Simple Teachings: Understand Your Beating Heart

The human heart is a muscular organ that performs the function of ensuring continuous blood flow through the cardiac cycle. Because it performs this essential function, it is one of the most important organs in the human body.

The human heart has a mass of between 250 and 350 grams, and it is usually about the size of a fist. It is enclosed in a protective sac called the pericardium. The pericardium has a fluid which nourishes the heart itself, and also protects the heart from any jolts and shocks that the body may experience.

The outer wall of the human heart is composed of three layers. The outermost layer is called the epicardium, and it is the inner wall of the pericardium. The middle layer is called the myocardium, and it is made of up muscular tissue that is capable of contracting. The innermost layer is called the endocardium, and it is is contact with the blood that the heart circulates around the body.

The human heart consists of four chambers:

Right atrium: The upper part of the heart that receives oxygen-depleted blood from the body. It is supplied by the superior vena cava. It pumps this blood through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle.

Right ventricle: The lower part of the heart that gets oxygen-depleted blood from the right atrium. It then pumps this blood through the pulmonary valve into the lungs via the pulmonary artery.

Left atrium: The upper part of the heart that gets oxygen-rich blood from the lungs through the pulmonary veins. It pumps it through the bicuspid or mitral valve into the left ventricle.

Left ventricle: The lower part of the heart that gets oxygen-rich blood from the left atrium. It pumps this blood through the aortic valve to the entire body through the aorta, including to the heart itself.

Obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol can increase the risk of developing heart disease. However, half the number of heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels. Heart disease is a major cause of death.

It is generally accepted that factors such as exercise, diet, and overall well-being, including both emotional and physiological components, affect heart health in humans.

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Your Simple Guide to Aromatherapy

The sense of smell has been prominent in our lives since the beginning of time. Be it sensing fear or judging when the pie is cooked, our sense of smell helps our body and mind in more ways than we can imagine. Aromatherapy does exactly this. It is a practice that uses essential oils to calm our mind, sooth stressed out nerves and promote a deep sense of well-being.

Essential oils are the pure oils extracted from plants, and have a calming effect on the human body. Aromatherapy uses these essential oils along with other natural ingredients like Jojoba, clays and sea salts to provide a holistic healing experience and reduce the side-effects that may be caused by other medicine forms.

Benefits

While aromatherapy alone is not enough to cause diseases, it is used as a complementary treatment. The benefits of aromatherapy can be divided into two parts: psychological and physical. Psychologically, aromatherapy stimulates our brain to sooth frazzled nerve, reduce depression and mental anxiety. Physically, when applied to the skin, aromatherapy has healing properties. When inhaled, the aromas provide relief from congestion.

One thing that you need to keep in mind is that the essential oils are very strong, and should not be used directly on the skin or inhaled in their concentrated form. Most of the aromatherapy products you will find in the market contain diluted quantities of essential oils.

Uses

The gentle healing nature of aromatherapy allows us to include it in our daily course of life. Aromatherapy can be a part of your life in the form of: 

• Skin care products 
• Bath products 
• Perfumes 
• Decoratives (like Candles & Potpourri) 
• Household/ laundry cleaners 

Apart from these, aromatherapy is also used in combination with massage therapy and acupuncture.

Constraints

While aromatherapy oils are easily available in the market without prescription, you need to be careful with their usage. People with the following conditions should avoid aromatherapy without consulting a doctor or a medical professional: 

• Asthmatic people 
• People with allergic tendencies 
• Pregnant women 
• People with sensitive skin

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Common Women’s Health Issues

Women’s health is being focused on in a whole new way of late. Making sure that women are healthy and happy has never been more important. There are certain topics within the realm of women’s health that have gained importance in the last few years. Some of these topics are:

BREAST CANCER

Breast cancer is a malignant tumour that arises in the cells of the breast. There are various kinds of breast cancer. Some of them are: 

• Ductal carcinoma in situ 
• Invasive ductal carcinoma 
• Invasive lobular carcinoma 
• Mucinous carcinoma 
• Mixed tumours 
• Medullary carcinoma 
• Inflammatory breast cancer 
• Triple negative breast cancer 

Some of the symptoms of breast cancer are nipple discharges or redness, breast or nipple pain and swelling or dimpling of part of the breast. Women above the age of 40 should have annual breast cancer examinations, as it is a condition that develops in one out of every eight women in the United States.

