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Workout Heart Attack

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                    Workout Heart Attack                                                     (A Heart Attack while exercising) Recently many young people died after collapsing in a gym. Their health condition deteriorated after their workout sessions and lead to their eventual death. As cases like these spread frenzy among gym enthusiasts , gym owners and trainers turn extra vigilant to encourage the safe gymming practices. Sudden cardiac death during strenuous physical activity occurs more often in cases where blockages are undiagnosed, and sometimes in the background of a known diagnosis.  Vigorous exercise can also cause plaque rupture or trigger electrical disturbances in the heart leading to cardiac arrest. Recent cases of celebs suffering from heart attack at gyms has come as a shock. Even a minor negligence can lead to severe situations.                                "Cannot blame exercise. Maintain healthy lifestyle". Introduction Medical history is a personal thing,

Vestibular hypofunction

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                Vestibular Hypofunction With vestibular hypofunction,  the balance part of the inner ear is not working properly . This can occur on one side (unilateral hypofunction), or on both sides of the head (bilateral hypofunction). Introduction Vestibular hypo-function / Neurological condition  Basically your balance goes off. It's a neurological condition it happens due to issues in the inner ears and affects balance, speech and movement and posture. "Vestibular hypo functions develops when a person's ability  to maintain balance is disturbed. It occurs when the inner ear( a very important part of the body's balance system) either undergoes degeneration or is diseased. Due to this, a person gets an inaccurate signal from his vestibular system( part of inner ear and brain which process sensory information) that leads the brain to process an inappropriate signal. This result in an impaired response. Types There are two types of vestibular hypo function condition

Beauty Parlor Stroke

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                   Beauty Parlor Stroke Medically this condition arises because of extreme  neck movements that lead to a tear in the vessel wall of brain arteries. Introduction Tim When a 50 year old Hyderabad based women stepped into a saloon for a relaxing hair wash little did she know it would lead to a life threatening stroke. This recent incidence which shook the nation, made headlines after the neurologist treating the  women tweeted about what caused the incidence known as  the beauty parlor stroke syndrome. In this women suffered a condition where the key vessels, which supply blood to the brain ,were thrust when her neck was bent back. thereby leading to the stroke. The term was coined by Dr Michael Wintraub when the first case was reported in 1993 in the US. "Beauty parlor stroke syndrome is a type of stroke that a person suffers when the neck is manipulated. It happens because of a  sudden jerk of a neck or hard twisting. It occurs when thee is an injury tear or blood

Blood

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                                   Blood When the purity of blood is disturbed many disorders occur. Introduction Blood id pure when it originates in the proper place and time and response to practical need.. Pure blood endows a person with strength, colour and a healthy life because the vital breath follows blood.  Blood becomes impure through various articles of diet, exposure to elements and emotions. Habitual drinking of spoilt or potent wine in large quantities, eating excessive quantities of salty, caustic, sour, and pungent foods, horsegram, black gram, sesame, tubers, oil, curd, vinegar, and sour fermented drinks, stale or spoilt food, fatty and heavy foods can make blood impure. Excessive exposure to sun, and wind and the transitional period before autumn tends to affect the blood adversely. Suppression of urges to vomit, missing blood letting when it is due, extremes anger, and over exertion are also capable of making the blood impure. Blood is regarded as pure, when it has t

Leanness

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                               Leanness Introduction Definitions of leanness.  the property of having little body fat . synonyms: spareness, thinness.  In contrast to obese, the lean person benefits from a regimen to abundance. A joyful and carefree attitude, equanimity, sleeping on a comfortable bed, not indulging in a excessasive mental, physical and sexual activity., all these set the tone for building up the lean. Food should  consist of fresh cereals and wine, meat, and meat soup, milk, and other dairy products, sugarcane, rice, wheat, blackgram (Urad)  and jaggery and its products. Fatty and sweet enemas, regular oil massage and bath are beneficial. Sporting garlands and white apparel. Timely elimination of doshas and the intake of bulk building tonics which also promotes virility contribute to the management of leanness. The watch word should be the absence of worries, rich food and plenty of sleep. Obesity and leanness can present in a  more severe and excessive form than discu