Colloidal Silver – The Rediscovery of a Super Antibiotic?
Colloidal silver appears to be a powerful, natural antibiotic and preventative against infections.
How It Works
The presence of colloidal silver near a virus, fungus, bacterium or any other single celled pathogen disables its oxygen metabolism enzyme, its chemical lung, so to say. Within a few minutes, the pathogen suffocates and dies, and is cleared out of the body by the immune, lymphatic and elimination systems. Unlike pharmaceutical antibiotics, which destroy beneficial enzymes, colloidal silver leaves these tissue-cell enzymes intact, as they are radically different from the enzymes of primitive single-celled life. Thus colloidal silver is absolutely safe for humans, reptiles, plants and all multi-celled living matter.
Ingesting Colloidal Silver
Taken orally, the silver solution is absorbed from the mouth into the bloodstream, then transported quickly to the body cells. Swishing the solution under the tongue briefly before swallowing may result in faster absorption. In three to four days the silver may accumulate in the tissues sufficiently for benefits to begin. Colloidal silver is eliminated by the kidneys, lymph system and bowel after several weeks.
Chronic or Serious Conditions
1 teaspoon of 5 ppm. colloidal silver equals about 25 micrograms (mcg.) of silver. 1 – 4 teaspoons per day (25 – 100 mcg.) is generally considered to be a “nutritional amount” and is reported to be safe to use for extended periods of time. Amounts higher than this are generally considered “therapeutic amounts” and should only be used periodically.
In cases of illness, natural health practitioners have often recommended taking double or triple the “nutritional amount” for 30 to 45 days, then dropping down to a smaller maintenance dose. Amounts from 1 – 32 ounces per day have reportedly been used in acute conditions.
If your body is extremely ill or toxic, do not be in a hurry to clear up everything at once. If pathogens are killed off too quickly, the body’s five eliminatory channels (liver, kidneys, skin, lungs and bowel) may be temporarily overloaded, causing flu-like conditions, headache, extreme fatigue, dizziness, nausea or aching muscles. Ease off on the colloidal silver to a smaller amount and increase your distilled water intake. Regular bowel movements are a must in order to relieve the discomforts of detoxification. Resolve to reduce sugar and saturated fats from the diet, and exercise more. Given the opportunity, the body’s natural ability to heal may amaze you.
Topical Uses
Some have used colloidal silver in a nasal spray mister – to reach the sinuses and nasal passages. Spray bottles have been used for topical use on kitchen and bathroom surfaces, skin, sore throat, eyes, burns, etc. Colloidal silver is painless on cuts, abrasions, in open wounds, in the nostrils for a stuffy nose, and even in a baby’s eyes because, unlike some antiseptics, it does not destroy tissue cells. It’s excellent as an underarm deodorant, since most underarm odor is caused by bacteria breaking down substances released by the sweat glands!
Some Common Uses of Colloidal Silver
Natural health practitioners have for years recommended taking one tablespoon daily, for four days, to establish a level, then one teaspoon daily for maintenance (proportional to body weight for children). After six weeks, a pause of several weeks has also been recommended by some natural healing arts doctors. Also, colloidal silver can be applied directly to cuts, scrapes, and open sores, or on a bandage for warts. It can be applied on eczema, itches, acne or bug bites. To purify water, add one tablespoon per gallon, shake well and wait six minutes. Mixed this way, it’s tasteless. It is not an allopathic poison.
Veterinary and Garden Use
Colloidal silver has worked just as well on pets of all kinds. Used in proportion to body weight, it should bring the same results. In the garden, field or greenhouse, add enough to the water or soil – and the plants will do the rest.
Colloidal Silver in Advance of Illness?
When the possibility of germ exposure is higher, colloidal silver can be taken orally each day or applied topically when there is a skin problem. It’s like having a second defense system. The silver acts only as a catalyst and is stabilized. It is non-toxic, except to one-cell plants and animals, and is non-addicting. It also apparently kills parasites because they have a one cell egg stage in their reproductive cycle.
Older folks reportedly feel younger because their body energies are used for other uses than constantly fighting disease. Digestion has also been reportedly better. Medical research has shown that silver promotes more rapid healing, with less scar tissue, even in the case of severe burns. Successes have been reported in cases that previously have been given up by established doctors. Colloidal silver is tasteless and won’t sting even a baby’s eyes, and won’t upset your stomach.
More Than 650 Diseases Helped?
Colloidal silver has been reported to kill 650 micro-organisms, many of which are associated with human diseases. This does not automatically mean that taking colloidal silver will “cure” diseases “caused” by these germs. Colloidal silver only kills micro-organisms when they are in contact with it for a sufficient period of time.
The basic guideline that has been recommended for using colloidal silver is that it usually “works” if you can get a high enough concentration to the “affected area”. Some will want to experiment with “higher amounts” (such as 8 or more ounces at a time) to find out what it takes to accomplish this. Do not use colloidal silver if you are allergic to contact with silver metals, or if you notice any digestive upset after use.
The following is a partial list of the more than 650 diseases that colloidal silver has been reputed to be successful against: acne, AIDS (Reference 8), allergies, appendicitis, arthritis, athlete’s foot, bladder inflammation, blood parasites, blood poisoning, boils, burns, cancer (References 2, 4, 7), candida, cholera, colitis, conjunctivitis, cystitis, dermatitis, diabetes (Reference 1), dysentery, eczema, fibrositis, gastritis, gonorrhea, hay fever, herpes, impetigo, indigestion, keratitis, leprosy, leukemia, lupus, lymphangitis, Lyme disease, malaria, meningitis, neurasthenia, parasitic infections: viral, fungal and bacterial pneumonia, pleurisy, prostate, pruritus ani, psoriasis, purulent opthalmia, rhinitis, rheumatism, ringworm, scarlet fever, septic conditions of the eyes, ears, mouth, and throat, seborrhea, septicemia, shingles, skin cancer, staphylococcus and streptococcus infections, stomach flu, syphilis, thyroid, tuberculosis, tonsillitis, toxemia, trachoma, all forms of virus, warts, whooping cough, yeast infection, stomach ulcer, canine parovirus and other veterinary uses, and fungal and viral attacks on plants. Simply spray diluted silver on the leaves and add to the soil.
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Remember how my last post was something along the lines of, “Whine whine whine, I’m so sick”? Yeah. That turned out to be appendicitis. Went to the ER at 7pm Tuesday night and got admitted to the hospital. They removed my appendix at around 7:30pm Wednesday, and I finally got to go home Thursday night at 8pm.

I’m feeling better, obviously, since I don’t have a gut filled with infection anymore, but I do have three holes in my belly, and abdominal surgery is not the most comfortable thing in the world.

So, yeah. That’s where I’ve been.

Prepare ye for stream of consciousness.  The following will make no real sense whatsoever.

So, the last week.  What’s happened?  Lots.  Last Wednesday I was the “team leader” for clinical, meaning I helped delegate the patients the other students would see, and decided when people would eat dinner, and generally stood around asking if anyone needed help … and that’s pretty much it.

Then on Thursday was our very last clinical day of the semester.  Med/Surg I was coming to an end.  My patient was an elderly woman who was in the hospital for a revision of her ileostomy.  Also, she wasn’t all that with it.  AAO x1 or x2, maybe.  (Awake, Alert, and Oriented to Person, Place, and Time — so she was certainly awake and alert, but oriented only to Person and sometimes Place.  She didn’t seem to have any mastery of time.)

My favorite line from this elderly woman, when the occupational therapist was in her room, asking her questions:  “You just shut up or I’ll sock you in the face.”

She was perfectly fine most of the day; however, I did have to empty her ileostomy bag, because it had ballooned up with some gas, and when I did … well, let’s just say I think I was having some flashbacks, because I could feel the saliva coming up into my mouth and was about to throw up.  (For those of you who don’t know, I once had an ileostomy for about 3 months.)  My stomach’s been super strong all semester long, and a simple bag change makes it turn somersaults.  Oh well, goodbye, chance of becoming a Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse.

After clinical, around 6PM, we all went out to a local restaurant, where a ton of other students started pouring in.  Was good to just let loose a bit and celebrate the end of clinical for the semester.  This party moved on to the local student hangout, where I finally left around 12:30AM.  I felt old — can’t keep up with these young whippersnappers.

Friday night was The 7th Annual Mustache Bash.  That’s right.  A party celebrating the allure of the lip sweater.  I had grown out my beard for about a month, so it was fun shaving it into a giant handlebar with super-large mutton chops.  Again, stayed out too late and got to bed around 3:15AM.

Monday and Tuesday class — the last classes, thank goodness.  Monday night completed my online final exam in Epidemiology.  Wanted to do it Sunday night, but got back from dinner a bit too late, and wanted to get to bed earlier.  Got an 89.5% on the Epi final, which wasn’t too bad, I suppose — left me with an A- for the course, I believe.  It consisted of 60 multiple-choice and true/false questions.  And that took me about 2 hours and 40 minutes.  A sample question:

The President invites a dozen or so of his dearest friends, prominent rival legislators, to a formal luncheon.  The salmon mousse is even more popular than highlights from the health care reform movement.  Within 24 hours, 11 of the 17 diners experience abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea.  The President, who happens not to like salmon because it deadens the taste buds to the subtleties of beef jerky, feels fine.  In fact, he goes jogging.  Of the 11 guests with symptoms, 4 have fever and 7 do not; 5 have an elevated white blood cell count and 6 do not; 6 ate shrimp bisque and 5 did not; 9 ate salmon mousse and 2 did not; and one goes on to have surgery for acute cholecystitis due to an impacted calculus in the common bile duct.  All of the cases recover within 3 days, with the exception of the senator who underwent surgery; she recovered over a longer period of time.  The people at this luncheon had shared no other meals at any time recently.  An early priority in investigating this outbreak would be to:

A. perform stool tests
B. submit food samples to the laboratory
C. temporarily close the kitchen
D. define a case
E. perform a case control study

The correct answer was D, by the way.  (I picked B.)

