Oral sex can transmit the diseases

When compared with intercourse, oral sex is sexual activity considered as a lower risk. However, based on recent studies, oral sex is actually a popular method for spreading sexually transmitted infections.

Based on recent studies that have been published in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, oral sex is sexual activity that a lot of spread of sexually transmitted infections, such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) and herpes.

"The good news is, syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) that can be cured. But the bad news, HPV and herpes are not curable sexually transmitted infections and is a very commonly transmitted through oral sex," explains J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, professor at Indiana University's School of Medicine, as reported by Menshealth, Wednesday (02/29/2012).

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) is one cause of cervical cancer or cervical cancer, the latter known to be transmitted through oral sex. The virus can be believed to cause cancer of the tongue, throat cancer and throat cancer.

What to do?

If you want to try oral sex with a partner, make sure that your body is clean. If your new spouse, it is recommended to use a condom or dental dam (thin latex lining the mouth) to protect the secretions and prevent infection.

In addition, make sure you both really healthy (not infected with sexual transmitted diseases) before sexual activity, could be tested regularly in the genital and oral cavity.

"Many clinics only examine the genitals. So, if you are tested, such as gonorrhea or chlamydia, a test of the genitals are not going to say one thing about whether there is infection in the throat," said Fortenberry.

Moreover, the majority of oral STI have no symptoms. And because many people do not realize it, there should be an oral test. Find out if you are at risk by doing the test by using saliva samples. detik.com

Narcotics users Initially Smoker

Narcotics use generally begins from the smoking habit. Because of diminishing the influence of perceived smoking, some smokers switch to marijuana and morphine. The use of morphine with a syringe to make the number of people living with HIV/AIDS are increasing.

"The fight against narcotics and HIV/AIDS is spread by needles hard work over the distribution of cigarettes is not limited to," said Judge Sorimuda Pohan issue of Tobacco Control Network Indonesia (Indonesian Tobacco Control Network) in Jakarta, Wednesday (8/2).

Nature of tobacco addiction makes smokers dose needed to feel calm will continue to grow from day to day. Sensitivity of the brain to release dopamine, which makes people comfortable and happy grew less. This time, smokers switch to narcotics to get a similar effect.

Although the public health impact of smoking is very large and the Constitutional Court has confirmed addictive tobacco as a substance according to Law No. 36 of 2009 on Health, until now the government has not seriously restrict smoking to approve the draft regulations on securing material containing addictive substances form of tobacco products for the health of Indonesia.

"In fact, the RPP which is the mandate of the Health Act was passed in 2010 should have been," said Chairman of the Tobacco Control Support Center, Public Health Association of Indonesia, Alex Papilaya.

Conditions were assessed Sincere Abadi of the Indonesian Consumers Foundation as the indifference of government to protect the health of residents. "The government cited for disobeying the law," he said.

The Government is also obligated to protect the consumers of cigarettes from the information that is not intact. Health impacts of smoking are very real, but a vigorous tobacco advertising makes consumers obscured from the potentially devastating effects.

Former Chairman of the Indonesian Medical Association Kartono Mohamad belief some people argue that tobacco regulation would be detrimental to farmers, small cigarette companies, and traders, which caused a surge of unemployed. "No country with a strictly regulate tobacco farmers then die," he said.

From the first, before the draft regulations, there were many small tobacco companies closed due to not compete with the big tobacco companies. Prosperous tobacco farmers is difficult because of tangled middleman and the import of tobacco from the United States and China by the major tobacco companies.

Smoking restrictions will not reduce state revenues. During this tax paid by the tobacco companies actually paid by consumers. Tobacco industry donations to the national economy is relatively small.

Development Coordinator of Health Warning Shaped Picture, School of Public Health, University of Indonesia, Widyastuti Soerojo, asserted, the draft regulations does not prohibit people smoking, but restrict cigarette smokers to poison does not spread to the non-smokers.

"This rule will not make a cigarette or tobacco farmers close to death. Smokers will still be there because it is difficult to stop smoking due to the addictive substance they contain, "he said. (source)

Physical fitness: the key of longevity

Physical fitness and no excess weight can reduce the risk of death, according to a study.

