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Nosebleeds When Pregnant, No Need To Panic

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Various health complaints in pregnant women can make worry, including nosebleeds during pregnancy. Nevertheless, pregnant women do not need to worry too much. Nosebleeds with mild intensity are actually quite normal during pregnancy. Nosebleeds usually occur more often when the age of the womb has entered the second trimester. Nosebleeds during pregnancy generally occur due to hormonal changes during pregnancy. Causes of Nosebleeds when Pregnant When pregnant, the blood supply in pregnant women will increase to meet the nutritional and oxygen needs of the fetus. This condition causes the blood vessels of pregnant women to widen, including the nasal arteries. In addition, the pressure on the smooth blood vessels around the nose also increases. As a result, the nasal passages and airways become swollen, which causes blood vessels to rupture more easily. Nosebleeds can also occur when pregnant women experience colds, sinusitis, or allergies, and if the membranes in the nose are to

Risks Experienced by Broken Home Children

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Broken home can be interpreted as a family where the parents divorce or separate. According to data from the Central Statistics Agency, there were at least 344,237 cases of divorce and divorce in Indonesia in 2014. Divorce is not something that any family wants to experience. But sometimes divorce can be inevitable. And the impact of divorce is felt not only by separated parents, but also by their children. Broken home children whose parents are divorced are likely to feel lost, alienated, afraid of being left alone, angry with one or both parents, feel the cause of parents separating, feel rejected, feel insecure, and confused with parents. Which one. One study revealed that divorce had serious consequences on the psychological well-being of broken home children, not only after divorce but also before divorce. Another study showed that parents who divorced, separated, drank alcoholic beverages, or were exposed to criminal cases contributed to developing antisocial behavior in the

Benefits and Ways to Eat Vegetable Juice

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For those of you who don't like eating vegetables, consumption of vegetable juice can be an option. Although the amount of fiber in vegetable juices is still lower than whole vegetables, vegetable juices contain important vitamins and minerals that are good for health. When preparing vegetable juice, you can be creative in processing it so that it still has a "friendly" taste on the tongue when consumed. Mixing some types of vegetables or other ingredients, such as fresh fruits, can make vegetable juice taste more delicious and nutritious when consumed. Benefits of Consumption of Vegetable Juice There are various benefits of vegetable juice if consumed regularly, including maintaining the immune system. Especially if the vegetables are processed into juice containing high vitamin C and antioxidants. In addition, consumption of vegetable juice is also believed to be able to help eliminate toxins in the body, lose weight, reduce cholesterol levels, and improve heart

No need to be confused, there are many foods that contain iron

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Eating foods that contain iron is very important to maintain a healthy body. Apart from being one of the important nutrients in the body, iron is also needed in the process of delivering nerve signals, and to bind oxygen in red blood cells. People who lack iron intake are at risk of anemia. This condition is often experienced by women, especially pregnant women. Therefore, start getting used to eating foods that contain iron. Various Types of Foods Containing Iron In general there are two types of iron from food, namely heme and nonheme. Heme iron comes from animal hemoglobin, while nonheme iron comes from plants. Here are some types of food that you can consume to meet your daily iron needs: 1. Heart Beef liver and chicken liver including foods that contain high iron. One beef liver weighing 85 grams contains iron by 5 mg. Whereas 100 grams of chicken liver contains 10 mg of iron. Nevertheless, it is still wise in consuming it, because the liver contains high cholesterol.

Relationship of Rhesus Condition of Pregnant Women with Fetal Safety

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Rhesus or rhesus factor is a level of special protein (Antigen D) on the surface of red blood cells. Not everyone has protein on the surface of their red blood cells. Someone whose red blood cells contain the protein is stated to have positive rhesus (commonly written Rh +). If a person does not have the protein in his red blood cells, it is said to have negative rhesus (or Rh-). Rhesus positive is considered more common as there are more owners of this condition than negative rhesus owners. However, if you have a negative rhesus, it does not mean that it will have a negative impact on your health and body condition because rhesus status is not a disorder and does not trigger any disease. Are There Special Conditions to Look Out For? New negative Rhesus can be a problem if you are pregnant and if your husband has positive rhesus. If this happens, there is a possibility that you will need special care during pregnancy. As an illustration, consider this condition. Rhesus positive