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Prevent The Flu in The Rainy Season

The flu should be classified as a disease that is preventable. Many cases of flu that did not have to suffer just because of neglect or may not know how to prevent it.
Do not assume trivial. Especially for the elderly, the flu is generally more severe than if they happen to younger people.
In addition because their immune systems are entering the age of aging are increasingly declining, the type of flu virus that enters the body is not necessarily the same.
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Hunger Edema in Children
Malnutrition fungi or edema, as is common, or signs of marasmus and kwashiorkor in Indonesia phenomenon could be attributed to chronic protein deficiency in children is usually caused by several things, among other things, the cause is not enough food nutritious for children, children do not have enough nutrition and child care with an infectious disease in May.
Direct cause may be due to natural disasters, the purchasing power of citizens, education, environment and health.
How to detect persons with malnutrition among children in a way that weighs on a regular basis, whether the relationship of weight with age below 60% (WHO standard NCHS), then the child may say or malnutrition by measuring height and arm circumference (purple), if not in accordance with the rules of normal children under 14 cm (standard WHO NCHS) gently suggested that malnutrition is producing.
Sequence of the effects of hunger in the berakibatkan reducing the level of intelligence of children, night blindness and diseases are especially vulnerable to infectious diseases. In line with the WHO, when the number reaches 30% expressed and needs for further action.
Prevention may be achieved by providing nutritious foods to children, such as vegetables, fruits, foods containing carbohydrates (like rice, potatoes, corn), protein-rich foods (eggs, fish, meat, etc), it is recommended that breastfeeding feeding (ASI) for children from 0 to 24 months.