Homeopathy

Female infertility

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:34:00 PDT

The condition in which a woman who cannot conceive after regular unprotected sexual intercourse for about one year is considered as 'infertility'.

Dr. Sherman has quoted in his book about infertility in woman as "Only 1% of women in their early 20's are infertile, in late 20's 6% women are infertile, and in around mid 30's about 25% of women are infertile and lastly among the women around 40 years old about 60% are infertile, beyond this age fertility is unsure".

Thus it is clear the women who are reaching 30 to 40 years slowly tending to lose their fertility. Though there are many difference in definition in range of the age group of women having infertility and the percentage of women who are in the infertility range, it is sure that about 1 million women throughout the globe are facing the condition infertility during their reproductive life.

In developed countries like US, UK and in other European countries, the fertility age reaches till 45 years old due to many advancements especially in the medicine field. In developing and under developed countries, the fertile period in women ends around 40 years and more than that fertility in the woman is rare.

Causes of infertility:
Infertility in woman would be due to any problems in the female reproductive system or as a general disease. The common causes in infertility are listed below

Ovarian causes: It is the first and foremost reason for many women who are having infertility. The ovarian disease of various kinds which causes infertility. In the young woman who are in the reproductive age has PCOD as the main reason due to Ovarian cause for infertility.
Uterine cause: Uterus plays an important role in maintaining pregnancy if the fertilized ovum reach the Uterus. If any disease like Uterine fibroid, endometriosis present in the Uterine region, it would lead to infertility eventually in some women.
Cervical cause: It is the third common cause to produce infertility in women. The major reason which cause infertility due to cervix is the presence of antibody for the sperm entering the uterus. Hence the sperm unable to reach the uterus and the ovum which fails to fertilize.
Fallopian tube cause: Tubal blockage is a major problem in many developing countries and under developed countries for causing infertility. In India it is mainly due to tuberculosis of the fallopian tubes.
General cause: Woman who has no problem in their reproductive system yet failed to reproduce the offspring. Some general causes like obesity, diabetes, thyroid disorder plays major role.

These are common causes in infertility in women. In the following we will see about the management of infertility in Homeopathy

Infertility and Homeopathy

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:37:00 PDT

Hello readers! After a long time I am back to blog here to share you something about Homeopathy. In this post and in coming post I am about to write about Infertility and how it is treated in Homeopathy.

First we have to know about 'Infertility' to know more detail about the scope of Homeopathy in treated infertility successfully.

According to World Health Organisation (WHO), positive reproductive health of a woman is a state of complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely absence of disease related to reproductive systems and functions.

When a couple have apparent failure to produce the child they are considered to have infertility. When the couple unable to produce child permanently it is called as Sterility.

Usually people confuses with the two terms of 'infertility' and 'sterility'. Infertility is treated by medicines and other auxiliary measures like Artificial insemination, etc.

Based on an observation it is found that 50% of couples conceive within 3months of regular unprotected sexual intercourse, 75% of couples conceive within 6 months and about 80 to 85% within one year. Most people get panic when they failed to conceive within a year. But it is normal in most couples and some may would conceive within few years without undergoing for any medications or treatment. (The Infertility Cure: The Ancient Chinese Wellness Program for Getting Pregnant and Having Healthy Babies)

In Infertility there are two types - Primary and Secondary.
In Primary infertility when there is no conception till they got married. In Secondary infertility the couples get conceived but due to some reasons unable to give birth to that child.

Ovum released from Ovary

There is a common misconception from olden days till today as in the infertility couples, more percent of fault would be in female. But this conception is totally wrong. From the research it is found that the causes of infertility is found that among one third of couples the problem is found in both of the couples, in other one third couples the problems in male alone and the remaining portion of one third infertile couples only woman is the only reason.

First let us learn the basic of Normal conception.

Normal Conception

The male sperm and female ovum has to meet each other to form a new living child. Both sperm and Ovum should be healthy to form a healthy child. The sperm produced in male body is carried and deposited in the female reproductive organs and in the cervix region which is the lower most part of the Uterus. After the sperm got deposited in the female body it moves towards Uterus with the help of the cells in the Uterus wall. In the same time the Ovum produced in the Ovary get away from there and is conducted to the Uterus through Fallopian tube and reach the Uterus where it meets the sperm to fertilize and form Zygote. The Zygote get deposited in the wall of the Uterus and later form the full formed child by getting its feed from the Uterus.

During infertility if any part of this mechanism get disturbed would be the reason. There are many investigations invented to find the reason for infertility and can get the treatment successfully. We will see the scope of Homeopathy in infertility. (Homeopathic Remedies for Infertility)

Fibromyalgia

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:47:00 PDT

Fibromyalgia is a common term used to indicate the pain and stiffness in muscles and joints. Fibromyalgia is a group of symptoms which calls for medications. It usually involves pain in fibers and muscles of our body and hence majority of people says of joint pain and stiffness associated with fatigue, sleep disturbance. Some people have cognitive dysfunction to minimal amount which is also included in the fibromyalgia. It is common disorder found in about female population and makes them to suffer due to pain. Now many researches are running to find the exact causing factors of the fibromyalgia and the treatment for it.

It has been estimated about 2 to 3 % of population is suffering from fibromyalgia in US and UK populations. Females are suffering more than males in the ration of female to male are 10:1. It has been reported some other psycho social factors are responsible for the occurrence and predominance of fibromyalgia among the community. They include martial disharmony, alcoholism in the family, some sorts of traumatic injury or assault, childhood abuse, etc.

What is fibromyalgia?

Fibro means fibrous tissue, myos means muscles, algia means pain. In common the pain in the fibrous and muscles in our body with or without stiffness is named as fibromyalgia. But there are some exceptions symptoms groups are named under fibromyalgia namely fatigue, sleep disturbance, bowel and bladder abnormalities, difficulty in swallowing, etc. Some women have cognitive disorders associated with other symptoms. These symptoms have no pathological explanation of causative factor and the pathogenesis.

