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Variety of Osteopetrosis

variety of osteopetrosisOsteopetrosis has been classified in three ways, depending on the severity and age at which you have:

Malignant infantile. This type is very severe, is manifested from birth and often kills those affected before 10 years of age.
Intermedia. Is less severe than before and usually affects children younger than 10 years.
Adult. It is lighter than the previous ones, is evident between 20 and 40 years old and rarely reduces lifespan.

Joint damage that occur in the three types of the disease include:

Fractures. Despite what you may think, in the long bones (limbs) and ribs above is because although the bone is hard to have trouble moving, hindering the injured and jeopardize their balance and movement.Anemia. It is the decrease in blood hemoglobin levels (a protein found in red blood cells and carries oxygen from the lungs to the body through veins and arteries). It is because the bone marrow space is extremely limited and this prevents the proper formation of blood cells.

Frequent infections, which occur due to the reduction and inactivity of white blood cells (cells that fight invading microorganisms) are often severe and can include pneumonia (affecting the lungs) or sepsis (blood), including teeth and jaw.
- Missing or improper eruption of teeth.
- Increased intracranial pressure. It causes headache and loss of cranial nerve function and consequently, blindness, deafness and facial nerve palsy.
- Widening of the skull on the front.
- Hydrocephalus, or abnormal growth of the head due to excess water.
- Poor growth or developmental delay, it usually relates to the weight of the skeleton, causing difficulty sitting, walking and talking, all this despite having normal intelligence.
- Enlarged spleen, an organ located in the upper abdomen, whose functions are to eliminate waste materials from the blood and defend the body from external aggression.

credit to: Raul Serrano

Old Green Type Combat Free Radicals

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Vegetables are important foods for humans to maintain health. Green vegetables such as lettuce, spinach, green beans, kale, cassava leaves, papaya leaves, and others have various health benefits. Skeleton, dark green vegetables, and even fight free radicals.

content of natural nutrients in the greens very much. Not only are loaded with vitamins A, C, and D, but also the various elements of minerals such as calcium, iron, magnesium and phosphorus.

“All green vegetables contain many vitamins and minerals essential for the metabolism of nutrients in the body’s Why has many benefits,” benefits facilitate the digestive tract.

With a lot of green vegetables, it will facilitate the remnants of metabolism that are not useful out of the body so no time to settle and cause disease. Vegetables, dark green is a source of carotenoids (pigments found in plants in plants) belong to the best and it is important to combat free radicals. Read the rest of this entry »