Last night was able to go out again and celebrate another local university’s nursing program’s last day of finals.  My friend Will (you can see his blog here) and his friends were celebrating, so got to meet some cool people from another program.

Today we had our first Simulation Day.  We all met up in the simulation labs, where we were put through a patient case.  We were divided up into groups of about 6, and sent into a room with a “patient.”  We were told a bit of information and were then prodded to just “go ahead and do what you would normally do.”

It felt a bit more like an ER to me than a patient’s room, so we were all a bit flustered, having been on the floor for only several weeks.  In any event, the patient presented with fever of 102, chills, nausea and vomiting, and severe abdominal pain.  The “patient” actually talked to us, in the form of some guy standing behind a one-way mirror.  The mannequin playing the patient was a Sim-Man, so he was actually breathing and had real bowel sounds, etc.

Since we were instructed beforehand to brush up on our disease states, specifically hypertension, diabetes, and appendicitis, I pretty much figured out from that + his symptoms that he must be suffering from acute appendicitis.  However, my “role” was to document his pain relief after a 2-mg IM injection of morphine, so I kind of stayed back and watched the other students perform their roles.  No one was really suggesting that his symptoms were indicative of appendicitis (and to further throw us off, one of the clinical instructors had his sister playing the role of “patient’s wife” and she was asking us a million questions).  I saw one of the students gently press on his upper abdomen, about 3 inches above his umbilicus, but that’s it.  I figured, I might as well do something here, even though it’s not my role.  The patient’s BP was climbing steadily, and the morphine was taking a long time (in my head) to come; the patient was complaining of severe pain.  So I went, washed my hands, put on some gloves, and moved in, saying, “Mr. Sun, I’m going to take a quick look and feel of your abdomen, ok?  Tell me when it hurts the most.”  Then I gently palpated his abdomen, starting with the left lower quadrant, then below the belly button, then above the belly button … and then finally moved to his right lower quadrant.  I remembered vaguely from some questions that you always palpate that area last in cases of suspected appendicitis.

When I got to his right lower quadrant, the patient yelped a bit when I pressed down … and then screamed bloody murder when I released the slight pressure.  Hmm, a pretty clear rebound tenderness, which we were also taught is a classic sign of that appendicitis.  Then suddenly, just as soon as were in there, we were told our round was over, and return for debriefing.

In our debriefing, one of the instructors said that I probably shouldn’t have palpated the patient’s abdomen a second time, since the other student had already done it, because I could have easily ruptured his appendix.  Here is what I said in my inner monologue:  “Whaaaa?  You mean that little press the other student gave on his upper epigastric region counted as palpating over his appendix for rebound tenderness?”  Here is what I said out loud in the room:  “Ok, that makes sense.”

Whatever.  You pick your battles.  And I didn’t want to call out my fellow student in front of an instructor.  It was supposed to be a fun exercise anyway.  Maybe she did palpate the entire abdomen and I just missed it — who knows?  Point is, it was chaos chaos chaos.

Eleven different groups went into that room and had their own little scenarios.  Turns out our patient did indeed have acute appendicitis and a ruptured diverticulum.  He went to the OR and returned with a bleeder.  I felt bad for some groups — one group went into the room and the patient was screaming about pain and was bleeding out of his incision site; another group went into the room and found the patient on the floor after transport left him to get into bed by himself after some testing.  And then some groups had easy tasks like checking his vital signs in the PACU.  All in all, a pretty fun day.

And did I mention that, while one group was in the room, the rest of us were watching them via closed-circuit TV?  So fun to be observed making mistakes by 60 of your peers.  Best line of the day goes to one male student:

STUDENT:  “Ok, Mr. Sun, we’re gonna put in your catheter now.”

PATIENT:  “Catheter?  What is that and where are you putting it in?”

STUDENT:  “Umm, it goes up your Johnson.”

Seriously!?!  Johnson?  Ok, that’s a semi-hilarious, and not-nearly-close-to-okay, thing to say to your patient.  We all had a good laugh.  One of the instructors felt compelled to come back and say to our group, “Umm, in the hospital, in the real world … none of us have ‘Johnsons,’ okay?”

A bunch of meetings tomorrow, then studying for finals commences.  Three finals on Tuesday (another set of integrated exams, which are, thankfully, not cumulative).  I’ll keep y’all posted on how things are going, because I’m sure you’re dyin’ to know.

So let’s see, the schedule for the upcoming days:

FRIDAY:  Sleep in, meeting, study, meeting, dinner, study, maybe some live music if I’m feeling ambitious.

SATURDAY:  Sleep in, study, groceries, study.

SUNDAY:  Church?, study, Sunday Night Movie Night with J.

MONDAY:  Sleep in, study.

TUESDAY:  3 finals, out with classmates to celebrate!

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MY DECEMBER BIRTHDAY: REFLECTIONS ON FIFTY YEARS OF “BONUS LIFE”

“Appendicitis gives Councilor Lown the sign he was seeking.”

     The newspaper headline came from the Portsmouth Herald (N.H.) newspaper, September 12, 2003. I was cleaning out my files from the three month New England vacation my husband, Monte, and I had taken (OK, so it’s 2009—and the files were stuck in a box, in a corner, like so many papers are in this house!). Portsmouth (N. H.) Councilman Brad Lown was pondering on whether or not to run for another term as councilman when his appendix provided the answer—no.

     It is likely Lown’s appendix was removed at Portsmouth Regional Hospital, the same hospital where mine was removed.

     I don’t recall the fateful day when I entered that hospital with acute appendicitis. I do recall being very ill and tossing my cookies in a linen closet while on my way to the proper upchucking place.

     My appendicitis attack came on the heels of a case of the flu. By the time I entered the hospital, my appendix had been ruptured for three days. The situation was so dire that the doctors wouldn’t give a nickel for my life. I was rushed into surgery with the expectation that I wouldn’t come out of it alive. But I survived.

     It’s the month of my birth—December. A time to reflect on the fact that I’ve celebrated close to fifty more birthdays than the doctors expected me to have on that fateful day.

     I remember little of the experience. I recall sitting at a table coloring. Looking out the window and waving at my big sister, Nancy Lee, and a couple of other family members. The gut-wrenching screams I emitted when the doctors removed the cat-gut stitches from my abdomen. And my grandmother, reading with me as I recuperated at home.

     Lown was “waiting for some kind of a sign” to help him decide if he should run for another term on the Portsmouth City Council when “all of a sudden I had to have my appendix out.”

     Although it is doubtful that my bout with appendicitis provided me with a “sign (I) was seeking—” what child, at age seven, is seeking a sign?—it had a profound effect on my life.

     Physically, the surgery left me with serious scar tissue. I’ve experienced numerous low-grade physical symptoms, many causing me not to feel well. My response to being considered a “hypochondriac” was to keep quiet and “suck it up.” I always considered myself physically “weak.”

     Most likely the surgery caused my infertility. It was painful to realize that I probably would never experience bringing life into the world—a desire natural to most women. Somehow, however, I wasn’t denied that experience. My son was the result of my only pregnancy.

     There were benefits to the surgery. I learned to continue on with life in spite of feeling under the weather. I developed a stamina that allowed me to confront difficult situations without giving up. I learned—only recently—that I was not a physically weak person. After all, I must have been pretty strong to have survived a three-day-old ruptured appendix.

     But most of all, I learned to value life—not so much during my childhood, but as I grew, matured and, hopefully, gained wisdom. I learned that there is a privilege in “being,” and with that privilege comes a responsibility, a responsibility to give back. The giving is most important if it is done at the being level rather than the materialistic level.

     As I approach the fiftieth year of my bonus life, it is good to reflect on ways in which I have fulfilled that responsibility. The times I faltered, the times I took off running. Hopefully, as life continues, I will be able to continue to live life responsibly—no matter what my situation.

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     This birthday is a landmark, the ending of a half-century of life that by all rights I shouldn’t have had. It’s time for me seek “some kind of a sign” to determine the meaning of and my purpose during the next phase of my life.

     This birthday is also a fourth year celebration. In August, 2005, I cheated death a second time. I had a stent placed in my lateral descending artery within days of having “the big one,” a heart attack that would have been fatal or would have left me much more physically “handicapped” than I am now. I know, because my sister Jane had the heart attack due to the same blockage when she was only forty-two years old. Another sister, my “big sis,” recently had a stroke followed by a quadruple heart bypass. I hear of their difficulties and realize how lucky I am.

     Meanwhile, I’ve told my daughter. Sandy, that I want to celebrate at the Eastwood Inn in Ligonier, where I expect to order their lamb chops. After all, a half-century of bonus years is something to celebrate!

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Revisit this site on December 10 to read a birthday poem written for me by Rustie Earle.

