OBESITY

(Overweight)
Being overweight is the most prevalent nutrition-related health problem in the whole world, affecting about half of all adults.

Being going into large and lengthy details of getting obese, continue to treatments and knowing about ideal weight.

WHAT'S YOUR IDEAL WEIGHT?
You can use this formula to determine your ideal weight:

Females:
Allow 100 pounds for the first 5feet of height and 5 pounds per inch over 5feet. Thus, if you are 5.6":
100+(6x5)=130pounds
add 5 to 10 pounds if you're large boned and/or very muscular.

Males:
Allow 106pounds for the first five feet of height, and 6pounds per inch over 5feet. Thus, if you're 5.10":
106+(10x6)=166pounds

Add 10 to 15 pounds if you're large boned and/or very muscular.

MEDICAL TREATMENTS:
Many weight specialists now consider obesity a chronic disease that calls for lifelong treatment with a combination of lifestyle changes, alternative therapies, and perhaps drugs. Indeed, some doctors say that treating obesity without drugs will someday be viewed as archaic, like telling a person to control hypertension simply by cutting down on salt and staying in bed.

Mild Obesity----when weight is 20 to 40% above what is considered ideal----usually can be self-treated, perhaps with the assistance of nutrition and exercise.

Moderate Obesity, defined as weight 40 to 100% above ideal is likely to require treatment with a medication to suppress appetite, a diet planned by a dietician or nutritionist, and possibly behaviour modification, assisted by a psychiatrist or psychologist.

Several obesity of more than 100% above ideal may require surgical treatment in addition to drugs, diet and behaviour modification.

*The major function of diet pills is to suppress appetite and, in some cases, to reduce cravings for certain high-calorie foods.

*most diet pills have similar side effects, which may include nervousness, high blood pressure, palpitations, headaches, dizziness, insomnia, mood swings, tremor, dry mouth, diarrhea, constipation, itching, and rashes.

*It is necessary to abstain from alcohol while taking any type of diet pill and restrict caffeine. Also these drugs cannot be prescribed for more than 12 consecutive weeks because they're classified as potentially addictive. Diet pills include the followings:
-Stimulants such as dextroamphetamines
-Fenfluramine
-Phentermine
-Fluoxetine
-Phenylpropanolamine

OTHER THERAPIES:
Many of the alternative therapies promoted for weight loss either do not work or are potentially dangerous.

Nutrition:
one of the working remedy to treat obesity i have seen in many patients is,

-Totally end up with your Carbohydrates and Fats. Totally means totally. Stop eating floor (wheat, corn, maize etc) and rice.

-use only curries to eat with spoon. Eat boiled chicken/vegetables with salt and pepper.

-eat much of salads and fruits. Cucumber is best food when ever you feel carving to eat.

-take atleast 12glass of fresh water daily what ever the weather may be. Drink much in day and very less in night timmings.

-start to walk for atleast 1hr 2wice in a 24hrs.

-make breakfast and lunch your main meals, and end the day with a light dinner

-reduce intake of high fat foods like cheese, cream, mayonnaise, luncheon meats, butter, icecream, nuts, pies and anything that is fried.

SELF TREATMENT:
Before undertaking any significant changes in your eating or exercise habits, consult your doctor if you;

-Have any chronic health problem, such as diabetes, gallstones, glaucoma, depression, or heart, kidney, liver or thyroid disease.
-Are taking any sort of medication on a regular basis.
-Want to lose more than 15 pounds.
-Are under age 21 or over age 35.
-Are pregnant.

Your goal should be to lose two or three pounds a week, and then to maintain the loss. This means bringing about a permanent change in your eating and exercise habbits.

HOW MANY CALORIES DO YOU NEED?
If you're healthy adult, use this formula to calculate how many calories you need per day:

Basic Needs: 10 calories per pound of body weight

Normal Activities: 3 calories per pound of body weight plus extra calories used for exercise

Adjustment of Age: Subtract 2% of total calories for each decade after age 30.

Example: If you are 55yrs old man who weighs 160 pounds and walks 3miles a day:

Basic needs: 10x160= 1600
Normal Activities: 03x150= 450
3-Miles walk: 03x100= 300
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2350
Age Adjustment 0.06x2250= -135
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Total calories per day = 2215

STRESS RELATED DISORDERS

Following are some of the many medical and psychological conditions caused or worsened by stress:
-Alcoholism.
-Smoking.
-Heart diseases.
-Backache and other pain syndromes.
-Chronic fatigue syndrome.
-Diabetes.
-Eating disorders.
-Headaches, both migraine and tension.
-High blood pressure.
-Irritable bowl syndrome and other intestinal disorders.
-Lupus and other autoimmune disorders.
-Menstrual irregularities.
-Obesity.
-Rheumatoid arthritis.
-Sexual dysfunction.
-Ulcers.

