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Strokes Eclipsed A Dozen Million of Youth People

Approximately 12 million of Indonesia’s population aged over 35 years could potentially have a stroke, in addition to the threat of disease from non-infectious diseases other. Hypertension or high blood pressure remains a major cause of stroke events in Indonesia.


It was raised in Stroke Care National Workshop held on Saturday (29/10) in the Office of the Ministry of Health of Indonesia, Jakarta. According to Kamil Kinali, Chairman of Care for Stroke, the predicted figures obtained from the Office of the Ministry of Health research results collected from all hospitals in Indonesia. ”It should be a comprehensive effort to control risk factors for stroke in the community,” said Kamil, last Saturday. Therefore, governments should develop strategic measures to increase public awareness. One way is to socialize more intensively on the cause of stroke, its prevention, treatment, until the management of stroke recovery.

Stroke is brain damage caused by blockages in blood vessels of the brain or rupture of blood vessels in the brain. According to Salim Haris, neurologist Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM), the majority of strokes caused by blockage (about 85 per cent) and the rest because of bleeding (15 percent). Damage to the brain cause disability that greatly affects quality of life of the patient or his family. In addition to loss of physical ability, stroke survivors also experience cognitive decline.

Ranked first
In Indonesia, stroke is the leading cause of death from non-infectious diseases. The findings of the case some what increased from year to year. According to Health Research Data Base in 2008, the prevalence of stroke patients reach 8.3 per 1,000 population in Indonesia. With a population of approximately 211 million people, meaning there are about 1.7 million stroke survivors. Amount from year to year are expected to continue to grow.

As you age, the incidence of stroke continues to grow. Each time the addition of the age of 10 years, calculated from the age of 35 years, stroke risk increased two-fold. Indonesia as much as 5 percent of people aged over 65 years had experienced at least once a stroke.

Towards productive age
Widjaja Laksmi, a specialist in physical and medical rehabilitation RSCM, said the number of stroke survivors who escaped death thanks to a growing number of technological advances in health. However, those who had suffered a stroke leaving more severe sequelae.

“Unhealthy diet, life style full of stress (pressure), and lack of exercise due to busy making a stroke shifts to the productive age,” said Widjaja. To help the recovery of stroke patients, 14 hospitals in the area of ​​Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Greater Jakarta) opening stroke clubs which came under the Association of Stroke Care. To avoid a stroke, every individual should pay attention to lifestyle, in addition to understanding the risk factors respectively.

Have We Started Healthy Life?

Healthy living today not only as a necessity, but has become a lifestyle. We know, health is one important factor in human life. The threat of a growing critical illness and health costs are driven up in recent years emphasized the importance of a healthy lifestyle should we run. Healthy lifestyles as not negotiable.

Facts according to the 2011 Global Trends Survey Report of the Medical Tower Watson stated that the health costs to rise between 10 percent – 13 percent each year in the last two years.
Healthy Lifestyle can start by avoiding stress and always think positive. Habits are at least able to anticipate and protect us from health risks that may arise. Healthy living as a lifestyle is largely determined by the point of view, goals and desires of each individual.
In that regard, the AIA Group show concern by conducting Healthy Living Survey, which is supported by global research company – TNS in 15 countries, in which AIA operates, such as Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, China, India, Taiwan , Australia, New Zealand, Vietnam, Macao and Brunei.
Particularly in Indonesia, a survey of 750 adults at the age of 18-65 years in the “Healthy Living AIA Index” indicates that the contribution of a healthy lifestyle is influenced by 1) Mind, happy, 2) a good family relationships, 3) Eat foods healthy and 4) Exercise regularly.
Although 62 percent of respondents undergoing regular exercise, but only 57 percent do so during the first hours or even less than 1 hour in a week. In connection with healthy habits, a pattern that has been there for a healthy life still revolves around “a lot of drinking water” and “eat more fruits and vegetables”. Therefore, efforts are needed more tangible to improve the standard of living healthy.
The survey results also showed that 84 percent of adult respondents Indonesia agree that companies must do more to help improve people’s lives healthier, one of which is to facilitate medical check-ups.
In line with this, one of the real efforts of PT. AIA FINANCIAL (“AIA”) is to provide free medical check-up every year to its employees, as well as to continue to remind employees to eat more healthy foods and creating a healthy work environment.
This survey is the early initiation of AIA that Healthy Living should be a concern of all parties as the optimal form of protection to employees, customers and society at every stage of human life.Remember, risk is unavoidable, misfortune never comes unexpectedly, and family and people we love will accept the consequences. Have we start a Healthy Life? We Protect, you and your loved ones!

Herbal Medicines, The Criteria Must be Safe

The use of herbal medicines as a supplement or alternative medicine is increasingly popular lately. The medicine is often considered to be without side effects, whereas herbal medicine is not always safe, even some manufacturers additional mixing chemicals in a natural product that claimed it.

According to Prof. Sumali Wiryowidagdo, many herbal remedies used for generations that have not proven with certainty because there is no research. ”In general, an entry in this class is a herbal medicine. The effect trust based on experience (empirical) alone,” he said in Herbal Extraction Technology Current events held PT Deltomed Laboratories in Jakarta.