PENJAGAAN KEHAMILAN - Senggugut Tak Jejas Hamil

SAYA berusia 24 tahun dan akan berkahwin pada tahun ini. Saya mengalami masalah senggugut yang sangat teruk setiap bulan. Masalah ini dihadapi sejak saya haid pada usia 13 tahun. Setiap kali penyakit ini datang, saya akan mengambil pil penahan sakit. Apakah kesannya pada kesihatan saya? Adakah pengambilan ubat akan menyebabkan saya tidak boleh atau sukar mengandung?

EIYA

Sebelum saya menjawab soalan anda, benarkan saya jelaskan masalah senggugut. Pelbagai anggapan yang tidak benar mengenai senggugut wujud di kalangan masyarakat kita.

Ada dua bentuk senggugut iaitu senggugut primer dan senggugut sekunder. Senggugut primer adalah senggugut yang berlaku sejak mula wanita itu didatangi haid seperti yang anda alami sekarang.

Anda mengalami senggugut sejak usia anda 13 tahun lagi. Senggugut jenis ini memang susah untuk dicari puncanya terjadi. Jikalau doktor melakukan laparaskopi untuk melihat dengan mata sendiri punca sengugut primer, lebih 90 peratus doktor tidak dapat mencari sebabnya. Selebihnya senggugut primer boleh berpunca daripada endometriosis dan jangkitan pelvis.

Kerap juga kami dapati urat-urat darah vena yang banyak bengkak dan membesar di sekeliling pangkal rahim. Jadi kemungkinan masalah pembengkakan urat-urat darah ini ketika haid berlaku menyebabkan sakit senggugut. Ini kita umpamakan seperti penyakit migrain yang mana urat-urat darah dalam kepala menyebabkan kita mengalami migrain.

Senggugut juga dikaitkan dengan masalah asid arachidonik dan horman prostaglandin yang ada dalam sistem peranakan wanita.
Ada persepsi yang salah di kalangan remaja dan ibu yang senggugut iaitu ia biasa dan normal serta tidak perlu mengambil ubat dan berjumpa doktor. Ini mungkin didikan daripada kecil dan si ibu juga mengalami masalah senggugut sama.

Bagi saya, memanglah senggugut satu kebiasaan pada wanita tetapi sekiranya senggugut mengganggu persekolahan dan pembelajaran atau pekerjaan seseorang perempuan, maka ia satu masalah perubatan. Ia memerlukan rawatan doktor ginekologi (perbidanan dan sakit puan).

Apa yang menarik mengenai senggugut primer ialah ia beransur kurang apabila wanita itu mencecah usia matang sekitar 20-an dan kebiasaannya selepas berkahwin dan mengandung, senggugut primer akan bertambah baik dan kadangkala hilang sama sekali.

Bagi anda, senggugut anda bertambah teruk setiap bulan. Ini mungkin disebabkan ada penyakit endometriosis yang berlaku sejak senggugut ini semakin serius. Senggugut primer juga tidak dikaitkan dengan masalah kesuburan.

Ini bermakna anda tidak perlu takut kerana ia tidak menjejaskan anda untuk untuk hamil selagi anda mempunyai haid yang teratur dan sempurna setiap bulan. Anda perlu menjaga berat badan anda bila berkahwin kelak.

Kalau kita bandingkan dengan senggugut sekunder biasanya mempunyai punca. Punca yang paling biasa ialah masalah endometriosis. Oleh kerana pertumbuhan dan perkembangan endometriosis bergantung kepada hormon estrogen yang dikeluarkan ketika haid, maka ia akan terus membesar dan merebak. Ini menyebabkan senggugut yang semakin serius setiap tahun. Endometriosis boleh menyebabkan wanita itu sukar mengandung.

Rawatan untuk senggugut primer selalunya dimulakan dengan ubat penahan sakit seperti ponstan yaag anda ambil sekarang. Bagi sakit yang sederhana, ponstan boleh mengurangkan kesakitan. Anda boleh campurkan dengan paracetamol bagi membantu sakit yang kurang berjaya dengan ponstan.