MENOPAUSE

Menopause is defined as the absence of menstrual periods for 12 months. Menopause is the time in a woman’s life when her ovaries cease to function. Some of the symptoms of menopause are:

Irregular vaginal bleeding: Some women have minimal problems with abnormal bleeding during perimenopause whereas others have unpredictable, excessive bleeding.

Hot flashes and night sweats: A hot flash is the feeling of warmth that spreads over the body, and is most pronounced in the head and chest. They are fairly common in women undergoing menopause. The menopausal hot flashes are sometimes accompanied by night sweats.

Vaginal symptoms: These include vaginal dryness, itching, irritation and/or pain during intercourse.

Other common women Health Issues

PREGNANCY

Pregnancy is an extremely critical time in a woman’s life. It is extremely important that she receives the correct information, care and treatment. While these vary from woman to woman, the most common signs of pregnancy are: 

• Stopped or irregular periods 
• Changes in breasts or nipples 
• Frequent urination 
• Morning sickness 
• Constant feeling of exhaustion 
• Nausea and dizziness 
• Headaches 
• Libido changes 

These are some of the most commonly discussed topics in the field of women’s health.

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Early Morning Ciggie More Likely To Cause Cancer

Are you one of those people who lights up a cigarette as soon as you wake up? One of those who cannot start their day without puffing at the cancer stick? 

Well, a study of 7,610 smokers claims that people who smoke soon after getting up in the morning are more likely to develop cancer than those who light up later in the day. The study was conducted on 7,610 smokers and published in the journal of Cancer. Smoking in the first half hour after waking doubles the smoker’s already high risk of lung cancer.

Researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine, in the US studied 4,776 smokers with lung cancer and 2,835 smokers without cancer. Studies proved that patients who smoked in the first 30 minutes after waking up were at a 79% more risk of developing cancer than those who waited an hour. “The Time To First Cigarette” effect was present even as researchers statistically adjusted in factors like the number of cigarettes smoked per day.

Smoking within the first half hour of waking up may signal higher levels of nicotine and tobacco toxins in the body, claims findings. The study also shows that head and neck cancers are high for those who fall in this group of smokers. The risk for early smokers was 1.59 times higher, compared to 1.42 higher chance among individuals who smoked 31 to 60 minutes after waking. The head and neck cancer analysis included 1,055 head and neck cancer cases and 795 controls, all with a history of cigarette smoking.

Dr. Muscat says, “It may be a combination of genetic and personal factors that cause a higher dependence to nicotine”. Cancer Research UK’s Professor Robert West, told the BBC: ‘Smokers who light up soon after waking tend to smoke each cigarette more intensively.’

So the most likely explanation of this finding is that the sooner a smoker lights up, the more smoke is taken into the lungs and the higher the level of exposure to cancer causing chemicals. Lung cancer is one of the most common causes of cancer deaths in the United States.

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Simple Teachings: Asthma - Triggers & Treatment

Asthma is a chronic ailment (disorder) of the lungs. It causes the airways to swell (inflame) and thus, narrows the air passage causing shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing.

In patients, asthma is typically triggered by allergens like,

i. Dust

ii. Mold

iii. Pollen

iv. Tobacco smoke

v. Changes in weather

vi. Chemicals

vii. Animal Hair

viii. Stress (Emotion)

As with most disorders the severity of the symptoms depends on many factors. Most of the symptoms inhibit breathing, like shortness of breath, wheezing, coughing etc.

