Thursday, October 23, 2008

eserihija koli

Infekcije izazvane Eserihijom koli

Postoji nekoliko vrsta infekcija koje mogu biti izazvane Eserihija koli /Escherichia coli/ bakterijom, ali najcesce su urinarne infekcije i infekcije probavnog trakta, pa cemo o tim infekcijama malo vise pisati.

Infekcije mokracnih puteva izazvane Eserihijom koli

Uropatogenicna Eserihija coli (UPEC) je uzrocnik oko devedeset posto svih urinarnih infekcija. Postoji nekoliko nacina na koje ova bakterija dospijeva u ljudski urinarni trakt. Uglavnom infekcija dolazi iz fekalija tj. naseg izmeta. Zenska populacija ima kraci ureter nego muska i zbog toga ova bakterija se mnogo brze i lakse siri kod zena nego kod muskaraca. Iz naseg licnog iskustva, pacijenti su zene i djevojcice u vise of 90% slucajeva.


Jedan od uzrocnika infekcija kod beba djevojcica uglavnom je neredovno mjenjanje pelena i pogresan nacin brisanja, ili pranja djecije guze. Djete uvijek treba prati i brisati od stomaka prema ledjima, a nikad obrnuto. Vazno je da se sprijeci dodir stolice sa ureterom i vaginom.
Uzrok moze biti i diranje intimnih dijelova tijela prljavim rukama. Kod odraslih Eserihija coli se moze prenijeti i seksualnim putem pogotovo ako se upraznjava analni seks.
U rijetkim slucajevima muskarac moze da ima Eserihiju u prostati i putem sperme moze da je prenese partnerki. (napomena: Postoje tvrdnje da urinarne infekcije nisu prenosive i da nije moguce prenjeti infekciju od jednog partnera drugome putem seksualnog odnosa. Nasa iskustva govore suprotno.)


Moderna medicina ima djelimican uspijeh u lijecenju urinarnih infekcija izazvanih Eserihija coli bakterijom. Zbog otpornosti na okolinu i lijekove i njene sposobnosti da mutira, doktori prepisuju sve jace antibiotike koji uglavnom uniste i dobre bakterije, a kod zena i vaginalnu floru, gdje se zbog toga javlja izvanredna podloga za razvoj nove infekcije.


Poznati su mi slucajevi bezuspjesnih pokusaja lijecenja Eserihije antibioticima cak preko 5 godina. Nije mali broj pacijenata koji se bore sa ovom bakterijom dvije, ili vise godina.

Doktor Enes Hasanagic iz Sarajeva posvetio je vecinu svog naucnog rada izucavajuci Eserihiju i trazeci neantibiotske prirodne tretmane protiv infekcija ovom bakterijom. Njegove "E-Kapi" i cajevi pomogle su stotinama pacijenata koji su bezuzspjesno pokusavali da izlijece urinarne infekcije antibioticima.

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Infekcije probavnog trakta izazvane Eserihijom koli:

Ovakva vrsta infekcije dobija se vecinom konzumiranjem pokvarene hrane, inficiranog povrca i voca, zagadjenog i nedovoljno pecenog ili kuvanog mesa, neprokuvanog mlijeka ili vode zagadjene fekalijama.

Najpoznatija vrsta Eserihije O157:H7 moze da izazove takozvani HUS i dovede cak i do smrti.

Poznat je, ne tako davni slucaj, zagadjenja polja spinata u Americi. 2006 godine Eserihija O157:H7 dovela je do prave epidemije i uzrokovala povlacenje spinata sa trzista, kako u Americi, tako i u Kanadi. Ova vrsta Eserihija bakterije moze da bude kobna za starije, djecu, ili osobe sa vec narusenim imunitetom organizma. Zdrave odrasle osobe mogu da prodju bez vecih posljedica koje se manifestuju samo proljevom. Antibiotici ne pomazu kod ove vrste infekcije, vec mogu da izazovu jos vece i gore posljedice.