Pengambilan ponstan atau apa juga jenis ubat bukan steroid (NSAIDs) ini menyebabkan gastrik dan ulser perut. Ubat kumpulan NSAIDs melukakan lapisan perut dan gastrik berlaku sekiranya diambil pada masa panjang. Ada beberapa ubat penahan sakit lain yang boleh diambil bagi mengurangkan risiko gastrik. Anda perlu berjumpa doktor. Saya ingin maklumkan bahawa ponstan tidak menyebabkan anda sukar mengandung.

Ada juga senggugut ini tidak berjaya dikawal dengan ubat penahan sakit. Oleh kerana itu kebiasaannya doktor akan menyuruh pesakit mengambil pil perancang keluarga untuk beberapa bulan. Majoriti akan mendapati sakit senggugut akan banyak berkurangan. Kelebihan pil perancang keluarga ini selain daripada pencegah kehamilan, ia memberhentikan ovulasi dari berlaku di ovari. Apabila tiada ovulasi, maka senggugut akan hilang. Pil perancang juga membuatkan haid pendek, sikit dan teratur.

Kesimpulannya, saya cadangkan puan berjumpa doktor pakar ginekologi untuk rawatan. Kami akan lakukan ujian ultrasound untuk melihat sama ada anda mengalami sista endometriosis. Sementara menunggu hari perkahwinan, anda boleh gunakan pil perancang keluarga di samping ubat tahan sakit dan berhenti sebelum anda berkahwin.

Pil perancang tidak mengganggu kesuburan anda selepas anda berhenti mengambilnya. Selepas anda melahirkan anak, gunakan pil perancang sebagai kaedah yang baik untuk menjarakkan anak kerana anda mendapat dua kebaikan di sini iaitu mencegah kehamilan dan haid yang lebih teratur, sikit dan tidak sakit.

HIDUP SIHAT - Terapi Pernafasan Untuk Sakit Kepala Dan Keletihan

Seringkali apabila keletihan, kita akan berasa pening kepala, begitu juga sebaliknya. Kemungkinan stress semasa kerja, tak cukup tidur dan sebagainya. Hal ini banyak berlaku dikalangan pelajar sekolah atau universiti dan tidak ketinggalan golongan pekerja.

Terapi Pernafasan Untuk Sakit Kepala Dan Keletihan adalah jalan penyelesaian kepada kita yang sering dibelenggu masalah stress.Terapi ini amat mudah dilakukan.

1.  Kita memiliki hidung berlubang disebelah kiri dan disebelah kanan. Apakah fungsinya sama untuk menarik dan membuang nafas ?

2.  Sebenarnya fungsinya tidak sama dan dapat kita rasakan bezanya, sebelah kanan mewakili matahari (mengeluarkan panas ) dan sebelah kiri mewakili bulan (mengeluarkan dingin ).

3.  Jika sakit kepala , cubalah menutup lubang hidung sebelah kanan dan bernafaslah melalui hidung sebelah kiri dan lakukan kira-kira 5 minit , sakit kepala akan sembuh .

4.  Jika anda merasa lelah , tutuplah lubang hidung sebelah kiri dan bernafaslah melalui hidung sebelah kanan . Lakukan ulang-alik . Tak lama kemudian, anda akan merasakan segar kembali. Sebab lubang hidung sebelah kanan mengeluarkan panas, sehingga banyak sekali panas , lubang hidung sebelah kiri mengeluarkan dingin .

5.  Perempuan bernafas lebih dengan hidung sebelah kiri , sehingga hatinya cepat menjadi dingin . Laki-laki bernafas lebih dengan hidung sebelah kanan , sehingga cepat sekali marah .

6.  Apakah anda pernah memperhatikan pada saat bangun tidur, lubang hidung sebelah mana yang bernafas lebih cepat ? Sebelah kiri atau kanan ? Jika lubang hidung sebelah kiri bernafas lebih cepat , anda akan merasa sangat lelah . Tutuplah lubang hidung sebelah kiri dan gunakan lubang hidung sebelah kanan untuk bernafas , anda akan merasa segar kembali dengan cepat.

Cara tersebut boleh diajarkan kepada anak-anak , tetapi kesannya akan lebih baik jika diterapkan kepada orang dewasa .

