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Alcoholism

Introduction: Alcoholism is a condition when a person has signs of physical addiction to alcohol and continues to drink, despite problems with physical and psychological health. Alcohol abuse is when person's drinking habits leads to problems, but not physical addiction.

These problems can lead to a number of harmful physical, psychological and socioeconomic effects such as alcohol poisoning, cirrhosis (A chronic disease interfering with the normal functioning of the liver;) of the liver, inability to work and socialize and destructive behaviors (violence and vandalism (damage)).

Alcoholism is not a gender related disease.

Symptoms: People who have alcoholism or alcohol abuse often:

• Continue to drink, even after knowing the ill effects of drinking
• Drink alone
• Become hostile when asked about drinking
• Unable to control drinking
• Make excuses to drink
• Miss work or school, or have a decrease in performance because of drinking
• Stop taking part in activities because of alcohol
• Need to consume alcohol on most days to get through the day
• Become violent if somebody tries to stop them to drink

In addition, a physical problem also develops. Alcoholics suffer from disturbing memory lapses called blackouts. Alcoholics eat poorly because their irritated liver and inflamed digestive systems lead to heart burns and nausea.

The warning signs are "slurred speech, alcohol odour".

"Dry drunk syndrome" is a syndrome characterized by short temper, irritability and restlessness.

Causes: The medical professional will perform a physical examination and ask questions about person's medical and family history, including use of alcohol.

Tests to rule out, if a person is alcoholic or not:

• Blood alcohol level
• Complete blood count
• Liver function test
• Magnesium blood test

Management: Treating alcoholism depends on how much a person drinks. Further treatment options are:

• Detoxification - It involves a nurse or doctor supporting the person to safely give up drinking. It can be done by helping the person to slowly reduce the alcohol intake over time or by medications. Thus reducing the withdrawal symptoms
• Counseling - It includes self-help groups and talking therapies, such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Medication - There are two main types of medicines to facilitate a person to stop drinking. The first is to help reduce withdrawal symptoms and is generally given in tapering doses over a short period of time.

The most common medicine that’s used in this way is called chlodiazapoxide (Librium). The another medication to reduce any urge that one may have to drink. The most common medications used for this are acamprosate and naltrexone; these medicines are given at a fixed dose and you'll usually be on them for 6-12 months.

Prevention: Tips for Prevention--Youth:

1. Don’t Be Afraid to Say No:  Sometimes, our fear of negative reaction from our friends, or others we don’t even know, keeps us from doing what we know is right.  Real simple, it may seem like “everyone is doing it,” but they are not.  Don’t let someone else make your decisions for you.  If someone is pressuring you to do something that's not right for you, you have the right to say no, the right not to give a reason why, and the right to just walk away.

1. Connect with Your Friends and Avoid Negative Peer Pressure:  Pay attention to who you are hanging out with.  If you are hanging out with a group in which the majority of kids are drinking alcohol or using drugs to get high, you may want to think about making some new friends.  You may be headed toward an alcohol and drug problem if you continue to hang around others who routinely drink alcohol, smoke marijuana, abuse prescription drugs or use illegal drugs.  You don't have to go along to get along.

1. Make Connections with Your Parents or Other Adults:  As you grow up, having people you can rely on, people you can talk to about life, life’s challenges and your decisions about alcohol and drugs is very important.  The opportunity to benefit from someone else’s life experiences can help put things in perspective and can be invaluable.

1. Enjoy Life and Do What You Love - Don’t Add Alcohol and Drugs:  Learn how to enjoy life and the people in your life, without adding alcohol or drugs.  Alcohol and drugs can change who you are, limit your potential and complicate your life.  Too often, “I’m bored” is just an excuse.  Get out and get active in school and community activities such as music, sports, arts or a part-time job.  Giving back as a volunteer is a great way to gain perspective on life.

1. Follow the Family Rules about Alcohol and Drugs:  As you grow up and want to assume more control over your life, having the trust and respect of your parents is very important.  Don’t let alcohol and drugs come between you and your parents.

1. Get Educated about Alcohol and Drugs:  You cannot rely on the myths and misconceptions that are out there floating around among your friends and on the internet.  Your ability to make the right decisions includes getting educated.  Visit Learn About Alcohol and Learn About Drugs.  And, as you learn, share what you are learning with your friends and your family.

1. Be a Role Model and Set a Positive Example:  Don’t forget, what you do is more important than what you say!  You are setting the foundation and direction for your life; where are you headed?

1. Plan Ahead:  As you make plans for the party or going out with friends you need to plan ahead.  You need to protect yourself and be smart.  Don’t become a victim of someone else’s alcohol or drug use.  Make sure that there is someone you can call, day or night, no matter what, if you need them.  And, do the same for your friends.