Za tretiranje ove vrste infekcije u nekim zemljama se testira i primjenjuje takozvana “Phage Terapija” koja je za sada odobrena samo u bivsoj SSSR republici Gruziji, i Poljskoj (za Poljsku ovaj podatak nije utvrdjen)

Neke druge. rijedje infekcije izazvane Eserihijom koli

Poznati su slucajevi meningitisa izazvanog Eserihijom koli. U rijetkim slucajevima Eserihija moze da izazove i druge bolseti kao sto su upala pluca i neka septicka oboljenja. Ranije je vec pomenuto da prostata kod muskaraca moze biti inficirana ovom bakterijom.

Vedran Hasanagic

http://eserihija.com

Friday, July 11, 2008

The Essence of Healing Part 1

Aromatherapy is the practice of applying unstable plant oils like the so called “essential oils”, for psychosomatic and corporeal comfort.
Essential oils, the unadulterated extract of a plant, have been discovered to contribute to both psychosomatic and bodily profits when used properly and carefully. There are commonly over 90 different variations of essential oils. Details for these oils can be found mainly in Internet. Frequently, aromatherapy is consisted of Hydrosols, CO2s and Absolutes. The famous term “essential oils” is used as a blanket to indicate the absolutes and CO2s, although these 3 substances are distilled in completely different ways.
Additionally to the essential oils, aromatherapy stimulates the usage of other modern natural components like the liquid wax of jojoba, the hydrosols; some vegetable oils (cold pressed), many herbs, sea salts, milk powders, clays and muds, and exfoliant sugars.
Products that are consisted of man-made elements are applied in holistic aromatherapy. It is significant to remark that fragrance oils also acknowledged as perfume oils (although habitually listed as “fragrance” on the component tag), are not the identical to the essential oils. The difference is in their qualities. Essential oils provide many therapeutic profits, while the man-made perfume and fragrance oils do not have such qualities, because they contain chemicals.
The healing abilities of aromatherapy were famous to the people even since the time of the ancient civilizations. Then, they didn’t call it “aromatherapy”, but the methods were similar to those we know today. There are many cases in which the practice of this method healed many people, scars, unwanted skin diseases and many others.
Today, the word “aromatherapy” can be rarely met in a product description. However, in the common case, appropriate products for aromatherapy are marked in a specific way. People always have had a great interest in the usage of aromatherapy because of its health and well-being benefits.

