Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Harmful Habits
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The human body is a miraculous auto-regulating factory. It has inbuilt systems to clean, feed, protect and destroy unnecessary things without needing us actually doing anything voluntarily.
This post gives an idea about mucous membranes. Non-medical people or even those in the medical field other than doctors,(even very experienced staff nurse)don’t know its purpose.
This is not a lecture, but an insight to understand a very basic but important concept.
Any structure, to remain as a structure, it needs covering. The ultimate 2 important coverings in the human body are:
1. Skin
2. Mucous lining(mucosa).
1. Skin
2. Mucous lining(mucosa).
The Skin provides the external covering, mucosa forms the internal lining. Imagine a pressure cooker. The outer plastic covering is skin. The inner Teflon coating is the mucosa. Just as a Teflon coating protects the contact areas of a vessel, the mucosa protect the exposed areas of the body.
Mucosa is similar to the skin but is very delicate. The Skin is very tough. We have skin in areas where we get friction. we have mucosas in places where we don’t have much friction but still exposed to external environment.
Just like skin produces sweat, sebum(an oily secretion usually comes out mixed with sweat, responsible for body odor), a mucosa secretes mucus. For skin, we can wash as we bath, because it is accessible.Mucus is essentially a watery liquid meant to wash the body lining, where we actually don’t have accessibility to wash. Imagine it to the small pipes in the temple entry, which streams out water and washes our feet. Since the body cavity is of various direction, mucus may not reach every place and also sometimes stagnates in a place because of pits. To prevent it, the body has inbuilt brushes(CILIA) which wipe away the mucus towards the exit point. These brushes are very delicate and will be destroyed even if we just rub it with our fingers. That’s why it is placed in the inaccessible areas.
1 . Ear canal mucosa- normally secretes wax, which prevents dirt in the air from depositing onto the tympanic membrane. So this dirt is mixed with wax and expelled out normally by CILIA. Normal chewing movements cause the daily accumulated wax to come out without us being aware of it.
It doesn’t want manhandling because trying to clean the ear with buds /any sort of instruments, actually destroy these brushes. So wax accumulates. The worse thing is wherever a mucosa is manhandled, it gets replaced with altered skin. When it gets sloughed it is not able to clear by itself, so accumulates repeatedly, causing the wax to harden. Chronic manhandling causes this altered skin to become cancer.
DONOT CLEAN YOUR EAR WITH BUDS.
It doesn’t want manhandling because trying to clean the ear with buds /any sort of instruments, actually destroy these brushes. So wax accumulates. The worse thing is wherever a mucosa is manhandled, it gets replaced with altered skin. When it gets sloughed it is not able to clear by itself, so accumulates repeatedly, causing the wax to harden. Chronic manhandling causes this altered skin to become cancer.
DONOT CLEAN YOUR EAR WITH BUDS.
2. Nose has the same mechanism, but most adults don’t rape the nasal mucosa and so it doesn’t need much mention here.
3. GIT: it means food passage. From inner, pink half of the lips to anus. We do not rub mucosa in mouth much. Though while brushing friction occurs, mucosa in the mouth is considerably tougher than ear/nose mucosa so it doesn’t get much damage unless using corrosives like betel leaves/tobacco(all forms – pan, gutkha, hans, cigarette smoke.) so only these people get cancer in the mouth.
4. Airway: it includes from the nose, windpipe(trachea), lungs.
Millions of infant deaths per year can be prevented by not doing a simple thing- blowing child's nose to vacuum clean it, showing the baby to sambrani (incense) smoke after bathing it.
Millions of infant deaths per year can be prevented by not doing a simple thing- blowing child's nose to vacuum clean it, showing the baby to sambrani (incense) smoke after bathing it.
5. Eyes: the eyes are very sensitive and any damage is permanent. Putting oil in eyes before going to sleep as an attempt of “cleaning “ your eyes and “improves vision”- don’t do it unless u have an extra pair of eyes ordered from eBay.
All mucosa in the body normally produces mucus. But the production rate is equal to clearance rate, so we don’t feel their presence. Whenever there is increased production/decreased clearance, we feel an increase in secretions like running nose, sputum after coughing.
Increased production occurs when there is more need to clean the mucosa- increased dust /bacteria/viruses depositing in nose/airway. It can be avoided by avoiding pollution or by treating the infection.(-eg.benadryl cough syrup-decreases secretion; but in addition, we have to remove the stimulus-bacteria/virus by using antibiotics).
Decreased clearance occurs when:
1. The mucus is very thick so that the brushes are not able to sweep them.
2.The brushes are destroyed by using buds/irritants like smoke, alcohol.
