ANIMAL BITE MANAGEMENT

 

 The Rabies is an acute viral disease caused by animal bite. Not only blood but from the saliva also rabies can be transmitted. The fatality rate is nearly 100%. Once the symptom is developed in rare cases patient is survived. There is no known effective treatment. So the animal bite management should be dealt with utmost care. 

Almost  all warm blooded animals including man can cause the disease. In almost 96% cases dogs are responsible for human rabies. Next is the cat (2%). 

Animal transmitting Rabies:

A. Domestic: Dogs and cats 

B. Peri-domestic:  Large ruminants (cows and buffaloes)  Small ruminants (sheep and goat),  Mammals  like pigs, donkeys, horses, camels etc. 

C.  Wild: Any wild animal Foxes and jackals, mongoose, leopard, bear etc. and even monkey. 

D.  Not reported: Bird, squirrel, bats, rodents 

Human-to-human transmission has never been confirmed other than organ transplantation. Organ transplanted from rabies –infected donors can transmit the infection to the organ recipient. Individuals with symptoms of unexplained encephalitis before death should, therefore be excluded as organ donors. Also, people who have been exposed closely to the secretions of a patient with rabies should be offered PEP as a precautionary measure.  

The observation period of 10 days is valid only for dogs and cats due to the fact that the incubation period of rabies is known and quite specific in dogs & cats, unlike in other animals. If the biting dog or cat had rabies virus in its saliva when it did the biting, research shows that it would die or show clinical signs of rabies within 10 days of bite.

How to manage the wound

 a. Wash the wound immediately (as early as possible) under running tap water for at least 15 minutes.

b. Use soap or detergent to wash the wound 

c. After thorough washing and drying the wound apply antiseptic e.g. Povidone iodine, etc. 

d. Don’t apply irritants viz. chillies, soil, oils, turmeric powder, lime, salt, plant juice etc.

e. Don’t touch the wound with bare hands. 

Wound washing must be performed even if the patient is late.

 Anti Rabies Vaccination

Fortunately, rabies is a preventable disease. PEP, which involves a series of shots and sometimes rabies immunoglobulin, can prevent the disease from developing if administered promptly after exposure. 

Doctor Consultation: 

Since the fatality rate is very high and there is no effective treatment once symptom is developed, consultation with Doctor is indispensable when animal bite, even scratch is happened. 

 

 

Fixing of Loose Teeth

 

Can I tighten my loose teeth? The answer is ‘yes’. Yes, you can tighten your loose teeth as before. Our believe is that we are adult and once our teeth are loose, (whatever reason may be) we have nothing to do and left untreated. But this is wrong belief and due to unaware of the fact we never care to protect our teeth and consequently loose it.

Reason of loose teeth

There are many reasons behind loose teeth. The main reason of loose teeth is poor oral hygiene. Maximum cases of loose teeth are due to poor oral hygiene. Other causes are injury on teeth, disease related to gum, pregnancy or osteoporosis.

Protecting loose teeth

It is better to meet a dentist and discuss the issue. He will suggest the best treatment for your loose teeth. In modern age there are several methods. The main method to fix the loose teeth is to join the loose tooth with adjacent teeth with the help of fibre or wire. It is called dental splinting. There are other methods also including medicines. It is just like healing of fracture of bones. If broken parts of bones are placed together and left for several weeks, automatically the bones will be joined together. Besides this avoid eating hard food. Gargle with salt water and maintain dental hygiene. The main idea of tighten the teeth is to maintain the oral hygiene and leave it undisturbed.

Fever and Home remedies

Fever is not a disease. When a person’s body temperature increases above the normal range, we call the person is suffering from fever. The normal body temperature slightly differs from one to another. Normally the body temperature of a person is ranging between 37.1 and 38.3 C (98.6 to 100 F). When the body temperature increases the person feels cold or chills. Sometimes fever may go up to 108oF also. More than 30% children are brought to Health Care for treatment of fever.

Symptoms: The person is feeling chills or shivering is the main symptom of fever. Other symptoms are loss of appetite, headache, irritation, muscle pain, lethargy, sleepiness and weakness. 

 

Causes :

Main cause of fever is infection caused by virus, bacteria and parasite. Common cold, influenza, urinary tract infection, malaria, dengue etc are common fever related diseases. Other reasons are vaccination, cancer etc.

Remedies: In most of the cases intake of plenty fluid, light diet and rest can help to reduce the temperature. Home remedies include turmeric, ginger, basil (tulsi), lemon-honey, coriander seed power (Dhaniya) and cumin-water (jeera). Paracetamol may help to lower the body temperature. Doctor will prescribe as per the body weight and age. At least six hours gap should be maintained between intake of medicine. For high fever sponging with cool water and placing wet cloth on forehead help to lower the temperature. For children cool water should not be used. Doctor’s attention is required. For adult also when the patient feels breathing trouble or loss of consciousness or high temperature (above 103 F) etc visit a doctor as soon as possible.

