scholarly journals General Health Benefits of Pranayama W.S.R. to Effects on Respiratory System: An Ayurveda Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1-s) ◽  
pp. 215-217
Author(s):  
Yogeshwar Ashok Tikle
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Respiratory System ◽  
General Health ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Respiratory Control ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Therapeutic Measure ◽  
Pathological Conditions ◽  
Three Stages

Pranayama is traditional techniques practicing from ancient time of Indian civilization; it establishes balances of body, mind and spiritual health. Pranayama used for various purposes such as; maintaining health status & beauty, delaying age and as therapeutic measure against many pathological conditions. Pranayama involves three stages of respiratory practice; Puraka (inhalation), Kumbhaka (retention) and Rechaka (exhalation). These stages when practices with respiratory control then offer several health benefits. Pranayama improves circulatory process of body, boost respiratory system and helps in pathological conditions like; asthma and rhinitis. Present article summarizes role of Pranayama on respiratory system and related diseases.   Keywords: Pranayama, Respiratory System, Puraka, Kumbhaka and Rechaka.

scholarly journals Distinguishing between spiritual health and religious involvement as determinants of adolescent health in Canada and the Czech Republic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivo Jirásek ◽  
Petr Badura ◽  
Nathan King ◽  
William Pickett ◽  
Valerie Michaelson
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Adolescent Health ◽  
Potential Role ◽  
Religious Involvement ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
General Health Status ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
School Aged Children

Abstract Spiritual health is a topic of emergent interest; however, lack of a clear distinction between spiritual health and religious involvement makes it difficult to understand the potential role of spiritual health as a determinant of health. Analyses of such relationships that cross countries and cultures are rare. We therefore assessed whether differences exist between spiritual health and religious involvement and their respective associations with general indicators adolescent health. The study was based on the 2013/2014 Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study conducted in Canada (n = 10 761) and the Czech Republic (n = 4411). In both countries, we failed to identify strong or statistically significant associations between self-reported religiosity and adolescent health. In contrast, adolescents with higher spiritual health scores consistently reported enhanced levels of general health status. Study findings point to the importance of a strong sense of spiritual health as a protective determinant of adolescent health, and raise questions about religious involvement as protective to adolescent health outcomes.

Meditation – a two edged sword for psychosis: a case report

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 247-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Sharma ◽  
S. Singh ◽  
S. Gnanavel ◽  
N. Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Antipsychotic Medication ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Temporal Correlation ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Psychotic Symptoms ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Precipitating Factor

Meditation is believed to have many health benefits apart from enhancing spiritual health. However, there is evidence that meditation may even lead to psychosis or worsen it in some cases. The aim of this paper is to present a case and discuss the role of meditation as a precipitating factor to psychosis. A 27-year-old male presented with psychotic symptoms with a temporal correlation with meditation. He was then successfully treated with antipsychotic medication and is maintaining well. This case report highlights the possibility that intense meditation could precipitate psychosis in vulnerable individuals. However, there are several beneficial effects of meditation in patients with psychosis if practiced with caution.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF PATIENT’S GENERAL HEALTH STATUS ON THE OUTCOME OF INFECTIONS

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Débora Cristina Coraça-Huber
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
General Health ◽  
Conventional Medicine ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
Main Role ◽  
Clinical Infection ◽  
General Health Status ◽  
Pathogen Colonization ◽  
And Control

The outcomes of a pathogen colonization and development of clinical infection can be strictly related to the general health status of a patient. The spread of the awareness about the dangers of underlying health conditions should be the main role of the conventional medicine, as well as the key to successful treatments and control of diseases.

scholarly journals An overview on the interplay between nutraceuticals and gut microbiota

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Catinean ◽  
Maria Adriana Neag ◽  
Dana Maria Muntean ◽  
Ioana Corina Bocsan ◽  
Anca Dana Buzoianu
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Side Effects ◽  
Alternative Therapy ◽  
Animal Experiments ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Health Benefit ◽  
Synthetic Drugs