In a study of 14,345 adult men, mostly white and come from upper middle class, the researchers found that maintain or improve fitness was linked with lower risk of death.

Each unit of increase in fitness (as measured by the MET/metabolic equivalent of task) for six years, it has nothing to do with the reduced risk of death by 19 percent of heart disease and stroke-related deaths and 15 percent lower risk of death by other causes.

Being fit is less risk associated with high mortality, regardless of its condition BMI.

"This is good news for people who are physically active but can not seem to lose weight," said Duck-Chul Lee, leader of the study was quoted as saying by Medindia.

"You do not have to worry about your weight as long as you continue to treat or improve your fitness level."

According to the researchers, the results of the study highlight that physical inactivity is a risk factor for death from heart disease to stroke.

The researchers also found no association between change in percentage body fat or weight gain and risk of death.

The participants, average age 44 years, took part in the long run, and do aerobics in the large-scale longitudinal studies. they undergo at least two comprehensive medical testing.

The researchers used a maximal treadmill test to assess physical fitness (maximal MET), and height measurements seta weight to calculate BMI.

They note the change in BMI and physical fitness for six years. After more than 11 years to cultivate, the researchers determined the relative risk of death among men who had died, that maintain or increase fitness over a period of six years.

The study has been published in the circulation of the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Source: antaranews.com

Hundreds of maggots in the head

The fate of the poor experienced Muhammad Faisal, the baby aged 1.5 years, which is now lying in Arifin Achmad Hospital in Pekanbaru, Riau Province encroached on his head due to the neural network of hundreds of maggots.

"For four days already 200 more caterpillar maggots removed from my child's head," said Suryadi, Muhammad Faisal' father told ANTARA on Thursday.

Faisal and his mother (photo : seruu.com)

Muhammad Faisal was the sixth child of the couple, Suryadi and Ngaini. Suryadi an oil palm plantation workers' guards in ​​Simpang 5 Petani, Mandau District, Bengkalis Regency.

Suryadi said they panicked look in head eccentricity Faisal last week. Poor baby was being treated in Arifin Achmad Hospital, Pekanbaru.

According to him, the doctor during the last four days has managed to spend about 248 maggots from his head.

Ngaini, his mother said her son was often sickly from birth. Faisal never want to drink mother's milk, and the weight continues to decrease. At the age of 1.5 years, Faisal body weight only 5.3 kilograms (kg), away from the normal weight babies her age are on average 9-12 kg.

"I just know there are oddities on my son when he wakes up there is a hole at the top of his head and there are worms," said Ngaini.

Faisal now lay weak and require intravenous fluids to help get food intake. Sometimes he was seen to twitch, but not crying. The top of his head covered with gauze, because the doctor was forced to make the hole bigger to remove maggots.

"The doctor said, her nerves have been exposed to worm maggot," said Ngaini.

He acknowledged the medical treatment for children is very less because of his residence in the middle of oil palm plantations is far from health centers. In addition, he also did not have the funds for treatment as a palm oil plantation workers' guards he only paid Rp 1 million per month.

"For the treatment course now I have to owe," he said with hope that their children get well soon.

Source: antaranews.com

Cerebral Palsy Viewed from the aspect of Neurology

Cerebral palsy is a disorder that occurs in a period in child development, the motor cells in the central nervous system, is chronic and progressive is not due to abnormalities or defects in the brain tissue that has not finished growing. Although the cerebral lesions are static and not progressive, but the development of signs of peripheral neurons will change due to cerebral maturation.

Who first introduced this disease is William John Little (1843), who called it cerebral diplegia, as a result of prematurity or neonatal afiksia. Sir William Olser was who first introduced the term cerebral palsy, while Sigmund Freud called it Infantile Cerebral Paralysis.

Although difficult, the etiology of cerebral palsy need to know about preventive measures. Early physiotherapy give good results, but the mental developmental disorders can hinder the achievement of treatment goals.