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ADDITIONAL READING:

THE OLIVE GREEN DRESS

 Take Me Out to the Ball Game…So Reluctantly I Go

 WISDOM FROM A CHILD TO A GRANDPARENT

AN ADOPTION EXPERIENCE

The “Meow” Chorus: A cat symphony on a Greyhound Bus

CHILDISH IMMATURITY

Two Photographers Named Cornell

DRUNK DRIVER—OR NOT? Passing a Sobriety Test

YOU MEAN THIS NEW ENGLANDER IS A WESTSYLVANIAN?

LIZZIE BORDEN—A REENACTMENT

 KILLED STRANGELY: A NEW ENGLAND MURDER STORY

Ages:

6-14 My mom told me as a child I had colic alot, now I wonder if that was the beginning of my illness. The earliest memories I have are around the age of 6. No matter what I was doing when my stomach began to ache, I would double over in pain. Sometimes the pain would be so excruciating that I would go in the house crying. This of course would send my mom into a panic because she could not figure out what causing me pain, so I spent my hours in the hospital because of it.  I also noticed that whenever I drank milk instant stabbing pains in the stomach, so I resigned myself to eating dry cereal. Funny thing other dairy products such as cheese, ice cream, etc never caused pain.

Then when I was 14 my mom took my younger brother and I to Chincoteague Island, we had such a good time. Seeing the wild ponies, fishing, crabbing and camping. I love eating seafood, so I was extremely proud of myself for catching a whole bushel of crabs. All I good think about was eating them until my tummy popped and with mom being an excellent cook I  know they were going to be delicious.  But my stomach had other ideas, all of sudden I broke out in to a sweat fell, to the ground because of the pain in my stomach, and was nauseated. My mom took me back to the campsite, gave me some Tylenol, and tucked me in the bed. While I was resting uncomfortably she prepared the food, all the while tending to my needs. But I was sick that I could not even enjoy one crab that I caught nor did I get a good night’s sleep. The next morning mom checked my temperature it was still above 102, so she took me to emergency room in Salisbury,MD.

There the doctors suspected that I had appendicitis, they told my mom they could operate now or she could have me flown back to Baltimore. Of course since I was some what of a bratty child, I refused to let the doctors in Salisbury operate on me. After all I was from Baltimore, spent many hours in the hospitals there and knew what the doctors were capable of; so mom agreed to drive me back to Baltimore. The whole way back I was rolling around in the back sit complaining about how bad I was feeling and driving my mother nuts. When we finally reached St. Joesph’s hospital doctor who was to perform the surgery was already waiting for me and told me the operating room was prepared. But wanted to run a quick test before operating, ok so I was 14 then and I really don’t remember what the test was called.

Next thing I remember is waking up from a dream, and trying to jump out of the bed. Only to have my older brother push me back down an say “Hey dummy you just had an operation. Where do you think you are going?” I tried to explain to him that I was going outside with my friends and would be back later and I asked where are my tennis shoes? My brother just thumped me on my forehead and said “you are not going any where, lay back down.”

A few days later I learned that I did not have appendicitis but rather a ganglion cyst located under my appendix, and it was about to rupture. After experience I noticed a major change in my bowel movements. I was no longer forming solid stools, but loose ones. At the time it meant nothing to me, but I now know it was the progression of crohn’s.

This afternoon I spent a good 3 hours in E.D at the hospital. Mum said it would be a good idea for me to come get some tests done because I’ve been pretty crook after my hip started playing up again.

Mum suspected it might be appendicitis, and since she’s going away for two weeks on sunday she wanted to see if it could be ruled out before she left.

First thing’s first- I am NOT good with blood tests. Blood tests and injections CREEP ME OUT!!!! I’m so grossed out by them on so many levels. So when Mum said I’d need to have a blood test, I wasn’t too keen, but went along with it anyway without argument because I didn’t wanna cause a fuss and I didn’t wanna look like a wuss.

Then, completely unbeknownst to me, she decided to stick an IV line in me. EWWW! It hurt really badly and I’ve never had one before. Even though it was a bendy tube inside my arm, I still refused to bend my arm because the idea that there’s a foreign body inside my vein, poking around, that’s just a bit much for my poor brain to handle.

She was very good obviously (because my mum’s the best with blood tests and IV lines), but it still grossed me out BIG time.

Yuck, right?

Anyway, so there was a long wait after that coz they were flat out. I didn’t mind waiting, I understand the way triage works.

When I did get seen again I had a doctor come and assess me. She concluded that I had a lot of tenderness in a band around my stomach which could indicate an ovarian problem.
THAT”S BAD by the way :/

She tried to see if I could be scheduled in for an ultrasound this afternoon to have a look at my ovaries and see if the appendix was inflamed, but there were no gaps today so my appointment is on Monday instead.

That’s going to be interesting going nil by mouth from 7 am to about 3 pm. I’m going to be GRUMPY! (As I do when I don’t eat).

Anyway, I’ll keep you updated on all this as it happens.

No run today obviously... I cringe at the thought. It would be very unpleasant for me just at the moment.

I’ll take a few days rest and might run again after my ultrasound depending on the outcome. I hope it’s nothing! Fingers crossed.

I had my Math exam today. It sucked. I flunked algebra… it was practically another language!!! Truly! Now, I can accept my failure if it’s simply because I didn’t study enough because I was lazy, but it really irritates me when I fail because I haven’t been taught everything. I had not been taught a huge portion of what was in the exam today.

I think I did ok in Number and Sketching and Interpreting Graphs, but I wouldn’t hold my breath.

My next exam is on Monday which i hope I can make it to. It’s science and I MUST sit the biology paper. Without it, I can’t take bio next year, if I can’t take bio next year than I won’t get into Uni to do my Bachelor in Sport and Exercise Science which means I can’t be a personal trainer!!! AHHHH! I MUST SIT THAT EXAM!!!!!

So I don’t care if I’m dying, I will be there. For that paper at least.

Anyway, that’s all from me for the moment. I’ll be back later with Suicide Girl of the day.

Ciao!

The signs of appendicitis have an unspecific character, also occurring in other conditions and diseases. The signs of appendicitis are usually more difficult to detect in elderly people, people with special conditions and very young children. Appendicitis refers to inappropriate activity of the vermiform appendix, a worm-shaped extension of the colon.

The most common form of treatment for appendicitis involves the extraction of the appendix from the body through a procedure called appendectomy. If the appendix isn’t surgically removed in time, it becomes enlarged, fills up with bacteria and it eventually bursts, causing serious internal complications.

Although these signs of appendicitis are common in people with acute forms of the illness, they don’t always occur in people with chronic appendicitis. There are also people with acute forms of illness that don’t have any signs of appendicitis at all.

This special category of people includes: people with diabetes, people with HIV, people that have previously suffered surgical interventions (organ transplants) and obese people.

Appendicitis is considered to be a serious illness and the most efficient treatment at the time being involves medical surgery. Appendicitis is therefore a surgical emergency and it can be efficiently overcome only by removing the diseased appendix from the body.

Causes

Anyone can develop appendicitis, regardless of age and sex. However, the illness has a higher incidence in men. Also, children with ages between 3-15 are exposed the most to developing acute appendicitis. Elderly people and patients with special conditions usually develop atypical acute appendicitis.

Although appendicitis can’t be effectively prevented, it is thought that a diet rich in fibers may reduce the chances of developing the illness. According to statistics, appendicitis affects about 6-7 percent of the population in the United States and Europe.

The surgical intervention performed in acute appendicitis is called appendectomy. If acute appendicitis is treated in time, the patients recover quickly and effortless. Most patients are fully recovered within 4 weeks from surgery. However, in the case of complicated acute appendicitis, the patients require special monitoring before and long after the surgical treatment.

To correctly diagnose appendicitis in its incipient stages is a very difficult task. Hence, many patients may have already developed serious complications by the time they are diagnosed with appendicitis. Despite medical progress and the abundance of accumulated data regarding appendicitis, the disease is still revealed late or misdiagnosed in present.

The symptoms of appendicitis in people with special conditions are probably the most difficult to detect. While symptoms like fever, abdominal pain and bloating are common in most patients with acute appendicitis, some people with the illness only feel a general state of fatigue and discomfort.

Treatments

Appendicitis is considered to be a surgical illness. Due to its severe character, the treatment for appendicitis often involves surgical intervention. Judging by the speed of development and the gravity of the illness, appendicitis can be either acute or chronic. Acute appendicitis evolves very fast and can lead to complications.

The process of appendectomy is employed as the surgical treatment of appendicitis. Appendectomy is an uncomplicated operation when it comes to cases of the normal, simpler forms of appendicitis. The physical response generated by most patients undergoing operation is good and complete recovery is certain in a span of few weeks from surgery.

Appendectomy is still given the first preference when it comes to the cure of acute appendicitis, in spite of current technological breakthrough and the availability of varied forms of medication. Doctors may opt to suggesting antibiotics treatment in cases of the common, simpler form of appendicitis.

Some tests will be done to see if you have appendicitis or not. A white blood cell count will be performed along with a urine test to exclude a urinary infection. Even abdominal CT or ultrasound can be performed by the doctor if he has doubts about your appendicitis.

Assembling manifestations can be caused by: infections of the intestinal or urinary tract, gastritis or tubo-ovarian problems in women. In order to establish a precise diagnosis the surgeon must take blood and urine tests, and fulfill a complete rectal and abdominal examination.