If the problem is because of increased thickness, we can use mucus thinners(Benadryl expectorant), which breaks the mucus and makes it easy for the brush to sweep away. And drinking lot of water to keep the mucosa moist and mucus watery. But if the problem is because of the destruction of ciliary brushes, there is no way in the world to bring it back/ make new ones. Once the mucosa is converted to an altered skin(metaplasia), it is irreversible and might in due course lead to cancer. The only thing we can do is prevent the destruction of remaining mucosa.
All mucosa in the body normally produces mucus. But the production rate is equal to clearance rate, so we don’t feel their presence. Whenever there is increased production/decreased clearance, we feel an increase in secretions like running nose, sputum after coughing.
Increased production occurs when there is more need to clean the mucosa- increased dust /bacteria/viruses depositing in nose/airway. It can be avoided by avoiding pollution or by treating the infection.(-eg.benadryl cough syrup-decreases secretion; but in addition, we have to remove the stimulus-bacteria/virus by using antibiotics).
Decreased clearance occurs when:
1. The mucus is very thick so that the brushes are not able to sweep them.
2.The brushes are destroyed by using buds/irritants like smoke, alcohol.
If the problem is because of increased thickness, we can use mucus thinners(Benadryl expectorant), which breaks the mucus and makes it easy for the brush to sweep away. And drinking lot of water to keep the mucosa moist and mucus watery. But if the problem is because of the destruction of ciliary brushes, there is no way in the world to bring it back/ make new ones. Once the mucosa is converted to an altered skin(metaplasia), it is irreversible and might in due course lead to cancer. The only thing we can do is prevent the destruction of remaining mucosa.
Potential insults to the mucosa:
1. Earbuds
2. Tobacco (both food passage and airway)
3. SMOKE (agarbathis, sambrani smoke to "cure " newborn's infection).
3. Alcohol(predominantly food passage)
4. Kajal, eye liners, putting oil in eyes
5. Rare( shaving ear canal /nose hairs)
1. Earbuds
2. Tobacco (both food passage and airway)
3. SMOKE (agarbathis, sambrani smoke to "cure " newborn's infection).
3. Alcohol(predominantly food passage)
4. Kajal, eye liners, putting oil in eyes
5. Rare( shaving ear canal /nose hairs)
All these things are simple kinder garden science, but our lack of awareness made it a wonderland. only those who saw it knows, others think it’s a bluffing.
Ultimate objective: DONOT DESTROY YOUR MUCOSA. U MIGHT HAVE THE PLEASURE WHILE DOING IT, BUT IT LL KILL THE MUCOSA, AND ULTIMATELY YOU. THE PROCESS IS IRREVERSIBLE SO NO MATTER HOW MIGHTY YOU ARE U CANNOT ESCAPE FROM THE CONSEQUENCES.
IS THERE A LIFE AFTER DEATH???
Today while I was reading about organ donation, I could not resist remembering a lady in her late 60s came to the OPD to get an attestation from my H.O.D some 4 months back. It was for her body donation after her death.
The decision was voluntary!! Though she was having heart disease of about moderate severity, she was not going to die any time sooner. But she was firm in her thought that she doesn't want her body to get wasted in the dust because of some religious or social beliefs. She wanted her body to be useful to the medical students for their learning in the medical college.
Her son also had consented this and legally documented not to impose any objection after death. Not only that, her son who was only 32, also made legal documentation for the donation of his body to the medical curriculum. His wife also did the same.
But she was not fully aware of organ donation. I explained her about organ donation as living donor and as a cadaver. I encouraged her to donate her eyes and other potentially transferable organs so that not only her body be used for education, but also someone will be living their life with the help of her organs. She had been motivated for the whole body donation by Dr.Mallikesan, Medical superintendent of SRMC medical college. I called him to check whether it is possible to enroll for organ donation after once registered for whole body donation. He told it is possible and she can help by doing both. She was so happy that she can save lives and also help in medical education.
I also want to mention that my personal motivation on whole body donation was from actor Kamal Hassan. He has legally registered for body donation, which I read in the news while I was in high school. There are a lot of arguments that he is doing this for publicity. But what matters is the ultimate outcome.
Only the people who argue are those who won't donate or have fear of the fact that they cannot tolerate even thinking about their body been ripped in pieces. Some people think " I would love to donate my body, but I fear my religion says if I am not burnt my soul will not attain peace, I will not reach the god or god will punish me if I do so against what had been told till now in my religion".
Just think for yourself.
DO YOU BELIEVE THE ALL-LOVING, TRUE SPIRITED GOD OF YOURS WILL PUNISH YOU OR HATE YOU FOR HELPING TO SAVE OTHER’S LIVES???
And in reality, YOU WILL NOT FEEL ANY PAIN, WHILE WE ARE CUTTING YOUR BODY BECAUSE YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD.
In fact, you will be only a dead body to even those who loves you and are willing to give their life to save you if possible. But the medical students will respect you. You won’t be treated like a doll, but you will remain a lifelong inspiration to them, a motivation for them to strive hard, so that what they have learned from you will be used for saving someone like you.