Home remedies for COVID-19 in India

COVID-19 is a highly infectious disease and transmitted from person to person through droplet. Novel Coronavirus was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province of China in November 2019. Initially, WHO announced in social media that cluster of pneumonia cases with no death is happened in Wuhan. On 11^th March 2020 WHO declared COVID-19 as a pandemic. 

It mainly affects lungs. Older people, children and people of any age with underlying medical conditions are at high risk if exposed to COVID-19.

Symptoms of  COVID-19

1.      Fever
2.      Dry cough
3.      Difficulty in breathing
4.      Loss of taste
5.      Sore throat
6.      Nasal congestion
7.      Headache & body pain
8.      Diarrhea
9.      Rash on skin
 
These are the possible symptoms and may vary from person to person. Some infected people may not have any symptoms or mild symptoms. Generally symptoms appears between 2-14 days after exposure of the virus. Thermal scanner or breathing exercise cannot detect COVID-19. Laboratory test is the only way to confirm the infection of COVID-19
 
Prevention

Prevention is always better than cure. Since vaccine not yet developed, we should take sufficient precautions to avoid COVID-19 infections. Older adults, children and people with co-morbidities or pre-existing medical conditions like liver disease, heart diseases, asthma, HIV, Cancer, diabetes need extra precautions. One can be exposed to COVID-19 in high temperature also. Drinking alcohol also does not prevent or cure COVID-19.  

 How long Coronavirus will survive on surface, it mainly depends upon the materials. On plastic it can survive for longer period (72 hours). On other materials it can survive 4 hours or longer.

To prevent yourself from COVID-19  following precautionary measures can be taken.

1.      Maintaining at least one meter distance from people
2.      Frequent washing of hands with soaps  or using alcohol based sanitizers
3.      Avoid touching mouth, nose and eyes
4.      Covering mouth, nose and eyes
5.      Cleaning and disinfecting frequently touched surfaces.
 
Home remedies

Vaccine for Novel Coronavirus not yet developed. Several experts and research institutes from diverse backgrounds are working to develop vaccine but in general way it will take time. It is expected that effective vaccines will be made available shortly. Till then we have to wait, stay safe and increase our immunity.  Let’s explore our immunity booster:

1.  Don’t be panic: If you are infected by Coronavirus. Don’t be panic. It may reduce your immunity. Keep patience. Remember more than 80% patients are without symptoms or mild symptoms. Keep away from negative Corona virus news.
 
2.  Regular exercise: Practice free hand exercises and breathing exercise, walk at least a mile and involve yourself in physical activities.
 
3.   Healthy diet: Take healthy diet so that your body can fight against COVID-19
 
4.   Drink Warm water: Drink warm water three to four times a day.

 
5.    Eat spices: Use spices like Ginger, turmeric, cumin, garlic, black pepper etc.
 
6.    Take Vitamin C: Take fruits and vegetable rich with vitamin C like lemon, oranges, broccoli, and spinach.

 
7.     Use Herbal: Take herbal tea and Basil regularly.
 
 
The above remedies will just boost your immunity to fight against COVID-19, but there is no evidence to cure the disease. You may prefer the home remedies in case of mild symptoms.
 
The traditional or home remedies can give you comfort. However, patients is to be closely monitored. Immediate medical care must be taken in case of difficulty of breathing, pain in the chest, very high fever, complications or any other irregular symptoms like bluish or discoloration of lips or face.

How to take care during adolescence period

What is adolescence: Adolescence may be defined as the period when a girl or a boy transit from a childhood to adulthood. It is also called pubertal period. Early stage of adolescent development is puberty. In adolescent period various bodily and physiological and also psychological changes take place. The adolescent period may be extends from pubescence to late teens. In this period physical changes of a boy or girl is completed.

Characteristics of adolescence: One can not say the exact time of starting adolescence period. It may begins in 10 to 15 yrs depends upon the physical structure and psychological development. It also depends upon the socio-economic development. But we may determine it for Boys, the overt evidence may be the first nocturnal emission and for girls it begins with the first menstruation. Various physical and psychological changes developed which begin at puberty and it continues through out the whole adolescence period. The rate of changes during adolescence may vary from person to person. Following are the main physical and psychological changes:

Physical Changes:

1. Change of voice in boys and development of breast in girls. Growing of hair.
2. From the age of 10 years the boys lose their height advantage over girls and during middle teens they regain the advantage. The girls generally become taller than the girls who begin to menstruate at an earlier date.
3. At the early puberty period the girls tend to become heavier than boys but from the later period of puberty the boys tend to heavier than girls and it continue.
4. The skeletal structure of a boy and girl seemed to be same in childhood. During adolescence changes take place. Boy’s form is usually characterized by straight leg lines, slender hips and broad shoulders and girl’s leg lines usually become curved and her hips widen although her shoulders remain narrow.
5. The strength of a boy during adolescence and later period increases over girls.
6. Some particular ailment like pimple.

