Wednesday, December 18, 2013

MORE ABOUT LIGHT IN MEDICINE




LIGHT THERAPY

By Frantz Bataille, MD


  • It boosts our immune system
  • It maintains our serotonin high, making us awake 
d alert.
Participates in the synthesis of vitamin
  • Plays a major role in the reproduction system.
  • Intervenes in the homeostasis

A
ccording to many researchers, daylight plays a growing role in the human body and more precisely in homeostasis. How far it goes in so doing is still a mystery and scientifically speaking, seems to be at the verge of being identified.  Nevertheless  it   becomes more and more obvious that daylight by entering our eyes triggers a cascade of phenomenon that goes beyond what used to be expected from daylight  we tend to take for granted.


One of these phenomenon and not the least is hormone synthesis. Daylight participates in the synthesis of three human hormone considered capital in human balance. They are serotonin, melatonin and vitamin D, let alone reproductive hormone, ovulation and the sterols.


To get started, the  boost of serotonin is instrumental in our mood and affect. When getting low, serotonin affects  human being feelings, generating  depression and mood switching. We also  know that this lowering is associated with  some bipolar symptoms. Medicine faces this situation by lifting up our blood serotonin level.

Secondly, melatonin’s synthesis is triggered by darkness and sleep. Researchers believe that this rise at darkness and   daylight fall is associated with the so called circadian cycles. There also, the balance in wake and sleep time is monitored by melatonin.  Needless to say that a lot of biological hormone relate to melatonin  balance.

Finally, vitamin D, the gene proofreader is likewise instrumental in the regulation of many other hormone  in our throughout system.

Whatever their role and the organs they target, these  light induced-hormones while calling for more interest in this cosmic phenomenon, pave at the same time the way for further investigation. The coming years would witness the growing importance of light in life and as a result its implementation in daily and medical life.  














Wednesday, December 11, 2013

CHRONICLES : HEART ATTACK WHAT TO DO





HEART ATTACK SIGNS

  1. ·         SHORTNESS OF BREATH
  2. ·         DIFFICULTY OF BREATHING
  3. ·         FEELING COLD AND CLAMMY
  4. ·         SWEATING
  5. ·         EXTREME WEAKNESS, FATIGUE, EXHAUSTION
  6. ·         NAUSEA, VOMITING, PALPITATIONS
  7. ·         DIZZINESS
  8. ·         LIGHT-HEADNESS

FIGHTING HEART DISEASE IMPLIES

  1. ·         SALT RESTRICTION
  2. ·         WEIGHT REDUCTION
  3. ·         EXERCICE
  4. ·         ALCOHOL RESTRICTION
  5. ·         RELAXATION

SIX-LIFE SAVING STEPS IN CASE OF HEART ATTACK


  1. ·         STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING
  2. ·         DON’T PANIC
  3. ·         CALL 911 & SAY YOU HAVE A HEART ATTACK
  4. ·         TAKE A BABY  A.S.A.
  5. ·         TAKE A NITROGLYCERINE
  6. ·         ASK IF AN AUTOMATIC EXTERNAL DEFRIBRILLATOR IS AVAILABLE
  7. CPR IN CASE
F     FOOTNOTES-1

When blocked  to the point of   interrupting the blood flow aimed at the rest of the heart and general circulation, collateral vessels can take over by becoming bigger and active so that two sources of blood can continue to provide  nutrients to this  portion of the heart. That  can happen with the narrowing of the coronary vessels like in smoking and diabetes mellitus. Shortly, collateral vessels are instrumental for survival in case of MI.