Is Your Health Portfolio Balanced?

We are all aware of the need to balance our financial portfolio so that in times of hardship or when disaster strikes -- stock market drops, pink slips, etc -- we will be affectedby financial challenges as little as possible. Having a substantial bank account allows us many opportunities that people with lesser financial savvy and preparation mustforego.

Perhaps you are at a “comfortable” financial level, able to pay off bills and credit cards timely, and have enough disposable income to enjoy a good quality of life. Perhaps youenjoy an “extremely high” financial level, with unending “toys”, travel when and where you want, and other opportunities for the “good life”. Either way you are able to handlesudden financial challenges and able to take advantage of financial opportunities as they come your way. Feels good, doesn’t it?

But what about your health portfolio? When faced with challenges such as a cold, flu season, children’s ear infections, etc. do you just accept them as part of life? What aboutwhen disaster strikes in the form of a serious health challenge to you or a family member. Is your health bank account equipped to fight back?

In the United States, the average age of disability (when quality of life becomes so poor that you need help for daily activities of living) is 65 years old. Modern medicine isproviding miracles in keeping us alive longer -- increasing our “lifespan”. But what about the quality of our lives? If we want to continue our “healthspan” along with our“lifespan”, it is imperative to raise the level of our health bank account as well as balance our health portfolio.

If you think the cost of health care has gone through the roof now, wait until the majority of baby boomers reach the “age of disability”. Now is the time to take a serious lookat your own health bank account and ask “Do I have all the energy I need each day?”, “What is my ‘cushion’ in case of serious illness?” and “Does my health portfolio needbalancing?”

التهاب الخصية

الالتهاب الخصوي Orchitis هو التهاب لاحدى الخصيتين ، أو كلتيهما (وهو اقل حدوثآ).

ويمكن أن ينتج عن عدوى بكتيرية أو عن فيروس النكاف .

يمكن الوقاية من التهاب الخصية بالحصول على اللقاح الواقي من الحصبة و النكاف و الحصبة الالمانية .

قد يحدث التهاب الخصية أيضآ في حالات عدوى البربخ .

الأعراض :

تتضمن اعراض الالتهاب الخصوي حدوث تورم و الم في الخصية المصابة بالاضافة إلى حمى مرتفعة .

وإذا كانت كلتا الخصيتين ملتهبتين ، فإن الالتهاب و العدوى يمكن أن يضعفا الخصوبة .

التشخيص و العلاج:
إذا كنت تعاني من اعراض التهاب الخصية ، فإذهب إلى الطبيب في اقرب وقت ممكن ، وسوف يفحص الصفن وغدة البروستاتا ، وقد يقوم بتحليل عينة من البول لتحديد سبب الإلتهاب .

وإذا كان الإلتهاب الخصوي نتيجة عدوى بكتيرية ، فسيصف لك مضادات حيوية .

ويشمل علاج إلتهاب الخصية الناتج عن فيروس النكاف إعطاء أدوية لتخفيف الألم وكمادات باردة لتخفيف تورم الصفن.