Psychological changes and mental development:

1. Sudden physical changes effect on mind during adolescence period.
2. During adolescence period ability of logical thinking developed
3. In childhood they memorize rhyme and words. But from the adolescence period they feel interest in ideas.
4. Their personal interest changes. They are extremely interested in clothes. They usually like bright colors and modern fashions.
5. Feel interest in opposite sex
6. Positive peer relationships developed. Maintain distance from elder family members and parents.
7. Increase interest in moral values and beliefs.
8. Emotional and sensitive
9. Development the sense of identity. During adolescence they like to establish themselves as an individual.

How to take care a boy or girl during adolescence period:

A boy or a girl during adolescence is very much emotional sensitive. Various mental and physical changes take place during adolescent. Due to sudden change in body and mind they feel hard to adjust with newly developing characteristics. Physical appearance is a major problem for every boy or girl. They like to look in mirror again and again and want to be beautiful. They want to compare with popular movie stars. Teenagers feel interest in opposite sex. Day dreams together with sexual urges are the main problem of a boy or girls during adolescence. Their interest is also changed and tries to maintain distance from parent and other elder members of the family. One has to handle a boy or girl during adolescence period very carefully. You have to make them acquainted with the changes during adolescence period. Tell them that the changes are normal and you have passed such a period also. For girls, mother or teacher should discuss freely about the menstruation so that they can familiar with the matter. If a teenager feels discomfort with the short height or feeble body, tell them about great personalities with such disadvantages. You may advice them to built a good personality. Frankly tell them that the sexual urge also normal for every human being. You may grow interest in music, painting, reading etc. Physical exercise or outdoor game plays a very important role for teenagers. Give importance to their feelings. Don’t rebuke them or punish. Counseling is good. They are emotional and sensitive, try to understand them.

Remedies for Back pain and Spondylitis

There are several causes behind back pain. Spondylitis is one of the major causes but all back pains are not necessarily spondylitis. AnkylSpondylitis is an inflammatory disease. Long time inflammation leads to pain around the spin and ultimately in fusion of vertebrae or rheumatological disorder of the lumber spin resulting chronic pain and stiffness. Now a days a good number of people especially the age group 35 to 45 are compelled to visit to Physician for back pain. Men are attached twice to thrice by Ankylosing Spondylitis than the women. In the long run it can affect other organs like eyes, lungs, kidney even heart also. Children also can be affected by Spondylitis.

Symptoms of Spondylitis: Pain or stiffness in neck, low back, upper buttock area. Breathing trouble Fusion of the spine Curvature of the upper torso Loss ob balance Uneasy in the neck and shoulder Weakness Walking trouble

Diagnosis Ankylosing spondylitis can not be diagonosed just through a single test. There are several examination to diagnosis the spondytis. Before diagnosis in medical loaboratoy you can test yourself. First look at your family history. Is there anybody in your family having the disease? Watch carefully if the back pain or uneasyness lasted for more than 90 days. Are you feeling fatigued? If your reply is “yes” then you have to go for further tests to diagnosis.

Physical examinations: Inflation in eyes Breathlessness Stooped posture Signs of inflammation and decreased range of motion of joings Decreased flexibility of the low back and or neck. Clinical Examination X Ray , Ultrasonography and MRI scanning Blood tests: HLA-B27, ESR and CRP tests.

Treatment of Spondylitis Medicines: Anti inflammatory drugs are most commonly used.

Immunosuppreasants are also used. If the above two are ineffective TNF blocking medications may be used. Some times Steroidal anti inflammatory drugs like cortisone is required to be injected to give relief from pain.

Exercise: Regular exercise plays an important role to back to your health. Following are the useful exercise to relief from spondylitis. Deep breathing Lying down with face down Maintain erect posture everytime Swimming Strecching Surgery: Some time surgery can relief from Ankylosing spondylitis.

Root Canal Treatment or RCT is unique way to save your damaged teeth

If you do not brush properly or take sweets regularly a cavity may be developed in your teeth. In early stage of cavity you can protect your teeth by filling. If the cavity is unattended for a long time the pulp of the tooth becomes infected and consequently your teeth will be damaged. At the beginning of infection you will feel uneasy or little pain to take hot or cold drink and afterwards you have to suffer from severe toothache. You may think to extract your infected tooth. Stop extracting your tooth. There is a way to restore the health of your damaged tooth. How is it possible? It is possible through Root Canal Therapy or RCT.

What is Root Canal Therapy(Root Canal Treatment):Root Canal Therapy is the treatment to restore the healthy condition of a damaged tooth.