Winthrop Phelps emphasized the importance of multi-disciplinary approach in the treatment of cerebral palsy sufferers, such as child discipline, nerve, eye, ear nose and throat, orthopedic surgery, neurosurgery, psychology, speech specialists, physiotherapists, social workers, school teachers Iuar usual. In addition it should also be included the role of parents and the community.

Event Numbers

With the increase in obstetric care and perinatologi and low birth rates in developed countries such as Europe and the United States the incidence of cerebral palsy will decrease. But in developing countries, the progress of medical technology in addition to lowering the risk of infant mortality is high, also increased the number of children with developmental disorders.

The existence of variations in incidence in many countries because of cerebal palsy patients coming to clinics such as neurological clinics, children, orthopedic clinics, clinic medical rehabilitation and so on. Besides, because of clinicians do not consistently use the definitions and terminology of cerebral palsy.

There are several factors that influence the incidence of this disease are: the population is taken, how the diagnosis and thoroughness. For example the incidence of cerebral palsy in Europe (1950) as much as 2.5 per 1000 live births, while in Scandinavia as much as 1.2 to 1.5 per 1000 live births.

Gilroy have 5 of 1000 children showed motor deficits in accordance with cerebral palsy; 50% of cases, including light weight while 10% included. What is meant is that mild sufferers who can take care of himself, while the weight is classified as patients who require specialized care; 25% have average intelligence (normal), while 30% of cases showed an IQ below 70; 35% accompanied by seizures, while 50 % indicates the existence of speech disorders.

Men more than women (1,4:1,0). The incidence of relative cerebral palsy are characterized by complaints of motor is as follows: spastic 65%, atetosis 25%, and rigid, tremor, atactic I0% (9).

Etiology

The cause of cerebral palsy can be divided into three periods, namely:

1) Prenatal:

a) Congenital Malformations.

b) Infection in the womb which can cause fetal abnormalities (eg rubella, toksoplamosis, sifihis, cytomegalovirus, or other viral infections).

c) Radiation.

d) Tok gravidarum.

e) Asphyxia in utero (eg: solusio placenta, placenta previa, maternal anoksi, or abnormal umbilical cord).

2) Christmas:

a) Anoksialhipoksia.

b) intra-cranial bleeding.

c) the trauma of birth.

d) Prematurity.

3) Postnatal:

a) Trauma capitis.

b) Infections such as: bacterial meningitis, cerebral abscess, tromboplebitis, encephalomyelitis.

c) Kern icterus.

Several studies mention prenatal and perinatal factors contribute more than postnatal factors. Studies by Nelson et al (1986) (quoted from 13) mentions babies with low birth weight, asphyxia at birth, prenatal ischemia, genetic factors, congenital malformations, toxin, intrauterine infection is a causative factor of cerebral palsy.

Prenatal factors begins at gestation until birth, while the perinatal factors are all factors that cause cerebral palsy from birth to one month of life (11.13). Sedang1 post-natal factors ranging from the first month of life up to 2 years (Hagberg et al 1975), or up to 5 years of life (Blair and Stanley, 1982), or up to 16 years (Perlstein, Hod, 1964) (quoted from 12).

Clinic Overview

Clinical picture of cerebral palsy and depends on the extent of brain tissue damage

1) Paralysis. Hemiplegia can be shaped, kuadriplegia, diplegia, monoplegia, triplegia. This may be flaksid paralysis, spastic or mixed.

2) involuntary movements. Can be shaped atetosis, khoreoatetosis, tremor with tone that can be flaksid, rigidity, or a mixture.

3) Ataxia. Coordination disorder was caused by damage to the cerebellum. Patients usually show a decreased tone (hipotoni), and showed a delayed motor development. Started running very slow, and awkward all round movement.

4) Seizures. May be general or focal.

5) Impaired mental development. Mental retardation is found in approximately one third of children with cerebral palsy, especially in group tetraparesis, diparesis spastic and ataxia. Cerebral palsy is accompanied by mental retardation is generally caused by cerebral anoxia is long enough, resulting in an overall cerebral atrophy.

