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Ayurveda and Arthritis – Karkidakam Special
Ayurveda has repeatedly proven to be a good substitute for high-end drugs for treating chronic diseases like osteoarthritis. In most of the cases, when arthritis patients are asked to take drugs, their condition slowly deteriorates. Almost 8 out of 10 patients end up going through a joint replacement surgery. Ayurveda, on the other hand, has…
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Ayurvedic Management Of Osteoarthritis For Knee
Osteoarthritis is a type of chronic ailment that results from the cartilage degeneration. It is the most common form of arthritis worldwide with symptoms of joint stiffness, joint cracking, swollen joints, and loss of motion. The present conventional methods focus on pain reduction and inflammation control, trough surgery, or medications. However, these approaches have no…
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Symptoms and causes of muscular dystrophy
Muscular Dystrophy,is the common name, for a group of diseases that cause weakness and loss of mass in the muscle structure. What happens is that, mutated or abnormal genes in the human body, hinder the production of proteins necessary for healthy muscle structure. They are of many types, most commonly occurring in males and in…
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Notice and resolve the perinatal obstacle
A condition that affects the movement, body posture, and balance is termed to be cerebral palsy. This condition is also known as brain paralysis. Damage that occurs on the immature brain before birth would affect the muscle tone and motor movements. The signs and symptoms would begin to appear early in life, like during infancy…
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Treatment for muscular dystrophy in Vaidya Healthcare?
Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a disorder that causes progressive weakness and loss of muscle mass. After a while, this disorder limits the mobility of a person. This is a genetic disorder that can occur at any age. However, in most cases, this condition is diagnosed in childhood that is predominant in boys than in girls. A…
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Stroke Rehabilitation
We now know that a stroke takes place when broken or damages blood vessels and blood clots block the supply of blood to the brain. In some cases, a stroke can hinder the patient’s cognition, sensory and motor skills. The aim of rehabilitation is to help patients in regaining their lost skills, relearning basic tasks and slowly…
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Muscular Dystrophy/Myopathy
What is Muscular Dystrophy? Muscular diseases encompass many ailments that can impair the functioning of muscles. Muscular Dystrophy is the disease of the muscles. They are progressive disorders of the muscles where limb-girdle, facial and even the heart muscles can get affected and become frail and weak. Through this disease can happen at any age,…
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Rheumatoid Arthritis symptoms causes
Spinal cord injuries due to accidents can have a devasting impact on a person’s life. Becoming completely immobile and being dependent on other people even for the smallest of tasks can be highly demoralizing. When the only option left is to learn to live with the crippling disability, the injured person and their family lose…
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When the drink gets one too many…
Hundreds of alcoholics approach Dr. Kiran B. Nair for help every year. He has seen their worst sides. He knows how helpless they can get — which is why he insists, compassion, support and medical care, and not aversion and punishment, must guide society’s behaviour towards them. By Shali Ittaman ALCOHOL, like narcotic drugs, can wreck…
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Spinal Cord Injuries Treatment & Management
Spinal cord injuries due to accidents can have a devasting impact on a person’s life. Becoming completely immobile and being dependent on other people even for the smallest of tasks can be highly demoralizing. When the only option left is to learn to live with the crippling disability, the injured person and their family lose…