What are the causes for fibromyalgia?

The exact cause for the fibromyalgia is not noted till today. Even after thorough investigation, it is not possible to find the cause of fibromyalgia in the term of structural, inflammatory, metabolic abnormality. Numerous hypotheses are formulated to find the exact mechanism of fibromyalgia. Two important abnormalities are reported most times. They are:

1. Abnormal sleep pattern.

2. Abnormal pain processing.

People who have abnormality in sleep pattern due to other causes like disease illness, anxiety or any psychological trauma, leads to reduced physical activity which is the cause for poor aerobic activity. Due to less aerobic activity, functions in the body are affected from normal which eventually leads to fatigue and functional disturbance in all the parts of the body.

The abnormal pain processing is explained in the ‘dopamine hypothesis of fibromyalgia’. For pain perception and analgesia naturally dopamine is essential. Due to its abnormal secretion usually decreased secretion of dopamine, it leads to abnormal pain perception in the body.

In some researches done, it is also formulated that the Serotonin, a neurotransmitter is also acts a role in causing fibromyalgia. It has been found that women with fibromyalgia have less serotonin secretion in their Cerbro Spinal Fluid.

Some researchers are stating that there is some genetic predisposition responsible for the people suffering from fibromyalgia and it would be due to some polygenic expressions.

Symptoms of fibromyalgia:

The usual symptoms of fibromyalgia are multi regional pain throughout body, fatigue present along with all the complaints. They do have the complaint of increased sensitivity and hence they feel pain in the touch of other persons. Muscle spasm, joint stiffness which have no clinical evidence and nerve pain are other major symptoms found in fibromyalgia. In addition to it, the people suffering from fibromyalgia have bowel, bladder and sleep disturbances.

Some cognitive dysfunctions are found in people suffering from fibromyalgia like impaired memory either short term or long term, brain tiredness easily on any mental exertion, impaired concentration in work or in studies etc. These complaints are often associated with anxiety or any depressive symptoms which will be the cause for the fibromyalgia in initial periods.

Some people have fibromyalgia as the secondary syndrome to some other musclo-skeletal disorders like rheumatic arthritis, systemic lupus erthematous, irritable bowel syndrome and other auto immune diseases too.

Shortness of breath is another important symptom in major people suffering from fibromyalgia.

Diagnosing fibromyalgia:

No lab investigations are marker to diagnose the fibromyalgia. The clinical symptoms are the guiding points to rule fibromyalgia from other musclo skeletal diseases and other joint diseases. People who complain of general body pain for more than 3 months with tender points in the joints or in other muscles or fibrous tissue is the leading symptom to diagnose as fibromyalgia.

Some cognitive dysfunctions and fatigue with sleep disorders helps in diagnosing the person suffering from fibromyalgia.

Treatment for fibromyalgia:

As fibromyalgia cannot be explained with the clinical changes, the treatment is relieving the symptoms which makes the people worse and restrict them from doing the daily activities. Pregabalin, Duloxetine, Milnacipran are the three medicines approved by FDA for treating the general pain and regional pain in people suffering from fibromyalgia.

Anti- depressants are taken for the fatigue, general body pain and sleep disturbances. Analgesics like Tramadol helps in relieving pain in particular region. It relieves stiffness to some extent. Low dose amitriptyline with or without fluoxetine also helps.

Along with the medications, people need to undergo aerobic exercises which stretch the body and muscle fibers to relieve the pain in body. People suffering from Psychological problem need Psychotherapy.

Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Practitioners Guide to Treatment

Exercises for fibromyalgia:

Exercises are helpful in relieving general body pain in fibromyalgia. Some important as well as easy exercises for doing fibromyalgia are

1. Cat exercise- It is just simple exercise. It helps in relieving pain in the body muscles and to strengthen the weakness in the back region. The method of doing the exercise is just keep the knees and hands in the floor in the shape of cat standing with four legs and gently raising the back towards up in slow pace. Later on doing the same in the reverse ie towards downwards. It should be done in slow pace as there may be risk of wrong doing and lead to other sorts of problem. Yoga for Fibromyalgia: Move, Breathe, and Relax to Improve Your Quality of Life (Rodmell Press Yoga Shorts)

2. Raising hands above the head so that both the hands clasp each other above head. The arms should be straight from the shoulder to the hands. You should have to take the hands near the ear which is the indicator to keep your hands in the middle. Just relax in this position for about 30 seconds and lower down the arms and relax. Just doing this exercise repeatedly, the arm muscles get relaxed and get enough blood supply.

3. Swimming is the best and simple exercise for any kind of body pain either due to fibromyalgia or other conditions like osteoarthritis.

4. Sit in the plane floor and try to raise both legs up in the air slowly without bending knees. Try to rise till you can do. Don’t stress yourself to reach height. Height of reaching is not our aim, it is to strengthen the leg muscles and to increase the muscle movements to relieve the fibromyalgia pain.

5. In the middle of the work just relax yourself by stretching both limbs and to increase blood supply to the extremities which are slow for the people who involve in sedentary works.

These are just simple exercises to relieve you. But there are many exercises and yoga which you have to learn from the professional teachers to maintain the body will get your exercise to relieve from fibromyalgia.

Diet for fibromyalgia:

On constant research it is found that vegetable rich foods are helpful in people suffering from fibromyalgia and in arthritis. The vegetable rich foods prevent in blood clot formation due to increased fibers in them. As there is more blood supply in the arteries there is increased supply of oxygen to the tissues and helps them to rejuvenate during the diseased state.

