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Herpes Zoster or (Zone) is an infectious disease caused by a virus that is found in the posterior root ganglia. It has long been established that the infectious factor responsible is the chickenpox virus (Goulon, 1966; Marey, 1977).

The primary invasion by the virus manifests itself in childhood and enters the nerves during the initial phase of chickenpox through sensory endings spreading along nerve trunks to the dorsal root ganglia. In the past the virus remains dormant being able to express distance of time, usually in terms of temporal decay of the state of the organism. The disease assumes a type poliradiculoneurótico with immunoallergic mechanism. There are several theories about the mechanism triggering immune (virus release by the immunogenic material, insertion of viral antigens in cell membranes, immune complex formation, direct action of the virus on the cell membrane) but currently it is still unclear what the immunoallergic actual mechanism. Read the rest of this entry »

“Smoking is taboo, we all come to the end!”
According to the World Health Organization, tobacco is the second largest cause of death worldwide. Leading cause of preventable death, tobacco each year, causing five million deaths. This is the only legal product sold that kills when used exactly as the manufacturer provides.

It is well known that half of all smokers today, approximately 650 million people will eventually die from smoking. It is equally alarming that hundreds of thousands of people who have never smoked die each year from diseases caused by inhaling the smoke of others. Thus, smoking also means the health of his entourage, whom one meets every day at work, at home and in public places. Indeed, half of smokers consuming more than 15 cigarettes per day die of tobacco related disease and thousands of passive smokers pass away every year.

Smoke are at increased risk of stroke or heart attacks. Increased blood pressure is another danger of smoking. Smoking also reduces the levels of HDL  respiratory infections more often than nonsmokers. Snuff smoke is hazardous to nonsmokers. Exposure to smoke, also called passive smoking increases the risk of nonsmokers of having the same problems as smokers.

A nonsmoker, remain in a very smoky room for an hour with several smokers inhales as many bad chemicals if fumase which actually inhale 10 or more cigarettes.

One study showed that the rate of lung cancer among nonsmoking women depended on the amount of cigarettes, cigars or pipes smoked their husbands. Smoking affects pregnant women and their unborn children. Mothers who smoke have an increased risk of spontaneous abortion and stillbirth.

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