What is Root Canal:
Basically a tooth has two parts: Crown and Root. Crown means the visible white part above the gum and roots is the anchor of jawbone. The bone holds the tooth with the help of small ligaments attached to the tooth. Root canal is the canal inside the tooth. Main canal may be one or two with some intricate branches. It contains soft tissue, the dental pulp. The pulp receives nutrition through the blood vessels and nerves carry signals back to the brain to warn of adverse events and circumstances.
When root canal treatment is required:When you visit your dentist for toothache, he will ask you how you feel pain at the time of drinking or chewing. Severe pain in tooth during chewing or during drinking of hot or cold drinks or swelling around the gum of a damaged tooth may require root canal treatment. Your dentist will suggest for x-ray to assess the underlying roots and surrounding bone and evaluate the condition of your gum.
How root canal therapy done:The basic idea of the therapy is to remove the pulp from the root canal. First the tooth will be separated with the help of rubber dam kit. Then the dentist will make a small whole on the crown to eliminate all the content of the pulp chamber with the help of tiny and flexible files. Then with the help of delicate file your dentist will clean the canal with up and down motion so that the canals are disinfected. Then the cavity will be temporarily sealed.
How many seatings are required:Depending upon the condition of tooth, position of tooth, number of root etc. it may take three to five seatings.
Is it possible to restore the health of a damaged tooth fully through RCT:Since the tooth receives nutrients from the adjacent tissues and bone so the tooth is not a dead tooth and bring back the sensitivity and you may feel like your other teeth.
How much painful it is:
Now a days Root canal therapy is almost painless.

How long the treated tooth last: If you take proper care by regular brushing especially after each primary meal, take less sweets and undertake regular dental check up, your tooth may last long.

Remedies for sleeplessness or insomnia

Are you passing Sleepless nights? Looking for remedies? Read the articles and ready to sleep deeper and longer without spending even a single penny.

Sleeplessness is also called as ‘Insomnia’. The number of insomnia patients are increasing rapidly all over the word. Middle-aged and old aged persons are the main sufferer of sleeplessness. They neglect it. But carelessness may cost you very much. So don’t be careless. It is your time to cure your insomnia or sleeplessness.

Causes of Insomnia or Sleeplessness:

There are many causes of Insomnia. It is usually associated with mental tension or depression, emotion, stress, anxiety, unsatisfactory sex, Idleness, phobia etc. If a persona is feeling discomfort or pain may also suffer from insomnia or sleeplessness.

 Complications of sleeplessness:

If you do not take care, sleeplessness may cost you your life also. Don’t be irresponsible. If you pass several sleepless nights, you will be fatigued day by day. Your daily work will be hampered. Your brain will not work properly. You will be fretful and relationship with other will be broken. Sleeplessness will invite several diseases. Sleeplessness disturb basic functions of body such as regulating blood sugar levels, secretion of various hormones, storing of energy from food etc.

Remedies for Sleeplessness:

I think previously you have tried a number of ways to combat your sleeplessness. But yet you could not find the treatment strategies that will really work. Try to find out the root of your mental tress and anxiety. Take it easily. Joy and woe are unavoidable for all. Everyone has to face it. Combat distress with cool brain. Don’t sleep in the day time. Work hard. Allot some times for leisure and amusement. Take a cup of milk before going to bed. Sexual intercourse is good for deep sleep. Sexual satisfaction can help you to sleep easily. So try to lead a healthy sexual life. Some herbs are important to combat sleeplessness or insomnia. Magnesium and calcium are good minerals to relief you from sleeplessness. A sweet melody at bad time may help you for quick sleep. Don’t be worried too much for your sleeplessness. Read a good book or do some creative work. Don’t take tea or coffee. These types of drinks may instigate you for sleeplessness. If you still are suffering from sleeplessness, take sleepless medicines with the advice of your doctor. But don’t habituate with this type of medicines.

Natural way to lose your weight

Are you over weight? Are you facing problem for obesity? You are eagerly looking for the ways and means so that you can downwards your weight/ There are ample number of advertisements in the newspapers, magazines, websites and other places for weight loss. There are several weight loss pills, weight loss supplements and weight loss tools. They can guarantee you to drop your weight within 30 days or even 15 days. Don’t be tempted. Before accepting the offer you should be very careful. Loosing weight in a short period is not good for health.
There is no magic solution for dropping your weight without side effect. If you would like to drop your weight safely without any side effect, you have to keep your patient. Proper exercise, Yoga, some specific weight loss tools, Acupuncture, diet control are the harmless means by which you can drop your weight slowly but surely.

Importance tips:

Morning walk always been proved as the best method for weight loss or control obesity. However you have to walk in a proper way. Don’t gossip when you are walking. Walk as fast as possible. You may use some walking tools also.

Yoga and exercise under proper guidance can help you to drop your weight. There are so many yoga tips and exercise to lose your weight. Exercise at home, at gym even sports makes it possible to create a calorie deficit and lose weight without starving your body and slowing your metabolism.
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Don’t consume alcohol. If you are addicted, control yourself as far as possible.

You should take balance diet. Fat should be strictly avoided. Fresh fruit and vegetable are good for you. Don’t take a heavy meal at a time. Eat frequently and slowly.You should consult your doctor or dietician for a balanced diet appropriate for you.

Taking lemon juice every morning will help you to control your weight.

