As a result of atherosclerosis and other circulatory impairments, the heart’s oxygen supply is often reduced, a condition known as ischemia. Individuals with ischemia often suffer from varying degrees of angina pectoris, or chest pains. In fact, an estimated 2.3 million men and 4 million women suffer from mild to crashing forms of chest pain each day. Many people experience short episodes of angina whenever they exert themselves physically. Symptoms may range from a slight feeling of indigestion to a feeling that the heart is being crushed. Generally, the more serious the oxygen deprivation, the more severe the pain. Although angina pectoris is not a heart attack, it does indicate underlying heart disease.Currently, there are several methods of treating angina. In mild cases, rest is critical. The most common treatments for more severe cases involve using drags that affect (1) the supply of blood to the heart muscle or (2) the heart’s demand for oxygen. Pain and discomfort are often relieved with nitroglycerin, a drag used to relax (dilate) veins, thereby reducing the amount of blood returning to the heart and thus lessening its workload. Patients whose angina is caused by spasms of the coronary arteries are often given drags called calcium channel blockers. These drugs prevent calcium atoms from passing through coronary arteries and causing heart contractions. They also appear to reduce blood pressure and to slow heart rates. Beta blockers are the other major type of drags used to treat angina. The chemical action of beta blockers serves to control potential over-activity of the heart muscle.*7/277/5*
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Mrs. Gill – 44-years—had recently got her uterus removed in a medical institute. For the 1st four days after the operation she was fine and had come back home. Thereafter, for no known reason she began to talk incessantly all the 24 hours of the day.Her husband who was attending on her could not get a wink of sleep for the last 4 nights, and had to send and S.O.S to his sister calling her for assistance and relief.There were no other symptoms on which to prescribe a homoeopathic medicine.There were 2 facets of the case:(a) She was talking incessantly day in and day out, for which HEATHER was prescribed.(b) Her mind had lost control over her action of talking for which CHERRY PLUM was prescribed. Both remedies were to be taken thrice daily.In addition a dose of Sulpher-30 was prescribed to be taken at night for inducing sleep.*115\308\8*
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I knew when I was 5 years old that I would be a doctor, though I couldn’t say how that idea got in my head in the first place. As I grew older, my own pediatrician was my inspiration—and the only doctor I knew. He encouraged my interest from an early age, allowing me to come on hospital rounds with him before I had even finished high school. He taught me the most important lesson I ever learned about medicine. As we walked into a patient’s room, he paused and told me to pay attention to what I smelled, and listed for me what it might indicate. Just which disease he was teaching me about that day is long gone from my memory, but I’ve always remembered that moment because suddenly I understood that part of becoming a doctor was learning to use all your senses—and developing a sixth sense, a kind of medical intuition. Medicine was more than science.That was still very much on my mind when it came time to apply to medical school. Though I applied and was accepted to both traditional and osteopathic programs, where almost all of the coursework and clinical training are identical, in the end I chose osteopathy, which does require extensive additional work focusing on the musculoskeletal system, including bone health. To me the big difference was that osteopathy stressed taking care of the whole person, rather than a specific set of symptoms or a certain group of organs or a particular disease. When I read the passionate works of Andrew Taylor Still, the founder of osteopathic medicine, particularly about the connections among the body, mind, and spirit (a more revolutionary stance at that time), I knew there was no other choice for me. I knew that to really take care of my future patients, I’d need the latest medical research, and cutting-edge technology, and an understanding of the biochemistry that makes the human body work. But I also knew it would be equally important to integrate all aspects of a person’s life and health into the hard, cold science. What I saw in holistic medicine that was missing from strictly traditional training was the core belief that a patient is much more than a collection of symptoms.Even so, my medical training did not feature a course on “Patients Are People, Too,” or “Alternative Medicine, Open-mindedness and You,” or “Why a Thorough Physical Takes More than 15 Minutes.” Many of the specific details of providing a broad range of quality care I’ve picked up over the years from colleagues I admire, my own reading, and very often my patients themselves.But from the start I was steeped in an atmosphere that focused on preventing illness, which was the only sensible way I could see to approach anything called “health care.” I usually spend about half an hour with each patient, talking about diet, stress, exercise, his or her childhood, what the individual did this weekend and what I did this weekend—and then maybe what brought that person in that particular day. I ask patients coming into my practice for the first time to allow an hour and a half for our first consultation. It takes time for me to get to know the people I care for, and for them to get to know and trust me.As a physician, I see my job as providing patients with all the information they need to make their own decisions. Patients have a duty, then, to learn as much as they can about keeping themselves healthy, and to work with their doctors to find strategies and solutions that are right for them. This book will work the same way. I’ll give you all the knowledge you need to build and protect the strength of your bones. Your job is to take that ball and run with it. I’ve laid out a very specific plan of diet, exercise, and nutritional supplements—and conventional and complementary treatments, if that becomes necessary—that will keep you standing tall and strong for the rest of your life. Only you can say which approaches will work for you, which options you want to pursue, and how to incorporate my program into the rest of your life.*6\228\2*
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