BRUISES

(Contusion; hematoma)
A bruise develops when blood escapes from damaged blood vessels into the surrounding tissue under the skin, usually as the result of a blow directly to the injured area. The expectaion is a black eye, which may result from a hit at the temple or forehead, as well as on the eye itself.
This happens because the blood follows a gravitational path. Bruised tissues under and around the eye are likely to swell, in some cases causing the eye to shut.
Although the skin over a bruise remains unbroken, it quickly becomes discolored, turning reddish initially, then black and blue or purple, and finally yellow or pale green, as damaged blood cells die and are reabsorbed into the blood stream.

The extent of a bruise is self-limiting, because nearby undamaged vessels contract and restrict any further blood flow to that area. Meanwhile, blood platelets collect and activate the clotting mechanism that closes off the break. Unless more serious injuries are present, most bruises will heal themselves in a week to 10 days.

TREATMENT:
there are no medical treatment for bruises as such, simple bruises are self healing. Other treatments are intake of Aspirin as it act as painkiller as well as known to disrupt the blood clotting mechanism.

HERBAL THERAPY:
Application of poultice made from the leaves of comfrey steeped in boiling water. This mixture should be cooled and applied between gauze layers to the bruises area. Key ingredient is Allantoin.
Others are, tincture of Arnica etc.

CHIROPRACTIC

Is a system of treatment based on the belief that the foundation of good health is the unhampered flow of nerve impulses that originate in the brain and spinal cord and then travel to all parts of the body.
Therapy begins with analyzing the patient's spinal column for abnormal alignments of the vertebrae. When such misalignments, called subluxations, are located, they are corrected by manipulation to restore the normal flow of nerve impulses.
Many chiropractors also make recommendations about nutrition and exercise, but they don't prescribe drugs or do surgery.

AROMATHERAPY

Aromatherapy is the use of oils from herbs and other aromatic plants to achieve relaxation or relief from a disorder.
Depending upon the plant, the aromatic, or essential, oil is extracted from the leaves, flowers. Roots, seeds, fruit, bark, or resin and then diluted with water or an unscented oil, such as jojoba. These solutions may be massaged into skin, inhaled from steam, added to bath water, or used in a compress.

ORIGIN:
Modern aromatherapy was born in the 1920s, when a French chemist, Dr. Rene-Maurice Gattefosse, burned his hand while working in a perfume laboratory. He plunjed the injured hand into a container of lavender oil and was amazed by its speedy healing with minimal scarring. He then began to research the healing properties of other aromatic oils.

PRECAUTIONS:
Aromatherapy is used by trained therapists who often practice other alternative therapies such as massage. some of the methods can be self made, self taught and used at home.

WHEN IT IS USED?
Practitioner treat a range of medical and emotional problems, including headaches, premenstral tension, muscle pain, skin disorders, fatigue, insomnia, and stress.

HOW IT WORKS?
There are two basic mechanisms involved:
1: The sense of smell &
2: The absorptive quality of skin

Practitioners contend that inhalation of a certain scent prompts the brain to release neurochemicals that counter stress and fatigue. They also believe that some oils exert medicinal effects when absorbed by skin. Medical benefits of aromatherapy have not been proven, however, and doctors generally discount any therapy benefits other than a placebo effect and relaxation.

WHAT TO EXPECT?
Aromatherapy combines massage and the use of aromatic oils. A session varies according to the problem being treated. the entire body is massaged to relieve stress and general achiness. A facial massage is used to treat headaches and sinus congestion. Whereas the back may be massaged to alleviate backache or menstral cramps.
In addition to massage, an aromatherapist may recommend soaking in a tub of warm water containing a few drops of one or more aromatic oils. Depending upon the oils used, this may induce drowsiness or provide an invigorating lift.

LEUKEMIA:

(Acute and chronic lymphocytic and myelogenous leukemias)
Leukemia, a term used to describe several types of blood cancer, comes from the Greek words for "white blood"
The name refers to the whitish/pale-pink blood leukemia patients have because of high numbers of abnormal white cells(leukocytes). Although leukemia affects all types of blood cells, as well as bone marrow and other blood-producing structures, the white cells, or lymphocytes are involved the most.
The types of leukemia are broadly classified as follows:

Acute Lymphocytic or Lymphoblastic:
causes a rapid increase in abnormal lymph cells. It occurs most commonly in children.