Carbohydrates are found to increase serotonin levels in blood and hence help in relieving the pain in fibromyalgia patients. But the balance of intake of carbohydrates should be low carbohydrate: high protein or low fat: high carbohydrate. Both seem to be equal but the primary diet is effective in fighting for fibromyalgia pain. Food that Helps Win the Battle Against Fibromyalgia: Ease Everyday Pain and Fight Fatigue

Magnesium is highly recommended for the patients having fibromyalgia. It is rich in beans, peanuts, broccoli, rockfish, tofu, whole grain cereal, whole grain bread.

The food rich in alkaline content such as lemon, watermelon, dates, figs, beets, bell pepper, sea foods, sweet corn, strawberry, raspberry, sea salt, etc reduces the body pH. The body cells find difficult to absorb energy from the blood when pH of the body is less and in the acidic medium.

It is found that people suffering from most rheumatic complaints and also in fibromyalgia Vitamin-D is less than normal. Hence the daily food should include the little quantity of Vitamin D for meeting the deficiency.

The processed foods are the biggest enemy for our body. Avoid all the processed and stored foods which have only preservatives and artificial flavors which increase the fibromyalgia condition.

What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Fibromyalgia: The Revolutionary Treatment That Can Reverse the Disease

Alternative medicines for fibromyalgia:

The fibromyalgia is well treated by alternative system of medicines and with herbal remedies. Acupuncture is found to be a good treatment in relieving the pain without intake of any medicines for the pain and stiffness due to the pain.

In homeopathic system of medicine for treating fibromyalgia, many remedies acts well in the whole person. Some specific medicines for fibromyalgia are Arnica, Rhus toxicodendron, Bryonia, Hypericum, etc. Though there are specific remedies for fibromyalgia it is good to treat the whole person and hence it is a best system of medicine to get cure from fibromyalgia.

In Herbal medicines, the herbs which are effective for curing fibromyalgia are:

Vitex Negundo – It is effective medicine for any kind of arthritic problems said in Ayurvedic system of medicines.

Herbs for Fibromyalgia: What Herbal Remedies to Take and Why

Zingiber officinale: It is common ginger. It is effective anti inflammatory medicine. It is also helpful in relieving complaints related to gastric and intestine. Thus it acts well for the conditions related to irritable bowel syndrome.

Withania somnifera: Commonly called as Indian ginseng. It is a good anti inflammatory, anti stress medicine. It helps in relieving the physical symptoms and the depressive symptoms when they act as reason for causing fibromyalgia.

Homeopathic medicines for menorrhagia- I

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Tue, 17 May 2011 05:13:00 PDT

Many homeopathic remedies present which cures menorrhagia completely without any other side effects in our body. While treating with homeopathic remedies the homeopathic physician concentrates fully and takes the whole person's history to treat them as a whole person. Hence a complete case history is essential to treat menorrhagia.

However some of the common specific remedies used for treating menorrhagia are discussed here.

Dr. James Tyler Kent given in the Repertory the list of the medicines with the gradation among the medicines.
First grade: Apocyanum, Arsenic album, Belladonna, Bovista, Calcarea carb, Calcarea phos, China, Cocculus, Cyclamen, Erigeron, Ferrum met, Helonias, Ipecac, Millefolium, Murex, Natrum mur, Nux moschata, Nux vomica, Phosphorus, Platina, Ratanhia, Rhus tox, Sabina, Secale, Secec, Stramonium.

Second grade: Aconite, Agaricus, Ambra grisea, Ammonium carb, Ammonium mur, Apis, Aranea, Arnica, Arsenic iod, Borax, Bryonia, Cannabis indica, Cantharis.

Some of the important homeopathic remedies used for treating menorrhagia given below.
1. Belladonna:
It is one of the heamorrhagic remedies. The flow is usually bright red and hot sometimes it comes as decomposed blood. The associated symptom is pain in the back as if it would break. It is a good remedy for initial stages of inflammation. Hence the blood is usually bright red and rarely it comes out as decomposed blood. The flow is always copious.

2. Cinchona: In this remedy, menses is usually early, profuse, dark clotted. Sometimes they have leucorrhoea blood stained which is present instead of menses. The characteristic features which decide to select Cinchona are three:
a) Periodicity present always.
b) Debility and prostration always present with complaints.
c) Sensitiveness is the third important character.

3. Crocus sativus: This remedy is usually used by most of the homeopathic physician. It is one of the important remedies in stopping bleeding during menses in women. The bleeding is very characteristic. The blood flows as like long strings and dark colored. They have the feeling as if something alive present in the abdomen. It is suited to those people who are sensitive to music.

4.Crotalus horridus: The general tendency of this remedy is haemorrhage's from any parts of the body while proving. The symptoms produced are those could be cured in the diseased people. Prolonged menses and the blood seems to be decomposed dark fluid. The bleeding is offensive due to infection. In case of puerperal fever and offensive lochia this remedy acts best.

5.Cyclamen: It always plays vital role in female reproductive organs and helps in curing many diseases occurring in the female reproductive system. During menses the woman have labor like pain and the bleeding is clotted and membranous this remedy will act better for them. After menses they have swelling in the breasts and sometimes have milky secretion too. It is a valuable remedy for the post partum hemorrhage.

6. Erigeron: During menstruation, the bleeding is bright red, profuse. Important symptom which is present along with menstruation is painful urination and irritation in rectum. It is the unique feature which differentiate it from other remedies. If a women who is tend to menstruate even from slight exertion or bleeding during pregnancy on slight exertion this remedy acts well.

7.Ferrum met: Ferrum met is one of the anti hemorrhagic remedy. Woman who are having long and profuse menses which tends to come early are treated well with this remedy. The persons who are anaemic and pale but having false plethora in the face is the well suited person for this remedy. Gentle motion usually relieves them in general.

Menorrahagia and homeopathy- II

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:46:00 PDT

Causes of menorrhagia:

The causes for menorrhagia differs from woman to woman based on age and other factors. In women under 21 years of age having excessive bleeding during menstruation is due to anovulatory cycle which would go normal after some cycles when the hormone secretion is in the normal rhythmic cycle.