History of Aromatherapy
In short, aromatherapy is the use of unstable plant oils, together with essential oils, for mental and bodily health. Although the term aromatherapy was not used until the 20th Century, the fundamentals of aromatherapy trace back their history thousands of years ago. The usage of essential oils itself, traces back its history with around one thousand years.
The Chinese may have been one of the earliest civilizations to apply sweet-smelling vegetation to improve their health. These practices included burning incense to be of assistance in creating the desired harmony and stability.
Later, the Egyptians discovered an elementary cleansing piece of equipment, which made the raw extraction of cedar wood oil possible. Moreover, it’s considered by a number of people that Persia and India have maybe also invented crude refinement equipment, but almost no data remained till today.
Oils of clove, cinnamon, cedar wood, myrrh and nutmeg were used by the Egyptians to mummify the dead. When a burial place had been unbolt in the early years of the 20th century, traces of the aromatic plants were exposed with undamaged parts of the corpse. The smell, although feeble, was still sensible. Even though the cedar wood, used by the Egyptians was extracted by a crude refinement procedure, the other oils the Egyptians used were mainly infused oils.
The Egyptians applied infused oils and herbal medication for spiritual, therapeutic, aromatic and makeup usage. It is considered that the Egyptians created the word “perfume”, from “per fumum”, which means “through the smoke” in Latin. During that time, the men of Egypt used fragrance as frequently as the women did. An attention-grabbing technique that the men applied to perfume themselves was to put a decent cone of aromas on their skulls. Then it slowly melted and covered them with pleasant perfumes.
The Greeks erudite an immense knowledge from the Egyptians, but the Greek folklore in fact takes the gift and information of aromatherapy from the legends about their gods. The Greeks in addition, acknowledged the therapeutic and sweet-smelling benefits of the plants. For instance Hippocrates, usually considered as the “father of medicine” accomplished fumigations for both fragrant and therapeutic profits.
A Greek perfume- maker, named Megallus invented a perfume called”megaleion”. The ingredients of this Megaleion admitted myrrh in a base of fatty-oil and were used for quite a few purposes- its fragrance, anti- excitatory assets on the surface of the skin and also for healing many aches and diseases.
Consequently, the Romans built upon the information gathered from the Egyptians and Greeks. There was a book named “De Materia Medica”, written by Discorides. It illustrated the qualities of around 500 plants. It is also known that Discorides studied the refinement processes of the plants used in aromatherapy (although then they didn’t call it aromatherapy). However, during that period, the refinement process focused on extracting sweet-smelling floral waters. The essential oils weren’t used in that period.
However, a main event for the refining of essential oils came with the development of a corkscrew cooling cylinder in the 11th century. Avicenna, who was a Persian scientist, discovered a corkscrew tube which made possible for the plant to vapor and steam for more effective cooling down than prior distillers, which used a straight cooling cylinder. The contribution of Avicenna advantages in acquiring better focus on essential oils and their profits.
During the 12th century, Hildegard (an Abbess of Germany) developed and purified lavender for its therapeutic qualities. During the 13th century, was established the pharmaceutical manufacturing. This scientific discovery gave confidence to the development of essential oils extraction.
Within the 14th century, literary millions of people died, because of the Black Death hit. Aromatherapy was applied comprehensively to assist fighting this awful destroyer. It is even considered that some perfumers, who avoided the plague, succeeded because of their steady contact with the natural fragrances.
In the 15th century, more plants were refined to produce essential oils together with frankincense, rose, juniper, rosemary and sage. An enlargement in the quantity of books on aromatic plants and their possessions also begins later on in the century. Paracelcus, an alchemist, therapeutic doctor of medicine and radical philosopher is accredited with inventing the word Essence and his scientific studies fundamentally challenged the character of alchemy and he centered upon using vegetation as remedy.
Within the 16th century, one could start obtaining oils at an “apothecary,” and lots of more essential oils were brought in. In the 16th and 17th centuries, aromatherapy was accepted and being considered as a form of art, and it was to a greater extent defined clearly as its own sphere.
Through the period of the 19th century, perfumery still proceeded to be a successful manufacturing. Women would have their jewel maker create them an extraordinary bottle to hold their precious aroma. The 19th century also was significant technically as major ingredients of essential oils became inaccessible.
Throughout the 20th century, the awareness of sorting out the components of essential oils was used to produce artificial substances and drugs. It had been considered that by sorting out the main elements and then using the components separately or in artificial variety, would be advantageous in therapeutic and economical attitude. These innovations assisted leading to the “contemporary medicine” and artificial aromas. This in reality destabilized the usage of essential oils for therapeutic and sweet-smelling advantages.
Through the time of the beginning of the 20th century, a French scientist, named René-Maurice Gattefossé became interested in the putting into practice the aromatherapy for its medicinal usage. Up to that time, he emphasized on the fragrant usage of essential oils and aromatherapy, but his attention in their therapeutic usage developed after a mishap finely tuned his interest. In the process of working, he burned his limb quite badly. By impulse, he plunged his burned upper limb into the nearest fluid that appeared to be a huge container of lavender essential oil. The burn he underwent was healed rapidly and didn’t leave any scars.
Since the late 20th century and on into the 21st century, there is an increasing rebirth to make the most of more the natural products admitting aromatherapy with essential oils for healing, makeup and perfuming advantages.

Vedran Hasanagic

Thursday, July 3, 2008

The essence of Healing

Introduction

Aromatherapy is the practice of applying unstable plant oils like the so called “essential oils”, for psychosomatic and corporeal comfort.

Essential oils, the unadulterated extract of a plant, have been discovered to contribute to both psychosomatic and bodily profits when used properly and carefully. There are commonly over 90 different variations of essential oils. Details for these oils can be found mainly in Internet. Frequently, aromatherapy is consisted of Hydrosols, CO2s and Absolutes. The famous term “essential oils” is used as a blanket to indicate the absolutes and CO2s, although these 3 substances are distilled in completely different ways.