7.  Saya biasanya merasakan sakit kepala , dan rasanya perit. Kemudian saya berjumpa doktor dan beliau bergurau: “Anda akan sembuh jika berumah tangga !” Doktor itu tidak bercakap kosong. Apa yang dia sampaikan adalah berdasarkan teori dan testimoni. Selama itu, setiap malam saya merasakan sakit kepala dan tidak dapat belajar. Saya mengambil ubat , tetapi tidak sembuh .

8.  Pada suatu malam, saya duduk bermeditasi dan menutup lubang hidung sebelah kanan dan bernafas dengan lubang hidung sebelah kiri . Dalam kurang dari satu minggu , sakit kepala saya sembuh . Saya teruskan melakukannya selama 1 bulan, sejak malam itu sampai sekarang , sakit kepala saya tidak berulang lagi.

9.  Ini adalah pengalaman saya sendiri . Saya beritahukan hal ini kepada orang lain, jika sakit kepala, cubalah cara tersebut kerana sangat efektif buat saya. Banyak orang lain telah mencubanya dan berhasil . Ini adalah terapi alam, tidak seperti makan ubat dalam jangka panjang yang memungkinkan ada kesan sampingannya. Jadi kenapa anda tidak mencubanya ?

10.  Dengan mempraktikkan terapi pernafasan ini secara betul (menarik dan mengeluarkan nafas), keadaan tubuh anda akan sangat tenang.

Selamat mencuba…

Sumber dari Wazy84.com

MAKANAN SIHAT - Khasiat Ubi Kentang

Khasiat ubi kentang

KALAU kanak-kanak mungkin mereka boleh makan kentang goreng tetapi saya mesti makan nasi setiap hari,” kata seorang rakan apabila mendengar saranan menggantikan hidangan nasi kepada ubi kentang.

Sebenarnya, hidangan ubi kentang bukan hanya kentang goreng seperti yang terdapat di restoran-restoran segera yang menjadi sumber lemak, meningkatkan kolesterol, melonjakkan risiko darah tinggi dan penyebab obesiti.

Hakikatnya, bukanlah ubi kentang yang menentukan sama ada baik atau buruk untuk kesihatan. Yang penting bagaimana bahan ini disediakan untuk dimakan.

Umum mengetahui ubi kentang sumber nutrisi karbohidrat popular di seluruh dunia.

Bagi menikmati khasiat sebenar ubi kentang, anda boleh menghasilkan hidangan seperti kek coklat kentang atau sup berkrim kentang.

Tahukah anda selain membekalkan sumber karbohidrat, kentang mempunyai khasiat lain untuk kesihatan?

Kajian menunjukkan dengan mengambil kira-kira 150 gram kentang, kita dapat memenuhi keperluan vitamin C untuk satu hari. Kandungan kalium dalam kentang pula boleh melegakan hipertensi.

Pakar Kesihatan dan Kesejahteraan, Carina Lipold memberitahu, ubi kentang mengandungi banyak manfaat kesihatan sekiranya dijadikan sebahagian amalan diet.

Katanya, ubi kentang kaya dengan serat, vitamin, mineral, fitokimia, rendah kalori dan pada masa sama mempunyai indeks kekenyangan tinggi.

“Sebiji kentang bersaiz sederhana (kira-kira 150 gram) yang dikukus dan dimakan dengan kulitnya, memberi sehingga 48 peratus daripada pengambilan harian Vitamin C yang disyorkan untuk seseorang, lebih kalium atau potasium daripada pisang serta mineral penting lain.

“Secara kesimpulan, saya boleh katakan kentang adalah ubi yang banyak kebaikan dan sesuai untuk sebarang amalan diet,” katanya pada majlis pengenalan menu dengan ramuan ubi kentang oleh Lembaga Kentang Amerika Syarikat di Hotel Le Meridien, Kuala Lumpur, baru-baru ini.

Gluten

Selain itu, ubi kentang dikenali sebagai makanan yang bebas gluten.

Menurut Carina, gluten merupakan bahan protein yang terdapat pada bijirin seperti gandum, barli dan rai.

