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Lower The Risk Of Heart Attack & Live A Healthy Life

Heart attack is now a very common cause of death accompanied by series of symptoms like chest pain, arm pain or breathing trouble.  Heart attack occurs when blood flow to heart muscles is blocked. As per American Heart Association, heart attack start slowly. Hence it is very important that you should know the signs of heart attack in advance so that it can be treated on time and prevent death.

So What are the Signs of Heart Attack???

• 1. Nausea
• 2. Vomiting
• 3. Chest Discomfort
• 4. Anxiety
• 5. Breathing Trouble

Yes these are common symptoms of heart attack but not everyone will experience the same symptoms. It has been noticed that heart attack symptoms for both men and women are different. 

 Causes of Heart Attack:

Heart attack can occur due to any of these reasons. Yes there are both preventable and unpreventable causes of heart attack. The causes that we can treat with the help of some surgery or other treatment include:

1. Smoking:

American Heart Association confirmed that nearly 440,000 deaths are caused due to smoking. These figures involve not only active but passive smoking deaths also. 

2. Stress: 

Stress is obviously a part of daily life for almost everyone. What matters is the way you handle your stress. The more efficiently you deal with your stress, the more easily you lower the risk of heart attack. On negative side, the people who deal with stress through smoking, excessive eating, drinking alcohol can affect health badly resulting is disease like obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure that ultimately cause nothing but "Heart Attack".

3. High Cholesterol:

 
High Cholesterol increases the risk of heart attack or heart stroke. A healthy, fat-free diet, regular exercise is very important to reduce the level of Cholesterol in blood.

Diet To Follow

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 "Heart Is Not The Dustbin To Dump All Your Worries, It is a Golden Pot For Collection Of Sweet Moments"......So always keep you Heart Healthy!!!!!

A new drug to reverse the effect of Alzheimer disease

Alzheimer's disease is a kind of mental disorder called "dementia" that affects the brain's normal activities like thinking and memorizing. Alzheimer patients have to undergo through variety of laboratory tests, medical assessments. There is no single test available for this disease.

A new test has been conducted on rat to check the power of a drug.

IRL-1620 is a new drug that has been tested on rats to treat complete Alzheimer disease. At present, there are 5 treatment available for treating only symptoms of Alzheimer and not the complete disease.

After testing this drug on rats, it was found that this drug is helpful in improving memory, enhance working of brain response and reduce stress in rats infected with Alzheimer.

Seema Briyal, a senior scientists at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, IL report that "We used the novel approach of stimulating the Endothelin B receptors by intravenous injection of IRL-1620 to prevent and repair the damage to the brain caused by Alzheimer's disease,".

Endothelin B (ETB) receptors is already identified to be important in brain development and provide protection to nervous system.

Read here about currently available treatments for Alzheimer

Resource: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/299045.php

Spinal Stenosis- Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment & Cost

What is Spinal Stenosis?

Spinal nerves run through openings in the vertebrae which is protected by surrounding bones & tissues. Spinal Stenosis is a condition which is caused by narrowing of spinal canal. Stenosis refers to a narrowing or stricture of a duct or passageway. This cause pressure on spinal cords and neves of backbone. In majority cases, stenosis occurs in lower spinal area i.e. lumbar spine.  This narrowing occurs with spinal stenosis can also affect spinal cord causing severe pain.

What are Causes of Spinal Stenosis?

There are many different factors that cause spinal stenosis.

1.  Aging is considered as the prime cause of spinal stenosis. Changes to the size or shape of the spinal canal occur due to aging that leads to spinal stenosis.

2.  Arthritis is another major cause that affect spine badly. The inflammation caused due to Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis  also contribute to spinal stenosis.

3. Accidents & Injuries can cause fractures or dislocate spine resulting into spinal stenosis.

What Are the Symptoms of Spinal Stenosis?

When spine gets narrow, it starts putting pressure on spinal cord and nerves causing severe pain and discomfort. Stenosis is somewhat similar to disc herniation, howevere stenosis is chronic and a progress slowly. Those who suffer from cervical stenosis may suffer from extreme pain that feels somewhat similar to electric shock.

Spinal stenosis may also cause numbness, weakness, burning sensations, tingling and "pins and needles" in the arms. Those who have stenosis in back can also feel pain in buttocks, thigh or leg and they usually feel difficulty in activities like walking and standing. 

Diagnosis of Spinal Stenosis

Complete diagnosis of a patient can be done after examining their body and after checking their medical history. Some tests like X-rays and MRI scans are performed to confirm the diagnosis.

A physical exam is also done to check the sensation, weakness or any numbness in spine.

Read here about Treatments of Spinal Stenosis

Cost Of Spinal Stenosis Treatment In India

Indian hospitals offer excellent yet affordable surgical procedures to treat spinal stenosis. Travcure medical tourism is associated with top hospitals & surgeons in the country so as to give you the best low-cost healthcare solution.

KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY

We enjoy looking forward to have fun in the parties but what if those extra chunks on your body steal your joy? Those flattering attires do not fit anymore, cheeks become flabby, those extra pounds on abs and the furniture making noise while sitting. Err! Nightmare, isn’t it? 

Nobody likes to be called overweight or obese. Despite of regular exercises and dieting there is no change in weight, often there is a weight gain.  The other facet of being bulky is inviting critical medical conditions like heart diseases, joint pains, polycystic ovarian disease (PCOD), diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and kidney failure. Wait! Depression and anxiety too. 

 

When medications do not support losing weight, surgery is the most preferred one! The permanent solution for a complete and controlled weight loss is “weight loss surgery”. Sounds strange? Yes, but it is not something called ‘liposuction’. Rather, it’s a complete ‘tummy’ makeover from inside (stomach) where surgeon will cut open your stomach, decrease the size of food pouch and re-route the food flow. Minimal storage of food absolutely decreases the calorie absorption, thus sculpting the body again.

The best location for this surgery is none other than India. Plenty of skilled surgeons having years of experience and premium healthcare services make India a proud destination of “Bariatric Surgery”. There are many weight loss centres in India providing obesity treatment along with the recuperation services. Certainly now that’s some great sightseeing complemented with rejuvenating spas or Ayurvedic massages in an exotic place.

How weight loss surgery works?

Weight loss surgery completely changes the process of digestive system. It is performed on those who have BMI 30 or more. This surgical procedure alters your body’s energy balance by restricting the quantity of food in stomach. The absorption of the calories is decreased and ultimately hunger is curbed. Fewer calories consumption results to lean body frame. It is not abrupt change but a gradual one. Before undergoing weight loss surgery in India it is necessary to discuss with a bariatric surgeon to identify which treatment is suitable for your body type.

Different types of weight-loss surgery

There are many options available but an expert bariatric surgeon decides which one is best for you. The various types are:

1. Laparoscopic adjustable gastric band surgery: Surgeon will place band around the upper portion of the stomach organ. 

2. Gastric bypass surgery:  In this, stomach sack is divided into two parts and small intestines are rearranged to connect both sacks.

3. Mini gastric bypass surgery: (RNY) or Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery as it is called is very simplified form of surgery. The time required for the surgery is quite less and complications are almost nil. 

4. Biliopancreatic diversion surgery:  The size of the stomach is reduced through stapling procedure with this minimal invasive surgery.

5. Sleeve gastrectomy / gastric sleeve surgery: Need an expert for this because this surgery itself is complex. It involves removing and reducing stomach size to give it a shape of banana. Too small, isn’t it?

6. Endoscopic intragastric balloon surgery: Anybody with BMI 30-70 can perform this procedure but it lasts for 6 months only. Surgeon places an empty balloon through an endoscopic camera. With this procedure patient feels satiated, ultimately reducing his/her hunger pangs and obviously weigh.

7. Gastric reduction duodenal switch surgery: You lose 85-90% of the body weight. 70 % of the stomach portion along with hunger hormone called ‘ghrelin’ is removed.

Revision gastric bypass surgery: it is for those who already have undergone weight loss or bariatric surgery or had any complications with prior surgery.

8. Gastric imbrication or plication surgery: With the help of EndoFLIP, surgeon anticipates the diameter of new stomach pouch. Later he folds, stitches and shrinks the stomach to hold less food. Automatically too many calories are cut down.

Are you candidate for weight-loss surgery?

Weight loss surgery is not for everyone but for those who did not lose weight despite following regular exercises, dieting or any physical activity. Even BMI or body mass index plays a major role. A person with a BMI 18.5 to 24.9 is considered healthy but beyond that it’s overweight. Morbidly obese or BMI 30-40 are the right candidates for this surgery, but only after a thorough counselling with a bariatric surgeon. 

Here are some:

Gastric Lap-Band Surgery:  BMI should be 30 and above.

Gastric Bypass: BMI should be 30 and above.

Sleeve Gastrectomy: BMI at least 33, Controlled Type 2 Diabetes by almost 45-60%

Biliopancreatic diversion surgery: BMI is 38 & above

Endoscopic Intragastric Balloon Surgery: BMI should be 30 and above.

Before weight loss-surgery

It is sure after the surgery, candidate tends to lose lot of weight but pros and cons should be properly discussed. Candidate should see an extremely adept bariatric surgeon who can answer all the queries related to health, most important is a motivational factor. After and before surgery program should be devised in prior. Health care experts will instruct you on certain medical tests, exams and also restrict your diet intake before the surgery. Any act of tobacco intake is put to halt. 

After weight loss-surgery

Certain surgeries are done in traditional way and some laparoscopic. Candidate gets discharged in a day in laparoscopic whereas in traditional method, stay can be for 7-10 days. A week meal plan is given in which doctor tells you to follow liquid or soft food diet initially. Later, once stitches are healed one can start intake of normal food. Recurrent medical check-ups are necessary to monitor the work flow of new digestive system. Some may experience mood swings, body aches, exhaustion, body is somewhat warm but not fever, dry skin and hair thinning. These are common ones.