1. Speak Out/Speak Up/Take Control:  Take responsibility for your life, your health and your safety.  Speak up about what alcohol and drugs are doing to your friends, your community and encourage others to do the same.

1. Get Help!:  If you or someone you know is in trouble with alcohol or drugs, (What to Look For), get help.  Don’t wait.  You are not alone. Jaldihealthy is there for you.

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AIDS

Posted on August 6, 2015 by jaldihealthy

Today we will be discussing AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) which is nothing but it’s a syndrome (symptoms indicative of some disease) caused by a virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).

Introduction: AIDS is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV kills or damages the body’s immune (resistance) system cells.There are two types of HIV. Type I and Type II. Type I is more common in India.AIDS is generally caused by unprotected sex with an infected partner. It may also spread through the use of infected syringes of HIV infected people and blood transfusions.The first sign of AIDS is influenza (flu or virus) like symptoms or may be swollen glands but at times symptoms might not appear. Symptoms may appear after two or three months. Generally, blood test is done to confirm the diagnosis. There is no cure, but there are many medicines to fight/ control HIV infection.

Symptoms: There are 3 main stages of AIDS: Acute symptoms, clinical latency and severe symptoms

Acute symptoms: The majority of people infected by HIV develop a Influenza (flu) like illness within a month or two after the virus enters the body. This illness, known as primary or acute HIV infection, may last for a few weeks.

Possible symptoms include:

   Headache

   Fever

   Sore throat

   Muscle soreness

   Rash

   Mouth or genital ulcers

   Swollen lymph glands, mainly on the neck

   Joint pain

   Diarrhea

   Night sweats

Clinical Latency: There is persistent swelling of lymph nodes (A thin coagulable (thick) fluid (similar to plasma but) containing white blood cells (lymphocytes) and chyle(A milky fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats; formed in the small intestine during digestion of ingested fats); is conveyed to the blood stream by lymphatic vessels) during clinical latent HIV. Else, there are no specific signs and symptoms. However, body remains infected with the virus.

Severe Symptoms:

   Headaches

   Blurred and distorted vision

   Cough and shortness of breath

   Persistent white spots or unusual lesions on your tongue or in your mouth

   Soaking night sweats

   Shaking chills or fever higher than 100 F (38 C) for several weeks

   Chronic diarrhea

   Persistent, unexplained fatigue

   Weight loss

   Skin rashes

Causes: A person becomes infected with HIV/AIDS by several ways:

   Blood transfusions: In some cases, the virus may be transmitted through blood transfusions.

   Sharing infected needles: HIV can be transmitted through needles and syringes contaminated with infected blood.

   Sexual Contact: The most frequent mode of transmission of HIV is through sexual contact with an infected person.

   From mother to child: A pregnant woman infected with HIV virus can transmit the virus to her fetus through their shared blood circulation, or an infected nursing mother can transmit it to her baby through her breast milk.

Diagnosis/Prognosis: HIV test is done to detect human immunodeficiency virus in saliva, serum or urine. The UNAIDS/WHO policy statement on HIV Testing states that conditions under which people undergo HIV testing must be anchored in a human rights approach that pays due respect to ethical principles .

According to these principles, the conduct of HIV testing of individuals must be:

Confidentiality: The entire process of testing and results are kept confidential to give boost to individuals, couples, and families to learn about their HIV status in the convenience and privacy of their home environment. Home-Based HIV Testing and Counseling (HBHTC) allows rapid HIV tests that are most often used, so results are available for the client between 15 and 30 minutes.

Accompanied by counseling (for those who test positive).Conducted with the informed consent of the person being tested. Diagnosis of HIV/AIDS, several types of tests can help physician to determine what stage of the disease. These tests include:

Window period: There is a period of time between HIV infection and the appearance of anti-HIV antibodies that can be measured which is called “window period”. Antibody tests may give false negative (no antibodies are detected despite the presence of HIV) results during the window period, an interval of three weeks to six months between the time of HIV infection and the production of measurable antibodies to HIV sero conversion.

CD4 count: CD4 cells are a type of white blood cell that’s specifically targeted and destroyed by HIV. A healthy person’s CD4 count can vary from 500 to more than 1,000. Even if a person has no symptoms, HIV infection progresses to AIDS when his or her CD4 count becomes less than 200.

Rapid or point-of-care tests: The rapid test is an immunoassay used for screening, and it produces quick results, in 20 minutes or less. Rapid tests use blood or oral fluid to look for antibodies to HIV. If an immunoassay (lab test or rapid test) is conducted during the window period (i.e., the period after exposure but before the test can find antibodies), the test may not find antibodies and may give a false negative result. All immunoassays that are positive need a follow up test to confirm the result.

ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay): ELISA is set of blood tests used to diagnose HIV infection. ELISA test is performed by inserting a needle to draw blood. A positive result on the ELISA screening test does not necessarily mean that the person has HIV infection. Certain conditions may lead to a false positive result, such as Lyme disease, syphilis, and lupus.