Para pesakit yang menghidap penyakit gangguan gastrousus akan mendapat manfaat besar daripada kentang kerana makanan ini dinyah hidrat amat sesuai sebagai pengganti tepung yang mengandungi gluten.

Jadi tidak hairanlah, makanan ini sesuai untuk semua peringkat umur dan budaya, kentang malah menjadi makanan bayi yang baru bercerai susu.

Dalam piramid makanan, dua biji kentang bersaiz kecil sama dengan satu mangkuk nasi, dua keping roti dan satu setengah mangkuk mi.

Ubi kentang juga mengandungi potasium tinggi yang mampu mengurangkan risiko hipertensi, strok, melindungi jantung dan menolong transmisi pusat saraf serta melawan dinyah hidrat.

AMAZON RAIN FOREST - Time for a takeaway?

Time for a takeaway? The macabre moment a snake snatched a monkey from a tree and swallowed it WHOLE 

• - Júlio César Bicca-Marques, a researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande
    do Sul witnessed the incident in the Amazon rainforest
• - The video has caused scientists to rethink how vulnerable primates can be to skilled
    predators like the boa constrictor
• - Primatologist Paul Garber said the monkey might have escaped its fate if it had stayed
    with its group

By SARAH GRIFFITHS

PUBLISHED: 15:58 GMT, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 16:21 GMT, 30 August 2013

Scientists have captured the remarkable moment a boa constrictor attacked a fully-grown howler monkey to claim it as a substantial snack.

The incident, which took place deep in the Amazon rainforest in Western Brazil, is rare, as monkeys are usually adept at protecting themselves from predators. But the video shows the huge snake crushing the hapless monkey before swallowing it whole.

The video has caused scientists to rethink how vulnerable primates can be to skilled predators like the boa constrictor, that usually stick to smaller meals like rodents and birds, LiveScience reported.

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Scientists have captured the harrowing moment a boa constrictor attacked a fully-grown howler monkey to claim it as a substantial snack. Here the female howler monkeys clings to a branch in a futile attempt to pull herself from the crushing jaws of the snake

Júlio César Bicca-Marques, a researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, said the female Purús red howler monkey did not see the snake lying in wait in the tree.

In the study, published in the journal Primates, Dr Bicca-Marques suggests snakes prey on more New World monkeys than was previously thought.

Commenting on the study, Paul Garber, a primatologist at the University of Illinois said it is known that snakes, raptors and big cats do attack monkeys but filming macabre spectacle is very rare.

The monkeys, which have good vision, usually defend themselves by living in groups and collectively keeping an eye out for threats.

But the unfortunate monkey in the film broke away from her group of five in the Amazon jungle before meeting the snake.

The boa constrictor reportedly struck at the monkey and swiftly wrapped it in a death-grip by coiling its muscular body around the monkey, which tried to free itself by gripping a tree, but was crushed.

The snake lay in wait crouched in a tree while the female monkey broke away from her group. The boa constrictor struck the monkey before crushing it with its powerful muscles. Here, the dead monkey is being swallowed head-first by the snake

The snake's attack was typical, according to experts. It crouched in once place, camouflaged in the foliage to wait for its next meal. 

Boa constrictors are so patient they have been known to wait in one spot for around one month.

The female monkey was followed by a companion who was unable to save her friend from the powerful snake, despite hitting it several times.

Defeated, the healthy monkey retreated, leaving the boa constrictor to swallow her crushed friend head-first over a period of just over one hour.

The video shows the snake using its muscles to swallow the bulky monkey, which is thought to weigh around six kilogrammes - and then a rather huge bulge in its belly.

Primatologist Dr Garber believes the monkey might have avoided being eaten if it had of stayed with its group, adding: 'being a solitary monkey is definitely not a good thing'. The monkey-shaped bulge is clearly visible in the snake's stomach

Dr Bicca-Marques told LiveScience: 'According to observations on predation attempts on howler monkeys made by other researchers, howlers often don't do anything to defend the victim.'

Dr Garber believes the monkey might have avoided being eaten if it had of stayed with its group, adding: 'being a solitary monkey is definitely not a good thing'.

The researcher claims it is the first time that a terrifying attack of this type has been caught on camera, although recent studies have found more rare types of primate predation, including a leopard eating a chimpanzee.