I wanted to post this on the day she visited, but don’t know why I did not. Nevertheless, this post is to spread awareness on whole body donation and organ donation after death.
IS THERE A LIFE AFTER DEATH????
YES, THERE IS LIFE AFTER DEATH. BUT ONLY IF YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE ONE.
(P.S: In my family, me and my mother are also registered for Organ donation. We will complete the paper works for body donation soon.)
SAY MMMMMMMM..................
Just humming might not get u to airtel super singer....but it will clean up your sinuses.
Just close your nose and mouth and try to make the sound Mmmmm...
This causes all the expiratory air to rush forcefully into sinuses. All the respiratory passages get air flow during inspiration(breathing in), except nasal sinuses. The sinuses get air circulation only during expiration (breathing out).
But during an infection, or in patients with sinus problems, its opening is blocked. So there can be no air circulation. Whatever force you may breathe in, will not open the blocked sinus gate, because its orientation is such that it will open only during expiration.
So even if your doctor says you have a sinus infection and it is incurable, still u can get the world's best cure rate by doing just Mmmmm…
And if u combine this with steam inhalation at least when you have a cold, you can avoid getting the infection spreading to your sinuses if u previously not had it and can considerably reduce the duration and severity of sinusitis, once the infection has occurred.
So the golden words for upper respiratory cleanliness are:
1. Mouth/throat gargling
2. Humming
3. Steam inhalation
4. Breathing exercises(pranayama or whatever name you might give it)-concept is breathing in slowly and deeply, holding for some time, and breathing out passively.
Nestle kills Babies
Most of the parents in India does not take doctor's sincere advice to breastfeed the newborn exclusively(only breast milk, not even water)for the first 6 months and add common home foods as a supplement after 6 months of age.
Almost every newborn is fed with feeding formulas. In the early 70's itself, various protests happened against IMS and many countries banned its use. In India, an act against its publicity and display is there, but no strict ban on those products.
The parents think they are doing their best for child’s growth by giving amul/cerelac/nestum or whatever brand of formula foods. They aren’t really wanting to harm their child, but their ignorance is harming it.
1. IMS are nutritionally poor compared to the breast milk. If fed with IMS, there is no space in the infant’s stomach for breast milk,
2. Also, breastfeeding is a great exercise to the newborn. Compared to the breast nipple, the bottle nipples are very flabby, so it is very easy to suckle. And once the practice starts, baby prefers the easy way, the bottles.
3. Breast milk is not only food but also contains antibodies, immunoglobulins. Therefore, the baby gets protected from diseases free of cost.
4. And there is very less cholesterol and complex proteins compared to IMS and cow's milk. The breast milk is easily digested so breastfed babies cry very often. This is particularly a concern for many mothers. When fed with cow's milk/IMS, they take very long time to digest and hence the babies sleep well (unhealthy sleep).
1. IMS are nutritionally poor compared to the breast milk. If fed with IMS, there is no space in the infant’s stomach for breast milk,
2. Also, breastfeeding is a great exercise to the newborn. Compared to the breast nipple, the bottle nipples are very flabby, so it is very easy to suckle. And once the practice starts, baby prefers the easy way, the bottles.
3. Breast milk is not only food but also contains antibodies, immunoglobulins. Therefore, the baby gets protected from diseases free of cost.
4. And there is very less cholesterol and complex proteins compared to IMS and cow's milk. The breast milk is easily digested so breastfed babies cry very often. This is particularly a concern for many mothers. When fed with cow's milk/IMS, they take very long time to digest and hence the babies sleep well (unhealthy sleep).
5. Working mothers complain that they have no leave sanctioned after delivery, so cannot be with the child to feed. Every company has crèche facility/if not it is their responsibility to provide one.
Also, breast milk can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 24 hrs, and in the freezer for up to 3 days. It can be boiled and given at home during office hours. If you can boil water for cerelac, you can boil breast milk. So if you spare a few minutes for expressing your breast milk before going to work, you will save not only money from buying IMS, but also your health, and your child’s life.
Also, breast milk can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 24 hrs, and in the freezer for up to 3 days. It can be boiled and given at home during office hours. If you can boil water for cerelac, you can boil breast milk. So if you spare a few minutes for expressing your breast milk before going to work, you will save not only money from buying IMS, but also your health, and your child’s life.
6. The most important concern of young mothers is they worry that their breast will become ugly if they breastfeed. But it is only a matter of years for your breast will lose its shape even if u don’t feed. Also, if you don’t breastfeed you might be at risk to get breast cancer and endometrial cancer. So it will be a life threatening mistake for both mother and child, if not breastfed.
All these factors together deprive the baby of having breast milk and prevent from acquiring the much-needed immunity. In result, the baby succumbs to repeated infections. The parents run for costlier versions of IMS, thinking that the previously used product was of inferior quality. The cycle continues.
