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If we hear the word bacteria, which live show is a tiny creature which is dangerous because it causes various diseases. Escherichia coli is one type of bacteria that is often discussed. Quite a few people who know E. coli, but only to the extent of this bacterium is the cause of digestive tract infections. But many in fact that should be known from this bacterium.

E. coli is a rod-shaped bacterium with a length of about 2 micrometer and 0.5 micrometer diameter. E. cell volume coli ranged 0.6-0.7 cubic micrometer. These bacteria generally live in ranges including 20-40 degrees C, optimum at 37 degrees. We may be many who do not know if the human large intestine contained a number of E. coli that functions decompose food scraps. Of the several hundred strains of E. coli were identified, only a fraction are pathogens, such as strain O157: H7. Bacteria whose name is derived from the inventor Theodor Escherich who discovered it in 1885 is a type of bacteria that became one of the backbone of the biotechnology world. Almost all genetic engineering biotechnology in the world always involves E. coli genetic effect is simple and easy to be engineered. Research on E. coli as a model for application to other types of bacteria. This bacterium is also the medium most frequently used cloning. Recombinant DNA techniques would not exist without the help of these bacteria.

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The director general for Planning and Evaluation, José Luis Lopez said Thursday that the Plan of Health and Social Welfare 2011-2020 “is a complicated but interesting adventure, with which many have dreamed of for people to live better,” while which announced that, as the work developed, it is expected that this plan is now ready to get going, with all administrative past in March 2011.

With the Health Plan and Social Welfare, manchego background Castilian, took place the day SIPA scientific experience in Quebec, which for some years the social and health come together to care for dependent elderly integrating services, resources and professionals, is today one of the highlights in greater international acceptance, the Board informed in a press release.

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Experts from the European Institute of Biomedicine (IEB) recommend that patients with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis who try to avoid stress and proinflammatory certain foods like red meats, cow’s milk, flour, refined, simple sugars and trans fat ‘in order to reduce the occurrence of crisis.

According to this expert group said on the occasion of World Day for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), which is celebrated on the 27th May, 25 percent of new cases of ulcerative colitis or Crohn’s disease diagnosed in the hospitals were in people younger 18 and for processing, propose to modify the usual diet as “beat up the inflammatory processes of any kind and helps reduce the consumption of drugs.” “Inflammatory or restrictive diets have a central role since it can have a positive impact on the evolution of processes, reduce crises and improving the nutritional status of the patient,” explains José Francisco Tinao, medical director of the IEB, also highlighting the importance of detoxification programs that facilitate the work of the liver and the elimination of toxic compounds.

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During the first year of life infants diseases are not many, because during pregnancy the mother received antibodies, passed to the fetus through the placenta. In addition, breast-feeding protects the baby from many illnesses.

Breast milk has several mechanisms of protection:

• The composition of milk contains substances that hinder the development of viruses and bacteria such as lysozyme, lactoferrin, immunoglobulins, factor bifidófilo.
• Being a natural substance, produced especially for the baby, does not irritate the intestine, so that the infant mucosal barrier remains intact, thus not allowing the entry of foreign substances.
• If the mother has an acute, produces antibodies that pass into breast milk, protecting the baby. This is true for diarrhea, etc..
Care to diseases of infants:

The baby’s immune system has been consolidated during the first moments of life. From birth it is necessary to monitor the baby for any signs of illness early. It is also essential to continue the vaccination schedule for prevention of diseases in infants, which could be fatal.

The procedure for diagnosis of diseases is to identify specific clinical symptoms during the first week of life, as a way of recognizing them.

There are a number of measures to prevent diseases of infants:

Dehydration, for example, can be seen because the baby cries and drink any liquid eagerly offered.

As dehydration progresses, the fontanelles may appear swollen and sunken eyes. Also the mouth and tongue become dry and rough. And may have a fever.

When the baby is otitis (inflammation in any area of the ear) which can be caused by an infection or not. dangerous accumulation of fluid in the inner ear.

The causes of otitis can be simple, such as bath water entering the ear canal, irritating the skin. You can also become infected root hairs in the area. Colds are the cause of otitis media, because the mucous membranes become inflamed, blocking the Eustachian tube.
If the baby gets used to taking a bottle very bed, milk passes to the Eustachian tube, causing inflammation.

A baby of seven months of age died at 8:23 pm Sunday, ten hours after being taken to the Hospital of Infectious Diseases Heze. Another baby of 15 months of age died this noon at the District People’s Hospital Juancheng, said the Health Department of Shandong Provincial.

The Health Ministry said MPB’s disease may be caused by intestinal viruses, with the EV71 and the Coxsackievirus (Cox A16) were the most common.

MPB’s disease usually starts with a slight fever followed by blisters and ulcers in the mouth and rashes on hands and feet. Those with EV71 often show serious signs. It can also cause meningitis, encephalitis, pneumonia, and edema and paralysis in some children. So far no vaccine for the disease.

The Health Department has sent expert teams to Heze to implement emergency treatments and control measures and prevention of disease.

Some groups came to Heze tonight to begin research on the disease and disinfection operations, technical training and medical education among people.

They were also sent medical teams to Heze to help in combating the disease.