Mental retardation can still be repaired if damaged cerebral cortex is not complete and there are limbs that can be moved voluntarily. With the development of agile movements by a limb, mental development will be influenced positively.

6) may be obtained also vision problems (such as hemianopsia, strabismus, or refractive disorders), speech disorder, impaired sensibility.

7) emotional problems, especially during adolescence.

Classification

Many of the classification proposed by the experts, but on this occasion will be proposed classification based on clinical features and degree of functional ability. Based on the division of clinical symptoms of cerebral palsy are as follows:

1) Type of spastic or pyramidal. In this type of symptom that is almost always there are:

a) Hipertoni (folding knife phenomenon).

b) Hyper reflection accompanied klonus.

c) The trend arises contractures.

d) pathological reflex.

In topographic distribution of this type are as follows:

a) Hemiplegia if on the same side limb.

b) spastic diplegia. Regarding all four limbs, lower limbs heavier.

c) Kuadriplegi, on all four limbs, the limbs for a little more weight.

d) Monoplegi, when only one limb.

e) Triplegi when about one upper limb and two lower limbs, usually a variant and kuadriplegi.

2) Type of extrapyramidal

Will affect the shape of the body, involuntary movements, such as atetosis, dystonia, ataxia.

This type is often accompanied by emotional disturbance and mental retardation. In addition, also found hipertoni symptoms, hiperrefleksi mild, rarely to arise klonus.

In this type of contraction is rarely found, if the brain could be seen face asimetnis and disantni.

3) Type of mixture.

The symptoms are a mixture of both of the above symptoms, for example hyper reflection and hipertoni accompanied khorea movement.

Based on the degree of functional ability.

1) Lightweight:

Patients can still perform daily pekerjaanlaktifitas It has none or very little need of special assistance.

2) Medium:

Activity is very limited. The patient needs a variety of special assistance or special education in order

can take care of himself, can move or speak.

With the help specifically, the patient is expected to take care of yourself, walk or talk so it can move, hanging out, living in the community well.

3) Weight:

Patients simply can not do physical activity and can not possibly live without the help of others.

Help or special education are given very little results. Such patients should be accommodated in special care homes. The house special is only for the treatment of patients with severe mental retardation, or which would cause social-emotional disturbance for both the family

and its environment.

Pathogenesis

Development of the nervous system begins with the formation of the dorsal neural tube of induction occurring at weeks 3-4 of gestation and the induction of ventral, took place at weeks 5-6 of gestation. Any disturbance in this period can result in congenital abnormalities such as kranioskisis totalis, anencephaly, hydrocephalus, and so forth.

The next phase of a proliferation of neurons, which occurs at 2-4 months gestation. Disturbances in this phase can lead to microcephaly, makrosefali.

The next stage is stage migration that occurred during gestational months 3-5. Migration occurs in two ways radially, sd differentiate and regional periventnikuler and subventrikuler into the inner layers of cerebral koerteks whereas tangential migration and differentiate sd germinal zone toward the surface of the cerebral cortex. Disturbances in this period can lead to congenital abnormalities such as polimikrogiri, agenesis of the corpus callosum.

Organizational stage of gestation occurred in the 6 months to several years postnatally. Disturbances in this stage will result in translocation of genetic, metabolic disorders.

Stage myelination occurs at birth until several years post-natal. At this stage occurs up to neurons proliferation, and formation mialin sheath.

Neuropatologik disorder that occurs depends on the weight and the severity of damage So neuropatologik abnormalities that occur are complex and diffuse to the motor cortex pyramidal tract area paraventnkuler basal ganglia, brain stem and cerebellum.

Cerebral anoxia often a intraventrikuler bleeding complications and perinatal asphyxia subependim often in combination with ischemia can cause necrosis.

Kerniktrus clinically give a yellow on the entire body and will occupy the basal ganglia, hippocampus, cells of the brain stem nuclei; can cause cerebral palsy type atetoid, hearing loss and mental retardation.