Treatments

As far as treatment goes, there’s 2 ways to administer treatment for asthma:

Drugs to prevent attacks

- Also known as control drugs.

- Inhaled Corticosteroids (Alvesco, Asmanex etc) and Beta – agonist inhalers are the most common control drugs. A Beta- Agonist inhaler should not be inhaled by itself. It needs to be administered along with a steroid inhaler.

Relief drugs to use during an attack.

- Also known as rescue drugs

- Mainly involve bronchodilators (Proventil, Ventolin)

The symptoms and complications of asthma vary based on the severity of the attack. Some of these include:

- Inability to sleep

- Decreased ability to exercise

- Persistent coughing

- Uneasy breathing, may be even requiring assistance (ventilators)

- Functional changes in the lungs

- Death.

Take proper care to prevent an attack. Asthma is a difficult condition to live with. It restricts you from doing so many things. Don’t run out of stamina, because with proper care and treatment you can reduce the severity of the condition and begin to live a life that is normal in almost every aspect.

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Simple Teachings: Fighting Hair Loss

Your hair is your crowning glory and any hair loss, balding, premature graying or problems with your hair act as a mirror to the current state of your body. 

An average human loses anything between 20 to a 100 hair strands a day, so don’t freak out at the hair that you see on your comb. Balding is a symptom of prolonged hair loss that’s more than the daily average. 

Factors linked to hair fall include: Hormonal Imbalances, bad genes (politely referred to as “heredity”), Malfunctioning of the Thyroid gland, stress, lack of sleep, Excessive intake of Vit. A, conversely a deficient intake of folic acid and even pregnancy are linked to that annoying receding hairline and bald patches.

Apart from these factors, you can also change small daily routines in order to decrease the amount of hair loss. Herbal remedies for hair loss include massaging your scalp for 10-15 minutes twice a week with either coconut milk, coconut oil, almond oil, even oil made from the Indian goose berry ( commonly referred to as “Amla” oil) is found to be beneficial. A good hair massage is found to increase blood circulation to the scalp, which combats hair loss by promoting hair growth.

Since a variety of dietary deficiencies are found to cause hair loss, you can make a few dietary changes in order to battle that annoying hair loss. Good proteins promote hair growth and it is proven that a protein packed diet of lean proteins (turkey, chicken, fish), sprouts, milk, eggs and yoghurt can help you regain your crowning glory. 

Another factor linked to hairloss is a copper deficiency, to rid yourself of any copper deficiency, it is recommended to drink a “super juice” made of carrots, alfalfa, and capsicum. If a Vitamin A deficiency is causing your hair-loss, you can cure that by including foods like cabbage, carrots peanuts and spinach in your daily salad!

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Simple Teachings: Managing Diabetes

Diabetes includes several different metabolic disorders that all, if left untreated, result in abnormally high concentrations of sugar in your blood. Type 1 diabetes results when the pancreas no longer produces a significant amount of insulin owing to the destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas. Diabetes type 2, on the other hand, results from insulin resistance.

The main goal of diabetes management is to restore your metabolism to as close to a normal state as possible. Other goals of diabetes management are to prevent and/or treat the many complications that can result from the disease itself and from its treatment.

Learning how to control diabetes should be the aim of all of those with diabetes. Here are a few tips that can help:

• A blood glucose monitor is an excellent tool for managing diabetes. Testing before and after meals can be a useful technique for measuring how different meals affect your sugar levels and help to improve your diet.

• Exercise is extremely important in managing type 2 diabetes. Combining your prescribed medication with diet & exercise will help a lot in controlling your weight and blood sugar level.

• Consulting a doctor, if you feel abnormal in any manner, is always suggested. For example you may be feeling excessively sleepy, giddy, may have trouble with urination etc.

Even though diabetes is a chronic condition, the same does not mean, that you will have to avoid every activity you enjoy, once you contract it. You can have the same amount of fun, provided, that you take certain precautions.

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