The causes are broadly classified into the following groups:

General cause: The general causes responsible for menorrhagia acts as a whole. They are given below

1. Hormonal cause: When the hypothalamo- pituitary ovarian axis is not working well as one unit it will leads to disturbance. (See normal physiology above). The hormone necessary for the ovulation and Corpus luteum maintainence like Follicle stimulating hormone, leutinizing hormone are disturbed. Other than that the hormone which changes the normal cycle and also responsible for increase flow are thyroid hormone, adrenal hormone, etc.

2.Blood dyscrasia: If there is defectiveness present in the blood clotting mechanism also leads to menorrhagia. Leukemia, thromobocytopenis, and even severe anemia would also result in heavy menstrual flow..

3. Other general causes are infections like tuberculosis(it is common in developing countries than developed nations) and other local infections of genital tract would also be the reason for menorrhagia.

Pelvic causes: Any abnormalities in pelvic structure or any organs will also results in heavy menstrual flow. Other than it, the diseases in any reproductive organs like ovaries, uterus also leads to menorrhagia.

1.Uterine fibroids or polyps increase the endometrial surface and when there is the time for menstrual flow, over shedding of the endometrium will results in excessive blood flow.

2. Ovaries having chocolate cyst, PCOD, endometriosis also an important reason in menorrhagia in women in the reproductive age.

3. Pelvic inflammatory disease(PID), inflammation of fallopian tube are other important reasons which should not be left out.

Iatrogenic causes: If woman is under the treatment of o estrogen and progesterone pills leads to heavy blood loss during menses. While taking hormone pills for treating any reasons or even to reduce increased blood loss, would result in withdrawal bleeding when the pills are stopped.
Intra Uterine device: Many women forget to reveal this fact and get confusing on finding the reason for the menorrhagia. As the intra uterine devices have the hormones coated and it disturbs the mucosa of the uterine wall induce more blood loss during cycles in initial period soon after its insertion.

Now you will be clear about the causes for menorrhagia. Next we will learn about the list of homeopathic remedies which acts well and treat menorrhagia in next post.

Menorrahagia and homeopathy -I

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:20:00 PDT

Menorrahagia is one of the most common problems faced by women during the reproductive age. According to World Health Organization (WHO) about 18 million women in the age between 30-55 years are found to face the problem of menorrahagia. It is essential to know about the basic of menstruation and the problems which are commonly happened during the regular cycle. Before explaining about the treatment of menorrahagia with the homeopathic medicines it is good to know the basics of menorrahagia and the causes producing it. I will explain about the basic here.
In medical terms, menorrahagia is defined as regular cyclic bleeding which is excessive in amount or duration. The bleeding is considered to be normal when there is 50 to 80 ml of blood loss during menstruation or the duration of the blood flow should not exceed 7 days.
It is difficult to find the menorrahagia in term of quantity of blood loss. Hence it is good to calculate based on the number of tampon or pads used and the duration of the one tampon or pad used. It is the indirect means to calculate the quantity of blood lost during the day of using.

Normal Physiology of menstruation:
For normal menstruation in a female, hypothalamus, pituitary, ovary acts together as one unit. Hypothalamus release Gonodotrophin releasing Hormone (GnRH). The hormone acts in the anterior pituitary gland and helps to release Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH). The FSH and LH produce and maintain the “follicular phase” in ovaries and ‘Proliferative phase’ in uterus.
Follicular stimulating hormone induces the growth of the follicles in the ovaries. But one major follicle grows more than the other follicle which is named as ‘Primordial follicle’. Luteinizing hormone acts along with FSH for follicle maturation and induces the secretion of estrogen from ovary as 17β- Estradiol. Estrogen thus produced inhibits the secretion of FSH hormone and thus stopping growth of the other follicles and the estrogen is responsible for increasing the secretion of LH. The most important work of Estrogen is to change the uterus for proliferative stage and it is called ‘Proliferative phase’ in the uterus. The Secretory phase is essential which helps in increasing blood supply to the uterus and also the uterus proliferation for the future when there is implantation of the fertilized ovum reaches the uterus wall. LH hormone acts at the same time and increases the Oestradiol secretion and induces the follicle to rupture and form corpus luteum and ovum is released.
After the ovum is released the remaining part of the primordial follicle is named as ‘Corpus luteum’. Corpus luteum has the major function if the ovum is fertilized and the pregnancy is maintained. It secretes Progesterone hormone. Progesterone hormone helps in producing ‘Secretory phase’ in uterus. It helps in maintaining and increasing the blood vascularity of the uterus. Progesterone inhibits the LH secretion from pituitary gland.
When there is no fertilized ovum to settle in the wall of the uterus, Oestrogen and Progesterone declines slowly and reach the minimal level in blood leads to menstruation. A normal menstrual cycle is 21-35 days duration and the amount of blood flow is about 25-80ml in average is considered to be normal.

Let us learn about Causes of Menorrhagia in following post.

Source: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/255540-overview

Homeopathic medicines for food poisoning

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 11:11:00 PST

The most common remedies which acts well for food poisoning are:
Aconite, Salmonella typhimurium, Arsenicum album, Nux vomica, Ipecac.

Other than these specific remedies which acts good for food poisoning, certain medicines present for food poisoning due to specific agents.

Those are listed below:

Spoiled fish from: Carbo veg, Allium cepa.

Drinking impure water: Camphora, Veratrum album, Zingiber.

From milk: Aethusa cynapium, Arsenicum album, Bryonia, Calcarea carb, Conium, Kali carb, Lycopodium, Natrum carb, Niccolinum, Nitric acid, Nux vom, Sepia, Sulphur.

From oysters: Bromium, Lycopodium, Sulphuric acid.

From artificial foods: Alumina, Calc carb, magnesia carb, Sulphur.

