2024-03-23 11:24:18

Many people are increasingly interested in taking care of their health during this special period, especially for those who suffer from health problems such as intestinal diseases. Intestinal diseases, such as chronic intestinal inflammation, are among the conditions that may require special attention during the month of Ramadan, due to the impact of fasting and lifestyle changes on the health of the system. Digestive

Important medical advice for intestinal patients

• Patients with chronic bowel inflammation must ensure that their health condition is stable before fasting during the month of Ramadan. There must be no new symptoms or worsening of existing symptoms to allow fasting.
• Periodic medical follow-up It is very important for patients to follow up with their doctor regularly before and during the holy month, to ensure the safety of their condition and their approval for fasting. Intestinal patients should eat healthy and balanced meals during breakfast and suhoor to avoid worsening symptoms. It is preferable to avoid fatty, spicy foods that irritate the intestines and rely on light foods. And easy to digest.

Advice from Dr. Ibtisam Al-Mughaysib

• It is important to reduce the intake of excess sugars, oils, and spicy fried foods during iftar and suhoor meals. These foods can increase irritation of the digestive system in some patients, so care must be taken in choosing foods and controlling the quantities eaten.
• The doctor indicates that in some cases, such as malnutrition, severe weight loss, severe dehydration, or a relapse in the disease with the need for new medications, it is preferable not to fast to avoid other health complications. It is necessary to consult a specialist doctor to accurately evaluate your health condition and make the appropriate decision regarding fasting.

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2024-03-23 07:29:00

New alert on hair straightening products today with Géraldine Zamansky, journalist at the Health Magazine on France 5. Nephrologists from the Conception Hospital in Marseille have deciphered the toxic effects on the kidneys of a hair straightening product. the hair.

franceinfo: After the risks of uterine cancer, is it a serious threat to the kidneys that has been reported by a French team?

Géraldine Zamansky : Yes, we told you here regarding the increased risk of uterine cancer linked to these straightening products. Because of one ingredient: formaldehyde. So manufacturers replaced it with glyoxylic acid. But it in turn represents a real threat to the kidneys, according to the alert published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

It all started with a young woman’s concern regarding the repetition of symptoms that had suddenly occurred: nausea, vomiting, fatigue. At the third crisis, she was taken care of at the Conception Hospital in Marseille. And this is where the enigma was solved by Dr. Thomas Robert, nephrologist: each time it was an acute kidney failure, caused by hair straightening, carried out the day before.

This is very worrying! And how might the link be established with certainty?

Dr. Robert told me that he was able to make this connection thanks to the proximity of the visit to the hairdresser, during hospitalization. He immediately expressed his suspicions to a Parisian colleague, Professor Emmanuel Letavernier, who conducts research on the mechanisms of kidney disease at Tenon Hospital.

It was therefore in his laboratory that the cream collected from the hairdresser might be applied to the skin of a few mice. In 24 hours, I quote Professor Letavernier, “It was catastrophic.” Their kidneys were blocked by a large amount of crystals. The proof was made. And they clarified the guilt of glyoxylic acid, adding it alone to petroleum jelly. Same result.

It seems incredible, such toxicity! How is the young patient today?

She’s fine, but she won’t do any preening anymore. Because Dr. Robert explained to him that behind the apparent recovery of his kidneys, there may remain scars, then responsible for chronic kidney failure with, in the extreme, dialysis or transplant.

The team is afraid of seeing these cases multiply, because its investigation with the hairdresser revealed the origin: clients want treatment right down to the roots, whereas this product should not be applied to less than 5 mm skin. This is where it can enter the bloodstream and become toxic.

These nephrologists therefore very quickly reported this threat to the health authorities, and hope for a ban on this ingredient, as well as a review of the safety of cosmetics. Because since the end of their evaluation on animals in 2013, this type of danger can hardly be identified, prior to marketing.

The alert published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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