Differently Abled People Aren’t “Apart” From Us But They Are “A Part” Of Us

International Day for Persons With Disabilities

      

      Being born with a disability is like learning to deal with challenges from the time you are born. Developing disabilities during the life time when you have had none is none the less difficult.

About Disabilities

      1. 15% of the world population lives with disabilities.

      2. 80% of them live in developing countries.

      3. Poor education and socioeconomic status are major factors affecting persons with disabilities.

What can be done about it?

      1. Identifying the disabilities.

      2. Accepting the people with the disabilities.

      3. Working towards helping them to live normal lives.

      4. Helping them identify the hidden potential within them. This will not only lift their morale but also help the society at large.

How can a society deal with this situation?

      1. Accepting the situation is the first step towards betterment.

      2. Financial help is always beneficial but what is more beneficial is to find suitable work for them so that they can earn and live with dignity.

     3. Promoting entrepreneurship programs for differently abled people.

     4. Treating them with equality.

What can homoeopathy offer to differently abled people?

      1. Differently abled people often experience psychological distress at various levels, at times due to their disabilities and at times due to a negative outlook of the society and family. Homoeopathy can help change their outlook towards life.

      2. There are some disabilities like learning disabilities where homoeopathy has a definite role to play.

Differently abled people aren’t “apart” from us but they are “a part” of us  

References

     1.      http://www.un.org/disabilities/default.asp?id=18

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Hope Is Better Than Despair - World AIDS Day 2016

World AIDS day 2016

HIV/AIDS fact sheet

      1. More than 35 million people around the globe are living with HIV.

      2. 30 million have died worldwide since its recognition in 1981.

      3. Patients die more often due to catching infectious diseases like tuberculosis and cancers like Kaposi’s sarcoma and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma rather than the HIV infection itself being the cause of death.

How does HIV spread?

      1. By sexual contact.

      2. By transfusion of infected blood.  

      3. By sharing needles and syringes containing infected blood.

      4. From HIV infected mother to her baby

What are the signs and symptoms?

      

      1. History of unprotected sex.

      2. Early signs of HIV infection are similar to a flu-like illness the symptoms being body ache, fever, sore throat and swollen lymph glands in the neck. This happens within a month or two of getting infected.

      3. The latent phase of infection may last for up to 10 years when one may have persistently swollen lymph nodes.

      4. One starts suffering from fever, weight loss, swollen lymph glands, oral fungal infection and herpes zoster with further multiplication of the virus inside the body.

      5. AIDS is the stage of illness when the immune system is severely damaged. This is the time when one suffers from opportunistic infections like tuberculosis.

How is it diagnosed?

          

      1. Blood is tested for HIV antibodies.

      2. CD4 count to gauge the immunity status

      3. Specific tests for opportunistic infections.

      4. HIV viral load.

Role of Social Support and coping with the illness

  

      1. Learning that one has a terminal illness can be a devastating experience. Thus, social support plays a vital role in helping the patient deal with this stress.

      2. Stay happy and in company of people. 

      3. Help others and become part of social support groups. Often a sense of purpose in life alleviates the pain and helps dealing with the illness in a better way.  

Diet in HIV

      

      1. Eat nutritious food so that the body gets all the right nutrition to remain healthy.

      2. Cook the food well before consuming to prevent food borne infection.

      3. Avoid street side food.

Homoeopathy and HIV  

      1. Homoeopathy helps in improving overall resistance and immunity of the Individual.

      2. Homoeopathy can also help transform the state of mind of the patient from despair to hope.

References

     1. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hiv-aids/basics/coping-support/con-20013732

         2. http://www.unaids.org/en/resources/campaigns/globalreport2013/factsheet/

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Know Your Heart, Don't Let It Fall Apart

           The heart is about the size of fist and weighs about 300 grams in an adult. But the amount of money spent on treatment weighs a lot more heavily on individual finance and lifestyle. 

