QUES ANSW MEDICAL 07-2022-3 Dear friends,
These are information compiled as QA by me in1998’s-2014’s and stored in my computer. They are posted by very learnt doctors in kidshealth.org etc. Manyimprovements have come in medical field. Hence some information may have additions or some times changes. These are for general information, and for any health problem one has to consult doctor. BEING COMPILATION THERE MAYBE ERRORS. Sincerely, R. Gopalakrishnan, 78, dated 03-07-2022 Q1 HowMuch Weight to Gain during pregnency? A1 How much you should gain varies with your weight beforepregnancy.Underweightwomen should gain 28 to 40 pounds, normal weight women should gain 25 to 35pounds, and overweight women should gain 15 to 25 pounds (ifvery overweight, even less.) If you are of normal weightyou should gain about 2 to 4 pounds in the first trimester and threequartersto 1 pound per week thereafter. Underweight women should gain about one and aquarter pounds per week in the second and third trimester and overweight womenshould gain a half to threequarters of a pound each week during that time. WHERETHE WEIGHT GAIN GOES-Maternal Uterus 2 lbs Breasts 1 lb Blood 2.75 lbs Water 3.7 lbs Fat 7.4 lbs Subtotal 16.85 lbs Fetal Fetus 7.5 lbs Placenta 1.4 lbs Amnioticfluid 1.75 lbs Subtotal 10.65 lbs Total 27.5 lbs Q2 DoSexual intercourse is to be avoided during last stage of pregnancy? A2 Some physicians suggest that you refrain from intercourseduring the last 4 weeks of pregnancy. Aside from this possible restriction,intercourse is safe unless you are at risk for miscarriage or early labor.Women experiencing vaginal bleeding are at risk for miscarriage and shouldavoid intercourse. Sleep on your side instead ofyour back after the third month. The weight of the enlargeduterus can constrict some of your major blood vessels if you lie flat on yourback. Q3 Is there any barrier between semen andblood? Is immunity produced against semen? A3 Yes.Semen is not permitted to join with blood stream. Also immunity is produced inthe women’s body . Q4 What is Chromo therapy? A4 Chromo therapy is also known asheliotherapy, solar therapy or colour therapy means healing with the colour orthrough the use of the colour Q5 Do our sense organs have differentcolours? A5 Colours of five sense organs, when examined with prism are as below:- Eyes -Red, Skin - Violet, Nose tip - Green, Tongue - Orange, Ears - Blue Q6 What is insomania? A6 Insomnia is the perception orcomplaint of inadequate orpoor-quality sleep because of oneor more of the following: (1) falling asleep (initial insomnia); (2) remainingasleep through the night (middle insomnia);(3) waking up too early (terminalinsomnia); or (4) un refreshing sleep. All types ofinsomnia can lead to daytime drowsiness, poor concentration, and the inabilityto feel refreshed and rested in the morning. Insomnia isnot defined by the number of hours of sleep a person gets or how long it takesto fall asleep. Individuals vary normally in their need for, and theirsatisfaction with, sleep. Insomnia may causeproblems during the day, such as tiredness, a lack of energy, difficultyconcentrating, and irritability. Q7 What is sleep? A7 Until the 1950s, most people thoughtof sleep as a passive, dormantpart of our daily lives.We now know that our brains are very active during sleep. Moreover, sleepaffects our daily functioning and our physical and mental health in many waysthat we are just beginning to understand. During sleep,we usually pass through five phases of sleep: stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and REM (rapideye movement) sleep. These stages progress in a cycle from stage 1 to REMsleep, then the cycle starts over again with stage 1. We spend almost50 percent of our total sleep time in stage 2 sleep, about 20 percent in REM sleep, and the remaining 30percent in the other stages. Infants, bycontrast, spend about half of their sleep time in REM sleep. During stage 1, which is lightsleep, we drift in and out of sleep and can be awakened easily. Our eyes move veryslowly and muscle activity slows. People awakened from stage 1 sleep oftenremember fragmented visual ../images. When we enterstage 2 sleep, our eye movements stop and our brain waves (fluctuations ofelectrical activity that can be measured by electrodes) become slower, withoccasional bursts of rapid waves called sleep spindles. In stage 3,extremely slow brain waves called delta waves begin to appear, interspersedwith smaller, faster waves. By stage 4, the brain produces delta wavesalmost exclusively. It is very difficult to wake someone during stages 3 and 4,which together are called deep sleep. There is no eye movement or muscle activity.People awakened during deep sleep do not adjust immediately and often feelgroggy and disoriented for several minutes after they wake up. When we switchinto REM sleep, our breathing becomes more rapid, irregular, and shallow, oureyes jerk rapidly in various directions, and our limb muscles become temporarilyparalyzed. Our heart rate increases, our blood pressurerises, and males develop penile erections. When people awaken during REM sleep,they often describe bizarre and illogical tales - dreams. The first REMsleep period usually occurs about 70 to 90 minutes after we fall asleep. A complete sleepcycle takes 90 to 110 minutes on average. The firstsleep cycles each night contain relatively short REM periods and long periodsof deep sleep. As the nightprogresses, REM sleep periods increase in length while deep sleep decreases. Bymorning, people spend nearly all their sleep time in stages 1, 2, and REM. Q8 Do food influence sleep? A8 Since sleep and wakefulness areinfluenced by different neurotransmitter signals in the brain, foods and medicines that change thebalance of these signalsaffect whether we feel alert or drowsy and how well we sleep. Q9 Do alcohol influence sleep? A9 Many people who suffer from insomniatry to solve the problem with alcohol - the so-called nightcap. While alcohol does help people fall into light sleep,it also robs them of REM and the deeper, more restorative stages of sleep Q10 DO anesthesia is a form of a sleep? A10 People who are under anesthesia or in a coma are often said to beasleep. However, people inthese conditions cannotbe awakened and do not produce the complex, active brain wave patterns seen innormal sleep. Instead, their brainwaves are very slow and weak, sometimes all but undetectable. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. 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