Monday, December 20, 2010

Drink Plenty of Water Can Cause Blindness??

A WOMAN LOSED HER SIGHT AFTER DRINKING TOO MUCH WATER 


SHE drank 7 liters of water every day with the intention to 'detoxify and reduce her blood pressure.
 

Thinking that the more water she drank, it will be better. She continued her habit and this continued for three months.

But last month, 26-year-old this Taiwanese woman was suddenly fainted. When she regained consciousness the next few days, she became blind, according to reports Apple Daily Taiwan.

Doctors said the condition of the woman known as 'chronic water intoxication.



The amount of water that she drank more than three times the daily water consumption which recommended for adults who did not move much.

Dr. Jiang Shou Shan, who take care of her, told Apple Daily Taiwan that her patient did not have a psychological illness or other health problems, except that her blood pressure alarming.
 

Her name is not mentioned in the report.


Dr. Jiang said, "She's got wrong believes that the more water she drank, the more she can lower the blood pressure. Since then, for three months, she drank 7 liters of water every day."

Dr. Jiang added that initially that women will frequent had an urination, but after some time, it turned into water poisoning.

Drinking too much water can cause hyponatremia, a condition in which sodium levels in the blood is not enough.



THE SWELLING IN BRAIN CELLS

As a result, water excess should be absorbed by her body cells.

Brain cells was getting swell after drinking water, which was resulted in the increasing pressure in her brain.

Dr. Jiang explained that the pressure resulted in bleeding in the occipital lobe (the brain of the front), which is the visual processing centers of the brain that contains most of the visual cortex

According to Drs. Jiang, "Sodium in our blood maintain our rate of cell metabolism.But once you drink too much water, sodium ions will decrease, causing the brain is getting swell. This resulted in pressure and continue to the bleeding. "

Shin Min Daily quoted a doctor's statement that drinking too much water can be fatal.

The doctor, from Raffles Hospital, says that our bodies are constantly losing water through sweat, urination and defecation or breath exhaling.

'Replacing the lost water' is essential, but the excessive rehydration can cause a fatal water overdose, said the doctor. According to the doctor, the symptoms of water intoxication include headache, fatigue, blocked nose, vomiting, frequent urination and mental disorientation.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Lack of Sleep Can Cause Diabetes

THAT encourage the emergence of diabetes is the high content of sugar in the blood. The cause is not only the excessive of sugar consumption, but also high-calorie diet, excess weight, and a less active lifestyle.

As quoted by the Times of India, the study of Warwick Medical School and the State University of New York, Buffalo, revealed that sleep duration of less than six hours a night increases the risk three times sufered from diabetes and heart disease.



The study showed that short sleep duration is associated with the increasing risk of pre-diabetes, known as Incident-impaired Fasting Glycaemia (IFG).


IFG is a condition of the body which are no longer able to regulate glucose levels in the body properly. People with IFG had a greater risk of type 2 diabetes and increased risk of heart disease and stroke.


The study was conducted with analyze about 1455 participants medical data, which were recorded by Western New York Health Study for six years. The data show, all participants had an age range 35-79 years.

All participants have passed through clinical trials that include blood pressure checks, height, and weight. They also answered questionnaires about their health condition in general, and sleep patterns. The study is published in the journal Annals of Epidemiology.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

TEA, The Memory Keeper

NOT only pleasure in drinking in the morning and afternoon, tea also has a series of health benefits. 


Tea is also believed able to slow cell damage and keep our memory stay sharp in old age. 


The new invention from the benefits of tea recently expressed by scientists in Singapore and that means adding a long list of benefits of tea.


To The Sunday Times, Professor Ng Tze Pin from the Department of Medicine for Mental Health National University of Singapore said the research about the benefit tea for the brain was performed for four years. "Tea is cheap, non-toxic, and is always consumed by the public," said Ng.

Caffeine in tea, unlike that found in coffee, contains the natural protein theanine which is against side effects of caffeine such as the increasing of blood pressure, headache, and fatigue.



Brain cell damage caused by a combination of loss of nerve cellsthe influence of genes, a mild stroke, and an increasing levels of destructive protein, sometimes leading to dementia patients (the disease of cognitive dysfunction in the brain from damage due to aging or other serious illness), according to the report.

The team of scientists is studying the tea drinking habits of 2501 Chinese people aged 55 and above from September 2003 to December 2005.



Health of patients, observation period, the language used and therespondents observed spatial ability. Their tea drinking habits are also monitored. Approximately 38 percent did not drink tea.


Twenty-nine percent drank only one type of tea and the rest drink of different types of tea. Two-thirds of the tea drinkers maintain its value in memory tests two years later. Among the non-tea drinkers35 percent have seen an experience of decline in two points that show of the data of cognitive decline.


Tea is a special factor that keeps brain cells healthy. However, it can not be created simply by drinking tea. "It still requires a habitboth for life and a balanced diet," said Ng.

 
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