Signs Of Cervical Cancer
Cancer is the single greatest killer disease in the world and cervical cancer is among the more fatal conditions or variations of cancer. Cancer is best defined as the uncontrolled growth and division of cells in the body. There is very little hope for people who are diagnosed with a late stage of cancer and medication and treatment is usually very painful and extremely taxing on the patient’s body. Not to mention the excessive cost of treatment itself is one of the things that makes cancer such a nearly untreatable disease.
Cancer can be of several types. It can happen to virtually every single organ that is found in the body. The reason for this is that as every organ is made of cells and every cell divides, by extension of this logic, uncontrolled cell division can happen in every part of the body and hence cancer can afflict any part of the body too.
Cervical cancer is the cancer of the cervix. This is a very serious problem that can go unnoticed as it has the symptoms that mimic the symptoms of various other diseases and women tend to pass these off as menstrual pains or other normal pains.
Some of the symptoms of cervical cancer include excessive bleeding or pain. Another symptom can be excessive discharges from the vagina that may contain blood and mucous. Yet another indication can be bleeding after small activities or even pelvic exams. A symptom of advanced cervical cancer is pain during urination. This pain can occur in the bladder or in the general vicinity and it is an advanced symptom as it becomes apparent only after the cancer has spread to the bladder and other areas. It is important to identify these symptoms beforehand so that the appropriate treatment can be done.
Cholesterol
Cholesterol is one of the most important substances in your body. The walls of cells are manufactured out of cholesterol. The cells are designed so that they can convert protein, amino acids, fat, fatty acids, carbohydrates and sugars — all forms of food — into cholesterol.
I have already covered this subject, from a different viewpoint, earlier.
For instance, the manufacture of muscle requires proteins in the blood stream. Cells can make cholesterol out of proteins.
Carbohydrates and fats each have specific functions in the body, but, again, the cell can use either of them to manufacture cholesterol.
Cholesterol is so important to the health of a cell that the cell can produce cholesterol out of just about anything that comes along.
Why is cholesterol so important? Well, it is just the entire membrane of the cell — the wall which keeps the fluids inside the cell remaining inside, and keeps the outside fluids outside.
Yes, it is cholesterol which is the primary component of the walls of the cells.
When the cell is under attack of any kind, its primary defense mechanism is to thicken the walls of the cell. In order to do that it needs more cholesterol.
When the water pressure outside the cells is reduced (because of a shortage of water) there is an increased tendency for water to leak out of the cells into the outside area. The cell considers this a threat to its health and increases the thickness of the cell walls, with cholesterol, to keep the inside fluids from leaking out.
So, a very natural thing for the body to do when there is a shortage of water is to manufacture more cholesterol in the cells. Some of that newly-created cholesterol can certainly escape from the cell into the blood stream. THERE is where it becomes HIGH CHOLESTEROL. The fact that there is increased cholesterol in the thickening of the cell walls is not part of high cholesterol, but the increased and deliberate production of cholesterol by the cells certainly puts some excess cholesterol into the blood stream where the eager cardiologist can claim that you need to take a drug to lower your cholesterol.
The water needs of the body will be increased by these cholesterol-lowering drugs. But, if you are still not taking more water, what is the poor cell to do but manufacture more cholesterol, thicken the cell walls and try to protect the cell from losing too much water! Maybe the drug will suppress the escape of this cholesterol into the blood stream, but just remember that the production of increased cholesterol, in the first place, is just the body’s simple way of telling you that it needs more water.
So, is it believable to you that drinking more water might lower your cholesterol?
Well, that’s the truth!
If the cardiologist fails with his drug, as he must eventually do, the surgeon is ready with the knife! Bypass surgery is already proven to be a gigantic fraud, but many thousands of people get it every year.
Do you think that either the cardiologist or the heart surgeon would endorse the concept in this Section? Do you think these medical doctors would admit that all, or almost all, of the problems they earn money for “curing” could be cured, in fact, with more water intake?
Who is going to benefit from the data that you need more water in your body? Certainly not any doctor, and certainly not any drug company.
Who do you think guides the standards of medical education and medical care in America today?
I May Not Know How To Cure You, But I Can Sure Make You Comfortable.
This is an exert from Karl’s book “Life Flow One – The Solution For Heart Disease” by Karl Loren.
2012 ICD- 9-CM Codes: Get Four Options for Non-Melanoma Malignant Neoplasm of the Lip
Plus, new codes will make cancer classification easier.
