Monday, March 31, 2014

The relationship of water to health

The relationship of water to health Most of the body of organisms, including humans consists of water. Globally, about 80% of the human body is composed of liquid water in addition to that there are elements and minerals, the large is for human physical growth, such as Ca, Mg, Fe, Cu and other elements. In the human body there are about 33% water in fatty tissues and bones, 77% in meat, 80% in the lung and kidney, 84% in the nerve tissue, body fluids (plasma) 99.5% (David, 2008) .
The human body is mostly made up of water, approximately 60-70% of their body weight. For its survival, the human body requires, among others, the amount of water depending on body weight. For adults require approximately 2,200 grams of water every day. Usefulness of water for the human body, among others for digestion, metabolism, transport of nutrients in the body, regulate body temperature and keep the balance not to body drought. If the body loses a lot of water then it will result in death (Sutrisno, 2006).
If it be the incidence of epidemic diseases transmitted through water is always associated with water quality used as human studies that have used John Snow in the UK in two centuries ago that the spread of various infectious diseases related to contamination of drinking water from local PAM (David , 2008).
Water is very closely related to human life, which means a huge role in human health. Some of the things that shows the relationship of water to health is the presence of pathogenic organisms in the water that can cause illness or health problems such as bacteria, protozoa, and viruses. Besides showing the relationship of water to health is the presence of non-pathogenic organisms such as actinomycetes, algae, and bacteria coliform (Sutrisno, 2006).
In countries that have developed water-related diseases are very rare, because of the water supply is very fuel-efficient. However, in developing countries may be as much as 2 billion live without safe drinking water (save water) and adequate sanitation, as a result, victims of water-related diseases in developing countries is high and even up to the level of scary.
A survey conducted by the WHO last shows the fact that every day 30,000 people have died from diseases caused by water. At any time there are approximately 400 million people suffering from stomach and digestive diseases (gastroenteritis), 200 million people suffer from schistosomiasis, 160 million people suffer from malaria, and 30 million people suffer onchocrriasis. All the above types of disease can be attributed to water although other environmental factors influence.
Microorganisms contained in water derived from various sources such as air, soil, trash, mud, plants dead or alive (carcass), human and animal waste, other organic materials and so on. Microorganisms may live in the water durable, long lasting or not live in water because the environment is not suitable.
Water can be a medium carrier of pathogenic microorganisms that are harmful to health. Pathogens are often found in water is mainly bacteria that cause infections such as Vibrio cholerae gastrointestinal causes cholera, shigella dysenteriae causes bacillary dysentery, typhoid and salmonella causes typosa S. paratyphi causes paratyphoid, polio and hepatitis virus and Entamoeba histolytica causes amoebic dysentery. To prevent the spread of waterborne diseases is necessary to control water pollution.
Jumlahdan types of microorganisms contained in water varies depending on various factors. These factors are is as follows:

    
Source of water
    
Components of nutrients in the water
     
Toxic components
    
Aquatic organisms
     
Physical factors
Factor X is a chemical substance that dissolves easily in water and can cause problems as follows:

     
Toxicity
    
Chemical reactions that lead to:
     
Excessive deposition
    
Incidence of persistent foam, which is difficult to remove
    
The emergence of physiological responses that are not expected to change the taste or the effects of physical embodiment laxatif water.
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