Homeo Family Health Kit Review by learner

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:01:00 PST

The very essential medicine of Homeopathy is present. The set of medicines are good and without any side effects. Experts suggest those medicine for emergency condition and should have one at home.Homeo Family Health Kit Review by learner

Homeo Family Health Kit Review by learner

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 01:00:00 PST

Homeo Family Health Kit Review by learner

Food poisoning and homeopathy

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 10:30:00 PST

Food poisoning, a common gastric problem due to bacteria and most of us would be suffered from it due to intake of improper intake of food. Homeopathy acts well in curing completely the food poisoning in short period as like the allopathy and without any side effects which is unique in this medicine system.

What is food poisoning:
Food poisoning is an acute condition caused due to intake of infected foods or drinks. It is also caused due to chemicals like aresenic, mercury, cadmium, and some sea foods an plant foods also cause food poisoning to some people.

Causing agents: Bacteria and bacterial toxin is the main reason for the food poisoning. Other than that chemicals, sea foods and plant foods too.

Bacterial foo poisoning varies depending on the organism produce it. Based on the organism, they are named as:

Salmonella food poisoning.
Staphylococcal food poisoning.
Botulism
Clostridium befringenes food poisoning
Bacillus cereus food poisoning.

1.Salmonella food poisoning:
            It is caused by the bacteria Salmonella typhimurum. Usually it is transmitted from infected animals through infected products like milk and milk products, contaminated meat, egg. From the infected person too when there is no proper hygiene there are many chances for the infection transmission. It takes one day to show the symptoms. The symptoms are pain in abdomen and with diarrhea, Fever is present in most of the persons who have salmonella food poisoning.

2.Staphylococcal food poisoning:
            It is fast acting food poisoning as the toxin released by the bacteria is the causative factor. The most common method of transmission is from infected animals and through milk and milk products. The toxin released by the staphylococcal bacteria is not destroyed even by boiling for about 30 minutes. Hence the proper measures should be present to have hygienic foods.

3.Botulism:
              It is the most serious food poisoning but it is now rare in its occurrence. It is caused by the bacteria Clostridium botulinum. The bacteria is grown in the anaerobic condition and mostly present in the infected sand. As it is anaerobic bacteria, its usually presence would in the frozen ed foods, tanned foods, pickles. The toxin released by the bacteria is harmful and would leads to severe problem.
            Usually the toxins affects Central Nervous system more than the gastro intestinal system. So the common symptoms after this food poisoning is dysphagia, diplopia, blurring of vision. dysarthria. As it mainly causes paralysis, it will leads to death sooner due to the paralysis in heart and lungs. The symptoms are shown within 4 to 6 days.

4.Clostridium befringens food poisoning:
            It is usually transmitted from humans an animal cycle. The causative factor is the infected meat, and poultry products. When the food is cooked and have been cooled in 24 hours which has no proper processing before are common factor which leads to this food poisoning. The symptoms usually have gastric pain, abdominal cramps with diarrhea, fever is not so common in this kind.

5.Bacillus cereus food poisoning:
                 Usually in bacillus cereus food poisoning, the disease is due to the toxins released by the bacteria in the contaminated food. It is a common type of food poisoning. It is essential for good full cooking of food before consuming.
          Recent researches found that two kind of toxins produced by the bacteria. One kind would be emetic form which produce nausea more than diarrhea, The other form of toxin produce only diarrhea symptoms. Usually this toxin would show within 8hours of ingestion. Fever is absent during this poisoning but other symptoms are present.

Other conditions mimic Uterine fibroid

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:54:00 PST

1. Pregnancy: Usually pregnancy in unmarried woman is wrongly diagnosed if there is no proper history present. To rule out pregnancy symptoms, signs and pregnancy test helps.
2. Haematometra: It is due to cervical stenosis, hence enlarged uterus and secondary amenorrhea. Ultrasound helps to find it clearly.
3. Adenomyosis: A condition in which uterine endometrium present in the wall of the uterus. Adenomyosis seems to like uterine fibroid except adenomyosis is tender to touch while examining.

Medicine for Uterine fibroid

4. Endometriosis, chocolate cyst: When observing the symptoms both mimic like uterine fibroid.
5. Ovarian tumor: Peduculated fibroid may represent like ovarian tumor, Ultrasound does not reveals the true diagnosis, Laparoscopic view and specimen helps to find the correct diagnosis.

Homeopathic Medicines for fibroid

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 10:45:00 PST

Many fibroid medicines are present in homeopathy. According to repertorisation, many authors give many medicines and the gradation varies based on their experience. Here, the most famous doctors and author’s choice of medicines are given:

Dr.J.T.Kent said.

1st grade: Calcarea carb, Calcarea flour, Phosphorus.

2nd grade: Apis mel, Aur- m-Natronatum, Calcarea phos, Calcarea sulph, Conium, Kali Carb, Kali iod, Lachesis, ledum, Liium tig, Lycopodium, Mercurius cor, Silicea, Terebinth, Ustilago.

3rd grade: Bromium, Bufo, Kali bromium, Mercurius, Mercurius-i-r, Nitric acid, Nux vomica, Platina, Secale, Sulph- acid, Thuja, Tuberculinum, Vinca.

Dr. William Boericke said.

1st grade: Aurum iod, Aurum mur, Calcarea carb, Calcarea iod, Calendula, Fraxinus amer, Hydrocotyle, Iodum, Kali iod, Lachesis, Nitric acid, Phosphorus,, Sabina. Thlapsi, Thuja, Thyroidinum, Mer- I-r.

2nd grade: Belladonna, Calc phos, Cinchona, Ferrum, Hamamelis, Hydrastis, Ipecac, ledum, Lycopodium, Merc cor, Platina, Plumbum, Pulsatilla, Sabal ser, Sanguinaria, Secale, Sepia, Silicea, Solidago, Staph, Sulph, Trillium.