The proposed changes to 2012 ICD-9 codes is out; approved by the ICD-9-CM Coordination and Maintenance Committee, the new, revised and invalid codes were published in the Federal Register on May 5, 2011. After the new codes go into effect on October 1 this year, CMS will add ICD-9 codes on an emergency basis as it gears up to switch over the diagnosis coding system to ICD-10.
Expanded ICD-9 diagnosis code sets: As per the changes, from October 1 this year, dermatology coders will be able to report the location of carcinomas and other neoplasms of the skin more accurately. This time they include an expansion of the 173.x (Other malignant neoplasm of skin) series. Each code in that series will get a list of fifth digits that’ll provide specifications on whether the malignant neoplasm is basal cell, squamous cell, or unspecified.
ICD 9 codes 2011: Right now dermatology coders use 173.0 for any non-melanoma malignant neoplasm of the lip.
This will become an invalid code once ICD-9 2012 codes go into effect.
ICD-9 codes 2012: When the ICD-9 2012 goes into effect, coders can choose from four options – 173.00, 173.01, 173.02 and 173.09.
New codes will make cancer classification easier: Normally, majority of skin cancers are either basal or squamous cell, neither of which are reportable conditions to central cancer registries. Due to the difficulty in distinguishing reportable skin cancers from non-reportable skin cancers, the facilities are transmitting skin cancers to central registries. This puts an additional burden on central registries and also ends up in the transmission of confidential patient information on patients whose information shouldn’t be reported. The expansion of the category of 173 codes will allow for the differentiation of reportable and non-reportable skin cancer.
ICD-10 codes: We’re not sure whether there’ll be expanded skin neoplasm codes when coders update their diagnosis codes in 2013 with the new code set. Presently, ICD-10 is likely to include C44.0-C44.9, a code series that does not have the specificity as the soon-to-go-into-effect ICD-9 2012 codes.
For more 2012 ICD-9 coding updates, sign up for a good medical coding resource like SuperCoder. Such a site comes with an ICD-9 lookup tool to make your task easier and faster!
What is Psoriasis, Psoriasis Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
Article by John Mathew
Psoriasis is a skin disorder than can occur at any age in both men and women. Most commonly, psoriasis first appears as thick, flaky patches of skin on the elbows, knees, or other parts of the body. The patches may be silver or red.
In some cases, psoriasis is so mild that people don’t know they have it. At the opposite extreme, severe psoriasis may cover large areas of the body. Psoriasis cannot be passed from one person to another, though it is more likely to occur in people whose family members have it.
The underlying psoriasis cause is unknown. However, it can be genetically inherited or passed from generation to generation. Most researchers agree that the immune system is somehow mistakenly triggered, which speeds up the growth cycle of skin cells. A normal skin cell matures and falls off the body’s surface in 28 to 30 days. But a psoriatic skin cell takes only three to four days to mature and move to the surface. Instead of falling off (shedding), the cells pile up and form the lesions. Possible triggers include: Stress, injury, illness, infection, steroids, and reaction to medications. Psoriasis is not an infection and it is not contagious.
Dry, red patches of skin are the most well-known symptoms of psoriasis. The skin replaces itself more quickly than normal, causing excess skin cells to pile up in thick layers. Roughly half of people with psoriasis also have irregular fingernail growth that results in pitting, crumbling, or discoloration of the nail. A smaller proportion of people also experience arthritis symptoms.
Because psoriasis is a chronic condition that can progress over time, it is important to get an accurate diagnosis and to understand the challenges and risks that accompany the disease.
There are a range of treatment options for psoriasis including topical (applied to the skin), systemic (taken internally) and phototherapy (ultraviolet light applied to the skin).
Effective treatment of all but mild to moderate forms of psoriasis usually includes a combination of treatment options and requires a prescription and medical guidance.
The treatment of psoriasis has improved greatly with the understanding of the role of the immune system in causing skin abnormalities. However, treatment of psoriasis has been limited by the side-effects of the medications used.
The most commonly used medications such as topical steroids, methotrexate, cyclosporine, and psoralen plus ultraviolet A (PUVA) can only be used for a limited time. After stopping these medications, symptoms generally return over a variable amount of time. Amevive is unique in that it was well-tolerated in clinical trials and induced a remission of symptoms for up to 1 year after the treatment was discontinued.