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To understand the role green vegetables can play in your nutritional health,
particularly when combined with other healthy foods such as fruit, consider that
by eating 2 apples, 2 oranges, 2 cups of broccoli, and 5 cups of romaine lettuce
on a daily basis, you would get approximately 450 calories, 28 grams of fiber,
and more than 2,400 mg of potassium. The average American consumes only 15 grams
of fiber per day; the typical recommendation is to get 25-30 grams per day (even
that amount is likely too low).

Many diseases are associated with low fiber intake. Diets low in fiber may
underlie or exacerbate constipation, appendicitis, hemorrhoids, deep-vein
thrombosis (a blood clot that forms in a vein deep within the body), varicose
veins, diverticulitis (inflammation of an abnormal pouch in the intestinal
wall), hiatal hernia, and gastroesophageal reflux. Fiber is thought to help
prevent colon cancer, diabetes, and heart disease.

Appendicitis with Unusual Presentation: Mid-Abdominal Vs. Right Quadrant Pain
With four children I’ve nursed many stomach aches. Three were caused by appendicitis. Appendicitis pain generally occurs on the right side. In the last bout, pain occurred in the LLQ and termed ‘appendicitis with unusual presentation.
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Progressives Don’t Understand Progressivism

Wednesday, November 11. “They’re making fun of you again, Beck,” says The Factor host Bill O’Reilly, on air, to conservatism’s hottest commodity these days, Glenn Beck. He is referring to another skit on Saturday Night Live, or The Daily Show, or whatever other bastion of liberal humor is trying to poke fun at the crew-cutted commentator this particular week. Beck’s eyes gloss over—surely he suffers temporary blindness for the gold visions that illuminate his mind. (Liberals entertain visions of dollars, lots of ‘em, preferably still wet off the printing press, but Beck eschews the plummeting U.S. currency in favor of precious metals!) Beck realizes each parody of his show brings more viewers to his already-a-hit show on Fox News, as well as listeners to his radio show, attendees to his road shows, and buyers to his books.

Beck’s battleship has arrived simultaneously in every port in the United States, ready to fire at Marxists, Czars, and anything else with even a fleck of Commie Red in it, all the while making a healthy free-marketed, capitalistic, fat, all-American profit.

Speaking of that ship, picture the liberals who hate Beck as jittery sailors at sea when they see enemy Beck’s dreadnought approaching. Their eyes, bulging with rage, are playing tricks on them, so that the red, white, and blue flag of patriotism that flies above Beck’s ship, is, in their view, dripping in very conservative colors—say, black, with bone-white skull and crossbones. Before Beck gets close enough for them to see his true colors, the liberal fleet puts great amounts of their treasure into a dinghy, and sets it afloat toward Beck’s ship.

That’s what SNL is doing for Beck every time they poke fun at him. That’s what the girls on The View do every time they back bite Beck. That’s what MSNBC does every time it decries Beck’s methods. Beck should give them all commissions. Someday we’ll discover that Keith “Obama-man” is actually Beck’s brilliant press agent!

Scientists say the appendix is useless to modern man–not Beck’s. His acted up and Jon Stewart used the occasion to add more wealth to Beck’s growing portfolio. Stewart did a hilarious impersonation of the conservative culprit, lecturing at great length about Beck’s appendicitis. Fans of Beck will laugh with Stewart because he cleverly lampoons Beck’s mannerisms, tears, and methods of persuasion. Liberals will laugh at Beck in a na na na naaah na mockery. No matter—to Beck, any sort of laughter just means more money.

In watching the Stewart segment on Beck, you’ll want to pay close attention from 1:00 to 1:26, because it reveals a flaw in the thinking of liberals who think they are “progressives,” which in their innocence, means “you know, we’re progressing, getting better—that sort of thing.”

Of course. Who doesn’t want progress?

Progress such as in the 1850s, in order to get from Pittsburg to San Francisco, you needed horses. By the 1880s, trains were faster. By the early 1900s, you might use an automobile, and by the 1930s, you could fly in a commercial airplane. That sort of progress. That’s Progressivism—right? Go forward. Westward Ho. Move on. (Moveon.org, Baby!) See how it all works?

Stewart, impersonating Beck, says, “I’ve been reading a lot of books lately, books on anatomy that aren’t now taught in your ‘so-called’ medical schools anymore. Apparently the medicine that was good enough for our founding fathers is now considered ‘politically or medically incorrect.’”

However funny on the surface, this statement reveals that most Americans, even self-proclaimed progressives, don’t understand what Progressivism is. If they did, many of them would flee from this menace of actual progress. Stewart asserts through humor that Beck’s adherence to principles established by the founding fathers is “anti-progress,” which is erroneous because it assumes that Progressivism is just plain progress, which is the same mistake misinformed liberals make in their beliefs about Progressivism.

Both a real progressive (that is, one of the few that really understand what it means to be one), and a pseudo progressive (one who claims the movement in ignorance of what it really is) would argue that since medical science has progressed markedly through the ages, and is thus better in almost every facet, then politics must progress as well, because, like medicine, it needs to move forward. Stewart is of course referring to this in his derision of Beck. Specifically for American politics, true progressives believe this also means improving or even doing away with an antiquated constitution.

However, the U.S. Constitution is arguably the best legal political document ever written. It has been the bedrock for the longest-surviving government in the world, and has been instrumental in catapulting the United States as its undisputed leader. Its system of checks and balances is unprecedented and unparalled. Without the constitution, American would never have enjoyed the freedom to create a strong nation that has prospered as no other nation in history.

Most changes to American government since the days of the founding fathers that have been detrimental to the country have either gone against the constitution, or have been unwise changes to the document. Many of these changes occurred during the “Progressive Age,” consisting of the first 40 or so years of the 1900s. One of those changes was the Seventeenth Amendment, ratified under President Woodrow Wilson, a progressive kingpin. Before its passage, U.S. senators were selected by their respective state legislatures. Progressives who wanted to update and improve the constitution felt that there was too much chicanery and politics involved in the selection process and wanted to put the decision in the hands of voters. While this might seem good on the surface, what has ensued is far worse.

One of the delicate factors in the checks and balances system is that of states’ rights vs. central government. The framers of the country knew states needed more power to create a lasting and equitable relationship with the federal government. In fact, this partial power assignment to states was what convinced many of the colonies to unite into a larger country. However, since the inception of the Seventeenth Amendment, senators pay less attention to their states’ needs because they now receive donations for their election campaigns from all over the country. A senator like Christopher Dodd (D), from the relatively small state of Connecticut, gets much of his donations from out-of-state interests, and is beholden to those nationally based companies. This is not good for Connecticut, but great for Dodd, and for big firms with deep pockets. Americans now routinely complain that elections are bought, not earned. Much of the voice of the people was silenced with that constitutional change in 1913.

Progressivism as a movement began in the late 1800s, and became the fork in the road that led large a segment of classical liberals away from the roots that were elemental in the formation of the country. Most of the patriots were liberals, but in the old definition, coming from the word “liberty”—they wanted small government, and it was built into the constitution.

Wilson was one of Progressivism’s most ardent advocates, as was President Theodore Roosevelt. They, along with a whole slew of progressives such as Charles Beard, Arthur Bullard, Nicholas Murray Butler, Herbert Croly (author of the landmark progressive work, The Promise of American Life, and founding editor of the New Republic), W.E.B. DuBois, Richard Ely, Walter Lippmann, Walter Weyl, and William Allen White, were strong voices in the early 1900s for evolving away from the constitution.

Are you a progressive yourself? Perhaps you’re saying, ‘Hmm—I haven’t heard of most of these guys.” Well, if you’re not familiar with these intellectuals, writers, opinion shapers, and with their views, then you don’t know Progressivism. If you’re going to espouse a movement, you need to know about it. Let’s take a closer look at just one of these influencers: Wilson.

According to historian Jonah Goldberg, in his book, Liberal Fascism (2009), “Wilson’s writings are chockablock with demands that the ‘artificial’ barriers established in our ‘antiquated’ eighteenth-century system of checks and balances be smashed. He mocked the ‘Fourth of July sentiments’ of those who still invoked the founding fathers as a source for constitutional guidance” (p. 88).

Goldberg goes on to explain that, “On the campaign trail in 1912, Wilson explained that ‘living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice’” (p. 88).

What Wilson and his ilk were saying was that the old constitution was dead, and what was needed was a living one. This is still at the heart of American Progressivism. Other progressives, such as Otto von Bismarck, Benito Mussolini, and Adolph Hitler, were not so much concerned with the American constitution, although they had similar core beliefs and methods to grow Progressivism. These European leaders were also quite influential to American progressives who viewed their ostensible early Twentieth Century success with envy—even admiration.

Under Wilson, Adam Smith’s “invisible hand” began turning into an iron fist. Wilson quickly double-crossed the record number of blacks who turned away from their favored Republican Party to vote for him. In short order, he passed laws that allowed segregation in government, including requiring photos on government job applications in order to know the race of an applicant. He also saw to it that blacks could not sit with whites in Washington D.C. streetcars, and he made interracial marriage illegal in D.C.

That doesn’t sound very liberal, does it?

Wilson and his administration quelled Americans’ and the press’ ability to voice dissent against him. According to Goldberg, “Wilson’s Sedition Act banned ‘uttering, printing, writing, or publishing any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the United States government or the military.’ The postmaster general was given authority to deny mailing privileges to any publication he saw fit” (p. 112). Thousands of Americans were imprisoned under this act.

