Archive for the ‘General health’ Category
YOUR CHILD’S HEALTH: CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Cystic fibrosis is an inherited disorder which occurs in approximately 1 in every 2500 births. Children with the disease have excessive amounts of salt in their sweat, and produce thick mucus which blocks the pancreas and the lungs. This leads to many long-term problems, including repeated chest infections, poor growth (failure to thrive), and occasionally [...]
SEXUALITY, ILLNESS, AND HEALTH: FERTILITY AND SEXUALITY- SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
Here are some of the recommendations I give to the couples after consultation with their referring doctor. 1. It is not true that “just when someone adopts, they get pregnant.” There are many such stories, but statistics do not bear them out. Nonetheless, a necessary first step in solving a fertility problem is to discuss [...]
YOUR MARITAL HEALTH/WHY HUSBANDS DON’T HAVE ORGASM: THE FRICTION FALLACY
Just put your first two fingers against your thumb and move your hand up and down and everyone will know what you mean. That is how men come. TEENAGER The early perspectives of sexuality asserted that men experience orgasm by thrusting, resulting in friction to the outer third of the penile shaft, which in turn [...]
THE JOY OF PERFECT HEALTH: THE PURITY OF THE PHYSICAL BODY FREES ENORMOUS RESOURCES OF THE MIND
The purity of the physical body frees enormous resources of the mind. If properly directed, such resources could be used to acquire many natural skills considered miraculous or supernatural by normal people. Creating matter by a pure thought, flying around the galaxy and the Universe in your various astral bodies, being consciously present at several [...]
LEPROSY – INTRODUCTION
Leprosy has been known since Biblical times, and is still a scourge throughout the world. It still occurs in parts of the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific, Africa, Central and South America, Southern Europe around the Mediterranean and in Northern Australia There are about 10 to 15 million sufferers throughout the world. But, contrary to [...]
BORNHOLM DISEASE
The Coxackie viruses belong to a group which cause a number of seemingly unrelated diseases. They were named after the U.S. town where the two patients from whom the virus was first isolated lived. Different varieties of the virus can cause meningitis or inflammation of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord. Other illnesses [...]
INGROWN TOENAILS IN CHILDHOOD
Symptoms: swollen, red, and painful area near toenail; thin, watery pus from the infected area; raw, red tissue covering part of the nail. Home care - Soak the toe frequently in warm water. - If possible, gently cut out the ingrown part of the nail. - If the ingrown spur cannot be removed, soak the bandaged foot [...]
PREVENTIVE MEDECINE: FITS (CONVULSIONS)
What are they? Sudden spasms of the muscles caused by an abnormal burst of activity in the brain. Convulsions are common in babies and young children. Epilepsy, which causes one kind of fit, is relatively rare, so you should not jump to the conclusion that your child’s fit is epileptic in origin. What causes them? [...]
TREATING ANGINA: TYPES OF ANGINA
The first decision that has to be made is on the urgency of your case. Angina is divided into three main forms: stable, unstable, and variant (also called vasospastic or Prinzmetal’s angina). In stable angina, there is usually a fixed stenosis of a particular segment of coronary artery that regularly leads to angina after the [...]
THE BENEFITS FOR YOUR HEART: MARATHONS AND HALF-MARATHONS
Some of Dr. Kavanagh’s patients suggested that they try a marathon—marathons being popular at the time. He was doubtful at first, but then encouraged them. After careful training, all seven of his first group of patients finished the twenty-six-mile journey with no ill effects. They then presented him with a trophy inscribed “Supercoach, the World’s [...]