 If you eat healthy, unprocessed foods, fruit, vegetables, whole grains, and very small quantity of animal protein your weight will be under your control. Be careful about sugar in tea and coffee. Fiber is good for your stomach, It slow down your rate of digestion and keeping feeling full longer. Fiber also moves fat through our digestive system faster so that less of it is absorbed. Good luck.

Natural way to whiten Teeth

White teeth plays important role to enhance your beauty. Teeth may loose its whitness due to excessive consumption of wine, coffee etc.It is very difficult to remove the stain from your teenth. Are you looking for ideas how to whiten your teeth? I am giving you simple tip which can help you to whiten your teeth in natural way.
You need just two things. One ripe straberry and 1/3 teaspoon baking soda. Strawberry helps to whiten teeth because of the xylitol. Mix the pulp of strawberry with baking soda and apply it in your teeth. Leave for just 3 / 4 minutes. Now brush with your tooth paste. Wash your mouth with water. Now be happy with your white teeth.
Please do not apply everyday. It may cause tissue hyperplasia. Always remember prevention is better than cure. Care your teeth. Don’t consume any drink or food which may cause stain on your teeth. Make sure your diet is balanced and rich with vitamin C and calcium. Brush atleast three times with branded toothpaste.

Bronchitis

Bronchitis: In bronchitis, bronchial tree of the patient get infected and swelled. Consequently air can not reach into the lungs freely. The patient feels breathing problem. This is the stage of acute bronchitis.

Symptoms: Fever, pain in the chest, cough, red eye, breathing problem are the symptoms of bronchitis.
How do people affected with bronchitis: The viruses that cause acute bronchitis are sprayed into the air or onto people’s hands when they cough. You can get acute bronchitis if you breathe in these viruses. You can also get it if you touch a hand that is coated with the viruses.

Acute bronchitis to chronic bronchitis: If the patient continue smoking and live in dust environment then acute bronchitis may turn to chronic bronchitis. Tuberculosis is curable but chronic bronchitis is incurable. In the primary stage it is not much painful but in the long run cough may be with blood. This type of patients is easily affected with the bronchitis virus.

Treatment of bronchitis: If the symptoms of the bronchitis arise, the patient should be very careful. He should gurgle with worm water. In most of the times acute bronchitis will go automatically after a week or two. Patient should take sufficient rest, consume fruit juice. If the symptoms persists for more than 2 weeks, if bad tasting fluid come up into patient’s mouth or he feels weak and trouble breathing doctor should be contacted . Generally doctors prescribe medicines that are usually used to treat asthma. These kinds of medicines help the bronchial tubes to open. Sometimes they suggest patients to use inhaler. An inhaler sprays the medicine into the bronchial tree.

So if you are a bronchitis patient first shun smoking, live in a dust free place, keep safe yourself from bronchitis virus- wash your hands.

Swine Flu(H1N1): What is Swine Flue, Symptoms, Treatment

Recent outbreak of Swine Flu makes the world perturbed. The 2009 flu outbreak was fist noticed in Mexico. All of a sudden a large number of people infected with a common influenza-like Flu. Initially it was presumed that is normal seasonal influenza. But U.S labs confirmed that it is Swine Flu. World Health Organization raised a strong signal (phase 5 out of maximum 6) for it. 117 death cases were reported during the time and of which 80% from Mexico. Many countries including India advised their citizens not to visit foreign countries without essential reason.
What is Swine Flu:
WHO termed the new influenza virus as A(HINI). But it is widely used in the mass media as Swine Flu. Earlier Swine Flu virus and human flu virus spreads differently. In the past Swine Flu affected people had a direct contact with pigs. But in this case though it is originated in pigs but can spread from person to person. It is not necessary to have a contact with pigs.

Symptom of Swine Flu:
Symptoms of Swine Flu are similar to that of common Flu. Fever, chills, headache, body ache, sore throat, fatigue ness are the symptoms of Swine Flu. Besides these a Swine Flue affected person might have the symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, rapid breathing and excessive sleeping.

How Swine Flu spreads:
It spreads like common flu. It can spread through air from cough and sneezes. One may be infected if he touches any thing with Swine Flu and after that touch his mouth, even nose or eye.
Dos and Don’ts:
1. One should wash his hands properly with soap.
2. One should not go out side if he is ill.
3. Covering mouth and nose at the time of coughs and sneezes.
4. One should avoid close contact of a sick person.
5. One should avoid touching mouth, nose and eyes.
Treatment of Swine Flu:
Treatment should be started as early as possible. Generally two medicines are prescribed for Swine Flue- oseltamivir and zanamivir. Duration of treatment upto one week. Antiviral can be used to combat it just like recommended for seasonal influenza. however there is no vaccine for HINI.

Pregnancy and transmission of HIV

It is utmost importance that a mother should be aware of the possibility of HIV transmission to her baby. She should be undergone test before or on the onset of pregnancy so that sufficient precautions can be taken for prevention of perinatal HIV infection. Without proper treatment up to 30% of babies infected with HIV may born to the women having HIV positive. Moreover after delivery up to 20% babies may be infected with HIV through breast-feeding.