Liberals would not like that either—they could get imprisoned for saying something negative about President George W. Bush! Yet, we still see underpinnings of Progressivism when President Barack Obama attempts to silence the voices of the Tea Party, or of conservative talk radio, or of right wing websites.

Progressivism is not that far-removed from its ugly past.

The list of Wilson’s egregious acts, all under the name of Progressivism, goes on and on. Suffice it here to say that after Progressivism lost its savor with its failures in Italy under Mussolini, Germany under Hitler, and Russia under Stalin. It began to revive in the 1960s, and really gained its current steam under the Clintons. Most readers are aware that during the Democratic debates in 2008, Hillary Clinton referred to the early Twentieth Century progressives as her model.

So-called progressives should enjoy a hearty guffaw at talented funnyman Stewart’s take on Beck. However, they are wise to not take their serious political cues from Comedy Central.

–CB

See Jon Stewart’s Hilarious Take on Beck:

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091123/dailyshow_video

Last night on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Jon Stewart became Glenn Beck. Here is the full segment:

Even though the segment runs a little long, Stewart is spot on with his impression of Glenn Beck. Stewart has Beck’s mannerisms down pat and he even does a take on Beck’s ridiculous conspiracy theories, usage of words such as “Nazism”, “socialism”, “communism”, and “fascism”, and even referencing Hitler when it make no sense to.

Glenn Beck is an idiot. He is an uneducated simpleton who earns millions of dollars spreading fear across his base. He lies to his viewers without consequence, uses violent imagery to drive his “points” home, and actively engages in conspiracy theories. This is a man who mentioned FEMA camps on his show while saying he cannot debunk them; a man who doused someone in “gasoline” and lit a match when talking about illegal immigration; a man who sees Communist imagery in Rockefeller Center, which houses Fox News, his employer; a man who asked his viewers to become who they were the day after 9/11, even though many of them probably wanted those responsible to pay; a man who is so goddamned stupid that he has said Obama is a socialist and a fascist; a man who cries like a whiny little kid who cannot have the latest toy; and other assorted bullshit.

If you take into account Beck’s fear-mongering, his falsehoods, his conspiracy theories, and his illogical arguments, why does he have such a large base? The answer is simple: they are just as mentally retarded as he is.

Want to learn more about Glenn Beck? Read this excellent article from Salon.

“Home Economics”

November 5th, 2009

One of the greatest qualities a comedy have is being both indulgent and nuanced at the same time, a task that Community has taken on with varied degrees of success in its first season. There are times when something like Abed’s love of pop culture references feels forced, but then there is something as hilarious as BatAbed (which is nuanced in the sense that it is both unquestionably funny and is worked into the plot of the episode) and it’s largely forgiven. That’s an important quality for a successful comedy, and what’s interesting with Community is how it seems like nearly every character is on that tightrope between becoming insular and one-minded before eventually breaking free and showing a more complex side.

“Home Economics” has nearly every character approaching the precipice of one-dimensionality, but the twists and turns within each story either perfectly service the nuances of their characters or, just as effectively, stick to what they’re best with. While Jeff went through a transformation in the episode that smartly humbled the character, Annie had a chance to experience a similar transformation and was unable to walk over the edge (of self-actualization – the edge of crazy was easily overcome). In both instances, elements of the storylines seemed like indulgences (of Joel McHale playing a complete slob, of Alison Brie playing a crazy person), and the supporting characters largely operated in their most base modes, but yet it managed to shed light on their characters even with that sense that this was more fun than it was functional.

While I’m not quite sure if Pierce has been getting the same treatment, even his subplot seemed to hit just as hard when it needed to, demonstrating that the show is definitely back in the pocket, so to speak.

The opening scene in this episode, once we get past Ken Jeung’s useless little cameo that establishes that Jeff is overtired, is a lot of fun. When Troy approaches Annie with a hypothetical about asking out a girl, we know enough about these characters to know that Annie will believe that Troy is talking about her and that Troy isn’t actually talking about her but is too clueless to realize that this could be a problem. And yet, despite how sure we are of this, there’s still a moment where Troy seems to realize where the awkwardness is coming from, only to pull right back into his typical mode and assuring her that Randi is, in fact, female and not male despite the androgynous nature of her name. The show loves those sort of balances as characters who could potentially evolve into something more are so stuck being nervous or clueless to get to that point.

The episode also uses it to demonstrate that Jeff Winger is not perfect, as he ends up living in his car after his Condo is falling out from under him and all he can do is hold tightly to his beloved Italian faucets. Jeff is someone who has defined himself as a stuck-up jerk, but who is told by Britta and others that he has a great chance to turn over a new leaf in his life by living within his means and finding a better version of himself. However, the episode shows that you can take such advice to heart a bit too much, as he devolves into a total slob living with Abed, losing any sense of the confidence that basically sustains him. The lesson he learns through Britta is that he can take parts of his own life with him (in this case, represented by his fancy faucets) in order to maintain part of his identity while crafting a new place for himself. The storyline served to both humanize Jeff (who can be a douchebag sometimes) and offer a nice shade to Britta and Jeff’s relationship. They’re not constantly trying to date one another, or constantly trying to avoid dating one another, and in this instance (despite Jeff’s teasing) this was really a gesture of genuine friendship and personal concern more than some sort of bizarre courtship ritual.

Annie and Troy got their similar moment, of course, but on a much lesser scale: while Jeff and Britta are real-life adults who are capable of making their own decisions to some degree but who have devolved in this particular setting, Troy and Annie are really just teenagers with no idea what they’re doing, so Troy victory is being able to do everything Annie tells him to and Annie’s victory is refusing to allow Troy to use her Grandparents’ courting quilt as a picnic blanket (after her attempts to ruin the date with fake appendicitis proved her previous best strategy). Alison Brie continues to give Annie a loveable insanity that’s pretty hard to dislike, and I like how Troy has remained both likeable and pretty stupid. They’re fun to watch, like the Natalie and Jeremy to Jeff and Britta’s Dana and Casey.

The episode was a bit more uneven with how it dealt with its three other characters, who I all enjoyed but to very different degrees. I liked how Abed was both an enabling influence on Jeff’s devolution and the person who first notices that it is growing unbecoming to the point of needing an intervention, and how Jeff realizes that Abed could be happy doing just about anything as long as he puts his mind to it. And I thought this was a downright great episode for Shirley, whether it was her frustration over stalking the wrong couple out of Spanish class or her advice-giving to Annie during her story. And while it proved more distracting than anything else, letting Chevy Chase have some fun with Vaughn and get trapped in the middle of keyboards was enjoyable if slight.

The show is just in a really solid place right now, and it came together into a fun episode that really did achieve both indulgence and some nice nuance, and made me laugh in the process.

Cultural Observations

• I think the first scene had Vaughn indicating that being toxic was the exact opposite of being an anti-oxidant, which just made me laugh.
• I do enjoy Patton Oswalt, but he seemed a bit wasted here as the male nurse in the clinic.
• I think I prefer “Britta is a B” to “Pierce to a B,” although the rap did give the latter a nice edge to it.
• Pierce’s “defence” of Britta was great, especially the Clown Makeup comment – Chase is doing some fine stuff with some limited material, and I enjoy this.

Glenn Beck has been hospitalized with appendicitis. He left his radio show not feeling well on Wednesday and went to an undisclosed hospital to have surgery. Judge Andrew Napolitano guest-hosted Beck’s 5PM show on Fox News in his absence, adding that he is expected to make a full recovery and return soon.

Yeah, tough one for the Doctors… What are they going to do when they open him up…

And find out he really is full of shit!

This material is copyrighted by M. Kirby Moore.  Reproduction without permission is prohibited.

In this particular post, I am going to continue a theme which I recently introduced.  That is, from the “Deep Processing, Astrological Style” piece.  Now, I must inform readers that most of what I have written in the past has been humorous, lighter and written when I was feeling upbeat and inspired.  And with that, you are probably thinking, “Uhhh… where is this heading?”  Well I will tell you: I have been on a remarkable journey in the past eight plus years – sloughing off issues and/or wounding through various means and methods.  I will elaborate on this broad statement, at some point in this series, have no fear.  But first, it is time to admit some of my challenges.

Yes, everything I have written on here is true, and when I refrain from writing when I am down, or grouchy, or in the midst of a giggle-fest (high on laughter), then the radiant Sun of a Leo Rising can shine through.  However, at present I am under an irritated fog, rough thoughts and sensations pulse through my body; at least my desire to please others seems to have shriveled up, an artifact of the past – replaced by a need for alone-time and allowing the waves to wash away old stuff.  I am used to discomfort and I have many resources, however as I process new-found birth trauma, I wonder when it will let up.

It is my intention for these articles to be a book someday, so.. if you know a good publisher (you know where to send them)!

Long story shorter – prior to 2002, I was more of a typical young male (well… slightly).  Playing a lot of computer games (Pisces are fond of addictions), succumbed to peer pressure and drank / partied (Pisces are also fond of numbing out / escaping – see addictions) and I got my fair share of speeding tickets (suppressed anger comes out in miraculous ways).  Conversely, my many past lives as an ascetic / monastic still shone through the fickle “I’m-trying-to-fit-in-on-this-bizarre-planet” facade.  For instance, I was just as content to be alone as I was to be social if not more, and I had a very active imagination which I believe ties in very handily with the practice of Tibetan Buddhism (many visualizations and images to play with).  I also had an enormous threshold for pain which may tie in with previous meditation experience or with an incredible dissociative habit.