RNA tests detect the virus directly (instead of the antibodies to HIV) and thus can detect HIV at about 10 days after infection as soon as it appears in the bloodstream, before antibodies develop. These tests cost more than antibody tests and are generally not used as a screening test, although your doctor may order one as a follow-up test, after a positive antibody test, or as part of a clinical workup.

Western Blot (dry): A positive ELISA (enzyme-linked-immunosorbent (an antibody that is used to remove a specific antigen from a mixture, or vice versa) serologic (blood serums and disease) assay or examine: An assay that relies on an enzymatic conversion reaction and is used to detect the presence of specific substances (such as enzymes, viruses, antibodies or bacteria)) test is always followed by a Western blot test which confirms the HIV infection.

Management: Definitive cure for AIDS is yet to be discovered. However, some medicines, given at certain stages of the disease, depending upon the CD4 count in the blood of the patient, can prolong the life of HIV positive persons.

Reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors – It interferes with a critical step during the HIV life cycle and keeps the virus from making copies of itself.

Protease inhibitors – It interferes with a protein that HIV uses to make infectious viral particles.

Fusion inhibitors – It blocks the virus from entering the body’s cells.

Integrase inhibitors – It blocks an enzyme HIV needs to make copies of itself.

Multidrug combinations – It combines two or more different types of drugs into one. These medicines help people with HIV, but they are not perfect. They do not cure HIV/AIDS. People with HIV infection still have the virus in their bodies. They can still spread HIV to others through unprotected sex and needle sharing, even when they are taking their medicines.

*”Jaldihealhty” provides indicative information for better understanding of health. Not only this, for any treatment and diagnosis purpose you can also consult physician through or portal nearby your place.

Prevention: Avoiding AIDS is as easy as ABC; A= Abstain;B= Be faithful;C= Condomise

HIV prevention refers to practices done to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. HIV prevention practices may be done by individuals to protect their own health:

Spreading awareness among masses.

Protected sexual contact through the use of condoms reduces the risk of HIV/AIDS

Providing awareness among the population about their HIV status especially in high risks population, High risks population involves sex workers and their partners, Intravenous (by means of a vein) drug users, truck drivers, labor migrants, refugees and prisoners.

Safe injections: Using auto disposal syringes helps to prevent HIV infections.

Male circumcision (surgical removal of the foreskin of males): It is the surgical removal of the foreskin (prepuce) from the human penis.

Safe blood transfusion procured only from authorized and accredited blood banks.

Counseling of HIV positive pregnant mother on the issue of how to prevent parent to child transmission (PPTCT).

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We live in a time of century where money can buy many things, but can it buy us everything? Can money buy love and emotion? Can money buy bliss? Can money buy creativity? Can money buy a stable marriage? Above all, can money buy health?

In this fast-paced world, people are madly running after money so much that their state of own well-being is at stake. What it seems to me is that, they earned some extra wealth but at the cost of potential risks to health.

We give attention to almost everything in life which money can buy and neglect the only thing which money can't buy i.e. health. Remember one can pay for specialized medical treatments but not for good health.

Few days back I met one of my best friend from corporate world, we sat down for coffee wherein he told me that how he touched the height of success in his life but ignored the health of his wife, who was suffering from cancer and it was too late to save her life by Indian doctors then he tried in Singapore which was vain again and finally he went to USA where doctors saved her.

So, the good part is that by the god’s grace he saved his wife but lost his all the savings of life and it can happen to anyone of us.

That is why It has been rightly said, “you don't know what you got until it's gone." similarly, you won't know how important and precious health is until you fall sick.

If I had to choose between wealth and good health, I will choose good health as I have come to this realization that without health, one can never make wealth and If you have health, you have more wealth than any riches in the world.

Although importance of money can not be ignored as it plays a vital role in any ones’ life but the bottom line is that Life is not all about earning money so come out from this mindset and live a healthy life!

We have taken a Vow to make India Happy and Healthy

Lets join hands and make it happen...

Dear Senior Doctors,

Hiimpact has been serving the Healthcare Industry for the last 4 years and of late we are working on an Initiative where idea is to enable the Patients seeking the Right Information/Help on their Health Issues from doctors on Phone.

There are many patients who are unable to reach out to right medical help either due to lack of awareness about the possibilities in Healthcare or due to lack of financial resources.

Hi Impact intends to build a pool of doctors who would be willing to extend helping hand to such Patients through Phone. We are therefore seeking help from Senior Doctors who would want to take some time out from their busy schedule and would be ready to take calls from Patients and give them initial help to cure their illnesses. In some cases the advice about nearby doctors/locations/hospitals can also be provided to patients.

In case  you are interested in such an initiative feel free to call Sanjeev@9711178008 or write to us at Sanjeev@hiimpact.in