Transmission of HIV
HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus causes AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Although HIV is mostly passed from one person to another through sexual contact, but it also spreads through body fluids like blood, semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk. HIV is usually transmitted through sharing needles, unprotected anal, vaginal and sometimes oral sex and from mother to infant before or during delivery or while breastfeeding.

How HIV pass on to baby from mother
Baby may get infected with HIV in the womb, in the vaginal passage and through breast milk. Transmission of HIV to baby may take place during pregnancy, during labor and during delivery or after delivery through breast feeding.
During pregnancy, the mother’s antibodies against HIV are passed on to her baby. So some babies of women with HIV may test positive for HIV antibodies at first. This does not necessarily imply that the baby is infected. The baby’s immune system will start making antibodies of their own only between 6 and 18 months of age. If the baby is infected with HIV, he or she will still lose the mother’s antibodies, but the baby will start to make antibodies to HIV. The baby will test positive and continue to test positive for HIV.

Tests
The CD4 test gives the immunological status while the viral load test gives information about the severity of infection. These results guide the clinician when to initiate therapy and regimens to be adopted. Other advanced tests like PCR and viral culture can also be used to check babies for HIV infection depending on availability of tests.

Prevention
Voluntary testing and counseling is required for preventing HIV infection among parents. HIV positive women should avoid unwanted pregnancies and access to antiretroviral therapy, safe delivery practices, and the widespread availability and safe use of breast-milk substitutes are the effective ways of prevention of mother to child transmission. Since HIV is found in breast milk, so there is a chance to pass HIV to the baby. Boiled milk can be fed to baby to stop the transmissions of HIV as heat can destroy the HIV. Shorter period of delivery time can decrease the chance of transmission of HIV. Mothers with a high viral load might reduce their risk if they give birth their baby by cesarean section. This helps in protecting the child from direct contact with her blood and other bodily fluids. Antiretroviral can minimize the possibility HIV transmission to baby. ARVs are assumed to be safer for the baby but long-term effects are as yet unknown. The earlier HIV is diagnosed during, before or after pregnancy, the better are the chances of success. The most important time for an HIV positive pregnant woman to take ARVs is during labor. Transmission rates are only 1% to 2% if the mother takes combination antiretroviral therapy

Pregnancy symptom

Pregnancy Symptom - Nature Has Its Own Unique Ways
By: alien

Nature has its own ways of declaring the presence of a life growing within you. An alert woman can make out the changes in her body and judge the pregnancy symptom for what it is. But it is always better to confirm yourself that you are pregnant before taking an appointment with your family consultant, lest you make a fool of yourself.

Pregnancy Symptom - Nature At Work

The moment you conceive your body starts to give signals of pregnancy health in many forms. This is because your body is now preparing itself to welcome a new life. As a first sign of pregnancy, the body starts to produce the hormone HCG. A test of the urine can easily locate this HCG hormone. Reflecting a physical symptom of pregnancy, your breasts become tender. The areola below the nipples begins to darken and grow in size as the breasts become bigger and heavier. This condition remains with you throughout your pregnancy. You can also experience a tingling sensation in the breasts as well. All these physical symptoms indicate that you are pregnant. Once pregnant you also begin to tire very soon and wish to sleep all the time, besides, when you get up you have a deep craving for food. You want to eat everything you can lay your hands on.

One more symptom of pregnancy health condition which is a sure sign of pregnancy is the missing of a monthly period. Ideally, you should undertake a pregnancy test once you have missed a period. An additional pregnancy symptom is the spot of slight bleeding you notice on your panties. Please do not be alarmed, this is only the result of implantation of the egg in the uterine wall.

Every woman may have a different pregnancy symptom. In your first pregnancy you may experience a slight pain in your breasts as they become harder and heavier. You may also experience body aches. Some women may get a feeling of nausea or vomiting. Sometimes you experience constipation and your behavior becomes very irritable too.

However, there is a word of caution here as well. Although these conditions may be present in big or small measures in most cases of pregnancy, there may be situations where there are no conditional symptoms at all. Therefore, it is advisable to take a formal HCG urine test periodically to ascertain pregnancy.

There can be another pregnancy symptom besides the ones disclosed above.

You should be ready to accept the vast changes in your mood; one minute you will be laughing and the next minute you start crying on a very silly issue.

In either case, be ready to change nappies and cuddle your bundle of joy in the near future. Be a happy mother forever.

