevent the transmission of influenza to about 80 percent of the cases. It also showed efficacy in reducing the symptoms of infection in infected people. Another drug called Tamiflu was developed later on the same research, Real estate manufacturers Initial clinical trials have also shown that they are effective in fighting the avian influenza virus, and no human-to-human transmission has been recorded, but health experts worry that if the virus is integrated into the human influenza strain, a mutated version of the virus could result. Are transmitted from one person to another, posing a major threat, and all people who have died of the virus have been infected by direct infected birds so far.

The current strategy to prevent further spread of the virus and to threaten human life is to get rid of millions of chickens on farms and Asian markets, and the results shown by our experiments show that the drug is effective in controlling avian influenza in the laboratory and how important this discovery is. Effectiveness of Relenza in the treatment of people with avian influenza.