Infection can result in brain meningeal adhesions, resulting in obstruction of the subarachnoid space and arise hydrocephalus. Bleeding in the brain could be associated with left ventricular cavity.

Will lead to birth trauma or cerebral compression secondary tearing. Birth trauma is an irreversible cause symptoms. Another irreversible lesions due to trauma is happening sikatriks in cells of the cornu ammonis hippocampus, which could lead to resurrection of epilepsy.

Diagnosis

Diagnosis is based on a complete history about a history of pregnancy, perinatal and postnatal care, and attention to risk factors for cerebral palsy. Also a complete physical examination with attention to motor and mental development and the presence of neonatal reflexes still persist.

In infants who have a high risk of examination is required repeatedly, because gejaladapat change, especially in infants with hipotoni, indicating that delayed motor development, almost all cerebral palsy through a phase hipotoni.

Another investigation that is needed is a plain head, lumbar puncture examination. Examination EEG, especially in pendenita showing motor symptoms, such as tetraparesis, hemiparesis, or because it is often accompanied by seizures. Ultrasound examination or CT head scans performed for head trying mencani etiology.

Psychological examination to determine the level of intellectual ability that will determine how education into regular schools or special schools.

Management

There is no specific therapy against cerebral palsy. Treatment is symptomatic, which will hopefully improve the condition of the patient. Very early therapy can prevent or reduce neurological symptoms. To determine the type of therapy or training provided and to determine the success it is necessary to consider the classification of cerebral palsy based on the degree of functional ability that is mild, moderate and severe.

The goal of therapy is helping patients with cerebral palsy patients and their families to improve motor function and prevent deformity and emotional adjustment and education so pendenta few may require help from another, the patient is expected to be independent.

The drugs are given depends on the symptoms that arise. For example to be given anti-convulsive seizures.

For spasticity baclofen and diazepam can be given. When symptoms such as nigiditas can be given levodopa.

May be required surgical therapy for orthopedic and neurosurgical reconstruction of deformity that occurs.

Early and intensive physiotherapy to prevent disability, is also handling a psychologist or psychiatrist to cope with changes in behavior in older children. That should not be overlooked is the issue of education which should match the intelligence level of the patient. (kepri online daily)

By : I Made Oka Adnyana (kalbe.co.id)

Laboratory/UPF of Neurology Faculty of Medicine Udayana University/General Hospital Center Sanglah, Denpasar

Presented at a scientific meeting in order Anniversary VII Tumbuh Kembang Clinic, IKA Lab/FK Udayana University. Denpasar. dated 17 April 1993

Ecstasy Can Kill Cancer Cells

Ecstasy pills that had been considered as drugs that can harm the body was able to kill cancer cells in the body. Is this true?

In essence, the drug actually has benefits for the body, as long as it is used in accordance with medical instructions.

Site antaranews.com reported that scientists from the University of Birmingham, England who did research for six years found the benefits of ecstasy as a drug that could cure cancer.

Ingredients in ecstasy expressed Ethylenedioxymethamphetamine able to destroy cancer cells.

The doctors found that the chemical composition of some cancer cells are similar to the substances contained in the anti-depressant drugs, weight loss medication, and in particular ecstasy (MDMA).

They stated that a treatment with MDMA that can destroy cancer cells.

This discovery reinforces a study in 2006. Use of the substance of ecstasy should be given in high doses for cancer treatment is more effective.

Scientists along with other fellow researchers from the University of Western Australia, over the years trying to formulate the most effective dose of methylenedioxymethamphetamine and proven safe.

As quoted from Geniusbeauty, recently recognized treatment formula one hundred times faster in the fight against cancer than previously, and allow to reduce the dose.

The new formula of ecstasy will be embedded in the fatty membranes of cancer cells, which melt and destroy it. From the experiments, the new drug is guaranteed 100 percent can kill cancer cells in the context for the case of leukemia and lymphoma.(kepri online daily)

Many People in Karimun Don't Know Mesothelioma Symptoms

Some people in Karimun regency, Riau Islands province are many do not know about the symptoms of mesothelioma. Most of them think of mesothelioma as lung cancer, while two types of this disease is very different and requires multiple methods and different types of treatment.

