Google 10/01/2008 - 11/01/2008 | Web Health Directory

31 October, 2008

alcohol:it's effect on heart

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hi,everybody.My today's topic is alcohol's effect on heart.It has almost taken the proportion of a myth that alcohol is beneficial to the heart.Yes it's partially true.When alcohol intake is limited to 1-2 drinks it has a beneficial effect on coronary heart disease[myocardial infarction etc].But then why don't we prescribe alcohol for it's prevention.Because ,leave aside other systems of the body alcohol also has many deleterious effects on heart,namely
1.Hypertension
2.conduction disturbance of the heart[atrial flutter,atrial fibrillation,supraventricular arrythmia etc]
3.alcoholic cardiomyopathy
4.heart failure
I want to give some information about alcoholic cardiomyopathy.It is a condition where there is increased muscle mass of the heart associated with global reduction of function of the heart.The heart is enlarged.There is both systolic and diastolic dysfunction of the heart.The patient may present with chest pain,heart failure[breathlessness etc.],conduction disturbance even with sudden death.Echocardiography is the best initial screening test.
Now coming to other systems of the body.Alcohol causes a myriads of disease.To name a few cirrhosis,gastritis.Even it has been linked to the etiology of certain cancers[esophageal,gastric]
So my point of view is if alcohol intake can be limited to 1-2 drinks per day,it's ok.But can everybody of us do that,it's up to you to decide.
Please discuss this issue with your doctor,take his/her point of view.
Any querries on this issue feel free to ask me.good night.
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28 October, 2008

Stress ,tension

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Stress ,tension and anxiety the modern day curse on mankind.With modernisation and fast life ,it has taken a toll on all of us;We can't escape from it,have to handle this 24x7.This stress is a causative factor of multiple disease,to name a few heart diseases,diabetes,psychiatric diseases.more informations on stress relaxation will be written in the following article.For detailed information you can see the following site,
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18 October, 2008

ALERT FOR HEART PATIENTS

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Hi,this alert is for every person who smokes,elderly individuals,patients suffering from increased blood sugar[DIABETES],increased blood cholesterol[HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA],increased blood pressure,CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE etc.
If any of these individuals ever suffer from severe chest pain radiating to the arms ,neck,jaw,associated with sweating, the individual should be immedietely taken to hospital and 4 tablets of aspirin[75mg]each can be given to the patient on the way to the hospital with cardiac facilities.this may be a heart attack[MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION,UNSTABLE ANGINA etc].So every second is important.
Please consult this matter with your respective physician.Or for more information click here
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17 October, 2008

HEART DISEASE

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Hi again,coming back to my first topic,let's say something about heart disease related to life style.there are numerous cardiac diseases,but those related prominently to life style may be broadly classified into 1. coronary artery disease[commonly called heart attack]
2.hypertension[increasd blood pressure]
CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE may again be classified into stable angina,unstable angina,myocardial infarction.These may also lead to heart failures and several other complications.
The risk factors for coronary artery disease are1.HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA[high blood
cholesterol]
2.DIABETES MELLITUS[increasd blood sugar]
3.INCREASED STRESS & TENSION
4.UNHEALTHY FOODS
5.SMOKING
6.NO EXERCISE
7.SOME HEREDITARY FACTORS[THIS IS NOT IN OUR HANDS ,BUT MOST ARE]

Feeling very tired now,had a very busy day.There's lot to suggest about these risk factors and how to control them,i guess some other time.signing off.SWEET DREAMS.
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IMPORTANT NEWS

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Hi all friends,
This is an important news for all friends residing in India,specially West Bengal.Lot of cases of fever lasting for more than 5-7 days are occuring in Kolkata and adjoining regions.These episodes of fever are usually associated with headache.,joint pain, fatigue.These are usually viral fevers ,subsiding within days.But please do not neglect these episodes as the cause may be some serious viral infections like dengue,or parasitic disease like malaria.So,please consult a physician,and do some blood tests likt total count[TC],differential count[DC],ESR,PLATLET COUNT,BLOOD FOR MALARIA PARASITE.
The inference is DON'T NEGLECT THESE FEBRILE EPISODES AND CONSULT A PHYSICIAN.
Any querries please feel free to ask me.
For more information on DENGUE click here
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13 October, 2008

LIFESTYLE DISEASES

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Pandemic of Lifestyle DiseasesImage by colros via Flickr

Our HEALTH:The greatest gift of god.Perhaps we all know that.Being a young physician myself,i wanted to open this blog and discuss a few things.
Throughout centuries we humans have been plagued my numerous diseases.They have been a scourge to mankind for many centuries.To name a few 1.Tuberculosis
2.malaria
3.polio
4.tetanus
5.diptheria etc.
The developed countries have dealt with these diseases.but the developing countries are still dealing with these diseases.
Now my main topic.As the economy has progressed,it has brought with it a set of disease broadly called LIFESTYLE DISEASES.These are 1.HEART DISEASE
2.DIABETES
3.WEIGHT RELATED DISORDERS
4.VARIOUS TYPES OF CANCERS
5.MENTAL DISORDERS
These problems,believe me has reached epidemic proportions.lot's of poeple are suffering from this problems.But you will be surprised to know,that most of the risk factors for these disease are preventable,yes it's true very few are not in our hands.But if we can take care of the preventable risk factors we decrease the risk of procuring these lifestyle disease a lot.
In my next post i will give some valuable informations how to prevent the risk factors ,taking each lifestyle disease separately.
If anybody has any querries regarding health ,please be friendly enough to ask.
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