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Plastic Surgery at low cost

Plastic Surgery Goes MainstreamBy: Lloyd M. Krieger, MD
Plastic surgery has historically been viewed as an exclusive and costly service only the rich and famous could afford to pursue. Not anymore.With even the most dramatic and promising cosmetic surgery procedures becoming safer, more common and far less complicated than ever as well as a growing inventory of options now available for financing, plastic surgery of all forms is becoming an increasingly popular life-enhancement choice for the middle class.As a plastic surgeon in California I can say that our plastic surgery center in Beverly Hills is a good case in point. People in the entertainment industry seeking enhancement surgeries and other cosmetic reconstruction now share seats in our waiting room with mothers from the suburbs, college coeds and a growing number of men from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds. At our center, we may have many clients from the entertainment industry, but we treat everybody like a celebrity.There is a distinct demographic shift taking place today. Plastic surgery is becoming a growing phenomenon among the middle class because the perception that it is exclusively an option for rich white women is waning. We are seeing people from all walks of life seeking cosmetic surgery – people from a wide variety of age groups, ethnicities, family situations, and economic stations.Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery also offers our patients customized financing packages to cover individual procedures, such the "Rodeo Drive Mommy Makeover" a popular choice for large numbers of Latino women in their 20's and 30's. The mommy makeover includes a tummy tuck, breast lift and frequently a breast augmentation with a small breast implant. The procedure helps the moms get their body back to the way it was before they began having babies.Financing surgery is becoming a popular option for those who do not have cash set aside. Others are socking money away for a variety of procedures, much as they would for any luxury item or family vacation. A lot of people save up for the surgery, and others chose to do financing. They are shifting their views on the expenses involved and see surgery as an important investment and first step toward an enhancement plan for the rest of their lives.Part of the change comes because today’s plastic surgery is performed using improved technology. This results in less expensive and safer procedures with less down time. So now people with responsibilities both at work and at home can take time out for procedures, removing plastic surgery from the exclusive provenance of the leisure class. We also are doing most cosmetic surgery procedures in outpatient surgery centers which greatly improves the ease and convenience of procedures when compared to those done in the hospital setting.
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Lloyd M. Krieger, MD is a plastic surgeon in California and medical director of Rodeo Drive Plastic Surgery in Beverly Hills, which specializes in breast augmentation.

Heart Attack (Coronary thrombosis)

What is heart attack?
When the arteries responsible for blood supply to the heart are reduced or blocked a heart attack occurs. Blood can not flow through the arteries due to blockage. Heart attack is also called as myocardial infraction, Coronary thrombosis, acute coronary syndrome and coronary occlusion. The artery may eventually burst or tear at the blocked area. The patient may feel severe pain in the middle of the chest and it may be spread towards back , bally and hands also.

Symptoms of heart attack:
a. Severe pain in the middle of the chest. The pain may last for few minutes or more and again come back.
b. Difficulty in breathing. Shortness of breath.
c. Dizziness
d. Swelling of legs and ankles
e. Vomiting tendency
Causes of heart attack
a. over weight
b. taking too much fat contained food
c. smoking
d. taking some kind of drug such as cocaine
e. mental stress

Treatment of heart attack:
One should consult a specialist doctor immediately at the appearance of the symptoms of heart attacks. Delay in treatment may cause damage or even death. The sooner the treatment is started the better the chance of recovering. After admission in the hospital the doctor has to restore the blood flow immediately. Oxygen therapy is necessary. The patient is given the blood clot dissolved medicines or streptokinase injection or T.P.A. Angioplasty procedure is used to normalize the flow of the blood in the artery. If the amount blockage is high coronary artery bypass surgery may be required. Bypass may be off pump surgery or on pump surgery.


First aid medicine for heart attack:
a. Aspirin 325mg
b. Clopidogral 300 mg
c. Sorbitrate tab
Prevention:
a. don’t increase your body weight. Take balance diet and exercise under expert
b. avoid red meat, egg yolk, butter, rich food,
c. take sufficient vegetable
d. don’t smoke
e. avoid alcohol consumption
f. be tension and stress free
g. regular medical check up

Relief from Menstruation Pain

Relief from Menstruation Pain

Menstruation is the process or time of menstruating. In short, menstruate means discharge of blood etc from the uterus generally once in a month. Menstruation starts at the age of 10-12 years of a girl. It may continue up to the age of 40-45 years. When the ovum is matured in the ovaries it is surrounded by a type of sac which is known as follicle. The follicle opens and releases the ripened ovum. This process is called ovulation. Roughly after every 28 days one egg is released alternatively from the two ovaries. The time may vary from 22 days to 40 days and the flow of blood may last for five to seven days. During the period from 14 to 45 years of a woman about 300-400 eggs are discharged but maximum eggs are not fertilized. If conception takes place, the matured ovum gets embedded in the uterus. When conception does not take place the egg or ovum along with the thickened lining of the uterus and extra blood is discharged through the vagina. This is called menstruation.

Sometime a girl or woman may feel pain during the time of menstruation or just before the menstruation. The pain is due to muscular contraction. One should not be worried. Proper exercise, forming regular habit of defecation and proper diet can give relief from menstruation pain. If the pain is beyond control, advice of doctor may be taken.

Treatment of Diabetes

Treatment of Diabetes
Diabetes is a non communicable disease. The word diabetes comes from the Greek work which means fountain. The number of diabetes patients is increasing very rapidly all over the world. Diabetes is caused due to disorder of pancreas gland. Owing to the disorder of pancreas gland excessive sugar accumulates in the blood.