Among the poor is a group of people who do not know the symptoms of mesothelioma. Low education levels result in them living without equip themselves with knowledge of health and prevention of various diseases, including mesothelioma.

''I really do not know what it was mesothelioma. For me the low-income would not care about the disease, if you think about me so scared because it costs a lot for treatment,'' said Alimudin, a resident of Tanjung Balai Karimun.

Aminah, other residents said the same thing. According to Halimah, he was provided with health sciences at school, but taught in health class the teacher did not explain in detail about mesothelioma.

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer that develops in the mesothelium of the body or a type of protective covering of the body. The mesothelium covers various organs, including lungs. mesothelium consists of two thin layers. When cancer develops in the mesothelium that is between the layers. Narrow space makes it very difficult to diagnose mesothelioma in early stages.

Mesothelioma is a cancer that is difficult to treat. Once the diagnosis of mesothelioma was made, the majority of patients will not live longer than eighteen months. There are various reasons for this, including the nature of disease after being diagnosed and the lack of an effective surgical method to remove the tumor.

While most cases of mesothelioma occur around the lungs, can also occur in the abdominal mesothelium, called the peritoneum, or pericardium. While mesothelioma is most common in the lungs, it is important to distinguish between mesothelioma and lung cancer. They are two very different types of cancer and requires different types of treatment are different.

Mesothelioma signs and symptoms may not appear until 20 to 50 years (or more) after exposure to asbestos. Shortness of breath, cough, and pain in the chest due to an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space (pleural effusion) are often symptoms of pleural mesothelioma.

Symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma include weight loss and cachexia, abdominal swelling and pain due to ascites (accumulation of fluid in the abdominal cavity).

Other symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma may include bowel obstruction, blood clotting abnormalities, anemia, and fever. If the cancer has spread beyond the mesothelium to other parts of the body, symptoms may include pain, difficulty swallowing, or swelling of the neck or face.

These symptoms may be caused by mesothelioma or by other, less serious conditions.

Mesothelioma that affects the pleura can cause signs and symptoms as follows:

* Chest wall pain

* Pleural effusion, or fluid surrounding the lung

* Shortness of breath

* Fatigue or anemia

* Wheezing, hoarseness, or cough

* Blood in the sputum (fluid) cough (hemoptysis)

In severe cases, the person may have many tumor masses. Individuals can develop pneumothorax or lung collapse. This disease can spread, or spread, to other parts of the body.

Tumors that affect the abdominal cavity often do not cause symptoms until they are at the final stage. Symptoms include:

1. Abdominal pain

2. Ascites, or an abnormal buildup of fluid in the abdomen

3. Mass in abdomen

4. Problems with intestinal function

5. Weight

In cases of severe disease, symptoms of mesothelioma such as the following:

1. Blood clots in the arteries that can lead to thrombophlebitis

2. The spread intravascular coagulation, a disorder causing severe bleeding in many body organs

3. Jaundice, or yellowing of the eyes and skin

4. Low blood sugar levels

5. Pleural effusion

6. Pulmonary embolism, or blood clots in the arteries of the lungs

7. Severe ascites. (kepri online daily)

Beware of Expired Foods During Ramadan

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The growing need for food and beverages during Ramadan is often exploited by traders to sell expired food and beverages. Communities are expected to be wary of products that are not worthy of consumption or expiration.

To anticipate the circulation of expired products, Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) of Riau Islands (Kepri) Province held an inspection into the market and supermarket.

On Friday this week, BPOM conduct an audit of food and beverages to the need to break the fast in a number of supermarkets in Batam City.

In addition, BPOM also examined the products are packed in a parcel.

''We call on citizens to be wary of expired products, in addition to harming consumers, the product expired could endanger the health,''said the head of BPOM of Riau Islands Province, I Made Nyoman Suwandi.

I Made Nyoman Suwandi said it would intensify raids against products on the market. The inspection not only held in Batam, but also in other areas in the Riau Islands, such as Karimun Regency, Tanjungpinang City, Bintan Regency and other regency.