Additionally to the essential oils, aromatherapy stimulates the usage of other modern natural components like the liquid wax of jojoba, the hydrosols; some vegetable oils (cold pressed), many herbs, sea salts, milk powders, clays and muds, and exfoliant sugars.

Products that are consisted of man-made elements are applied in holistic aromatherapy. It is significant to remark that fragrance oils also acknowledged as perfume oils (although habitually listed as "fragrance" on the component tag), are not the identical to the essential oils. The difference is in their qualities. Essential oils provide many therapeutic profits, while the man-made perfume and fragrance oils do not have such qualities, because they contain chemicals.

The healing abilities of aromatherapy were famous to the people even since the time of the ancient civilizations. Then, they didn’t call it “aromatherapy”, but the methods were similar to those we know today. There are many cases in which the practice of this method healed many people, scars, unwanted skin diseases and many others.

Today, the word “aromatherapy” can be rarely met in a product description. However, in the common case, appropriate products for aromatherapy are marked in a specific way. People always have had a great interest in the usage of aromatherapy because of its health and well-being benefits.


History of Aromatherapy

In short, aromatherapy is the use of unstable plant oils, together with essential oils, for mental and bodily health. Although the term aromatherapy was not used until the 20th Century, the fundamentals of aromatherapy trace back their history thousands of years ago. The usage of essential oils itself, traces back its history with around one thousand years.

The Chinese may have been one of the earliest civilizations to apply sweet-smelling vegetation to improve their health. These practices included burning incense to be of assistance in creating the desired harmony and stability.

Later, the Egyptians discovered an elementary cleansing piece of equipment, which made the raw extraction of cedar wood oil possible. Moreover, it’s considered by a number of people that Persia and India have maybe also invented crude refinement equipment, but almost no data remained till today.

Oils of clove, cinnamon, cedar wood, myrrh and nutmeg were used by the Egyptians to mummify the dead. When a burial place had been unbolt in the early years of the 20th century, traces of the aromatic plants were exposed with undamaged parts of the corpse. The smell, although feeble, was still sensible. Even though the cedar wood, used by the Egyptians was extracted by a crude refinement procedure, the other oils the Egyptians used were mainly infused oils.

The Egyptians applied infused oils and herbal medication for spiritual, therapeutic, aromatic and makeup usage. It is considered that the Egyptians created the word “perfume”, from “per fumum”, which means “through the smoke” in Latin. During that time, the men of Egypt used fragrance as frequently as the women did. An attention-grabbing technique that the men applied to perfume themselves was to put a decent cone of aromas on their skulls. Then it slowly melted and covered them with pleasant perfumes.

The Greeks erudite an immense knowledge from the Egyptians, but the Greek folklore in fact takes the gift and information of aromatherapy from the legends about their gods. The Greeks in addition, acknowledged the therapeutic and sweet-smelling benefits of the plants. For instance Hippocrates, usually considered as the "father of medicine" accomplished fumigations for both fragrant and therapeutic profits.

A Greek perfume- maker, named Megallus invented a perfume called”megaleion”. The ingredients of this Megaleion admitted myrrh in a base of fatty-oil and were used for quite a few purposes- its fragrance, anti- excitatory assets on the surface of the skin and also for healing many aches and diseases.

Consequently, the Romans built upon the information gathered from the Egyptians and Greeks. There was a book named “De Materia Medica”, written by Discorides. It illustrated the qualities of around 500 plants. It is also known that Discorides studied the refinement processes of the plants used in aromatherapy (although then they didn’t call it aromatherapy). However, during that period, the refinement process focused on extracting sweet-smelling floral waters. The essential oils weren’t used in that period.

However, a main event for the refining of essential oils came with the development of a corkscrew cooling cylinder in the 11th century. Avicenna, who was a Persian scientist, discovered a corkscrew tube which made possible for the plant to vapor and steam for more effective cooling down than prior distillers, which used a straight cooling cylinder. The contribution of Avicenna advantages in acquiring better focus on essential oils and their profits.