SLEEP PROBLEM - Poor sleepers take 6m sickies

Poor sleepers take 6m sickies: One in five workers admits taking a day off after a bad night's sleep

• - Sickies cost to UK economy running to £611 million
• - but almost half of people, 44%, never enjoy a lie-in
• - lack of sleep caused by decreased concentration levels, grumpiness and rows at home

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 00:05 GMT, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 00:05 GMT, 30 August 2013

Sleep-deprived workers take six million sick days a year according to a survey, with the cost to the UK economy running to £611 million.

One in five workers surveyed admitted taking a 'sickie' because of a bad night’s sleep, according to the online poll of 2,044 people by bed firm Silentnight, who appealed for volunteers for research in a sleep clinic.

Only 13% of those polled said they slept peacefully, while of those kept awake regularly almost a third, 32%, blamed the thought of having to get up early the next day and 26% blamed money worries and work stress.

Catching up on sleep the next day: Almost a third blamed the thought of having to get up early the next day and 26% blamed money worries and work stress

One-sixth of workers choose to catch up on sleep while travelling on public transport but 7% admitted to falling asleep while at their desk and 4% during a meeting.

The survey showed almost half of people, 44%, never enjoy a lie-in - even at weekends - with most lie-ins lasting less than 30 minutes.

Problems people said were caused by a lack of sleep included decreased concentration levels, grumpiness and rows at home.

Dr Nerina Ramlakhan, Silentnight's sleep expert, pictured, says a few steps can make a huge difference to getting a good night's sleep - switching off from work and social media channels

Dr Nerina Ramlakhan, Silentnight’s sleep expert is searching for 10 people with everyday sleep issues to take part in a four-week sleep clinic with information and advice available for the public to follow online as the study progresses.

Dr Ramlakhan said: 'Sleep is crucial to our health and well-being and it is clear from the findings that lack of quality sleep is making a real impact on people’s lives - from absence from work, decreased concentration levels and arguments in the home.

'A few simple steps can make a huge difference to getting a good night’s sleep.

'Switching off from work and social media channels an hour before bed, taking the time to unwind, eating a balanced diet and making sure that our sleep environment is as tranquil as possible are all positive steps in the right direction.

'The Sleep Clinic is aimed at educating people across the UK that a few simple techniques can help the nation get a great night’s sleep every night.'

More information about the sleep clinic can be found at www.silentnight.co.uk.

PEOPLE - Chinese father chains his blind, mentally ill son in a cave

Chinese father chains his blind, mentally ill son in a cave after losing their home (while he goes to live with his daughters)

• - Cheng Xingtao, 26, was born blind and mentally disabled
• - His 70-year-old father abandoned him after losing their family home

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 13:31 GMT, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 14:25 GMT, 30 August 2013

A father has told how he's turned his handicapped son into a real life caveman - chaining him naked to a rock face in central China.

Astonishing pictures of tragic Cheng Xiangtao, 26 - born blind and mentally disabled - chained by his ankle to his cave in remote Chengling village, Henan province, have outraged the country.

Dad Cheng Yuanchao, 70, abandoned his son after losing his home and going to live with his daughters.

Visit: Cheng Yuanchao during one of his three daily visits to see Cheng Xiangtao, who is covered in dirt and dust

Cheng Xiangtao, 26, was born blind and mentally disabled - and must now live out his life in remote Chengling

'I have no home of my own now and nowhere to house my son. This is the best I can do. I visit him three times a day with food and water so he is never hungry of thirsty.

'The chain is there only so he doesn't run off and hurt himself,' he claimed.

'I'm not a wealthy man and we've never been able to afford doctors who might have been able to help him.

Under lock and key: Cheng Xiangtao's father insists that this is the best way to care for his son... while he has moved in with his daughters

The miserable existence of Cheng Xiangtao has been met with outrage throughout his native China

'There just isn't anywhere else for him to go. I don't like to see him like this but I have no choice.

'He won't wear clothes and if I don't put the chain on he runs around hurting himself,' he added.

But the pictures have shocked Chinese commentators after they appeared on social media.

'It is appalling. Is this the best his father and his village can do? He'd be better treated if he was a pig or a cow,' said one.