I say my healing journey has been on-going for more than eight years because in 1999 I joined the military.  Yeah, you heard that correctly.  I had just flunked out of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (I think I got a “D” and four “F”s) and I decided it was time to stand on my own two feet.  I spoke with recruiters and I found a path that had little chance of sending me over seas to fight – being in a training brigade in the Army Reserves.  Of course, when I completely aced the entrance exams I should have known – the recruiters said they had never seen scores as high as mine and they offered me anything I wanted – a path to special ops, military intelligence.  I stuck with being in a drill sergeant reserve unit – I was angry but I wasn’t stupid.  So after five months of 24/7 drilling in boot camp and advanced training, I got let out on good behavior <he he he>.  Actually I was told to go straight to my reserve unit – do not pass go, don’t collect two hundred dollars.  But that was only one weekend / month and two weeks in the summer.

As I was saying, I believe being in the military was a step down the healing road for me.  First, I was subconsciously purifying previous warrior karma (I had not been introduced to Buddhism yet to know about this consciously).  Second, I got to experience life on all levels and frequencies – believe me, many people (about 1 out of 10) were in basic training because a judge had told them, “Okay son, its either jail or the Army for you, which one you want?”  As I got to know people better it was almost like being in prison – you did what?!  And they want you to carry a weapon!!  Oh my god!!

But I learned how to relate with many individuals and in my reserve unit I was able to see the unflinching altruism of misdirected passion – they would sacrifice anything for their country and for each other.  There were many public service professionals in the reserves – law enforcement officers, teachers, rescue squad workers, etc.  I was definitely the odd ball out – being a philosophizing waiter…  however I feel I took a step toward grounding in this world.

The manner in which I got out of the military is complicated, comical and convoluted.  Very briefly – I told the commandant of the drill sergeant school – I had been talked into going – how I felt about the military system (to say I was less than satisfied is one of the biggest understatements of my life) and I was promptly told to either “go see a shrink or stay here for the remaining two weeks.”  Did I mention how being in the military felt like prison?  So it really wasn’t a choice for me – being able to get out with a marginal, temporary psychological issue was infinitely more important than attempting to grind my teeth.  I was in the reserves for over four years.

There is a saying which I agree with, and I am about to state my thoughts on the military, which might ruin or fire up my future political possibilities, it goes: “those who can, do; while those who cannot, join the military.”  Having someone tell you what to wear, what time to eat, when to go to work, etc is conducive to being a cog in a big machine – not with having freedom or creative liberty.  Therefore, as a Uranian type, I am strongly opposed our country to having a large military and I would highly recommend anyone to come and speak with me before joining – the recruiters are lying to you, I guarantee it – its their job to get you to sign your freedom away, not to be straight with you.  While I say all of this, I do not regret my time in service – I learned a lot, interacted with many different types, I got free room and board and because this Pisces is basically happy anywhere he goes, it was not overly terrifying.

Astrologically, when I entered the military in 1999, there was much happening in both my transiting and progressed charts.  In my opinion, one of the primary reasons people are ignorant enough to join the de-humanizing militaristic system is because they have a lot of suppressed anger.  This was certainly true for me and some of the following aspects reveal it.  Transiting Mars was trine Natal Mars, Tr. Pluto was square my Na. Mars and Na. Saturn – in my chart, I believe the Saturn opposite Mars aspect is indicative of deep, deep rage, which Pluto was prying on at the time.  I also had many other aspects – Tr. Uranus conjunct Na. Venus (cramping my style; very new, unusual, unexpected decisions being made – these ran contrary to any “normal, Venusian, refinement-oriented” directions), Tr. Sun conjunct South Node (past tendencies, opportunity to purify previous karma, getting touch with inner wisdom / skills), Tr. Saturn square Na. Jupiter (remember how I mentioned it felt like prison? no freedom in the military, no expansion – rather expect your heart to scrunch up really small in an attempt to make it through boot camp; Saturn is all about scrunching things up), my progressed Ascendant had just switched to Virgo (a change of Pr. Sun / Asc. signs can be indicative of major life shifts, plus in the military I was trained in personnel administration – the detailed office work, which is right up Virgo’s alley).  Then…

In 2002, I had a dream, in which the words, “you have appendicitis.”  rang true.  Again this is the extreme pith version, and in it, I was operated upon.  The next morning the surgeon came in to check on me and in his few minutes of procedural candor, he also dropped the line, “you know, there were complications and we had to stop your heart… blah blah blah…”  Hang on a second!  What did he just say?  Well, actually I was still jacked on morphine, so it was more like, “Oh man, they stopped my heart… that’s funny… wait… that doesn’t sound right… but these rainbows are neat…”  Yeah.  I had heard correctly – he said that actually it happens in about 10 % of cases, something about a major vein being near the swollen appendix.  So I was attached to oxygen and “there was no brain damage and everything went fine.”  Yep – except for the whole having an “out of body / near death / interacting with light beings” experience I would take three years to uncover, it went just fine and dandy!

When this event happened, transiting Pluto was exactly conjunct my Natal Neptune (5th house, Sagittarius) and square my Natal Sun (8th house, Pisces) by 3 to 4 degrees.  Keep in mind, with my Pisces Sun, Neptune is the ruler (strengthening it), plus my Natal Neptune just happens to square my Nodal Axis – North and South Nodes (in Pisces and Virgo respectively).  Then, on March 1st, the day of the surgery, the transiting Sun was very close to my Natal Mars (8th house, Pisces, a potential trigger in my chart) and as a result it was directly opposite my Natal Saturn (2nd house, Virgo).  Yes, you might say there was quite a lot going on in that fated year (for me).

So soon thereafter, I noticed I could not really hold (any) my alcohol, and I slowly became more interested in health and body / mind issues.  My driving became more patient and it was challenging to be around old patterns, or friends who manifested these.  Also, it was in 2002 that I really began my two year withdrawal process from the military.  It took a little while to build up the strength to say, “Nope, I’m no longer interested in being a bullet stopper…  It’s much less glamorous than the movies!”

So this is the beginning of several posts.  I hope you enjoyed it.  I will explain what I am currently going through down the road in another post – however it might take me several to get there.  The literary-psycho-spiritual layers are peeling away.

Ada kesedihan yang sangat mendalam ketika Dr. Sahlan yang spesialis penyakit bedah itu menyarankan agar anak pertamaku Kaka Afni harus dioperasi usus buntunya, karena berdasarkan gejala klinis yang ada dan berdasarkan keluhan yang dirasakan pasien mennjukan 90 % kakak AFNI menderita appendicitis, dan ini berarti dalam tahun ini kakak Afni dirawat di Rumah Sakit Untuk yang kedua kalinya. Aku tanyakan kira-kira apa penyebabnya, sang dokter memberikan jawaban bahwa penyebab umum terjadinya appendicitis adalah infeksi bakteri yang diantara penyebabnya adalah  penyumbatan oleh tinja/feces dan hyperplasia jaringan limfoid.

Apa yang diperkirakan sang dokter mungkin saja benar karena kk afni begitu jarang memakan makanan yang berserat apakah sayuran ataupun buah-buahan, sehingga kotorannya sulit diuarai dan mungkin saja bisa mengeras. Dan ternyata stelah operasi itu dilakukan apa yang diperkirakan sang dokter ternyata benar bahwa penyebnya adalah penyumbatan oleh tinja. Terimakasih Pak Dokter atas izin Allah engkau berkenan menolong anakku.

Dari penyakit yang diderita anaku terinsfirasi untuk mencari tahu seputar usus buntu dan akhirnya aku mendapatkan sejumlah artikel terkait usus buntu, mudah-mudahan artikel yang sengaja saya copas ini bisa bermanfaat untuk para penderita penyakit yang sama dengan anakku. Semoga bermanfaat.

Sebelum saya mengCOPAS artikel tentang usus buntu ada baiknya kalau diperhatikan dulu apasaja sih gejala-gejala usus buntu itu ?

Simak apa yang saya kutip dari : http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usus_buntu

Gejala

• Sakit perut, terutama dimulai di sekitar pusar dan bergerak kesamping kanan bawah.
• Nafsu makan menurun.
• Mual dan muntah.
• Diare, konstipasi (sembelit), atau sering buang angin.
• Demam rendah setelah gejala lain muncul.
• Perut bengkak.

Penyakit Radang Usus Buntu (Appendicitis)

Sumber : http://www.infopenyakit.com/2008/09/penyakit-radang-usus-buntu-appendicitis.html

Sebelum dibahas lebih jauh mengenai radang usus buntu yang dalam bahasa medisnya disebut Appendicitis, maka lebih dulu harus difahami apa yang dimaksud dengan usus buntu. Usus buntu, sesuai dengan namanya bahwa ini merupakan benar-benar saluran usus yang ujungnya buntu. Usus ini besarnya kira-kira sejari kelingking, terhubung pada usus besar yang letaknya berada di perut bagian kanan bawah.

Usus buntu dalam bahasa latin disebut sebagai Appendix vermiformis, Organ ini ditemukan pada manusia, mamalia, burung, dan beberapa jenis reptil. Pada awalnya Organ ini dianggap sebagai organ tambahan yang tidak mempunyai fungsi, tetapi saat ini diketahui bahwa fungsi apendiks adalah sebagai organ imunologik dan secara aktif berperan dalam sekresi immunoglobulin (suatu kekebalan tubuh) dimana memiliki/berisi kelenjar limfoid.