Benefits of weight loss-surgery

Losing weight totally depends on how you follow post-surgery plan. With regular exercise plan, low oil diet and altering lifestyle can definitely make you lose half or even more within 1-2 years. It may improve the conditions like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and gastro oesophageal reflux disease.

What are risks involved in Weight-Loss Surgery?

Potential health risk involved can be an infection, excessive bleeding or blood clots, breathing problems, leakage in new system and in rare cases ‘death’. Some may even experience diarrhoea, nausea or vomiting, malnutrition, stomach perforation, hypoglycaemia, bowel obstruction and ulcers. If you experience any of these then please get back to the doctor to seek out medical aid immediately. 

Read here about cost of weight-loss surgery in India

Travcure Medical Tourism

If you are medical tourist from abroad then Travcure is a one stop destination for all your medical needs. In India, we have ample of weight loss centres and clinics which offer an optimal and cost effective solution for your weight loss needs. We are tied up with more than 1000 state-of-the-art hospitals and skilled doctors. We also facilitate phone and video conversations with our expert surgeons. We work round the clock to answer all your queries related to your medical travel.

For more details Contact:

Travcure Medical Tourism Consultants 

Email: info@travcure.com 

Call us for appointment:- +918600044116

 

Wrong Beliefs about Parkinson's disease

People have many misconceptions about Parkinson disease, specially those who have no knowledge and still made a conclusion. These beliefs are need to be rectified so that the sufferer can too lead a normal life.

 

1. Many people think that Parkinson affects whole brain that leads to mental disfunctioning and some symptoms may include speech problems, spasmodic body and face movements, drooling and problems with memory.

I agree these are the symptoms but it doesn't mean Parkinson sufferer have lost their mind. The sufferer's mind continues to work normally, they understand everything perfectly.

Their only problem is that they experience difficulties in communicating back and so if an alternative method of communication is devised you can still hold an intelligent conversation with any Parkinson's disease sufferer.

2. Many people also have a thought that Parkinson affect only old people, but let me tell you it can affect people of any age.

3. People with Parkinson can live for many years without any help. Only at the late stage they need help with certain aspects like walking and bathing.

4. Every Parkinson's sufferer will have different symptoms and tremor is said to be the most common symptom of this disease but at least 20% of the sufferer never have any tremors in their life.

5.Assuming that everybody with Parkinson's disease shakes a lot is another common misconception.
Not only these but there are hundred's of beliefs regarding Parkinson disease that are absolutely wrong.

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Why Spine Surgery In India????

India is rapidly turning out to be one of the most preferred global healthcare destinations for people from all around the world. Medical tourism industry in expected to grow at the rate of about 30% each year for a decade henceforth. Healthcare chains from all around the world have shown keen interest & established a wide network of facilities to cater this potential influx of international patients looking for affordable medical treatments. Some of these leading global lights include Wockhardt, Max Healthcare,Fortis, Columbia Asia, Apollo, &Swiss Smile, apart from Indian giants like AIIMS & Asian Heart Institute. Most surgeons in India are well experienced & trained in the west. 

They have performed numerous high-tech medical procedures that are considered as leading trends. Enormous skill & expertise of Indian doctors span across numerous specialties that include cardiology, neurosurgery, urology, assisted pregnancy, radiology, stem cell therapy, oncology, cosmetic surgery & almost every field under medical science. Affordable Spine Surgery India at some of the best spine surgery hospitals for medical conditions like herniated discs, spinal stenosis, spondylosis & degenerative disc disease is a realistic idea for people from all around the world.

 

Fear of going under the knife is multiplied many-fold for spine surgeries; leave alone the escalating costs of treatments across the globe. With the convenience of international travel more & more people are seeking quality treatments at affordable costs. This is exactly where India comes in the picture. Fairing excellent on both the factors of cost & quality, India has plenty on offer to the international community of patients. Indian government is also aware of this fact & have increasingly promoted the medical tourism industry develop requisite infrastructure. Laws for visas & extended stays have also been eased to facilitate medical tourists. With contributions strengthening the medical tourism industry from all sides including the IT connection, there is a growing demand of online medical tourism companies coming forward to facilitate a growing number of international patients.

Travcure is one of the fastest growing medical tourism companies in South Asia. They are associated with some of the best spine surgery healthcare facilities in the Indian subcontinent. Travcure team of experts is traveling to Africa in September & October, 2015, where they intend organizing medical camps in countries like Nigeria, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon, DPR Congo, Mozambique & Zimbabwe so as to personally evaluate & provide low-cost treatment plans for surgical options in India. These free consultations will go a long way in helping people of Africa access high-quality & affordable treatment plans to a variety of medical conditions bothering them. Another medical tourism company contemplating a similar tour is Indian Med Trip which is based in Western India. Fanning the globe for potential medical tourists is on the rise & here to stay for at least another decade or more. 

For More Information Please Contact Us At:

Travcure Medical Tourism Consultants 

Email: info@travcure.com

Call us for appointment:- +918600044116