Heart disease fact sheet

1. About 17.5 million die of heart diseases every year. This amounts to 31% of the total deaths occurring in the world.
2. More than 75% heart disease related deaths occur in lower income and middle income countries.
3. 80% of heart illness related deaths are due to heart attacks and strokes.
          
          The figures are large and thus there is a lot that needs to be known and prevented as well. The best way to know about the heart is by listening to a person who is closely related to the heart. A cardiologist garners knowledge that is in depth and always keeps updating himself with the latest advances in the field of cardiology. A cardiologist sees thousands of patients suffering from heart illness and has an edge over others in this field. 

Here is an opportunity for all to know about your heart. 

The topic will be HEART ATTACK

Day - Sunday
Date – 22/11/2015
Venue - 'the other song' 7 floor, 701 Peninsula Heights, C.D. Burfiwala Marg,
Juhu Lane, Andheri (W), Mumbai 400058.
Timing – 9:30 am – 12 pm 
Registration fees - Rs 200
Speaker – DR. ROHIT MODY 

From Smoking To Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease - Treating It From Where It Begins

Projected to be the third leading cause of death worldwide by 2030, COPD or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease has seen an increasing trend both in terms of the number of people affected by it and number of people dying due to this illness. Most of the deaths are from the middle and lower income countries. The incidence of the illness has increased in women which now equals to that seen in men due increasing use of tobacco. It is thus a cause of concern.

Smoking remains a primary cause of COPD. Asking the patient to quit smoking is an important part of treatment. But it is equally important to understand why the patient started smoking. Depression, anxiety, substance dependence and personality issues need consideration. A person may start smoking following a financial loss or perhaps if he is heart-broken. Smoking can start as an experiment in teen age and then it may become a habit.

The benefits of taking Homoeopathy for COPD

A person must be known in entirety if you need to heal her/him. A homoeopath will first know the patient. The personality and pattern of behavior is identified along with the physical problems. This lays the foundation for a transformative treatment which not only aims at healing COPD but also at the underlying cause of illness.  

References

1. http://www.who.int/respiratory/copd/burden/en/

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Dealing with DIABETES MELLITUS – an illness beyond medicines

            We deal with a plethora of stresses in life. The stress of suffering from diabetes is one of them. The stress can start mounting the minute one is pricked for blood collection. The interesting part here is how each one of us responds to a high blood sugar level. One of us would “ok” the verdict. It means that it has been accepted at the level of facts. On the other hand we have someone question the credibility of the laboratory suspect that the reporting was wrong. Here, it is one’s belief that questions the facts. We may also have an individual who would deny any existence of this illness. This individual is dealing with the illness in an emotion oriented manner. This is but one part of the illness. There are various issues like socioeconomic stature, food habits and fads and belief system to be considered when dealing with diabetes. It is therefore important to attend to this illness in a holistic way.

               

            Do we need medicines to deal with diabetes? The answer is yes. But do we need only medicines to deal with diabetes? The answer is NO! Medical treatment is one aspect of the many things which are needed to treat diabetes.

An illness beyond medicine-

Diet

It is not about what not to eat. It is about what is the right thing to eat. One need not starve oneself to lower the blood sugar. Instead one can have nutritious food while making sure that the blood sugar levels are in the required range.

Exercise

Exercise not only helps in burning excessive calories but keeps the mind and body in a healthy state.

Meditation

Meditation is a good way to keep calm. Health is at its best when one learns to keep calm even in a chaotic situation.

Improving coping skills to face diabetes

Coping or dealing with the illness is as important as the other aspects of treatment. Stress of illness can be managed efficiently with positive coping skills.  

Role of homoeopathy

Homoeopathy is a holistic system of medicines which works on the principle of treating the individual in a holistic manner. An individual is considered in totality which means his illness too is a part of the treatment. It has thus a lot to offer in the treatment of diabetes mellitus not only in terms of lowering blood sugar and maintaining it but also helping the individual transform such that he/she become well equipped to deal with the illness .