PEOPLE - Cannibal cult leader who drank girls' blood is hacked to death by villagers

Cannibal cult leader who drank girls' blood is hacked to death by villagers after escaping from a Papua New Guinea jail and murdering another woman

• - Stephen Tari among inmates who escaped while a guard changed shift
• - Tari gathered thousands of disciples in Papua New Guinea's jungles
• - Enigmatic figure wore white robes and preached his gospel from a rock
• - He was accused of raping, murdering and eating three young girls

By RICHARD SHEARS

PUBLISHED: 10:29 GMT, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 10:53 GMT, 30 August 2013

A cannibal cult leader calling himself Black Jesus, who slaughtered his 'Flower Girl' followers and drank their blood, has himself been murdered in the jungles of Papua New Guinea.

In flowing robes, Stephen Tari, 40, a failed Bible student, once led 6,000 'disciples' through the mountainous regions of the country, but was accused of killing at least three young girls and, as their mothers were forced to watch, drinking their blood.

Calling himself 'the true Christ', he was convicted of only rape three years ago - before the country brought in new laws that meant convicted killers and rapists could receive the death penalty - and was among 48 prisoners who broke out of jail six months ago.

'Black Jesus': Notorious cult leader Stephen Tari after he was captured in Papua New Guinea in 2007

Since then he has been on the run with a handful of faithful followers, but his bizarre life came to an end when he was said to have murdered a village woman this week and attempted to take the life of another.

Surrounded by furious villagers on Thursday, he is believed to have been beaten and hacked to death, along with one of his henchmen in the remote village of Gal in the northern province of Madang.

A special investigation by the Daily Mail six years ago heard from three women who said they had witnessed Tari drinking their murdered daughters' blood in bizarre sacrificial ceremonies in village huts as he led his followers through the jungle.

Because of the remote area where he was murdered, police have not been able to establish whether he allegedly murdered a woman because he had started up his former cult and needed more human sacrifices.

Madang provincial police commander Chief Superintendent Sylvester Kalaut told the Post Courier newspaper that the village where Tari met his death is several miles by foot along jungle tracks from the nearest small town.

Capture: The feared Tari was beaten by villagers and tied up before being handed over to the police in 2007

'We are sending police and a doctor to the village to ascertain the cause of death.

'The village where he was based is a four hour walk and from advice and given reports of the state of his body, he will have to be buried soon after the post-mortem is conducted,' said Superintendent Kalaut.

Followers: Tari gathered more than six thousand disciples with his preaching in the jungles (library image)

The police officer warned that other prisoners who remain on the run and who might be associated with Tari should give themselves up.

'He is now dead and this could be the fate of the others who are also on the run from the authorities. I am warning and strongly urging those escapees to surrender themselves to authorities.'

At the height of his infamy, Black Jesus wore long white robes as he stood on a rock in a jungle clearing and preached his own kind of gospel to his disciples. He told the crowds that they would receive gifts from heaven if they followed him.

But behind his preachings was evil intent. Luring young females he called his Flower Girls into huts, he cut their throats and consumed their blood, mothers testified later.

One woman said she was ordered to drink her own daughter's blood on one occasion.

Police were unable to capture him, despite knowing where he was because of the constant the presence of his large 'flock' - he was guarded by henchmen who carried rifles, spears and bows and arrows.

But villagers finally carried out a 'citizens' arrest' in 2007 and Tari was eventually jailed.

Now, it is village power once again that has brought an end to his warped teachings. It is expected he will be buried near the small jungle community where he was killed.

THE 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD - ...... But most Britons can only name one

The Seven Wonders of the World... But most Britons can only name one

• - Original list was drawn up by Greek scholars in the third century BC
• - But now only one of the ancient monuments still exists 
• - 61% of Britons were able to name one - usually the Great Pyramid in Giza
• - But only 21% were capable of coming up with a second
• - Respondents to the survey have come up with seven new suggestions
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By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

PUBLISHED: 08:44 GMT, 30 August 2013 | UPDATED: 10:59 GMT, 30 August 2013

Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk

The seven wonders of the ancient world are said to be the most remarkable creations of classical antiquity, yet only six per cent of Britons can actually name them all, a survey has revealed.