BackgroundNowadays, growing attention was being given to the alternative ways to prevent or treat diseases. Nutraceuticals are used increasingly for this purpose. Many of these are being used as alternative therapy. Classic therapy with synthetic drugs, although very effective, has many side effects. The term “nutraceuticals” refers to the link between the nutritional and pharmaceutical domains. Also, lately, many studies have been done to investigate the role of microbiota in maintaining health. There is the hypothesis that some of the health benefits of nutraceuticals are due to their ability to change the microbiota. The aim of this review was to emphasize the link between the most commonly used nutraceuticals, the microbiota and the health benefits.MethodsWe selected the articles in PubMed, published up to July 2017, that provided information about most used nutraceuticals, microbiota and health benefits. In this review, we incorporate evidence from various types of studies, including observational,in vitroandin vivo, clinical studies or animal experiments.ResultsThe results demonstrate that many nutraceuticals change the composition of microbiota and can interfere with health status of the patients.DiscussionThere is evidence which sustains the importance of nutraceuticals in people’s health through microbiota but further studies are needed to complete the assessment of nutraceuticals in health benefit as a consequence of microbiota’s changing.

scholarly journals (2) The Pathology of Isle of Wight Disease in Hive Bees

1921 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 755-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bruce White
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory System ◽  
Body Fluids ◽  
Toxic Action ◽  
Pathological Changes ◽  
Isle Of Wight ◽  
Normal Functions ◽  
Pathological Conditions

Isle of Wight disease is, as we have seen, primarily a disease of the respiratory system, in which the organism remains localised throughout the entire course of the attack.The effects are, however, far-reaching, and are registered in the disordered functioning of several organs, and in visible pathological changes in some of them.The parasitic invasion has two aspects.We have, in the first place, to consider the active injury wrought upon the host by a parasite developing and living at the expense of its body fluids. With this aspect of the question may be coupled the possibility of a definite toxic action on the part of the parasite.In the second place, we have to consider the passive rôle of the mites in hindering or inhibiting the normal functions of the infected organs.Before proceeding to consider the various pathological conditions, a few words on the distribution of the parasite within the host is called for.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF PROBIOTIC SUPPLEMENTATION ON CLIMACTERIC SYMPTOMS IN MENOPAUSAL WOMEN-A MINI REVIEW

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhagavathi Sundaram Sivamaruthi ◽  
Periyanaina Kesika ◽  
Chaiyavat Chaiyasut
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Health Improvement ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Climacteric Symptoms ◽  
Probiotic Supplementation ◽  
Keywords Probiotics ◽  
Menopausal Women

Menopause (MP) is a natural physiological event of woman’s life and is defined as the absence of menstrual periods for at least twelve months and loss of function of ovarian. The common symptoms of MP are irregular vaginal bleeding, hot flushes especially in head and chest, night sweats, insomnia, vaginal and urinary symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, increased cancer risk, osteopenia, high blood pressure, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Microbiome has been associated with several health benefits. Probiotic supplementation helps to enhance the quality of microbiome thereby confers the health benefits to the host system. The microbiome, hormone (estrogen) changes, and probiotic intervention are related to the health status of the female reproductive system. The vaginal microbiome (VM) play a critical role in female reproductive health and MP, which can be greatly influenced by probiotics, and other medicine especially antibiotics and hormone therapy. The role of VM in supporting vaginal health is not clear and debatable. Understanding the role of vaginal Lactobacillus could expose the pathogenesis of vaginal dysbiosis, which helps to improve diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for several dysbiosis associated health issues and menopause-related symptoms. Recent studies suggested that the intervention of probiotic preparation with or without nutraceutical formulation (mostly with isoflavones) improve the health status of menopausal women. The mechanism of probiotics mediated health improvement in menopausal women is not yet described clearly. Several controversies are there on the link between probiotic, gut microbiota, vaginal microbiota, and estrogen deficit. The present review summarizes the influence of probiotic supplementation on climacteric symptoms in menopausal women. The literature search was made in Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed using the keywords “probiotics” and “menopause”. The documents were carefully checked for the relevance to the current manuscript, and the selection was made without any restriction in the year of publication.

scholarly journals The pulmonary microbiome: challenges of a new paradigm

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (5) ◽  
pp. 424-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Nathan Costa ◽  
Felipe Marques da Costa ◽  
Silvia Vidal Campos ◽  
Roberta Karla Salles ◽  
Rodrigo Abensur Athanazio
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory System ◽  
Human Microbiome ◽  
Microbial Colonization ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Lung Microbiome ◽  
Pathological Conditions ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
Qualitative Knowledge ◽  
High Diversity