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A tribute to The Children of God

So what if I lost my support before I learnt how to stand, I learned to walk on my own and played my own band.

Look at me not with sympathy for I may look impoverished but I am not poor, nothing is difficult in life when one learns the art of living, eating and sleeping next to the sewer.

Metamorphosis has always been painful for everyone-be it the butterfly or the orphaned, the world beyond change has lots to offer, don’t feel forsaken.

I may be a fraction of my circumstance for I have built myself from what I made from the experience in life, empowering myself first and then guiding others to deal with abandonment and strife.

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Ozone - All there is between you and UV...

“There is an intricate link between nature and us. For better or worse, changes in one will affect the other.”

            From horse carts to limousines, we have seen it all. The advent in technology has amazed this planet as much as the many challenges it faces for now and will face in the times to come. One of these many challenges is ozone depletion.
            
Imagine roaming around with your family in your favorite holiday destinations all covered up from head to toe out of the fear of sun burns, developing an early cataract, suppression of immunity and last but not the least, skin cancer! Well, imagining itself won’t do much good to us, understanding and doing something about it will. It is about time that we did.
      
       The UN General Assembly had declared 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer in the year 1994, honoring the date of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in the year 1987 (resolution 49/114).
       
         16th September 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, an important milestone in the protection of the ozone layer. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has come up with an apt theme to commemorate the anniversary and this year’s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

“Ozone: All there is between you and UV.”“30 years of healing the ozone together.”

Is there a need to be aware of ozone depletion?The answer is YES!

Here is what an unprotected exposure to UV light can do to your health 
1.      Skin cancers
2.      Sunburns and
3.      Premature aging of the skin
4.      Early cataract
5.      Suppression of some aspects of immunity

       The ozone layer is all that is between “you and UV”. This is just a fragment of what can happen to us without our ozone layer. When the effect is considered in totality, it affects the entire eco system. Marine life, agriculture and forests get affected. Even man made materials like plastic, rubber and fabric can get degraded by UV rays.
       
       So let us act now so that we won’t regret later. Let us unite and make an honest effort to prevent the ozone layer from depletion. Pool a car if you have a common destination, use the stairs and spare the lift once in a while, turn off lights and fans when not in use, minimize the use of air conditioners, minimize the use of foam based cushions and mattresses.#preserveozonelayer #savenature #saveourselves

References
1.      http://ozone.unep.org/en/information-material
2.      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21253670
3.      http://www.bcairquality.ca/101/ozone-depletion-impacts.html


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Suicide is not the answer

“Committing suicide may end the life of those who commit it, but leaves behind an unending trail of misery for their family members.” - Adapted 

#suicideisnottheanswer

World Suicide Prevention Day

Date: September 10^th

Initiated by: International Association for Suicide Prevention 

Some Facts about suicide

    

1.       An estimated 800000 people around the globe perish by suicide each year and the figure is          estimated to reach 1.5 million by 2020.
2.      .     It is the 10^th leading cause of death globally as of 2008/9.
3.             Male suicide rate is higher than females.
4.             Commonest illness leading to suicide is Depression
5.             Those who attempt suicide once will attempt it again and the successive attempts are more         likely to be fatal.

What to do when you have the thought of harming yourself?

1.            Share it with your near and dear ones.
2.            Never let yourself alone, always keep company
3.            Avoid drugs and alcohol as they may worsen suicidal thoughts
4.           Take professional help to improve the methods of dealing with the problem at hand

Homoeopathic medicines can offer an earnest relief to patients suffering from suicidal thoughts, and depression. The treatment starts with detailed enquiry into the persona of the individual and effects of the illness on her/him. The patient is then given the remedy best suited to him in totality. The resultant is lasting relief from the complaints and a reformed outlook towards life.

And remember, “Life has a lot more to it than an end.”

References

1.        . http://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.MHSUICIDE?lang=en
2.       . https://www.iasp.info/wspd/
3.      .  http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/suicide/basics/lifestyle-home-remedies/con-    20033954

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