Friday, July 22, 2011

ASTHMA PREVENTION

We sometimes neglect a simple cough. A cough for 1 to 2 weeks can already be dangerous. We should always be cautious with cough because a simple cough can be asthma in the coming days. That is why we should seek medial attention imeediately.

There are 2 ways how to be asthmatic. One , is by hereditary. Once your family has a history of asthma, then you might also get one because it is already part of your genes. The second is by acquired. This is more about the surroundings that you are in. In many cases people living in polluted areas. People living in this kind of environment has a high possibility to get asthma.

For asthma prevention, we must always be prepared of the signs as follows:

1. Coughing for about 1 to 2 weeks.
2. Hard cough is always the first sign of asthma.
3. Difficulty in breathing once coughing.
4. Perspiration during coughing.

These are just the early signs of asthma and once detected, one should always seek medical attention. In hospitals, the nebulizing patients with asthma to ease the breathing of the patient and to calm down the lungs. There is also medicines that are administered by the hospital to ease the patient. It is always best to seek medical attention before a cough mutates into asthma. Always remember, prevention is better than cure. n the case of asthmatic patients, the case is recurring.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

WATER THERAPY EFFECTIVE FOR COUGH PROBLEM

In the recent medical chart, cough is one of the top health problems right now. There are medicines available but the natural way of healing is still ideal, less the medicines. Water therapy has always been proven to ease patients with cough problems. Water Therapy is highly recommended because it cures cough fast less stress of medicine drowse.

Water Therapy can easily be done. Water must be taken by patients with cough every minute. The normal urination is just normal because of the water intake. The good thing about water therapy is that there is no overdose of water. Water ease cough by making the mucus substance in the lungs and throat area loose because of the water. Sticky mucus loose grip on the throat walls and coughing it out would be easy to the patient with cough.

Water Therapy has been used in various medical centers to ease the cough of patients in the area. Even doctors can testify that water therapy is an immediate solution to cough problems.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

MEDICAL SCRUBS IS A MUST IN THE HOSPITAL

I was doing my rounds in the medical ward yesterday. The medical ward is a place where patients with less serious illnesses are placed. It is a general policy of the hospital where I am a resident doctor, to wear medical scrub. The mens scrub uniforms are available in the supply room and we doctors must always wear our scrub to be identified by the nurses and medial staffs inside the hospital building.

When I was in the delivery room, I was wearing my pink scrub uniform, that is the official color inside the delivery room. When I am inside the conference room, I must wear my white scrub. Hospital policy must be followed. That is why when I leave the house I always make sure that I bring my hospital uniform. Its a good thing wearing the uniform because patients can easily recognize me, as a doctor from the nurses and the aides working inside the hospital. The hospital acquires the scrubs uniform from this site: http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

BREAST CANCER IS A KILLER TO WOMEN

I was assigned in the female ward area of the hospital where I am a resident doctor. It is a special place because all of the patients lying in this ward area are all women, women with a unique health problem, Breast Cancer. According to the head nurse, most patients admitted in this ward area enters in a wheelchair and leaves inside a body bag.

Breast Cancer is the number 1 killer of women and it is hard to cure or medicate when the stage of the patients is already terminal. The key to breast cancer is to detect the disease early so that it can be treated immediately. There was one patient in the ward that has undergone breast removal just to stop the spread of the cancer cells in her mammary gland. But the sad things is that the cancer cells has already mutated plenty. She will be scheduled for another breast removal session in the operating room.

Breast Cancer may be hereditary but in many cases, women get this sickness in unknown reason at all. Many believed that stress is a contributor to breast cancer but that is still have to be studied upon to make the theory of the disease more factional.