What the doctor may have to include
If your doctor has not mentioned the following topics during your first consultation, not because he or she is purposely omitted this information. Chances are you do not already mentioned because pregnancy affects each woman differently. For example, some women experience nausea in the morning, others feel nausea throughout the day, and some never feel nauseous. Your doctor may forget to mention something that has a medical focus – your doctor may not have more knowledge than your neighbor on your increasing shoe size! In addition, some women think they mention the increase in breast size or hemorrhoids are having problems too personal or embarrassing to ask their doctors.

Any concerns you have regarding the physical or emotional health of your baby, no matter how trivial or irrelevant it may seem, should be discussed with your doctor. He or she has seen many expectant parents, some more some less worried and concerned that you, and can let you know when not to worry or give more information if you have to pay attention to a problem. And if your doctor does not take the time to listen to your concerns and do not seem them seriously enough, you should feel free to seek a second opinion.

Approximately 80% of women develop so-called pregnancy spots (melasma). The most vulnerable areas are those that are exposed to direct sunlight as the forehead, nose, cheekbones and chin.

Result of these hormonal changes can also notice that your moles are obscured and you should consult a dermatologist.

How to prevent skin spots

Using sunscreen with UV protection . In many cases not be prevented completely, but the sunscreen will help prevent the spots are so dark. In many cases, the spots disappear after delivery.

In the event that the spots do not disappear after delivery, you can perform treatments lightening creams or gels that give good results.

For more information on this consultation with a dermatologist and check vitazo these tips to prevent staining in pregnancy.

Itching of the body
It is common the occurrence of itching during pregnancy . This can be due to many causes but often relates to a functional disturbance of the liver, induced by the hormones of pregnancy.
usually occurs during the second or third trimester of pregnancy is very important that your doctor know during your routine office.

To relieve itching natural lotions can be used based on oats, as it has soothing effect, calming the skin and antipruritic. Also useful for bathing soap substitutes, called syndets, not contain detergents, dyes or perfumes. If you also have oatmeal, add the properties of it.

Skin spots
90% of pregnant women experience the appearance of dark spots on the skin as a result of a hormone that is increased by pregnancy. This hormone induces increased production of skin pigment (melanin), causing darkening of the areolas, in the genital region and in the midline of the abdomen. You can even notice that your moles and to have obscured this fact is advisable to consult a dermatologist.

These spots and pigmentation changes usually appear during the second or third trimester of pregnancy and disappear after delivery.
Another spot frequently observed in almost 70% of pregnant women, is melasma, also known as the “mask of pregnancy”. Its name comes from its preferred location on both cheeks, back of the nose and / or forehead. Melasma can also occur in women taking oral contraceptives.
An effective measure to prevent the progression of skin pigmentation is the use of sunscreen, because sun exposure worsens the situation. If after pregnancy stains persist treatments may be lightening creams or gels with very satisfactory results.

Skin Tightening
The loosening of the skin over the abdomen, due to the growth of the uterus, resulting in the development of stretch marks in a large percentage of women. During pregnancy, stretch marks have a pinkish-red, then taking a whitish appearance. May also occur in people who get fat and lose weight quickly.
The places where most frequently reported are the abdomen, breasts, hips, buttocks and thighs. His treatment is quite difficult as prevention, but is very useful to face the changes, keeping the skin moisturized by applying lotion or natural moisturizers, such as those with dexpanthenol.

Other skin changes
Other skin changes observed during pregnancy may include:

• Appearance of hair on face, arms and legs
Usually disappears within six months postpartum.

• Nail changes
Become fragile and brittle.

• Increased sweating
It is the result of circulating hormones during pregnancy.
• Acne
The sebaceous glands are active and may be responsible for the onset or exacerbation of acne.

• Spider
Vascular level, the vessels may bulge appearing varicose veins in the legs or visible small blood vessels, commonly known as “spiders.”

When should I worry?
Remember that in any situation that catches your attention you should consult your doctor. It was he who takes advice and treat if necessary.

Features
is a malignant disease (sometimes called blood cancer) and is characterized by an arrest in the maturation of the cells responsible for the formation of blood constituents with proliferation and uncontrolled growth of immature blood cells. This proliferation originates from the bone marrow level, from which it spreads to the blood and responsible for manufacturing different tissues, ie spleen and lymph nodes. A genetic mutation produces an alteration in these tissues and leads to start producing an abnormal number of white blood cells and can become so numerous that the blood will have a whitish appearance.