ABSTRACT The study of the human microbiome-and, more recently, that of the respiratory system-by means of sophisticated molecular biology techniques, has revealed the immense diversity of microbial colonization in humans, in human health, and in various diseases. Apparently, contrary to what has been believed, there can be nonpathogenic colonization of the lungs by microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Although this physiological lung microbiome presents low colony density, it presents high diversity. However, some pathological conditions lead to a loss of that diversity, with increasing concentrations of some bacterial genera, to the detriment of others. Although we possess qualitative knowledge of the bacteria present in the lungs in different states of health or disease, that knowledge has advanced to an understanding of the interaction of this microbiota with the local and systemic immune systems, through which it modulates the immune response. Given this intrinsic relationship between the microbiota and the lungs, studies have put forth new concepts about the pathophysiological mechanisms of homeostasis in the respiratory system and the potential dysbiosis in some diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, COPD, asthma, and interstitial lung disease. This departure from the paradigm regarding knowledge of the lung microbiota has made it imperative to improve understanding of the role of the microbiome, in order to identify possible therapeutic targets and to develop innovative clinical approaches. Through this new leap of knowledge, the results of preliminary studies could translate to benefits for our patients.

scholarly journals Role of Internal Medicines in the Management of Infections w.s.r. to Viral and Fungal Diseases: A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 10-13
Author(s):  
Neeraj Kanungo ◽  
Vijayata Kanungo ◽  
Ajit Kumar Ojha
Keyword(s):  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
General Health ◽  
Viral Infections ◽  
Fungal Infections ◽  
Modern Science ◽  
Health Problems ◽  
Fungal Diseases ◽  
Pathological Conditions ◽  
Microbial Toxins

Ayurveda works towards the prevention and management of various health problems, Ayurveda also suggests many natural ways to promote general health. Ayurveda in this regards provides several modalities for controlling infectious diseases which described as Sankramak Roga in Ayurveda. As per Ayurveda these Sankramak Roga mainly arises due to the vitiated state of Doshas and this vitiation arises by microbial toxins in case of infectious diseases. Therefore Doshas pacifying medicines recommended controlling infections. Ayurveda drugs like Kapura, Neema, Guduchi, Tulsi and Vacha, etc. helps to treat such pathological conditions. The present scenario of pandemic disaster requires an approach where Ayurveda and modern science can join hand together to combat against this situation. The consequences of viral infections also increases susceptibility towards other infections i.e.; fungal diseases. Considering these all facts this article explored Ayurveda as well as modern approaches for the management of various types of Sankramak Roga w.s.r. to viral and fungal infections.

scholarly journals Procena kvaliteta zivota pacijenata operativno lecenih zbog preloma kuka, preliminarni izvestaj

2009 ◽  
Vol 56 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-72
Author(s):  
A.R.A. Lesic ◽  
N. Kocev ◽  
I. Milosevic ◽  
M.Z. Bumbasirevic
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Physical Functioning ◽  
General Health ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Healthy Population ◽  
General Health Status ◽  
Sf 36

Introduction: Fractures of the proximal segment of the femur occurring most commonly in elderly patients are a serious, both medical (orthopaedic) and socioeconomic, problem. Material and Methods: 46 patients (14 male and 32 female) operated for hip fracture in the January-June 2008 period, who were available for analysis (as 24 patients were not) were investigated. In addition to descriptive analysis, general health status-quality of life was assessed by means of SF-36 questionnaire comprising eight groups of questions determining the physical, psychological and social status of the patients within the 0 to 100 (problem) points range.. Results: The findings were that the average patient age was 74 years (76.9 for male patients and 74.06 fro female ones). The values of all eight parameters were lower by up to 89% in comparison to the pre-injury values, but improved by as much as 50% after six months (for physical functioning and the role of physical functioning) or by 30% for the role of emotions. The values never return to their pre-injury levels. In foreign studies, the parameters are higher, especially post-treatment values for vitality and role of emotions. Conclusion: In patients treated for hip fractures, it is necessary to carry out an assessment of general, physical, mental and social functioning of the patient in addition to the assessment of their clinical and radiological findings, so as to get a more realistic insight in the status of the treated and operated patients. The SF-36 questionnaire is widely used in such investigations along with other questionnaires. It is also necessary to investigate the general health status-quality of life of the entire healthy population in our country.

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