Chronic Lymphocytic:
entails a slow increase in abnormal lymphocytes and generally affects older people.

Acute Myelogenous:
progresses rapidly and involves increased numbers of abnormal myelocytes, or granulocytes, the white cells that fight bacteria. It is rare in children and becomes incresingly common with advancing age.

Chronic Myelogenous:
progresses slowly at first and most frequently strikes middle-aged people.

*Leukemia is further classified according to cell size, rate of proliferation, and such characteristics as the appearance and immunologic features of the proliferating cells.
*Acute leukemia are the most serious; they appear abruptly and worsen rapidly.

SYMPTOMS:
Common symptoms include, easy bruising and bleeding, fatigue, pallor, weakness, fever, shortness of breath, joint pain, and abdominal swelling and tenderness.
*Chronic leukemia may be present for years without producing noticeable symptoms.

TREATMENTS:
Acute leukemias are usually treated with intensive chemotherapy, using various combinations of anti-cancer drugs. Radiation treatment is often used also. It is sometimes directed at the brain to eliminate any leukemia cells that may elude anticancer drugs, which ordinarily do not cross the protective blood-brain-barrier (BBB). Even after a remission has been achieved, chemotherapy, using lower doses of anti-cancer drugs, is continued to help prevent a recurrence.

Transfusion of RBCs, platelets and sometimes WBCs may be part of treatment.

For a growing number, bone-marrow transplants, preferably after the first or second remission.

ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES:
Acupressure:
practioners recommend pressing a point on the underside of the wrist to counter nausea.
Alternatively you can wear acupressure bracelet, such as that promoted for preventing motion sickness

Herbal Medication:
Madagascar periwinkle is the source of Vinblastine and Vincristine. Others are,
periwinkle extract
ginger, ginseng, sarsaparilla, and wild Oregon grape can reduce nausea.
Garlic pills are recommended to bolster the body's immune system.

ASTHMA

(Bronchial asthma, reversible hyperreactive lung disease)

Asthma is a chronic disease in which the air passages, or bronchi, overact to normally harmless substances/circumstances.
When these triggering factors enter the bronchi, the airways constrict to hinder the flow of air in and out of the lungs.
Very soon, the bronchi becomes inflamed, and the membranes lining them secrete a sticky mucus. The result is wheezing, coughing and difficulty in breathing. A severe atttack can be life threatening.

Asthma triggers vary from person to person; some of the most common are allergens such as pollen, animal dander, and house dust; irritants such as air pollution, tobacco smoke, perfumes and chemicals; aspirin and related medications; anxiety and stress; and vigorous exercise.

TREATMENTS:
Doctors approach asthma treatment with two major goals,
-to prevent attacks &
-to reverse any flare-up as quickly as possible.
Medications used in the treatment of Asthma are;

Beta 2 Agonists.
Xanthines.
Adrenocorticoids.
Cromolyn Sodium.
Leukotriene Inhibitors

ALTERNATIVE THERAPIES:

Biofeedback, Hypnosis, and Visualization:
these techniques, help asthmatics gain a measure of control over breathing and other normally involuntary functions. When practiced during the early, or prodome, stages of an attack, they may even abort it.

Homeopathy:
Practioners recommend a number of substances, including,
Aconite.
Arsenicum album.
Phosphorous

if a flare-up doesn't improve within a few minutes, however, a conventional drug should be used.

Hydrotherapy:
swimming is one of the best exercise for Asthma because it improves endurance and increases lung capacity in an environment free of dust and other astha triggers. Taking a hot shower or relaxing in a warm tub of water are also beneficial; the warmth eases tensions and the moist air helps clear the lungs of mucus.

Massage:
this provide an excellent means of countering stress. Massage combined with postural drainage-----a precussive tapping of the back while the head is lower than the chest----clear mucus from the lungs.

Medication and Yoga:
these and other relaxation therapies are useful in over-coming the stress that often precipitates an asthma flare-up. They can also lessen the stress and panicky feeling that can exacerbate an attack.

Nutrition Therapy:
many foods and food additives, especially sulfites, will trigger asthma in susceptible people. A nutrition therapist can help identify such foods, and structure a balanced diet. Some suppliments, especially beta carotene, vitamin C and E, and magnesium, are touted as being beneficial for Asthma sufferers, but they should not be taken without the guidance of a doctor/nutritionist.