Some specific medicines which are used for curing uterine fibroids are explained below:

Ustilago maydis: Metrorrhagia profuse, passive, after miscarriages, flow even at slight exertion,. Menorrahagia at climaxis. Postpartum hemorrhage, profuse lochia.

Thlapsi bursa: Anti-hemorrhagic, anti uric acid remedy. Metrorrhagia, frequent, copious, bleeding with uterine colic. Leucorrhoea before and after menses. Leucorrhoea stains indelibly. Alternate periods worse. Next period comes when she barely overcomes the previous one. Sore pain in the womb.

Trillium: Hemorrhagic remedy with faintness and giddiness. Bleeding from fibroid, bleeding causes pain in the back. Sensation as if back would tear into pieces. She needs a tight band round waist which gives relief.

Fraxinus americanus: Fibrous growth, sub-involution and prolapsed remedy. Patulous and enlarged uterus. Fibroids with bearing down sensation. Leucorrhoea water, unirritating.

Changes in Uterine fibroid

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 03:22:00 PST

Uterine fibroid undergoes secondary changes like
• Atrophy.
• Calcareous degeneration.
• Red degeneration.
• Sarcomatous change.

Atrophy: Occurs after menopause and delivery. The fibroid gradually reduces in size due to diminished blood supply.

Calcareous degeneration: Along the course of blood vessels which supply to the fibroids have calcium and phosphate of lime deposition from periphery. It is seen in old women who have long standing myoma.

Red degeneration: The most emergency complication of uterine fibroid is red degeneration. The myoma becomes tense and tender with purple rd color and a fishy odor. It is found due to thrombosis of the small blood vessels which supply to the myoma. The exact phenomenon is not described yet.

Sarcomatous change: It is rare change of uterine fibroid. 0.5% of myoma undergoes Sarcomatous change. It is rare for the malignant transformation of uterine fibroid in women under the age of 40 years.

Uterine fibroid

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 07:10:00 PST

Uterine fibroid or myoma is the most common problem now in women in the reproductive stage. Most commonly women below the age of 30years face the problem and the incidence of myoma reduces when age increases. There are also rare case incidences of myoma before puberty and after menopause.
Thus Uterine fibroid grow due to the excessive Estrogen hormone, which undergoes cycle during the menstrual cycle. It is also seen during pregnancy period.

The common symptoms due to uterine fibroid are:
• Menstrual irregularity- like menorrahagia, polymenorrhoea, meteraggia. There would be excessive flow of menstrual bleeding, the cycle would be irregular.
• Infertility- Uterine fibroid itself does not produce infertility. The fibroid prevents the entry of sperm into uterine cavity, and some kind would block the fallopian tubes prevent the egg to enter the right place for fertilization.
• Abdominal pain- It occurs when the degeneration of fibroid advances and the pain would be acute when the peduculated fibroid got twisted.

Uterine fibroid based on the place of origin they are named as
• Sub mucous.
• Intramural
• Sub serous
• Interstitial
• Peritoneal- It occurs rarely. Sometimes fibroid present very near to the peritoneal region get detached and would get attached to the nearby organ forming ‘parasitic fibroid’.

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Jaundice

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:20:00 PDT

Jaundice- It is the chronic form of liver disorder. It causes the yellowness of skin and sclera in the eye. It is due to the liver functions derangement.

Based on its origin Jaundice has been classified as
1.Hemolytic
2.Hepatic
3.Obstructive.

Hemolytic jaundice: It is due to the over destruction of red cells or the precursor cells in the bone marrow. As the heame part of the red cells would form the bilirubin, its excessive destruction would leads to the accumulation of the bilirubin in the blood. Yet there is excessive in unconjugated bilirubin would be excessive in the blood when compared to the conjugated one.

The symptoms would shows of anaemia which would be due to the excessive red cells destruction. There would be pale stools and dark urine.

Hepatic jaundice: When the hepatic cells find difficult to transport the bilirubin and leads to the accumulation of the bilirubin within the hepatic cells thus in turn in the blood leads to jaundice.

Obstructive Jaundice: It is due to the disturbance in the hepatic cells to get transported such that to form conjugated bilirubin from the unconjugated one. If any disturbance in this mechanism would lead to the bilirubin accumulation leads to jaundic

Liver an important amazing organ

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 10:35:00 PDT

Liver is the heaviest organ in our body. It weighs about 1.2 to 1.8 kgs. Liver is situated in the right side so that most part would be within our rib bones; the lower end of the liver is palpated with finger in the lower border of ribs in the right side.
Anatomically liver is divided as right and left lobe based on the ligament which divides. But surgically liver is divided as right and left hepatic lobe based on the blood supply to the liver. In turn the both lobes are divided into eight total lobules.
The liver parenchyma has other cells about 20% other than hepatocytes. The lobules which divides to form as hepatic sinusoids. But they are not functional unit. The functional unit of liver is hepatic locules.
Liver has the major role in our body. It is the organ which has the major part in our food metabolism and storage. When the food is digested most part of the glucose formed is absorbed from our blood and stored in liver as glycogen. Thus it acts a vital role in the blood glucose maintenance. When the body goes for starvation without food, the glycogen thus stored in our body is break down to glucose for the usage. Another process in the liver is gluoneogenesis. In this process the glycogen is formed from non glucose content. For that proteins are the major content.
Along with glycogen, amino acid formation is also an important process. The amino acids are formed in the liver and carried to the organ using it for the body building and other purposes. The most important enzymes present in liver is Alanaine amino transferase (ALT) and Aspartate amino transferase (AST). They are the important enzymes for the amino acid transfer. Hence it is an indicator for the liver functions. Another enzyme named Alkaline Phosphatase present in most part of our body and it is more in liver too. It is another important indicator to find the pathology in the hepatic region or any obstructive cause when there is alteration in the liver functions.

