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कोशिका की फ़ितरत!

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जब पूरी दुनिया किसी किताब के कवर को देखकर उसकी जजमेंट करती है — आत्मविश्वास, प्रस्तुति कौशल और उसके ग्लैमर पक्ष को देखकर — तब हमारा जैविक स्वभाव हमेशा से प्रूफरीडिंग और सुधार पर आधारित रहा है। हमारे शरीर में ऊतकों की एक सुव्यवस्थित प्रणाली होती है, और हर ऊतक की सबसे छोटी इकाई यानी कोशिका, अपने आप से और अन्य कोशिकाओं से रासायनिक संवाद में रहती है। हमारी प्रत्येक कोशिका की ऊर्जा और मानसिकता पूरे शरीर का प्रतिनिधित्व करती है। कोशिका बहुत चतुर और बुद्धिमान होती है जब बात ऊर्जा को संचित करने और किसी कार्य के लिए उसे लगाने की आती है। वह सावधानीपूर्वक सोच-समझकर अपनी ऊर्जा का निवेश और उपयोग करती है, ठीक वैसे ही जैसे हम इंसान अपनी कमाई बचाते हैं और योजनाबद्ध तरीके से खर्च करते हैं। हम अपने जीवन में एक समय-सारणी के अनुसार चलते हैं और आने वाले महीनों की योजना बनाते हैं, लेकिन हम बीते पल का दोबारा मूल्यांकन नहीं करते। इसके विपरीत, हमारी कोशिका हर क्षण की गतिविधि को जांचती है, हर प्रक्रिया की निगरानी और ऑडिट हर सेकंड करती है। हमारा आनुवंशिक कण, DNA, स्वयं को दोहराने की प्रक्रिया यानी प्रतिकृति (rep...
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Heal the Heel

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Why do our heels pain? Majority of the times the pain in the heels is due to planter fascia.  Planter fascia involves  the inflammation of the connective tissue that supports the foot, leading to swelling and pain. It includes micro-tears, break down of collagen and scarring. What causes this pain? Long time standing job Overdoing the exercise  Increase in the body weight  Leg length inequality  Flat feet with the tendency of rolling inward Heel spurs (calcium deposition) How to deal with it preliminarily? Self care before one goes for corticosteroids and surgery.  ‘RICE’ Rest intermittently  Ice packs application Compression  Elevation  (Shoe modification for proper fit and arch support)  Weight reduction Foot rotation and arch stretching  Calf strengthening exercises
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Am I Claustrophobic?!

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 Friends, I was in my school and during vacation, I would always go to my maternal village, Nandgaon in Nasik district. As a small kid with all my cousins, I visited the Devi temple on one of the Fridays. I entered the temple through the main door, and it was loaded with people. The crowd drifted me inside, gradually towards the main statue, and when we were inside that time I started feeling breathless. It was an uncomfortable and intense feeling of escape and I also started suffocating with hot flashes. When I came out in open air, it was a feeling of life once again. This incidence repeated so many times, in the temples, sometimes in the public bus, sometimes in an auto rickshaw, sometimes in a crowded mall, in an aeroplane, at all these places crowd was the common factor which would always to lead to accumulation of carbon dioxide. A contributing factor to that was the temperature, like if it is winters or heavy rains, breathlessness was not an issue but if it was summers and a...
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Fatty Liver Highlights!

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  What is the function of liver in human body? It helps in the digestion of food,  Excretes bile and bilirubin, Stores glycogen and vitamins,  Synthesises plasma proteins, Regulates blood clotting and  Removes  toxin from the blood. What is fatty liver?  Fatty liver is the stage when fats are accumulated in the liver. Their range can vary between 5 to 33% (grade 1), 34 to 65% (Grade 2) and above 65% is (grade 3).  What causes fatty liver?  Drinking too much alcohol (alcoholic), Eating excess calories, Poor metabolism of fats, Type two diabetes, Hepatitis B, C infections, Inherent genetic condition, Side effects of medications, especially steroids, And unknown other causes. What happens after one suffers from fatty liver? Weight loss, pain in the abdomen, appetite loss, tiredness, nausea, gradual liver enlargement, finally it can lead to the reduction in the function of liver.  How can we prevent and control fatty liver (esp. grade 1)  He...
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The New Vestigial?!

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      Vestigial Vs. Non-Vestigial      One fine evening, my sister connected to me telephonically, I was bewildered to hear that she had been advised by her doctor to go for surgical excision of her gall bladder i.e., cholecystectomy. I voluntarily dug the topic further, asking her for the reason behind. She admitted that there was an oxalate stone long-time stuck in her gall bladder and since the organ being vestigial (as informed by her doctor) it could be harmlessly removed. Vestigial word regarding gall bladder was a news to me and I kind of popped on my chair for a second. The confession of the surgery expenses easily getting bracketed into the insurance policy was may be another reason why my sister was excited about. I asked her to hold-on for time-being since it was painless and I decided to take a urgent call on this topic. I was shocked to come across several websites (ending with ‘surgery.com’s) advocating the benefits of gall bladder remova...
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