These white blood cells that fail to mature, called blasts, produce two major effects: do not perform properly its function of defending the body, and live much longer, so in a shorter or longer period of time so that proliferate difficult to create in the heart of red blood cells (which carry oxygen inside the body) and platelets (which deal with blood clotting).

When white blood cells proliferate too, the bone marrow is impaired in its function and blood composition varies, arriving in advanced disease to vary the color of it, giving rise to the name of this disease (white blood).

The loss of properties of blood, by the drastic change in its composition, may cause several complications, which are those that can cause death in a shorter or longer period of time. The most common complications include anemia, infections (bacteria, fungi, etc..) Internal and external bleeding, and so on.

Leukemia is divided into two categories according to their process:
- Acute leukemia: is one that produces a large accumulation of blasts, with a rapid evolution if not treated effectively.
- chronic leukemia, is more frequent than before but their development is slower. In this type, blood-forming tissues partially still working well, so that the blood found in normal white blood cells and abnormal blasts (immature). It features a long life expectancy.

It also identifies the type of leukemia by cell type affected. The division is:
- lymphoblastic leukemia: white blood cells affected are those produced by the lymph nodes and spleen.
- myeloid leukemia, the blasts coming from the bone marrow.

In short, leukemia is the most common cancer in childhood (between 35 and 40% of children suffer). While the causes that cause is unknown, have been associated with factors such as exposure to ionizing radiation, chemicals (pesticides, benzene, etc..) Or alkylating agents, and likewise rarely seen these antecedents in children.

At present, due to a better understanding of tumor development, the treatments are carried out effectively healing by 50 and 70% of cases.

Growing out of control, the cell becomes abnormal sizes and shapes, destroy neighboring cells, organs and bones, consuming part of the nutrients and energy from the patient, and weakening the body’s defenses. In medicine these diseased cells called cancer, a disease that can occur at any stage of life, from birth and throughout the development of human beings. Cancer is not a communicable disease. Cancer is an uncontrolled spread of cells in any organ or tissue, which occurs when a group of cells escapes the normal control mechanisms in their replication and differentiation.

Childhood Cancer
On the occasion of World Day against cancer, February 4, the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), devotes its celebration this year to the fight against childhood cancer because of that today, this disease is the second most common cause Infant mortality in children aged between 1 and 14. Statistics teach that each year more than 160 000 children are diagnosed with cancer in the world. 80% of pediatric patients live in developing countries. According to the International Union Against Cancer (UICC) in developed countries, three out of four children with cancer survive at least five years after diagnosis, thanks to advances in diagnosis and treatment of this disease. In developing countries, more than half of children diagnosed with cancer is likely to die. In Spain, after accidents, cancer is the second leading cause of infant mortality. Today, both the incidence and prevalence of childhood cancer are on the rise. Because of that, it becomes increasingly necessary in a better and early diagnosis and effective treatments.

The most common cancers in children
According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the most common cancers in children are leukemia (cancer of white blood cells), followed by lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes), brain tumors (cancer that can be placed in many parts the brain), and osteosarcoma (bone cancer). Tumors account for 80% of all cases. Leukemia is the leading cancer occurs in childhood. There are several types. The most common in children is acute lymphoblastic leukemia, and often have children aged between 2 and 8. After leukemia, brain tumors are the second most common cancer in childhood. May occur between 5 and 10 years. And followed by tumors are lymphomas, which are cancers that develop from the lymphatic system. Less frequently, there are usually small intestine cancer, liver, spleen, nervous system and bone marrow.

The specialist recommended that parents, be alert to changes and symptoms they observe in their children such as prolonged fever, swelling in the abdomen, pallor, loss of energy and weight quickly and headaches persist. Bleeding may also occur, loss of balance, sudden change in behavior of the child or the child and decrease or loss of vision. As in all cases, it is essential to see a doctor and rule out self-medication. If you make a diagnosis and prescribe appropriate treatment, the prognosis for children with leukemia is very good.

