scholarly journals DIVE, SURVIVE OR THRIVE: A Prescription for Post-Traumatic Thriving

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-8
Author(s):  
Randall Bell
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Parasympathetic Nervous System ◽  
Brain Activity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Medical Problems ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Full Throttle ◽  
Unresolved Trauma

Medical problems and procedures, along with a host of other issues, can be traumatizing. The fallout for post-traumatic effects can linger for decades. In any traumatic episode, the body switches off the parasympathetic (rest and digest) nervous system while turning on the sympathetic (fight-flight-freeze) system. In this mode, the body pumps high levels of adrenaline through the bloodstream. This is a basic survival instinct based on the need to escape the trauma and get to safety. Trauma causes a well-researched chain reaction. It shifts the brain activity from the outer "human brain" to the inner "reptilian brain" that governs instincts. This can result in a blurred and distorted mental state, so when the trauma ends, many patients remain stuck in the sympathetic nervous state. It is somewhat like a car at full throttle while parked in neutral.  The human body is not designed to have a continual flow of high adrenaline levels flowing through the bloodstream. Yet, this is precisely what unresolved trauma does. This state of perpetual trauma hurts, so many self-medicate with any of the many harmful activities designed to dull the pain. Of course, self-medication only deadens the hurt but does nothing for the underlying unresolved trauma.   Health care professionals have their specialties, yet all should be versed in the fundamental steps patients can take to flip the parasympathetic nervous system back on. Two of the most effective techniques are "grounding" and "sitting in the fire." They are simple practices, can cost nothing, and get right to the heart of healing the unresolved trauma. When included in the overall prescription, both physical and emotional healing can occur.

scholarly journals Estradiol Serum Levels in Menopausal Women With and Without Vasomotor Syndrome in Medan

KnE Medicine ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fidel Ganis Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Parasympathetic Nervous System ◽  
Laboratory Data ◽  
Serum Levels ◽  
The Body ◽  
Vasomotor Symptoms ◽  
Obstetrics And Gynecology ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Menopausal Women ◽  
Significant Difference

<p>Vasomotor syndrome is the most commonly complained syndrome in menopause women. The main mechanism is the decrease in estrogen which causes increasing of body's core temperature and overactivity of the parasympathetic nervous system. Estradiol is the most abdudant and most potent estrogen derivate that works in major receptors throughout the body. This study aimed to determine difference of estradiol serum levels between women with and without vasomotor syndromes and among the symptoms severity. This study was conducted in 50 menopausal women in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology H. Adam Malik Hospital, Medan, Indonesia. Vasomotor symptoms was assessed by interview using three options of answers. Estradiol serum was analyezed using chemiluminescent principle in Prodia Laboratory. Data were tabulated and analyzed by SPSS. This study showed significant difference of mean estradiol serum levels between women with and without vasomotor syndromes (17.5 and 47.5 pg/ml, respectively; p=0.0001). Women with mild vasomotor syndromes had higher estradiol serum levels (23.9-29 pg/ml) than those with moderate (12-19.7 pg/ml) and severe (11.8 pg/ml) degree of syndromes. By using estradiol level as a marker, the presence vasomotor symptoms even its severeity should have been predicted earlier. Therefore, women can prepare to overcome those debilitating symptoms. Further and larger reseach is needed to make this study applicable in all clinical settings.</p>

scholarly journals Autonomic dystonia syndrome in conditions of failure of the Bauhinia valve and after its surgical correction as a possible link in the etiopathogenesis of peptic ulcer disease

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 01-05
Author(s):  
Martynov Vladimir Leonidovich
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Peptic Ulcer ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Peptic Ulcer Disease ◽  
Parasympathetic Nervous System ◽  
The Body ◽  
Surgical Correction ◽  
Ulcer Disease ◽  
Autonomic Nervous

The classic works of I.P. Pavlov shows strong communication mechanisms between the two most important life-supporting systems of the body - the nervous and the digestive. The role of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) in the occurrence of acute gastroduodenal erosions and ulcers has been proven [1]. The flow of sympathetic impulses causes an excessive release of mediators (catecholamines), which leads to disruption of tissue trophism. An important role in ulceration belongs to the parasympathetic nervous system.