Suppose a parent starts IMS at around 2mnth. Each pack costs around Rs.200 and you need 4packs/monthà so 800 pm. It is usually continued minimum up to 2 yrs. So total cost for IMS alone per child for 3 yrs: Rs.30,000.
Suppose a parent starts IMS at around 2mnth. Each pack costs around Rs.200 and you need 4packs/monthà so 800 pm. It is usually continued minimum up to 2 yrs. So total cost for IMS alone per child for 3 yrs: Rs.30,000.
There are about 20 births/1000 population in India-à around 25million births per yr. àso around 50 million children are below 2yrs at a time.
so, the scam comes to.. Rs.1,50,000 crores per year and continuing…
so, the scam comes to.. Rs.1,50,000 crores per year and continuing…
Now, Which is the biggest scam????? NESTLE/CERELAC/AMUL (INFANT MILK SUBSTITUTES) OR SPECTRUM 2-G ??
Do u still want to kill your baby and its future with IMS ?
For women: If u dont breast feed...
If you don't breastfeed your baby:
1. U are at risk for breast cancer
2. U are at risk for endometrial(uterus) cancer
3. U will have hormonal imbalance causing menstrual problems
4. U will have premature aging
5. Your child will get AIDS (nonviral counterpart- called secondary immunodeficiency syndrome SIDS)
2. U are at risk for endometrial(uterus) cancer
3. U will have hormonal imbalance causing menstrual problems
4. U will have premature aging
5. Your child will get AIDS (nonviral counterpart- called secondary immunodeficiency syndrome SIDS)
6.Your child will have no immunity against common diseases(around thousands of varieties of bacteria, viruses, parasites)...u cannot afford to administer vaccines for all these diseases...also even if u have the money, vaccines are not available for most of the diseases.
7.Routine vaccinations available throughout the world are only against less than 20 diseases. They do not protect against other thousands of diseases. During the first six months, immune cells in breast milk protect against these 20 diseases also.
7.Routine vaccinations available throughout the world are only against less than 20 diseases. They do not protect against other thousands of diseases. During the first six months, immune cells in breast milk protect against these 20 diseases also.
ARE YOU A FEMALE & AGE > 21 ?? OR DO YOU KNOW ONE ??
The "allegedly modern" women in India are now flocking towards health setups for "clearing up skin from acne", to get a toned skin/belly, and various other cosmetic reasons. They are not hesitating to tell others that they did some nose jobs/other beauty enhancing activities. one, because they want to show others that they have the desirable effects, two, these are done in fancy health setups which are considered to be visited by the riches. No one has their FB status showing "did lipoma removal from govt.hospital"-it is a prestige issue.
Keeping your issues aside, women should visit govt. PHC / UHCs nearby because there are some events routinely happening about many important health issues. One such important issue is on Cervical cancer.Every year cervical cancer is diagnosed in about 500,000 women globally and is responsible for more than 280,000 deaths annually.The current estimates indicate approximately 132,000 new cases diagnosed and 74,000 deaths annually in India.
The incidence rises in 30–34 years of age and peaks at 55–65 years, with a median age of 38 years (age 21–67 years).
The main association are Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) infections, which are acquired by sexual transmission. These viruses stay inside the female genital tracts(vagina, cervix) and start destroying the tissues. The destroyed tissues, in 10-12 years become transformed into cancer.
Risk factors for HPV infections are:smoking(active/passive),multiple sex partners,low immunity,early age of sexual intercourse. Though multiple partners are not much of a factor in India, early marriage with resultant early sex, husband smoking, and the recent trends like "less food for a slim body" and "junk foods to appear cool among peers" has induced malnutrition which poses imporatant risks for HPV infection in Indian women.
And the cancer incidence is more among the young age female 18-50. So the health advisories all over the world has created protocols for earlier detection of HPV infection and cervix tissue damage in these risk groups so that cancer can be prevented.
It is mandatory to test "all women" with age from 21(or 3 years after first sex, whichever is early) to 70.
The standard tests are:
1. Pap smear- detects tissue damage in cervix at starting stages itself.
The standard tests are:
1. Pap smear- detects tissue damage in cervix at starting stages itself.
2. HPV virus detection in the cervix tissues. These tests must be done every year upto 30yrs age and every 2-3 years after 30 yrs age. other technical details are unnecessary.
The govt has made arrangements for pap smear testing in all govt setups. Though rural women are using it more than the urban women, the awareness among both the groups is still less.
You can get the tests done from any govt/private gynecologist in the country. The govt setup is using standardised methods only, so no difference in accuracy when compared to private setups.
SO ARE YOU A SEXUALLY ACTIVE FEMALE & AGE > 21 ?? GO AND GET YOUR PAP SMEAR DONE.
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