Know about Hair loss

April 13, 2008

Today I found that I am losing hair gradually as I am proceeding in my life years. I know this is the most common - male pattern baldness, which can’t be prevented. It’s an inherited disorder which comes from genes. But today I read a lot about hair loss ( or so called Alopecia in medical terminology ) and would like to share with you.

Causes of Alopecia - There are various causes of hair loss. Some are

• Hormonal changes
• Stressful conditions
• Side effects of various drugs
• Radiation exposure
• Chemotherapeutic drugs
• Infection of scalp - fungal/bacterial
• Chemical exposure
• Nutritional deficiencies
• As a part of various syndromes

Also there are various types of alopecia

• Alopecia Areata
• Alopecia Totalis
• Androgenic alopecia

So every care should be take to prevent hair loss as in many occasions it is not possible to treat the condition. All necessary steps to be taken against the cause I mentioned above.

Treatment of Hair loss :

Treatment depends on the cause of hair loss. Always consult a Dermatologist/Trichologist if you suffer from alopecia. Some of the treatment modalities are :

• Topical Application of Minoxidil, Finasteride or Dutasteride
• Antibiotics for infective conditions
• Hair Replacement Surgery - includes various types. Use of Hairs from same person or donated hairs, hair transplants like strip incision, punch grafting, laser grafting etc.
• Scalp Reduction and replacement - replacement of scalp skin with other hairy skin
• Wigs or toupee.

Though hair loss doesn’t affect one’s health directory, but because of bad cosmesis it can lead to depression. So a complete assessment and investigations are required to find the cause of hair loss for the best treatment option.

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Do’s & Don’t for Diabetes Patient

April 11, 2008

Though Diabetes is a life long disease, but if you take care of yourself, your food habits and take medicines regularly, you can live a long life without any problem. Here are some tips to stay fit and healthy with your diabetes :

• Take your medicines regularly
• Go for regular blood sugar examination as per your doctor’s advise
• Avoid taking sweet and too much fat
• Take green leafy vegetables plenty
• Take your meal at regular time after your drug
• Keep a Diabetes card mentioning your name, family doctor, medicines etc.
• Keep glucose tablets with you in case of hypoglycemia
• Have you HbA1c checked regularly

• Take care of your feet, avoid injuries or treat them promptly if any

Have a long healthy life.

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Watch Health videos

March 23, 2008

Everybody wants to learn from videos, videos and multimedia are a great form of creating quick effects on one’s mind and body. Also they help in learning the things quickly.

You must have heard about the popular video site Youtube.com

It contains videos uploaded by users and in almost all categories. But I love the WebMd videos for health related videos - check out them here.  Infact, the whole site is great with articles and tools on various topics.

If you know more such health/medical/fitness video resources, let me know.

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What is ECG ?

March 23, 2008

ECG is a short form of Electro Cardio Graphy. It’s a process to record the electrical activity of the heart. Hope you know that heart keeps on beating because of the spontaneous electrical impulses produced by SA (sino-atrial) node located in the right atrium of the heart. So ECG measure electrical activity of the heart produced by SA node, AV node, bundle of HIS, ventricles, atrias and more.

ElectroCardioGram is the graph produced by ECG procedure. ECG helps to know various diseases of the heart like MI, Angina, Rythm abnormalities like arrythmias, tachycardia and more. Also pulmonary hypertension, LVF, conduction defects.
Its one of the cheapest and effective procedure.

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