Parasympathetic neurons originate from nerve-associated peripheral glial progenitors

Science ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 345 (6192) ◽  
pp. 82-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vyacheslav Dyachuk ◽  
Alessandro Furlan ◽  
Maryam Khatibi Shahidi ◽  
Marcela Giovenco ◽  
Nina Kaukua ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Autonomic Nervous System ◽  
Schwann Cell ◽  
Glial Cells ◽  
Parasympathetic Nervous System ◽  
Lineage Tracing ◽  
The Body ◽  
Parasympathetic System ◽  
Glial Progenitors ◽  
Parasympathetic Neurons

The peripheral autonomic nervous system reaches far throughout the body and includes neurons of diverse functions, such as sympathetic and parasympathetic. We show that the parasympathetic system in mice—including trunk ganglia and the cranial ciliary, pterygopalatine, lingual, submandibular, and otic ganglia—arise from glial cells in nerves, not neural crest cells. The parasympathetic fate is induced in nerve-associated Schwann cell precursors at distal peripheral sites. We used multicolor Cre-reporter lineage tracing to show that most of these neurons arise from bi-potent progenitors that generate both glia and neurons. This nerve origin places cellular elements for generating parasympathetic neurons in diverse tissues and organs, which may enable wiring of the developing parasympathetic nervous system.

scholarly journals BOTULISM. STUDIES ON THE MANNER IN WHICH THE TOXIN OF CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM ACTS UPON THE BODY

1923 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest C. Dickson ◽  
Eshref Shevky
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Peripheral Nerves ◽  
Parasympathetic Nervous System ◽  
Motor Nerve ◽  
Signs And Symptoms ◽  
Nerve Fibers ◽  
The Body ◽  
Striated Muscles ◽  
Organic Destruction ◽  
Sensory Fibers

1. In addition to the effect upon the fibers of the parasympathetic nervous system which was described in a previous report (1), the toxin of Clostridium botilinum. Types A and B, exerts an influence upon the endings of the motor fibers of the voluntary nervous system which leads to a marked susceptibility to fatigue. It has not been determined whether the damage is in the anatomical nerve endings of the somatic motor nerve fibers or upon the myoneural junction, but it is not of the nature of an organic destruction of tissue. 2. There is no effect upon the sensory fibers of the peripheral nerves. 3. The muscle cells of the smooth and striated muscles are not affected. 4. The disturbances in function which have been demonstrated in the voluntary and involuntary nervous systems fully explain the characteristic signs and symptoms of botulinus intoxication.

scholarly journals Nervous system disorders in a patient with Adie syndrome (a clinical case)

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 36-38
Author(s):  
A.L. Sidelkovskiy
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Parasympathetic Nervous System ◽  
Heart Rhythm ◽  
The Body ◽  
Spinal Ganglia ◽  
Parasympathetic Innervation ◽  
Tonic Pupil ◽  
Pupillary Responses ◽  
Heart Rhythm Disorders ◽  
Comprehensive Examination

Holmes-Adie syndrome, or tonic pupil syndrome, is a condition characterized by a triad of main symptoms: unilateral tonic pupil dilation, accommodative paresis without or with a significant reduction in pupillary light reflex, and decreased tendon reflexes. The disease is based on dysfunction of the parasympathetic nervous system. The syndrome results from damage to the ciliary ganglion, which carries parasympathetic innervation to the m.sphincter pupillae, cornea, and eyeball. Often the condition is accompanied by dysfunction of the spinal ganglia and, as a consequence, autonomic dysfunction in the form of sweating disorders, usually on one side of the body, rarely — by heart rhythm disorders, lability of blood pressure. A frequent sign of Adie syndrome is the absence or reduction in patellar, rarely Achilles, reflexes. The etiology of the disease is not definitively determined, bacterial or viral factors are not excluded. The diagnosis of Adie syndrome is mainly based on a clinical comparison of the symptoms of the disease, as well as on a thorough and comprehensive examination by a neuroophthalmologist with mandatory testing of pupillary responses with low doses of pilocarpine (narrowing of the pupil is characteristic). Despite the positive prognosis for the patient’s life and his ability to work, the condition belongs to the group of difficult-to-treat ones, and the management consists in symptomatic vision correction.

scholarly journals Comparison of the 3-D patterns of the parasympathetic nervous system in the lung at late developmental stages between mouse and chicken

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tadayoshi Watanabe ◽  
Ryo Nakamura ◽  
Yuta Takase ◽  
Etsuo A Susaki ◽  
Hiroki R Ueda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Gas Exchange ◽  
Parasympathetic Nervous System ◽  
Developmental Stages ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Smooth Muscles ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
The Body ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Parasympathetic Nerves