While 61 per cent of those quizzed managed to name one - in most instances the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, only a paltry 21 per cent were capable of coming up with a second.

And a shameful 12 per cent of those who took part in the survey were were unable to name any at all. 

The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, built between 2584 and 2561 BC was the one ancient wonder of the world most Britons were able to name

However the lack of knowledge may not be altogether unexpected as out of the all the monuments on original list it is now only possible to visit one - the Great Pyramid.

All the others no longer exist. Most were destroyed by earthquakes and experts now doubt that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which were said to have been laid out on an artificial mountain in Iraq, ever existed at all.

The original list was drawn up by Greek scholars around the third century BC for travellers in the eastern Mediterranean.

However over three quarters of the 2,486 people quizzed for the survey by online travel agency bonvoyage.co.uk, said they they found the ancient monuments 'boring'. 

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon is said to have stood on the east bank of the River Euphrates, from around 600BC before being destroyed by earthquakes although many experts now doubt it ever existed at all

An engraving of Statue of Zeus at Olympia. The temple was built between 466and 456 BC. The statue was added in 435 BC. It was disassembled during the 5th and 6th centuries AD and later destroyed by fire

An engraving of the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus in Turkey. It was built by the Lydian Greeks in 550 BC and again at 323 BC. It was destroyed in 401 and only fragments now remain

Bonvoyage.co.uk have responded by asking those who took to suggest a new set of seven wonders of the modern world instead.

The top choice was the Statue of Liberty in New York harbour. The other six are all natural phenomena consist of The Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, Table Mountain, the Northern Lights and Mount Vesuvius.

Bonvoyage.co.uk spokesman Steph Curtin, said: 'After discovering the lack of knowledge and awareness among the general public regarding the seven wonders of the world, the team here felt compelled to investigate what landmarks are now highly coveted as modern day wonders.'

The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus at Bodrum, Turkey, was built in 351 BC by the Greeks Carians and the  Greeks but was destroyed by earthquakes in 1494     

The Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, was built by the Greeks between 292 and 280 BC. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BC

The Lighthouse of Alexandria, sometimes called the Pharos of Alexandria was built between 280 and 247 BC on the coastal island of Pharos at Alexandria, Egypt. It was destroyed by an earthquake in 1303

THE OLD SEVEN WONDERS

• Great Pyramid of Giza
• Hanging Gardens of Babylon
• Statue of Zeus at Olympia
• Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
• Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
• Colossus of Rhodes
• Lighthouse of Alexandria

...AND THE NEW SUGGESTIONS

• Statue of Liberty  
• The Grand Canyon
• Niagara Falls
• Great Barrier Reef
• Table Mountain
• The Northern Lights
• Mount Vesuvius

'The collated list produced some great results, such as the Statue of Liberty and the Great Barrier Reef, but also a couple that we weren’t expecting, including the Northern Lights and Mount Vesuvius.'

Forty-three per cent of those questioned claimed they had learned all seven ancient wonders at school and simply forgotten them over time.

The classic seven wonders are The Great Pyramid of Giza, The Hanging Gardens of Babylon, The Statue of Zeus at Olympia, The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Colossus of Rhodes and Lighthouse of Alexandria.

And in with the new...

The Statue of Liberty was a gift to the United States from the people of France. It represents Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, the tablet she is holding is inscribed with the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776

The Grand Canyon in Arizona, USA,  stretches for 277 miles and is up to 18 miles wide and over a mile deep

Table mountain is a flat-topped mountain creating a stunning backdrop to the South African city of Cape Town. The level plateau stretches two miles from from side to side

The Northern Lights, also known as Aurora Borealis (seen here in Lapland, Finland) are a natural light phenomenon caused when charged particles collide with atoms in the thermosphere

The Great Barrier Reef off Australia's Queensland coast is the world's largest coral reef, stretching over 1,600 miles and covering an area of approximately 133,000 square miles. It is composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands

Mount Vesuvius is seen behind a cast of one of the victims of the famous eruption of A.D. 79. which led to the burying and destruction of the Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum

Niagara Falls comprises three waterfalls that sit on the border between the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of New York