He also appealed to the public to check the food and beverage packaging. ''Do not buy a product that its packaging is damaged,'' he said.

In addition, the community also requested wary of illegally imported products which do not via the examination of the feasibility of consumption by BPOM.

Adequate consumption of imported products, he said, has the ML code for the food and beverage imports, while for cosmetics products have code CL published BPOM.

''As a border area, Riau Islands Province prone circulation of illegal imported products,'' he said.

In a raid some time ago, he says it has found a number of illegal imports of products that do not have a code of ML and CL.

"Products imported directly we seize and destroy us,''he said. (kepri online daily)

Lima Jenis Makanan Pemicu Gairah Seks

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Seks merupakan satu bagian terpenting dalam hidup manusia. Pernahkan anda membayangkan bagaimana rasanya hidup tanpa seks? Kehidupan seks yang kita bahas tentu dalam artian yang dibenarkan serta diatur dalam norma-norma agama. Kehidupan seks melalui suatu ikatan perkawinan.

Tak dapat dinafikan seks merupakan kebutuhan wajib yang harus terpenuhi. Banyak rumah tangga yang hancur dan berujung dalam perceraian akibat tidak tersalurkannya gairah seks.

Pascapemberlakuan Undang-undang Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga, angka perceraian makin meningkat yang dipicu dari perselingkuhan. Hubungan gelap pasangan hidup biasanya dipicu berbagai macam persoalan, salah satunya adalah hubungan seks.

Lalu, bagaimana cara kita dapat mempertahankan gairah seks sehingga hubungan suami istri tetap harmonis?

Situs antaranews.com melansir gairah seks bisa dipertahankan jika memperhatikan jenis makanan yang dikonsumsi sehari-hari. Ada lima jenis makanan yang dapat mendongkrak gairah seks dan mewujudkan suasana hati yang nyaman dan romantis.

Kelima jenis makanan itu mengandung beberapa vitamin dan komponen yang dapat meningkatkan fungsi seksualitas dan pengalaman seksual anda seperti dikatakan Jennifer R Berman, MD, Direktur Pusat Riset Berman's Wellness, di Beverly Hills, California sebagaimana dikutip lama menshealth.com.

Makanan pertama yaitu Alpukat.

Alpukat, atau disebut suku Aztec sebagai buah Ahem karena bentuk fisiknya mirip kelamin pria. Buah ini mengandung afrodisiak yang kaya akan lemak tak jenuh dan rendah lemak jenuh. Sangat baik untuk kesehatan jantung dan pembuluh darah sehingga jantung anda berdetak lebih kuat agar darah dapat mengalir deras ke seluruh bagian tubuh.

Kacang almond

Kacang almond memiliki khasiat yang dapat meningkatkan gairah seks, menjadi stimulan seksual. Padat gizi dan kaya mineral yang penting bagi kesehatan seksual dan organ reproduksi. Kacang almond mengandng seng, selenium, dan vitamin E.

Stroberi

Stroberi yang berwarna merah banyak dikaitkan dengan warna bara api. Studi yang dilakukan pada 2008, banyak pria mengaku tertarik dengan penampilan perempuan bergaun merah karena tampak lebih seksi. Sedangkan biru atau hijau dikenal sebagai warna yang membawa dampak mendinginkan.

Stroberi mengandung asam folat dan vitamin B yang membantu untuk mencegah cacat lahir pada wanita dan meningkatkan jumlah sperma pria, demikian hasil riset University of California, Amerika Serikat.

Hidangan laut

Hidangan laut seperti tiram juga mengandung zat afrodisiak, mengandung sumber seng dan meningkatkan libido. Ikan salmon liar dan herring juga mengandung asam lemak omega-3, yang penting bagi kesehatan jantung.

Jeruk

Jeruk mengandung zat antioksidan, vitamin C, dan asam folat yang berperan penting bagi kesehatan reproduksi pria. Nikmati salad romantis yang menggabungkan jeruk merah muda atau jeruk mandarin.