Wednesday, October 28, 2009

PROGERIA

It is the worst disease a child could have during the birth. Not many may know about this disease. It is the case where a child appears to be aged 4-5 times more even in their early days. Normally, a child with this disease is expected to live around 13 years. Rare cases include mid forties. The more common symptoms are wrinkled skin, retarded growth and distinctive appearance. According to me, it is the worst disease of the man-kind. It is heart breaking to see a child with this disease. In India only 8 children have been affected by this disease so far. I too was unaware of this disease. Only after seeing the bollywood movie ‘PAA’, I came to know about this disease. The ace hero AMITABH BACHAN plays a role of child affected by this disease. His acting is outstanding. This film brings awareness to the Indian people regarding this disease. It also notifies that parents should not avoid their kid having this type of problem. Every kid is special and it’s the duty of parents to take care of them. Often I curse the god for delivering a child with this disease. But later I used to console myself by saying that every problem has a positive ending.

Sunday, October 25, 2009

AMNESIA

We all know the effects of this disease. It is nothing but the memory loss or memory disturbance of a person. The main causes of amnesia are usage of powerful drugs, direct damage to the brain and any type of head injuries. Patients are able to remember only few incidents. It depends on the type of amnesia they have. Generally it is of two types. They are ‘anterograde’ and ‘retrograde’ amnesia. Some of the different types and their causes are discussed below. MEMORY DISTRUST SYNDROME is one where the person refuses to believe his own memory information. This leads to stress and shifts the person to a mental illness state. SOURCE AMNESIA is one where the patient is able to recollect the information but don’t know the source of the information. LACUNAR AMNESIA is the disease where the patient is unable to remember a particular incident. The patients suffering from these memory diseases needs the support to live. They are dependent on others. But they should not lose their confidence. They should take note of the day-to-day activities to be performed and should follow it. The patients should try to think of their past to recollect their memory. Regular intake of medicines will surely help them to recover from these memory diseases.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

BLOOD CANCER

One of the dangerous diseases in man-kind is blood cancer. But this is a curable disease. In olden days, it is one of the deadliest diseases but not now. After the discovery of vaccine, the fear that people had for this disease got diminished. It is nothing but the cancer in blood cells or bone marrows. The main cause are ionizing radiation and by human T-lymphotropic virus. The white blood cells of the blood get increased by this disease. Some of the main symptoms are anemia, night sweet, weight loss, bruising often. Also lymph gland gets affected. Regular infection reduces the immune strength of your body. Since blood is the main source of transportation of both oxygen and food, we should be careful from getting suffered by this disease. Early stage of the disease is curable by tablets. X-ray treatments are available for final stage of the disease. Sometimes, blood purification of the body helps the patient to feel brisk and healthy. But this is surely cost effective. It’s not an inherent disease. So, anyone can get affected by this disease. It’s must to take complete body check-up every month. This makes one sure that how healthy he or she is.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

AIDS

This is the deadliest disease in earth at present. There is no medicine for this disease. African countries were the origin for this disease. As no medicine is available for this disease, prevention is the first step against it. This is caused by HIV virus. This disease is transferred from the AIDS patient through sexual intercourse, blood transmission and by other blood exchange processes. Some of the steps to keep your-self away from this deadliest disease are, have sex only with a single constant person, use condoms while having sex, check the blood for HIV positive before the use. Also children must be given the awareness about this disease in schools. Various awareness programs must be given in the media to make people aware of this disease. WHO has announced December 1st as world AIDS day. India stands second in the number of HIV affected people. This shows the unawareness with the people. It’s the responsibility of each and every government of respective nations to protect their citizens. Many researches are being carried out for discovering the vaccine for this disease. We know a proverb that “PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE”. So, let us follow those preventive steps than to run for the vaccine.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

NON-VEGETARIAN FOOD

In this world there can’t be even a single man without tasting the non-vegetarian food. Let us discuss the effect of non-vegetarian food on human health. It includes chicken, mutton, fish, pork, beef, etc. we love to eat these items because they are delicious and spicy. But it has some negative effects on our health. Generally meat consists of more oil content. It increases the cholesterol content of our body. This leads to heart attack, high and low blood pressure. One of the researches says that the IQ of a child eating non-vegetarian food is less compared to the child eating vegetarian food. But meat gives you the more strength. It gives the perfect shape to your body. Some says that non-vegetarians are rough in nature compared to vegetarians. These are the own imagination. Also, it is proved that life time of the non-vegetarians is appreciably low compared to the vegetarians. Meat makes you feel lazy because of the fat content present in it. Among the non-vegetarian dishes fish is the most useful dish. It is good for eye and health. Since it is a sea product, it is available in tins. Therefore, whether it is vegetarian or non-vegetarian food eat the dishes that are good for the health.

Monday, October 5, 2009

IS MASTURBATION GOOD FOR HEALTH

Masturbation is nothing but the manual stimulation of the genital organs for sexual pleasure either by your-self or by others. Many youngsters have a doubt whether it is good for health or not. Medically it is advised to masturbate once in a week for a healthy and normal living. But we should not get addicted to this habit. Masturbating several times in a week leads to hair loss, weight reduction, stamina loss. U can’t sense or feel these side effects immediately. It will take some time but all the above mentioned side effects are proved. Only self control can keep you away from this sexual habit. You can control your-self by avoid watching porn videos. It is not only that youngsters should masturbate. Those who have their sexual feeling unsatisfied can masturbate. I think so masturbation is safe when compared to sexual inter course with the others, other than your life partner. Because sexual inter course may leads to some sexual diseases, sometimes even AIDS. Here by, I conclude that masturbation is a healthy habit unless you do it in a controlled manner. Also, I want the schools to teach students about sex education, so that the future generation is aware of these sexual diseases.