During the 12th century, Hildegard (an Abbess of Germany) developed and purified lavender for its therapeutic qualities. During the 13th century, was established the pharmaceutical manufacturing. This scientific discovery gave confidence to the development of essential oils extraction.

Within the 14th century, literary millions of people died, because of the Black Death hit. Aromatherapy was applied comprehensively to assist fighting this awful destroyer. It is even considered that some perfumers, who avoided the plague, succeeded because of their steady contact with the natural fragrances.

In the 15th century, more plants were refined to produce essential oils together with frankincense, rose, juniper, rosemary and sage. An enlargement in the quantity of books on aromatic plants and their possessions also begins later on in the century. Paracelcus, an alchemist, therapeutic doctor of medicine and radical philosopher is accredited with inventing the word Essence and his scientific studies fundamentally challenged the character of alchemy and he centered upon using vegetation as remedy.

Within the 16th century, one could start obtaining oils at an "apothecary," and lots of more essential oils were brought in. In the 16th and 17th centuries, aromatherapy was accepted and being considered as a form of art, and it was to a greater extent defined clearly as its own sphere.

Through the period of the 19th century, perfumery still proceeded to be a successful manufacturing. Women would have their jewel maker create them an extraordinary bottle to hold their precious aroma. The 19th century also was significant technically as major ingredients of essential oils became inaccessible.

Throughout the 20th century, the awareness of sorting out the components of essential oils was used to produce artificial substances and drugs. It had been considered that by sorting out the main elements and then using the components separately or in artificial variety, would be advantageous in therapeutic and economical attitude. These innovations assisted leading to the "contemporary medicine" and artificial aromas. This in reality destabilized the usage of essential oils for therapeutic and sweet-smelling advantages.

Through the time of the beginning of the 20th century, a French scientist, named René-Maurice Gattefossé became interested in the putting into practice the aromatherapy for its medicinal usage. Up to that time, he emphasized on the fragrant usage of essential oils and aromatherapy, but his attention in their therapeutic usage developed after a mishap finely tuned his interest. In the process of working, he burned his limb quite badly. By impulse, he plunged his burned upper limb into the nearest fluid that appeared to be a huge container of lavender essential oil. The burn he underwent was healed rapidly and didn’t leave any scars.

Since the late 20th century and on into the 21st century, there is an increasing rebirth to make the most of more the natural products admitting aromatherapy with essential oils for healing, makeup and perfuming advantages.

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Dr Hasanagic - Escherichia Coli (e.coli)

22nd May 2008 was a day of great loss when the world lost an exceptional healer and I lost a great father and mentor, Dr. Enes Hasanagic. A void was created that day, a void that no person or idea can fill. Dr. Enes Hasanagic was an expert natural healer. His magic with herbs and oils could treat or help with problems caused by any urinary infections, liver diseases and gastro problems. His life was dedicated to the service of people who have been suffering from urinary infections caused by E-coli bacteria.

His book “Treating Sick Liver with Medical Herbs” was reprinted four times in former Yugoslavia. His thoughts and ideas were regularly published in many leading newspapers and magazines. During his early days, some of his studies were done in Canada and Sweden. Parts of his book can be seen at http://hasanagic.org non commercial web pages.

His herbal drops or rather should I say magical drops were the best products so far for the treatment of urinary infection caused by e. coli /Eserihija Koli/ bacteria. In most of the cases regular medicines do not work in such infections and people generally end up taking antibiotics for years without any significant success. Such types of cases are most frequent in women and girls. But his magical herbal drops could solve such prolonged cases in 5 to 7 days. The list of the people those who were benefitted are endless. This write up is an extract of his thoughts, discussing various aspects infections caused by e coli.

E coli is a bacterium from the Enterobacteriaceae Family. The name ‘E coli’ is derived from its scientific name Escherichia + coli (Genus + Species). A study highlighted the fact that E coli represent approximately 0.1% of the total bacteria present in intestines of adults. These bacteria happily inhabit our intestinal tract like normal flora and are called enteric bacteria. The bacteria present in our body plays imperative part in development and operation of our body and keep us healthy. For example, E coli produce major part of Vitamin B-complex and Vitamin K for our body.
However, these essential and helpful bacteria are present only in those regions of the body that are directly exposed to external environment like intestines, respiratory tracts etc. These bacteria are never present in our bloodstream or in the tissues present inside our body.