Seperti organ-organ tubuh yang lain, appendiks atau usus buntu ini dapat mengalami kerusakan ataupun ganguan serangan penyakit. Hal ini yang sering kali kita kenal dengan nama Penyakit Radang Usus Buntu (Appendicitis).

Penyebab Penyakit Radang Usus Buntu (Appendicitis)
Penyakit radang usus buntu ini umumnya disebabkan oleh infeksi bakteri, namun faktor pencetusnya ada beberapa kemungkinan yang sampai sekarang belum dapat diketahui secara pasti. Di antaranya faktor penyumbatan (obstruksi) pada lapisan saluran (lumen) appendiks oleh timbunan tinja/feces yang keras (fekalit), hyperplasia (pembesaran) jaringan limfoid, penyakit cacing, parasit, benda asing dalam tubuh, cancer primer dan striktur.

Diantara beberapa faktor diatas, maka yang paling sering ditemukan dan kuat dugaannya sebagai penyabab adalah faktor penyumbatan oleh tinja/feces dan hyperplasia jaringan limfoid. Penyumbatan atau pembesaran inilah yang menjadi media bagi bakteri untuk berkembang biak. Perlu diketahui bahwa dalam tinja/feces manusia sangat mungkin sekali telah tercemari oleh bakteri/kuman Escherichia Coli, inilah yang sering kali mengakibatkan infeksi yang berakibat pada peradangan usus buntu.

Makan cabai bersama bijinya atau jambu klutuk beserta bijinya sering kali tak tercerna dalam tinja dan menyelinap kesaluran appendiks sebagai benda asin, Begitu pula terjadinya pengerasan tinja/feces (konstipasi) dalam waktu lama sangat mungkin ada bagiannya yang terselip masuk kesaluran appendiks yang pada akhirnya menjadi media kuman/bakteri bersarang dan berkembang biak sebagai infeksi yang menimbulkan peradangan usus buntu tersebut.

Seseorang yang mengalami penyakit cacing (cacingan), apabila cacing yang beternak didalam usus besar lalu tersasar memasuki usus buntu maka dapat menimbulkan penyakit radang usus buntu.

Gambaran Penyakit Radang Usus Buntu (Appendicitis)
Peradangan atau pembengkakaan yang terjadi pada usus buntu menyebabkan aliran cairan limfe dan darah tidak sempurna pada usus buntu (appendiks) akibat adanya tekanan, akhirnya usus buntu mengalami kerusakan dan terjadi pembusukan (gangren) karena sudah tak mendapatkan makanan lagi.

Pembusukan usus buntu ini menghasilkan cairan bernanah, apabila tidak segera ditangani maka akibatnya usus buntu akan pecah (perforasi/robek) dan nanah tersebut yang berisi bakteri menyebar ke rongga perut. Dampaknya adalah infeksi yang semakin meluas, yaitu infeksi dinding rongga perut (Peritonitis).

Tanda dan Gejala Penyakit Radang Usus Buntu
Gejala usus buntu bervariasi tergantung stadiumnya;

1. Penyakit Radang Usus Buntu akut (mendadak).
   Pada kondisi ini gejala yang ditimbulkan tubuh akan panas tinggi, mual-muntah, nyeri perut kanan bawah, buat berjalan jadi sakit sehingga agak terbongkok, namun tidak semua orang akan menunjukkan gejala seperti ini, bisa juga hanya bersifat meriang, atau mual-muntah saja.
2. Penyakit Radang Usus Buntu kronik.
   Pada stadium ini gejala yang timbul sedikit mirip dengan sakit maag dimana terjadi nyeri samar (tumpul) di daerah sekitar pusar dan terkadang demam yang hilang timbul. Seringkali disertai dengan rasa mual, bahkan kadang muntah, kemudian nyeri itu akan berpindah ke perut kanan bawah dengan tanda-tanda yang khas pada apendisitis akut yaitu nyeri pd titik Mc Burney (istilah kesehatannya).

Penyebaran rasa nyeri akan bergantung pada arah posisi/letak usus buntu itu sendiri terhadap usus besar, Apabila ujung usus buntu menyentuh saluran kencing ureter, nyerinya akan sama dengan sensasi nyeri kolik saluran kemih, dan mungkin ada gangguan berkemih. Bila posisi usus buntunya ke belakang, rasa nyeri muncul pada pemeriksaan tusuk dubur atau tusuk vagina. Pada posisi usus buntu yang lain, rasa nyeri mungkin tidak spesifik begitu.

Pemeriksaan diagnosa Penyakit Radang Usus Buntu
Ada beberapa pemeriksaan yang dapat dilakukan oleh Tim Kesehatan untuk menentukan dan mendiagnosa adanya penyakit radang usus buntu (Appendicitis) oleh Pasiennya. Diantaranya adalah pemeriksaan fisik, pemeriksaan laboratorium dan pemeriksaan radiology ;

RADANG USUS BUNTU

Oleh Pouw Tjoen Tik

SUMBER  : http://www.suarapembaruan.com/News/2008/06/01/Kesehata/kes01.htm

Salah satu pemeo dalam dunia kedokteran mengatakan: ”lebih baik seribu kali memotong usus buntu yang sehat dari pada sekali saja tidak membedah radang akut usus buntu”.

Hal ini bukan dimaksudkan untuk meremehkan operasi usus buntu. Pemeo tersebut hanya mengingatkan bahwa penanganan radang akut usus buntu tanpa pembedahan, risikonya jauh lebih besar ketimbang pembedahannya sendiri.

Walaupun bedah usus buntu merupakan tindakan gawat darurat, operasi ini tidak termasuk katagori bedah berisiko tinggi, terutama bila pasien datang dengan gejala-gejala dini. Dokter berpengalaman sekalipun kerap kali kewalahan dalam membuat diagnosis yang pasti.

Dalam hal ini keterangan pasien tentang awal timbulnya rasa nyeri sangat membantu penegakan diagnosis. Oleh karenanya, pengenalan gejala-gejala dini radang usus buntu perlu dimasyarakatkan.

Penyebab dan Gejala

Istilah usus buntu sebenarnya kurang tepat, karena usus yang seperti cacing ini tidak buntu, tetapi berhubungan dengan pangkal usus besar. Keradangan terjadi bila lubang penghubung tersebut tersumbat oleh tinja, cacing usus atau lendir getah bening yang mengeras.

Penyumbatan ini menyebabkan kuman-kuman dalam usus buntu menyerang dinding usus buntu. Usus buntu banyak mengandung kuman karena organ ini adalah jaringan getah bening yang merupakan bagian dari sistem kekebalan tubuh. Walaupun manusia dapat hidup normal tanpa usus buntu, pemotongan usus buntu yang tidak beradang, sebenarnya kurang tepat, karena dapat mengurangi daya tahan tubuh terhadap infeksi usus besar (Duke University Medical Centre in North Carolina – ABC News: October 10, 2007).

Nyeri ringan sekitar pusat atau lambung merupakan gejala awal dari radang usus buntu. Dalam waktu 6 jam, rasa nyeri secara berangsur meningkat dan mengarah ke perut bagian bawah sebelah kanan.

Pasien merasa lebih nyeri bila berjalan, mengangkat tungkai kanan, batuk, bersin atau mengejan. Pada perkembangan lebih lanjut, timbul demam hingga menggigil, mual, muntah, sembelit atau buang air besar (diarhae).

Diagnosis pada anak-anak dan lansia lebih sukar ketimbang pada orang dewasa muda. Untuk menegakkan diagnosis pada kelompok usia-usia ini, kerap kali dibutuhkan pemeriksaan dengan ultrasonography (USG) yaitu alat pemantul getaran suara yang bekerja sebagai layaknya alat pendeteksi benda-benda di dasar laut.

Pada anak-anak di bawah usia 2 tahun, gejala-gejala dini yang tersering adalah muntah dan kembung sehingga perut tampak membesar. Radang usus buntu pada anak di bawah usia satu tahun, praktis tidak terdiagnosis. Untungnya gangguan kesehatan ini terutama terjadi pada usia 11 hingga 20 tahun. Statistik menunjukkan bahwa pria lebih sering terserang ketimbang wanita, terutama bila dalam garis keturunannya ada yang mengalami keradangan usus buntu.

Pengenalan dini radang usus buntu dapat dibantu dengan mengukur suhu tubuh di bawah ketiak dan dubur. Dalam keadaan normal suhu dubur sekitar 0.5 derajat Celcius lebih tinggi ketimbang suhu ketiak. Bila perbedaan itu mencapai satu derajat Celcius atau lebih, maka harus diwaspadai kemungkinan terjadinya keradangan usus buntu.

Komplikasi radang usus buntu yang tersering adalah pecahnya dinding usus buntu. Isi usus buntu yang terdiri dari campuran nanah dan kuman-kuman tumpah ruah ke rongga perut.

Biasanya selaput perut segera melokalisasinya sehingga terbentuk abses. Komplikasi ini akan mengancam jiwa bila terjadi keradangan selaput perut yang luas (general peritonitis) atau kuman menyebar ke seluruh tubuh melalui peredaran darah (sepsis).

Pengobatan dan Pencegahan

Bila terjadi sembelit, jangan sekali-kali menggunakan obat pencahar baik yang di minum maupun yang dimasukkan melalui dubur. Obat pencahar sangat berbahaya karena dapat memecahkan dinding usus buntu yang beradang.