CANCER

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:52:00 PDT

When the cell loses the power to control its multiplication and the cell cycle results in excessive cell formation by replication method. This condition is called 'cancer'. The science which deals with cancer is called 'Oncology'.

Formation of cancer cells: The first step for formation of cancer is initiation of the cancer cell production. For this step 'mutation' plays a vital role. The mutated cell escapes from the cell cycle and undergo proliferation of growth and then to division. It keeps on dividing to form the cell mass. Thus the first set of cells to initiate further growth attains. Soon these cells keep on proliferating to produce a visible mass.
The mutation of cells are produced by both the influence of environmental and the chemical factors. It is also believed that the mutated genes present in the parents are transmitted to the off springs. The parent having the mutated cell wont express the disease although they carry it.

Oncogenes:
The genes which are mutated to form cancer are called "Oncogenes".
The oncogenes may be in the following form:
1. Viral oncogenes: It causes minority of cancers. The DNA sequences are introduced exogenous form through viral infection. Also it is believed that our ancestors been attracted with viral infection and the infected genes are transmitted to the next generation.

Good example for this is Human T-Cell Lymphotrophic virus type- 1 which causes Leukemia
Other cancers associated with the viral infections are Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Epstein- Barr virus (EBV), Herpes simplex virus 2(HSV2)

2.Proto-Oncogenes:
There is a mutation in the components which are essential for signaling transduction pathway. Hence they produce increase or altered copies of genes which are responsible to control a particular functions in the body.
Examples for the cancers produced by this genes are H-RAS oncogene is the causative agent for the removal of GTP which would mimic like Growth hormone stimulation.
In Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, the trans location of chromosome 9 to chromosome 22 leads to the excessive proliferation of the while blood cells.

3.Tumor suppressor genes:
Certain genes in our body have the code proteins for normal functions, which helps for the regular cell cycle and the death of the cell at time. The genes which responsible for this action altered resulting in tumors.
Retinoblastoma is well known example for it. Neurofibromin encodes RAS Inhibitor which is mutated in Neurofibromatosis.

Alzheimer’s disease treated in Homeopathy

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:45:00 PDT

According to Canadian research that about 44% of Alzheimer’s disease is not true and most is due to Vitamin- B12 deficiency. Hence regular administration of Vitamin- B12 is essential in old age as it would prevent the dementia at that age. But however the nerve deformity formed due to the deficiency would not be treated with the regular administration of Vitamin.
It has been found that Aluminum content is more in brain tissues in the people who have the symptom of Alzheimer’s disease. Hence it is advised to stop using aluminum vessels and any coating to preserve foods with aluminum.

Some researches have found that mercury is another predisposing factor for Alzheimer’s disease. Among Indian people attack of Alzheimer’s disease the attack and the occurrence is less due to the usage of turmeric in the foods. Turmeric is good anti-biotic and anti-oxidant.

Free radicals produced during oxidation process would damage body tissues and the nerves. It is another factor which is predisposing to the Alzheimer’s disease. Anti-oxidants such as Vitamin- E and are helpful to prevent the damage produced by free radicals.
It was found to get good results with homeopathic medicines for Alzheimer’s disease. Some medicines which are helpful for treating dementia in old age are given below with its explanation:
1.Alumina: The persons who have confusion of mind. They have fear of losing reasons and the “Suicidal tendency” is the keynote symptom. They have suicidal thoughts on seeing sharp objects. Another indicating symptom is constipation. They constipated severely as they have to strain much to pass little stool and the stool nature is as like soft clay.
2.Anacardium The persons lack self confident and aversion to work. They have diminution of all senses like seeing, hearing and other senses too. Memory loss is the key point with a delusion of some one controlling them to do the right and the wrong things in their life.
3. Baryta Carb: It is a wonderful remedy to act in both children and the old age people. It is indicated with the idiocy and the mental weakness. Baryta carb acts well in the wall of arteries and hence it is an effective medicine for aneurysm produced during old age and a good medicine for the arteriosclerosis.
4. Conium: It acts mainly on muscular structure and ‘Ascending paralysis’ is the red line point. They have paralysis starting in the legs which gradually ascends up to the lungs and may damage the respiration by impending breathe. They have loss of interest in anything and also weak memory.
5.Picric acid: It causes degeneration in spinal cord. Hence it is a good medicine for spinal meningitis produced due to degeneration and also in paralysis resulting due to degeneration. They have neurasthenia with muscular debility.
Ginkgo biloba: It is a plant extract and now prescribed for dementia and confusion of mind in old people and also for Alzheimer's disease. It has the property of anti- oxidant and anti-inflammatory. It is prescribed in Old Chinese medicine and now used in Germany

Alzheimer's disease

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:17:00 PDT

             It is the most common cause of dementia in old age people. But differentiating it with vitamin deficiency. It has been found that 5%of population of 65years old people are facing this complaint globally.
            The exact cause of the disease is yet unknown. It has been found that there are the dominant alleles in genes is responsible for the disease transmission. Also it has found that many cases of Vitamin- B12 deficiency is misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease. Some recent researches has found that the more exposure to electromagnetic waves directly to brain would be also reason which is by means of constantly exposing to the computer monitor and in case of having electronic caller machines.

            In this disease the brain cortex is formed with plaque which is like amyloid structure which found by biochemical process. The plaques formed in the brain could be found by imaging technique. But only can confirmed during autopsy.

   Initially the old people have the problem of memory loss and it would be both short term and long term memory loss. It is more pronounced in short term memory loss. Later they have difficulty to calculating the exact position and length of the place. Soon there seemed to have derangement in the intellectual facility. The persons later would become aggressive or depressed it varies to person to person. When there seems to have intellectual deformity the disease become to pronounce externally.

