Archives for November, 2009
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
The influenza virus in winter leads to chest infections, asthma, pulmonary disease and bronchitis. In such conditions, it is better to avoid activities in the cool mornings and choose to evening exercises and joggings. For those having weak lungs, chest physiotherapy and steam inhalation are preferred. Avoid pollution of all kinds. It is better to have the vaccines –the influenza vaccine and pneumococcal vaccine to reduce the intensities of flu attacks. Avoid cold foods like yogurt, cold salads, ice-cream, etc. Instead drink hot soups, ginger tea, spicy rasam and sipping hot black coffee can work much better against asthma. Also food rich with Vitamin C, tomatoes, capsicum, ews pumpkin, citrus fruits and gooseberries can boost immunity and prevent cold, cough and sniffles. Spasm of trachea and bronchus is due to allergens in the atmosphere and so it is very important to keep the surroundings clean and dry. In acute conditions, patients used to have pills and injections to get relief from chronic condition. Now advances in Medical Science can cure immediately Steroid inhalers under the Doctor’s guidance very effective for good respiratory health. Yoga, simple pranayam and kabalabhaati exercises
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
In the normal course of pregnancy, fertilisation takes place in the fallopian tube and the fertilised eggs move to the uterus and starts growing. Sometimes, the fertilised eggs do not reach the uterus and starts growing outside. This is called an ECTOPIC PREGNANCY. Since it is abnormal, it cause complications As the pregnancy grows, it can cause ruptured ectopic and it can result in life threatening bleeding inside the abdomen which needs emergency surgery..Abnormal vaginal bleeding, pelvic pain, weakness, dizziness, shoulder pain are some of the symptoms. The Doctor once suspects the ectopic pregnancy, she starts performing pelvic examination, pulse and BP. An USG scan is done to locate the pregnancy Ablood test is done for hormone, humanchorionic gonadotropin (hCG) .Sometimes, the pregnancy could not be identified inside the uterine cavity. In which case, a laproscope may be required to confirm the ectopic unruptured pregnancy. The conservative management is to give methotrexate injection which stops the growth of the pregnancy and permits the body to absorb it and also avoids removal of the tube. If the treatment fails, then the laproscopic surgery is done to remove the tube. Even if one tube is removed, there is good chance for future pregnancy Remember if a woman had previous history of ectopic pregnancy, ensure with doctor the pregnancy location. . .
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Friday, November 13th, 2009
We can hurt ourselves in many ways like burns, bump to head, scrapped knee , itching insect bites, cutting fingers by razors, etc. Minor injuries can be treated with cold pack for 20 minutes to stop bleeding. Then apply a warm wet cloth to help reabsorb the blood. For cuts and wounds, wash the wound with water from the tap, wash it with a dry cloth and put on a antibiotic band-aid. Large wounds must be treated with Doctors only. Diabetic wounds, control blood sugar levels. Wounds are partial as on some people, they close, form crust and fall. With others, serious wounds take longer time to heal and require Doctors attention. Bed sores are bad. Some of the important factors like lack of vitamins, nutritious food, smoking, stress, illness such as diabetes, malfunctioning of thyroid, hypertension can decrease the body’s capability of healing. Scar formation may turn into dark-coloured. In olden days, many had belief in grandma’s treatment for wounds such as rubbing honey gently over the wound, applying turmeric an antiseptic agent, lime (chunna), plant latex and herbs as they have fear to go to hospital. If the treatment fails to heal the wounds, never hesitate to approach a doctor before it gets worsened.
Caution: Don’t suck bleeding finger, tie an injured limb to stem bleeding, never put ice on burns as it leads to delay in healing and damage and don’t pop blisters as it exposes raw skin resulting infection.
Uterine fibroids are non-cancerous tumoursformed of connective tissue and smooth muscle. They grow and attached to the uterine wall. They are also known as leimyoma or myoma. It varies in size may be small or big. As the fibroid grows, the uterus may become deformed and lose its shape. Most fibroids are non-cancerous but it may also turn into cancerous. Fibroids pose bigger problems for the women all over the world because it ends with hysterectomy The cause of fibroids s not known. It slowly grows and may be present in the body for many years before any symptom occurs. Fibroids are rare in the case teenaged girls. It mostly occurs in child bearing women. The growth of fibroids is influenced by hormones estrogens and progesterone. During pregnancy, fibroid grow because of enormous rise of the two hormones. During menopause, the tumours shrink due to lack or hormone estrogens. Some fibroids formed of the same muscle tissue of the uterus. When it grows on the top of the wall of the uterus, it is called subserosal fibroid. It may also forms like a thin stalk and hang from the uterine wall. It is called peduneculated fibroid. Intramural fibroid grows with wall of the uterus and can grow outwards or into the cavity of the uterus. It is called submucosal fibroid It may also grow like thin stalk outside the mouth of the uterus. This is called fibroid polyp. Submucosal fibroids beneath the uterine cavity result in heavy or irregular bleeding. The fibroid can be diagonised by the Gynacologist by examination and using USG SCAN whole abdomen.
