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How smoking affects pregnancy?

Wowww!!!! Instead of a comment, Edbert leaves a question to the post "Passive Smoking"!

This is his question, "What happen if you smoking while pregnant?" (What happens if moms smoke during pregnancy?")

Well, Ed. Clarissa has the answer for you.

-. You will have higher risk of having a baby with LOW BIRTH WEIGHT.

-. Smoking in pregnancy increases the risk of SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME (SIDS),       also known as cot DEATH.

-. Smoking during pregnancy may effect your child's mental DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR, leading to a short attention span and hyperactivity.

In addition to Clarissa's answer,

Smoking during pregnancy affects moms and the baby's health before, during, and after the baby is born. The nicotine (the addictive substance in cigarettes), carbon monoxide, and numerous other poisons mom inhales from a cigarette are carried through the bloodstream and go directly to the baby. Smoking while pregnant will:

• Lower the amount of oxygen available to mom and the growing baby.
• Increase the baby's heart rate.
• Increase the chances of miscarriage and stillbirth.
• Increase the risk that the baby is born prematurely and/or born with low birth weight.
• Increase your baby's risk of developing respiratory (lung) problems.

The more cigarettes a mom smokes per day, the greater the baby's chances of developing these and other health problems. There is no "safe" level of smoking while pregnant.

So, How Does Secondhand Smoke Affect Pregnancy?

Secondhand smoke (also called passive smoke or environmental tobacco smoke) is the combination of smoke from a burning cigarette and smoke exhaled by a smoker.

The smoke that burns off the end of a cigarette or cigar actually contains more harmful substances (tar, carbon monoxide, nicotine, and others) than the smoke inhaled by the smoker.

If moms are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke, moms increase their and their baby's risk of developing lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, allergies, asthma, and other health problems.

Babies exposed to secondhand smoke may also develop reduced lung capacity and are at higher risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).

Source : http://www.webmd.com/baby/smoking-during-pregnancy

Elang

Elang adalah hewan berdarah panas, mempunyai sayap dan tubuh diselubungi bulu pelepah sebagai burung. Elang memakan tikus, tupai, kadal, ikan, ular dan ayam. Elang juga memakan serangga. Elang bereproduksi dengan cara bertelur. Pertumbuhan elang adalah dari telur menjadi bayi elang dan menjadi elang yang dewasa. Elang dapat terbang 65 km per jam.

Oleh : Nathanael

Monokotil Vs Dikotil

Perbedaan ciri pada tumbuhan monokotil dan dikotil berdasarkan ciri fisik pembeda yang dimiliki :
1.Bentuk akar
- Monokotil : Memiliki sistem akar serabut
- Dikotil : Memiliki sistem akar tunggang
2. Bentuk sumsum atau pola tulang daun
- Monokotil : Melengkung atau sejajar
- Dikotil : Menyirip atau menjari
3. Kaliptrogen / tudung akar
- Monokotil : Ada tudung akar / kaliptra
- Dikotil : Tidak terdapat ada tudung akar
4. Jumlah keping biji atau kotiledon
- Monokotil : satu buah keping biji saja
- Dikotil : Ada dua buah keping biji
5. Kandungan akar dan batang
- Monokotil : Tidak terdapat kambium
- Dikotil : Ada kambium
6. Jumlah kelopak bunga
- Monokotil : Umumnya adalah kelipatan tiga
- Dikotil : Biasanya kelipatan empat atau lima
7. Pelindung akar dan batang lembaga
- Monokotil : Ditemukan batang lembaga / koleoptil dan akar lembaga / keleorhiza
- Dikotil : Tidak ada pelindung koleorhiza maupun koleoptil
8. Pertumbuhan akar dan batang
- Monokotil : Tidak bisa tumbuh berkembang menjadi membesar
- Dikotil : Bisa tumbuh berkembang menjadi membesar

Valerian practices badminton

     How much do you like sports? My students, boys and girls do like them so much. They are fond of playing football after school. Well, boys and girls play together (grin). Therefore, our school arranges sport clubs for our students to fulfill their passion in sports specifically in football and badminton which are done every Saturday. These clubs are also aimed to develop their talents and skills and to teach them sportsmanship. 

     Valerian is one of our talented students who has made a nice progress in badminton club. He absorbs the lessons and techniques taught by the coach very well. Indeed, his coach said that he has gained good skills.

       Well, I hardly know the skills in badminton (grin). You may directly check it out in this video.

So, what do you think?

ASTHMA

We have known that asthma becomes one of the long term health risks of smoking.

 

What is asthma?

Asthma is a common condition that affects your airways and causes difficulty with breathing. Most people with asthma who take the appropriate treatment can live normal lives, but left untreated, asthma can cause permanent damage to your airways. Very rarely, a severe asthma attack can be fatal.

If you have asthma, your airways become irritated and inflamed. As a result, they:

• become narrower
• produce extra mucus

This makes it more difficult for air to flow in and out of your lungs.

Symptoms of asthma

Asthma symptoms may be mild, moderate or severe. They may include:

• coughing
• wheezing
• shortness of breath
• tightness in your chest

These symptoms tend to be variable – not everyone gets all the symptoms and they may stop and start. They are often worse at night or in the early morning.

Causes of asthma

The causes of asthma are not always clear. However, there are often triggers that can result in a flare-up of symptoms. Common triggers include:

• respiratory infection – such as a cold or flu
• irritants – such as dust, cigarette smoke and fumes
• chemicals (and other substances) found in your workplace – this is called occupational asthma
• allergies to pollen, medicines, animals, house dust mites or certain foods
• exercise – especially in cold, dry air
• emotions – laughing or crying very hard can trigger symptoms, as can stress
• changes in the weather – especially changes in temperature
• medicines – certain medicines can trigger asthma. Most medicines are safe, but, if you have moderate to severe asthma, it’s best not to take the painkillers aspirin and ibuprofen. Beta-blockers, used to treat high blood pressure or angina, may make asthma worse

In children, asthma is more common in boys than in girls but in adults, women are more likely to have asthma. Asthma may run in families.
If you smoke during pregnancy, your baby is more likely to get asthma. If you smoke and have young children, they are more likely to get asthma. Premature or low birth weight babies are also more likely to develop asthma.

How an asthma attack occurs?

Watch the video below to see how an asthma attack occurs.

 Source : http://www.bupa.co.uk

PHOTOSYNTHESIS

Every cook needs ingredients to make a meal. Consider a simple sandwich: cheese, tomato, and all the ingredients that go into the bread: flour, water, salt and yeast. Oh, and don’t forget the pickle. But if you’re a plant, you’ll make your meal through photosynthesis—and all you’ll need is a little light, water, and carbon dioxide.

 

Animals (including us!) need energy to grow and thrive. We get that energy from eating food. Plants need energy, too, in order to grow and reproduce. But plants make their own food through a process called photosynthesis.
The word photosynthesis contains clues to its meaning: the prefix photo comes from a Greek word meaning “light.” The root synthesis comes from another Greek word meaning “to put together.”
Through photosynthesis, plants use the energy of light to put a meal together using water and carbon dioxide. To absorb the light, the plants use chlorophyll, the pigment that makes leaves green.
The diagrams beside show how photosynthesis works.