Symptoms of diabetes:
a. Frequent passing of urine
b. Loss of body weight
c. Too much hunger and thirsty
d. Take too much time to heal a sore
Diagnosis of diabetes:
a. Diabetes can be confirmed by testing of blood and urine.

Complication of diabetes:

If due care is not taken in time, diabetes may invite several other diseases like heart disease, kidney failure, pneumonia etc.

Treatment of diabetes:

a. Adequate physical exercise is utmost necessary for diabetic patient. A morning work in open air is beneficial.
b. Overweight of the body should be avoided.
c. Regular consumption of bitter.
d. Diabetic patient should control diet. They should avoid sweet, potato and carbohydrate food.
e. Regular medical check up and blood test.
f. Medicine under proper guidance of doctor.

Physical exercise for person suffering from diabetes:

Take supine position with legs together and hands together by the side of the body. Palm should be resting on the ground. Legs, head and trunk should be raised together slowly. For returning to the original position first place your trunk and head on the ground then bring down your legs and heads and lie on the ground as in the first position. Those suffering from hypertension, heart disease and lumbar spondilitis should not go for this exercise.

Treatment of High Blood Pressure

Are you diagnosed with high blood pressure? Are you seeking information about high blood pressure? Are you looking for the remedies of high blood pressure?

You should be very careful if you are suffering from high blood pressure. Carelessness may harm you. High blood pressure can result in a heart attack, kidney damage, stroke, and a number of other health hazards. High blood pressure is your body’s way of giving you an alert. And while the changes that are necessary to combat high blood pressure may feel like a hurdle you have to face, it’s absolutely imperative to listen to the message your body is informing you.Diet control is very important for high blood pressure. If you do not contact your doctor till now, take it seriously.

 Control your diet immediately with the advice of your doctor.

 Foods high in fat, salt, and preservatives will soon be replaced with natural alternatives such as fresh fruits, small fishes, whole grains and vegetables.

 Exercise is another important factor like diet control. Getting your body moving gets your heart pumping which in turn lowers blood pressure. If it’s been awhile since you’ve committed yourself to any consistent exercise then it’s best to start out small. Any physical activity – for even the smallest duration – will make change in your body.

As you build on this success your endurance will increase and you’ll soon be able to do more high blood pressure exercise for longer periods of time. Strive for high blood pressure exercise at least three days a week. As your body gets stronger and your heart gets healthier, you should see lowering of your blood pressure.

Morning walk with open air is good remedy for high blood pressure. Walking is a fantastic high blood pressure exercise as it has little impact on your joints and keeps your pulse rate elevated consistently.

It is always suggested that you should consult your doctor which exercise is ideal for you to combat high blood pressure. Based on your physical history and dependent upon the severity of your blood pressure your doctor can recommend the safest high blood pressure exercise program that will best impact your health.If your high blood pressure exercise program – along with other diet and lifestyle changes – fails to lower your blood pressure than you may have a genetic predisposition to hypertension. In this case, your doctor may recommend medication along with diet and a consistent high blood pressure exercise program.Combating with high blood pressure on all fronts –through diet, lifestyle, an effective high blood pressure exercise program, and possibly medication you can enjoy a healthy life.

Magnet Therapy as Alternative Remedy

Magnet Therapy as Alternative Remedy

Magnet therapy is becoming popular alternative remedy for various diseases. It is now being used all over the world. Thousands of people express their satisfaction in magnet therapy. It has been proved that magnetic field plays an important role in treatment. Magnet is used in Magnetic resonance imaging or MRI .

All we know that the earth is a huge magnetic field. Earth passes on magnetic energy to all the things on the world. We have millions of cell , each of the cell is an electrical unit. These cells vibrate at definite frequencies, picking up their frequencies from the ether. So, when the magnetic field of a person is weakened by any reason or illness develop in that part of the body.

Anybody can use magnet therapy at home. But it is better to contact an expert in the field. People who are suffering from heart disease and pace makers has been fitted should avoid magnet therapy. Women with pregnancy also are advisable to avoid the therapy.

In general a magnet has two poles- North Pole and South Pole. In magnet therapy the north pole of a magnet is south-seeking pole and the South Pole is north-seeking pole. The south-seeking pole i.e. North Pole absorbs the pains of the body and South Pole gives the energy. If you are suffering from headache, backache, toothache or any other pains, just place the north pole of the magnet close to the affected part of the body for 15 to 30 minutes. Repeat it for two to three times a day. Your pain will be subsided. If you have the chronic pains then it may take longer time (one month or more) to subside the pain. Energy loss! If you need energy, just place the south pole of the magnet on the forehead between the two eyebrows for about 15 minutes daily. Keep it on for one month or more for better result. Magnet therapy is also used as the blood purifier. It is very much useful to drink magnet-charged water. For a magnet-charged water hold two magnets with opposite poles facing each other around a glass of water for 10 minutes.