Anti-Oxidants which we need

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:16:00 PDT

Are you aware about ANTI-OXIDANTS? During the process of oxidation within our body cells some of the oxygen free radicals escape if they are left as such it would leads to much damage to the cell in turn later it may lead to the death or excessive growth of the cells which may leads to cancer of the part. To prevent such free radicals there should be some chemicals in our body which is called Anti-Oxidants which would prevent the free radicals.
Some important and most available anti-oxidants in our body are Glutathione,Vitamin-E, Vitamin-C and some other enzymes like superoxide dismutase and peroxidases.

Glutathionine is now available as Ergothioneine which is a naturally occuring and water soluable amino acid anti-oxidant present in sands which is not available to us as such which could get through some of the pharmaceutical products and the product which is of best quality available is OXIS product. These anti-oxidants would prevent the anti-aging process produced by the free radicals

Benefits of Ergothionine:

It helps to maintain the level of Vitamin-E and C which are other anti oxidants essential for our body.
Easy fat oxidation
Reduce the damaging effect of Ultra violet rays

Ergothionine available in compounds like BXT-51072 and OXIS' LSA Molecules.

BXT-51072:
                 It is orally active organoselenium catalytic medicine. It major cellular components is glutathionine. It acts in the free radicals produced during oxidation and it is also an effective medicine for secondary inflammatory reaction.

OXIS' LSA molecules:
        It is built as the cell barrier present in our body to prevent these free radicals. It would act like Vitamin-E present in our body.

                 To get the product and know more about it have a visit to the site OXIS product

Homeopathy in infertility

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:54:00 PDT

Now the young couples facing this problem. Infertility. Homeopathy treats well in infertility without any harm to their body and their offsprings.

Infertlity is defined by WHO as Apparent inability of the couples to give birth to child after one year of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.

To treat infertility a complete case taking of both of the partners is essential to rule out the true problem between them to get pregnant.

Homeopathic medicines for constipation:

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 10:50:00 PDT

Below are some of the common medicines used for constipation in Homeopathy.

Remedies used for relieving constipation:
The most common and effective medicines to cure constipation are:
Aesculus, Aletris, Aloes, Baptisia, Bryonia, Calc carb, Carbo veg, Chelidonium, Collinsonia, Dioscorea, Graphites, Hydrastis, Iris vers, Lycopodium, Natrum mur, Nux vom, Opium , Plumbum, Podophyllum , Pulsatilla, Sepia, Silicea, Sulphur, Veratrum album.

Person who have habitual constipation:
For habitual constipated persons
Abies nigra, Alumen, Alumina, Bryonia, Calc carb, Causticum, Collinsonia, Conium, Graphites, Lachesis, Lycopodium, Sepia, Sulphur.

Persons who lead sedentary life:
Aloes, Bryonia, Iris, Hydrastis, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Opium, Platina, Podophyllum, Sulphur.

In pregnant women:
The most common medicines which suits for the pregnant women suffers from constipation are
Alumnia, Bryonia, Lycopodium, Nux vomica, Opium, Podophyllum, Sepia.

In old people:
Old people suffering from constipation could be relieved from the complaints by the following medicines:
Aloes, Alumina, Antimonium crudum, Baryta carb, Bryonia, Lachesis, Opium, Phosphorous, Phytolacca, Rhus tox, Ruta.

Note: Even more medicines are present in Homeopathy it should not be taken without a Homoeopathic physician guidance

Home remedies for Constipation

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:29:00 PDT

I like to suggest some home remedies before I going for Homeopathic medicines. As I have stated Constipation most times would be functional and hence no medicines is needed for many persons except persons who are having habitual constipation, pregnant women, persons who lead sedentary life.
• Drinking required amount of water daily is essential one to drive constipation. A person needs nearly four liters of water in the hot climates, in the temperate countries 6-8 glasses of water is enough to have regular bowel habit.

• Walking for about 4-5kms would help in digestion in night after meals.

• Take half cup of cabbage juice daily for a week. It is a good reliever of constipation.

• Dry grapes without seeds are boiled in milk. The milk is taken separately and the dry grapes are eaten later. It is a useful home remedies to relive constipation.

• To overcome CHRONIC constipation more intake of figs which is soaked in water the previous night has to be taken in the next morning. It has to be continued daily.

• Dates mixed with milk are a good home remedy for constipation.

• A very simple and effective home remedy to rule out constipation is drinking water which is placed in copper vessel for the whole night and the water should be taken in empty stomach.

• Guava fruit is a good remedy as well as nutrient supplier for our body.

• Orange juice in empty stomach is a very useful home remedy.

• “VAJRASANA” is the Yoga to relieve constipation.

• Eating wheat chapatti as two parts and roasted black gram powder one part is a good remedy for constipation.

Constipation

noreply@blogger.com (viji) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:06:00 PDT

Eeryone of us has this problem at least one time. Constipation most times due to functional disorders. Constipation is defined as the irregular bowel movements and failure in voiding feces which produce discomfort.

Usually defecation occurs due to the reflex from gastrocolic. Some persons need some external stimulus to maintain the regular bowel habit like drinking coffee or tea. If there is any disturbance in this reflex and also due to other reasons the bowel movement is not normal and would lead to constipation.

Causes of constipation:

· If the person wont have regular bowel habit. Irregular intake of food likewise irregular bowel emptying is the main reason.

· Food lacking fibers makes the stool difficult to move in the intestine.

· Persons having sedentary work, lack of physical activity.

· During pregnancy.

· In medical conditions like thyroid deficiency, neurological disorder.

· Persons who has under abuse of laxatives.

· Any structural diseases in colon like colon cancer and rectum cancer.

· When water intake is less than the water requirement.

To prevent constipation:

To prevent constipation some measures has to be followed. Regular intake and daily requirement of fibers should be present in our food. We need 25 to 30gms of fibers. It is to a normal American.

People having sedentary work has to have some physicalactivity and also a pass during their work and have some movement around the place.

Some people would have the constipation problem after having the measures to avoid constipation. They need medical intervention of their problem. Homeopathic medicines acts best for them.