Saturday, 10 August 2013

7 Diseases which more often attacking women

7 Diseases which more often attacking women

Women and men have biological conditions and physiological are different. As a result there are some health conditions that more affect women than men, for example disruption of eating patterns or hormonal.

The same thing also occurs in autoimmune diseases are more common attacking on women than men. For example, the disease lupus. Approximately 9 out of 10 are affected by this disease are women.

Here are 7 disease of unknown its trigger and unfortunately more often attacking on women:

1. Multiple sclerosis (MS)
Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system disorders. Multiple Sclerosis Society reports, MS affects 2 million people in the world. This number is two to three times more a lots on women than men.

Some doctors classify MS as an autoimmune disease. This is because there is no specific cause is identified. Most people experiencing the first symptoms of MS at the age of 20 to 40 years.

Symptoms of MS vary starting from paralysis up to vision loss. Existing treatments only reduce the symptoms that arise because there is no medicine to cure this disease.

2. Lupus
Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease where the body's immune cells attacking healthy tissues, so that triggering damage on the skin, joints, and organs. Its symptoms are very much, but most patients experiencing symptoms very tired, headaches, hair loss, and swollen joints.

Based on data from the Lupus Foundation of America, 90 percent of patients with lupus are women. However, this disease can rarely diagnosed in the beginning, so patients is usually already exposed to its impact for a long time.

3. Chronic fatigue syndrome
The experts explain this syndrome as something that is complex. This fatigue condition can not be lost just with resting. Other symptoms that maybe follow is muscle pain, memory loss, and insomnia.

Doing activities of daily mild such as dressing, bath, or just thinking can lead to a person who experiencing this syndrome is very fatigue.

4. Depression
The experts believe depression affects women twice more a lots than men. Biological reasons may be the main cause. During menstruation, childbirth, and menopause, women experience fluctuations in hormones that affect mood.

Yet Psychology Today explains, women more often brood than men. This is then alleged to trigger depression. Moreover, women tend to more longevity so that more lonely, and depression.

5. Celiac disease
Based on the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness, 60 to 70 percent of patients with celiac disease are women. Celiac disease is a negative reaction that is given by body, because can not digest the gluten, a protein that found in flour or wheat.

Celiac disease is generally considered common digestive problems such as weight loss, bloating, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. However, this disease apparently affecting the menstrual cycle and infertility.

Generally women with celiac disease new diagnosed at age 45. Diagnosis of celiac disease need time 10 years, which means that women already experiencing reproductive disorders a few years before.

6. Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
IBS is a disorder on the large intestine that affects the whole bowel. IBS cause abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, and constipation at least during 3 months. As many as 65 percent of IBS patients are women. The cause is still unknown. However, these symptoms are more severe if are in the menstrual period.

7. Sexual diseases infection
Estimated to every year occur in the United States 19 million new cases of sexual infections. Women are more often infected and experiencing serious causes than men. The reason is the vaginal skin is more smooth than the penis, making it easier for viruses and bacteria to enter.

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