Now the question arises, having so many useful functionalities, how E coli is bad for us? The answer lies in difference in genetic strains. E coli and other bacteria are present as different ‘strain’ much like humans; and some of these strains can be harmful for us. Here lies the danger, if an E coli happens to have the genetic information about producing some harmful material in the body; we are going to need a doctor soon.

The culprit strain in case of E coli is E coli O157:H7, which is a member of the EHEC - enterohemorrhagic E coli, a group of intestinally-related organism that causes hemorrhaging and loss of blood.

This strain of E coli produces a toxin called Vero toxin or Shiga-like toxin. This toxin is a kind of protein which can cause damage to the cells that wall the intestine. The infection can be very severe and can result in loss of water and salt by the body, damage of the blood vessels causing bleeding and hemorrhaging. This condition is potentially very dangerous for small children, as their body can not tolerate much loss of blood and other fluids.
In some cases other syndrome called HUS (hemolytic uremic syndrome) is involved. Failure of the kidneys and loss of blood cells especially red blood cells characterize this syndrome. HUS can combine with some other things in blood system to produce more lethal combination. Severe infections can cause permanent kidney failure. HUS is quite common in children and problem starts 5-10 days after diarrhea.

E coli is the main cause of UTIs (Urinary Track Infections) both nosocomial and community acquired, which account for around 3.9 million ambulatory care cases and around 1 percent of outpatient visits in US alone. According to a report, in US, around 50 percent of women suffer from at least one episode of Urinary Track Infections in their lifetime. UTIs or Urinary tract infections are most common in men with prostatic hypertrophy, sexually active or pregnant women, and people with urinary catheters. E coli after originating in the colon, contaminates the urethra and ascends to the upper renal tract and bladder. Apart from these, food contamination is believed to be main cause of E.coli infections.

The initial symptoms may take about 7 days before showing up as the onset of symptoms depends on many things like the number of ingested organisms, health of the individual and the level of natural resistance in individual. Symptoms generally start with sudden and acute abdominal cramps leading to watery diarrhea. The diarrhea changes to red bloody in a day as the infection causes sores in the intestine which lasts for two to five days. The infected may have mild fever, vomiting or nausea. The disease is kind of self revolving i.e. it gets clear on its own in 7 or 8 days but if blood appears in stool, you may be in a critical stage.
Diagnosis of E.coli infection basically requires stool testing for its presence. This can be tested by two ways, one, testing the growth of bacteria in cultural dish and second, testing the stool for Shiga-like toxin that is produced by the bacteria. Various blood tests including BUN (electrolytes, blood urea, nitrogen), CBC (complete blood count) and creatinine (measuring the functionality of kidney) are performed at regular intervals to examine the development of HUS.

Generally patients recover without the use of any antibiotics or medicine within 5 to 10 days. There are no scientific evidences that an antibiotic improves the course of the disease. Antibiotics, in some cases can accelerate kidney complications. It is also advised to avoid anti-diarrheal drugs like Loperamide (Imodium). HUS is critical condition and is usually treated in intensive care. It requires frequent kidney dialysis and blood transfusions. Some important drugs used in the treatment are Ciprofloxacin hydrochloride, Gentamicin sulfate and Tobramycin sulfate.

Herbal medicines have also been found to be quite effective in the treatment of E coli infections especially in prolonged cases. There are many instances where year long cases were solved with few herbal drops within 5 to 7 days.
Prevention is better cure than medication in case of E coli infections. Hygiene and cleanliness are two main aspects in prevention. Raw meat has found to be the main carrier of culprit strain. Clean the surfaces that may come in contact with raw meat before using them again. Wash yourself thoroughly before and after handling food items mainly raw meat. Keep small children away from such food items as they are more prone to such infections. The best advice, of course, is to be smart and be informed about this. There is huge risk involved in this and just use common sense to reduce the level of risk.