Although the basic schema of the body plan is similar among different species of amniotes (mammals, birds, and reptiles), the lung is an exception. Here, anatomy and physiology are considerably different, particularly between mammals and birds. In mammals, inhaled and exhaled airs mix in the airways, whereas in birds the inspired air flows unidirectionally without mixing with the expired air. This bird-specific respiration system is enabled by the complex tubular structures called parabronchi where gas exchange takes place, and also by the bellow-like air sacs appended to the main part of the lung. That the lung is predominantly governed by the parasympathetic nervous system has been shown mostly by physiological studies in mammals. However, how the parasympathetic nervous system in the lung is established during late development has largely been unexplored both in mammals and birds. In this study, by combining immunocytochemistry, the tissue-clearing CUBIC method, and ink-injection to airways, we have visualized the 3-D distribution patterns of parasympathetic nerves and ganglia in the lung at late developmental stages of mice and chickens. These patterns were further compared between these species, and three prominent similarities emerged: (1) parasympathetic postganglionic fibers and ganglia are widely distributed in the lung covering the proximal and distal portions, (2) the gas exchange units, alveoli in mice and parabronchi in chickens, are devoid of parasympathetic nerves, (3) parasympathetic nerves are in close association with smooth muscle cells, particularly at the base of the gas exchange units. These observations suggest that despite gross differences in anatomy, the basic mechanisms underlying parasympathetic control of smooth muscles and gas exchange might be conserved between mammals and birds.

Neuron-glia relationship during the early postembryonic development of the nervous system in some oligochaetes

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 600-601
Author(s):  
Wiktor Djaczenko ◽  
Carmen Calenda Cimmino
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Glial Cells ◽  
Early Period ◽  
Postembryonic Development ◽  
Ruthenium Red ◽  
The Body ◽  
Tubifex Tubifex ◽  
Growth Stages ◽  
Cell Processes ◽  
Cytoplasmic Processes

The simplicity of the developing nervous system of oligochaetes makes of it an excellent model for the study of the relationships between glia and neurons. In the present communication we describe the relationships between glia and neurons in the early periods of post-embryonic development in some species of oligochaetes.Tubifex tubifex (Mull. ) and Octolasium complanatum (Dugès) specimens starting from 0. 3 mm of body length were collected from laboratory cultures divided into three groups each group fixed separately by one of the following methods: (a) 4% glutaraldehyde and 1% acrolein fixation followed by osmium tetroxide, (b) TAPO technique, (c) ruthenium red method.Our observations concern the early period of the postembryonic development of the nervous system in oligochaetes. During this period neurons occupy fixed positions in the body the only observable change being the increase in volume of their perikaryons. Perikaryons of glial cells were located at some distance from neurons. Long cytoplasmic processes of glial cells tended to approach the neurons. The superimposed contours of glial cell processes designed from electron micrographs, taken at the same magnification, typical for five successive growth stages of the nervous system of Octolasium complanatum are shown in Fig. 1. Neuron is designed symbolically to facilitate the understanding of the kinetics of the growth process.

Stress management: Corpus-based insights into vernacular interpretations of stress

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-93
Author(s):  
Laurel Smith Stvan
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
American English ◽  
Physical Symptom ◽  
The Body ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
The Past ◽  
Academic Texts ◽  
Naturally Occurring ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Semantic Shift

Examination of the term stress in naturally occurring vernacular prose provides evidence of three separate senses being conflated. A corpus analysis of 818 instances of stress from non-academic texts in the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and the Corpus of American Discourses on Health (CADOH) shows a negative prosody for stress, which is portrayed variously as a source outside the body, a physical symptom within the body and an emotional state. The data show that contemporary speakers intermingle the three senses, making more difficult a discussion between doctors and patients of ways to ‘reduce stress’, when stress might be interpreted as a stressor, a symptom, or state of anxiety. This conflation of senses reinforces the impression that stress is pervasive and increasing. In addition, a semantic shift is also refining a new sense for stress, as post-traumatic stress develops as a specific subtype of emotional stress whose use has increased in circulation in the past 20 years.

Characteristics of the dynamics of the central nervous system and att ention function in workers of shoe production

2020 ◽  
pp. 64-68
Author(s):  
F. L. Azizova ◽  
U. A. Boltaboev
Keyword(s):  
Central Nervous System ◽  
Nervous System ◽  
Women Workers ◽  
Functional State ◽  
The Body ◽  
Conflict Of Interests ◽  
Professional Groups ◽  
Universal Device ◽  
The Central Nervous System ◽  
Working Day

The features of production factors established at the main workplaces of shoe production are considered. The materials on the results of the study of the functional state of the central nervous system of women workers of shoe production in the dynamics of the working day are presented. The level of functional state of the central nervous system was determined by the speed of visual and auditory-motor reactions, installed using the universal device chronoreflexometer. It was revealed that in the body of workers of shoe production there is an early development of inhibitory processes in the central nervous system, which is expressed in an increase in the number of errors when performing tasks on proofreading tables. It was found that the most pronounced shift s in auditory-motor responses were observed in professional groups, where higher levels of noise were registered in the workplace. The correlation analysis showed a close direct relationship between the growth of mistakes made in the market and the decrease in production. An increase in the time spent on the task indicates the occurrence and growth of production fatigue.Funding. The study had no funding.Conflict of interests. The authors declare no conflict of interests.

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