Rasa nyeri sekitar pusat yang mengarah ke bagian bawah perut sebelah kanan, harus ditengarai sebagai kemungkinan terjadinya radang usus buntu. Pasien secepatnya harus dibawa ke dokter dan untuk mempercepat persiapan operasi pasien jangan diberi makan atau minum.

Pembedahan harus dilakukan dalam 36 jam pertama sejak timbulnya gejala-gejala dini. Lama pembedahan sekitar 15-20 menit dan kesembuhan pasca bedah sangat cepat.

Pecahnya usus buntu sering kali terjadi 36 jam setelah gejala-gejala dini timbul. Dokter bedah terpaksa menunda operasi hingga abses terkendali dengan antibiotika.

Dalam dua dekade terakhir ini, usus buntu yang beradang dapat diambil tanpa perlu membuka perut. Teknik bedah ini disebut laparascopic appendectomy.

Irisan pada dinding perut hanya sekitar 0.5 – 1.5 cm. Melalui irisan ini dimasukkan tabung lensa teleskopik yang dihubungkan dengan kamera video. Tabung tersebut juga dilengkapi dengan kabel optic (fiber optic cable) yang dihubungkan dengan sumber cahaya halogen atau xenon untuk menerangi lapangan operasi. Di bawah penanganan dokter bedah yang telah berpengalaman, lama bedah laparoskopik ini berjalan sekitar 20-30 menit. Dibandingkan bedah usus buntu terbuka (laparatomy), teknik bedah ini lebih unggul, karena luka sayatan jauh lebih kecil sehingga kesembuhan lebih cepat dan rasa nyeri pasca bedah lebih ringan. Di samping itu, risiko operasi dapat pula ditekan sekecil mungkin.

Upaya pencegahan radang usus buntu masih dalam perdebatan. Beberapa penelitian melaporkan bahwa radang usus buntu lebih jarang terjadi pada mereka yang banyak mengonsumsi makanan berserabut seperti sayur mayur (terutama yang hijau) dan buah-buahan segar serta banyak minum air. Hal ini pada gilirannya pula akan mengurangi terbentuknya pengerasan tinja yang dapat menyumbat lubang usus buntu.

Penulis adalah alumnus Fakultas Kedokteran Unair, berdomisili di Austin, Texas, USA.

Usus Buntu dan Biji Jambu

Sumber : http://www.surya.co.id/2009/02/05/usus-buntu-dan-biji-jambu.html

Radang usus buntu akut tidak dapat disembuhkan dengan pemberian obat walaupun pemberian obat terutama antibiotik diperlukan untuk memperbaiki keadaan penderita sebelum dan sesudah operasi.

BANYAK orang percaya, biji cabe (cabai) dan biji jambu klutuk menjadi faktor penyebab radang usus buntu. Kabarnya, makin banyak makan keduanya, makin gampang penyakit itu menyerang. Ternyata, kepercayaan itu tumbuh subur, bahkan melewati garis generasi.

Entah mitos atau bukan, ada ahli yang mempertentangkan hubungan jambu biji sebagai penyebab utama datangnya radang pada usus buntu. Tak jelas siapa yang menciptakan mitos itu pertama kali. Para ahli menyebutkan, dari segi medis, tak ada hubungan antara biji cabe maupun biji jambu kelutuk dengan radang usus buntu.

Mitos ini berkembang karena usus buntu memiliki muara yang dirancang sedemikian rupa, sehingga dianggap mudah dimasuki biji-bijian. Mitos berkembang, muara itu merupakan gerbang masuknya sang biji ke dalam usus buntu. Setelah masuk, lama-lama berjubel dalam leher usus buntu. Kalau sudah menumpuk dan mengeras, radang pasti terjadi.

TApi apa bisa biji jambu atau cabe itu masuk begitu saja? Sebelum itu terjawab kita lihat dulu kasusnya. Penyakit radang usus buntu merupakan penyakit yang cukup sering dijumpai pada masyarakat bukan hanya di Indonesia tetapi juga di seluruh dunia. Berdasarkan sumber dari emedicine.com menyatakan ada sekitar 86 kasus per 100.000 penduduk dunia.

Usus buntu atau yang dalam bahasa kedokteran adalah appendix vermiformis merupakan organ bagian dari usus, besarnya kira-kira sejari kelingking, terhubung dengan usus besar dan terletak pada perut kanan bawah.

Fungsi dari usus buntu adalah untuk menyekresikan IgA yang sangat efektif untuk perlindungan terhadap infeksi. Tetapi perlu diketahui bahwa pengangkatan usus buntu hanya akan sedikit mempengaruhi system pertahanan tubuh karena IgA yang disekresi disini sangat sedikit sekali.

Radang usus buntu atau istilah medisnya appendicitis merupakan proses peradangan dari usus buntu yang disebabkan penyumbatan pada saluran usus buntu oleh karena adanya timbunan tinja yang keras (fekalit) atau pembesaran jaringan limfoid atau karena penyakit cacingan atau parasit atau akibat adanya benda asing yang menyumbat atau karena tumor.

Sumbatan ini mengakibatkan peningkatan tekanan dalam saluran usus buntu dan pertumbuhan kuman sehingga usus buntu membengkak. Inilah yang dikenal sebagai akut atau fokal appendicitis.

Bila dibiarkan terus menerus, akan terjadi penyumbatan pada vena dan memperparah pembengkakan pada usus buntu dan menyebabkan terjadinya iskemia (jaringan kekurangan O2) pada usus buntu.
Ujung-ujungnya, terjadi pecahnya (perforasi) dari usus buntu, yang dapat menyebabkan terjadinya peritonitis atau radang rongga perut dan segala akibatnya.

Gejala klasiknya, rasa nyeri sebelah pusar atau ulu hati yang berpindah ke perut kanan bawah. Nyeri bertahap dan makin lama semakin parah. Mual dan muntah. Pada permulaan, penderita biasanya tidak panas atau summer-sumer saja. Panas tinggi biasanya berhubungan dengan usus buntu yang perforasi. Sayang, gejala klasik ini hanya terjadi pada sekitar 55 persen penderita, sehingga menyulitkan dokter untuk segera mengambil tindakan.

Proses Diagnosa
Untuk mendiagnosa radang usus buntu ada beberapa cara. Yang paling dasar adalah berdasarkan gejala klinis. Hal ini dapat dilakukan bila gejala yang ada merupakan gejala klasik dari radang usus buntu.

Pada penegakan diagnosis ini, ada kemungkinan salah cukup besar 15-20 persen dari kasus, terutama pada perempuan karena seringnya timbul gejala mirip radang usus buntu akut pada perempuan terutama usia muda, yang mungkin berasal dari kasus ginekologi lain.

Bila diagnosa radang usus buntu akut tidak dapat dipastikan dari gejala klinis atau jika meragukan, beberapa pemeriksaan ini mungkin diperlukan untuk memastikan diagnosa. Misalnya, pemeriksaan dengan foto barium atau menggunakan USG yang cukup akurat dan tidak invasive atau bedah laparoskopi yang minimal invasive atau dengan penggunaan CT scan.

Pemeriksaan laboratorium kebanyakan dengan melihat jumlah leukosit (sel darah putih) yang umumnya meningkat pada kasus ini dan terlebih bila terjadi komplikasi.

Radang usus buntu akut tidak dapat disembuhkan dengan pemberian obat walaupun pemberian obat terutama antibiotik diperlukan untuk memperbaiki keadaan penderita sebelum dan sesudah operasi. Terapi definitif untuk radang usus buntu akut hanyalah dengan pembedahan.

Ada dua cara pembedahan yaitu terbuka atau dengan pembedahan laparaskopi (minimal invasive surgery). Indikasi pembedahan adalah semua pasien yang dicurigai appendicitis akut dengan nyeri menetap dan demam, adanya peningkatan sel darah putih dan keadaan klinis yang memburuk.

Tak ada kontraindikasi untuk melakukan pembedahan pada penderita appendicitis, tapi pada penderita yang telah terjadi abses akibat perforasi mungkin perlu di terapi dengan drainase cairan dan antibiotic infuse dan dioperasi setelahnya jika kondisinya sudah cukup stabil.

Setelah mendapat terapi bedah, diharapkan kontrol 1 s/d 2 minggu untuk merawat luka dan penerangan sebab terjadinya radang usus buntu. Penderita dapat kembali beraktivitas seperti biasa 2 s/d 6 minggu setelah operasi, tergantung keadaan penderita sebelum operasi dan cara operasi yang dipilih.

Anggapan Ngawur
Kembali pada mitos, apa bisa biji-bijian masuk usus buntu? Usus buntu atau umbai cacing itu memiliki gerakan peristaltik, yakni gerakan memompa ke atas bila ada benda-benda yang masuk ke tubuhnya. Gerakan peristaltik membuat benda yang masuk ke usus buntu termasuk biji sulit bersemayam di dalamnya. Mereka tidak bisa seenaknya mampir dan tak mau pulang.

Begitu tamu tak diundang itu menampakkan tanda-tanda mau datang, umbai cacing langsung menggertak dan menendangnya keluar. Jadi adanya pendapat bahwa biji cabe dituduh sebagai biang radang usus buntu pun gugur dan anggapan awam soal itu jelas ngawur.

Dr Stefanus Nangoi
Pemerhati dan praktisi kesehatan