Types of leukemia in children
Approximately 98% of leukemias in children are acute and are divided into acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and acute myeloid leukemia (AML). About 60% of children with leukemia suffer first and about 38% of AML. Lymphocytic how the disease occurs more often in small 2 to 8 years , with a marked incidence at the age of 4 years. If a child has a twin who was diagnosed with the disease before age 6, has a chance of developing ALL or AML of 20% to 25%. In general, twins and other siblings of children with leukemia have an increased risk of developing the disease two to four times higher than average.

Childhood Leukemia Treatment
According to experts of the Foundation Joseph Carreras to Fight Leukemia, treatment is complex, varies by type of leukemia and is often not the same for all patients. May include: drugs or chemotherapy intravenously or oral, intrathecal chemotherapy (medications are inserted into the spinal cord with a needle, in an area called the subarachnoid space), radiotherapy, bone marrow transplant or umbilical cord blood, biological therapy, medicines to prevent and treat nausea and other side effects of treatment, blood transfusions (red blood cells or platelets) and antibiotics to prevent and treat infections.

The finding came after monitoring the case of two twin four-year-old living in southern England, of which one was healthy and one affected by this type of cancer . Although both had preleukemic cells, only one of them developed the disease. The scientists found that a genetic mutation is responsible for the origin of childhood leukemia and explained that “the development of blood cell cancer in childhood, requires a” small but crucial group of cells “suffer two mutations.” The first occurs during the first period of gestation and the second during the first months of life the child. According to experts, this second genetic modification could be triggered by a common infection (such as a cold), preleukemic cells to transform into malignant cells resistant to chemotherapy.

According to the study, “1% of children have preleukemic cells, but of these, very few suffer the second and Mutation. “This finding is encouraging for the scientific community, it opens the way for the investigation of shorter treatments, less aggressive and less side effects, which seek to attack only the malignant cells. Now the new challenge of pediatric oncology is not only to cure cancer, but to provide the best possible quality of life for children with this disease.

About the study :
• She and her colleagues analyzed data from nearly 3,000 pregnant women who reported stressful events in weeks 18 and 34 of pregnancy
• About 37 percent reported two or more stressful events and about eight percent reported on six or more
• Money problems and relationships, unemployment and problems with other children, a difficult pregnancy and a death in the family were found between stressful events cited by women
• The behavior of children women was assessed at 2, 5, at 8, at 10 and 14 years
• “Two or less stressful events during pregnancy are associated with poor behavioral development of children, but increased three or more events, the risks of difficult child behaviors increase. ”
• It was found that the type of stressful event itself was less important than the quantity of them. Events that occurred at the beginning or end of pregnancy did not affect risk, the study said.

These sections provide very valuable and useful information about the changes you should expect to occur in your body. You can also find useful strategies and tips to help you cope and overcome the physical demands that entails the fact of being pregnant.

Although it is very easy to see the changes that will be occurring in your body, being able to know what is happening with the development of her baby / a-depending on his sex-is much more complicated. The section entitled Pregnancy calendar contains a number of descriptions to help you learn about your baby’s development in a gradual and continuous. You should also carefully read our section devoted to this issue of Your Baby’s Development as well as the section entitled The Different Stages of infant development. Finally, it is very important to read the section Calculating the due date to learn about the best way to calculate the date at which your baby will be born.

Consult your doctor immediately whenever there is fever. This can harm the developing fetus.

Avoid contact with toxic chemicals, both at work and at home (eg, paints) and storage of these without the proper security measures because they can be teratogenic, cause birth defects in the fetus.

Extreme environmental hygiene, food and, of course, personal.
Avoid contact with animals that lack of sanitary control. Do not forget that some may transmit certain diseases (eg toxoplasmosis) which pose a risk to the fetus.

Meet all gynecological routine pregnancy and maintain close communication with your doctor, see any problem, however small it may seem. To provide a pleasant family. Not self-medicate. If your doctor has prescribed a treatment, not change it.

Abstain from alcohol or drugs. Delete snuff. No abuse of coffee.
Do not eat raw meat or undercooked. The liver is a food rich in vitamin A, a nutrient that, if taken in excess during pregnancy, may be teratogenic. For this reason, and because it may contain traces of toxic substances that the animal has ingested, it is recommended to reduce consumption to a minimum.