Long -long back in 1960-s after I  became a doctor  and  learned through Boyd's  Pathology Book that our body can accumulate from 500 m  to 1000 ml of fluid (water in  our system without giving  ant symptom  or sign clinically nor even a sign of  fluid accumulation in  costo-phrenic angle  to prove fluid in Pleural -space by X-ray of chest ( may not very  very accurate in my statement after about half a century i.e  today.
 But the interesting parallel I venture to draw is that : also  long after, I  studied a book  named Charak Sanghita  of AYURVEDA, i.e the knowledge  about LIFE and Health of INDIAN  VEDIC  period  (older than Even GREEK  CIVILISATION,)  where it was advised  for women who became pregnant , to wear a ring around the little toe the  foot (?left). And if the  lady  reported any feeling of tightening around, it was a sure way to know that water was getting accumulated in the body , That  was the first symptom & sign of  oedema or body-fluid Excess, when ,as proved in Modern Medicine, the Excess- accumulation of fluid was even  less than 500 ml in the  body.

What ?-- if in Modern days of Hypertension, , Circulatory diseases  or Kidney conditions, -if all men and women are advised to wear a ring around one of the little  toes!
Well this  is only the aftermath of my stray thought and is - no SCIENTIFIC  SERMON.

As  Medical students  we were told that;

'SIPHYLLIS' ,the most dreaded  Venereal  disease of  EARLIER  days, was  a GIFT  of the WESTERN  CIVILISATION and  known as  "ROYAL  DISEASE.'
Of course ,in Modern days , it has lost place to AIDS(More things to come ).
The other Dangerous habits  in the  name of   LOVE and AFFECTIONS ,-are  also WESTERN HABITS  e.g Kissing  and Hand -Shakes.{ the easiest way to get infected through   'Contacts' by  germs and Viruses.-------..

Even to -day,  the words of my great professor of Anatomy Dr. Pashupati Bose [only M.B.B.S} of Medical College Calcutta , India,  reverberates in my ear ,: " YOUR  ANUS  is Cleaner than your mouth and 'Normal Urine 'is better  than so-called drinking water , in terms of  germs , contained in it."

All  apart, Science  now tells that 'Hand-shakes ' can spread  VIRUS  faster than than many other means !
And it has been advised by SCIENCE-World (reported recently) to prefer   ELBOW-SHAKE' to Hand-shakes.
Strange  !  How are  opinions ,- Changing or  Evolving  in rapid progress..
So!  &  Finally ,- think twice  before  the  Kiss or be close  to any one , even Face-to-Face ..

DIABETES ? - ---DAMN CARE !

Remember one thing for your own sake.
You may spend your whole heath for Chops &,Cut-lets , Chowmin or Chiken- legs , if your pocket permit s and inspires you but---------------
Your brain-cells 'EAT' only Glusocse and Glucose (sugar) alone. So ! best way to whip down your Blood-sugar in blood is to take-up 'Thinking games' like chess, soduku, word- puzzles , bridge etc even planning 'Devil-Design', than spending half life-time seing T.V ( sorry, Media )
But not idle Entertainments where you stay reclined on your couch and enjoy Cricket or TV -entertaiments (receptive joys ).
Cosmologists or Mathmaticians , perhaps , have more chance of Cancer than Diabetes because -'Brain devours Sugar like hungry Sharks.

DRUGS Vs DIEASES

When sick, maybe, Doctor is your best friend but don't over load with too many medicines, even though, you are insured.
Always ask or challenge the Doctor-friend who prescribe more than 2-3 drugs.
It is a good -Doctor's obligation to offer explanation for writing all the medicines and also convince you about his Diagnosis and offer you psychological support.
Even though out of the line, I learnt that more patients are perhaps dying due to over-drugging than by diseases themselves[just like more people , -suffer and die due to over-eating than malnutrition or starvation.
To conclude in lighter vein, if people could be 'Income-taxed' according to the girth/size of their tummy(Belly-button-level ), a number of disease and more number of drugs could be declared Out-caste !

COMING OUT FROM THE HOLE

HI, my imaginary Patients !---- R U all well ?
For seven days i ran away from the Blogs to wash , -clean, my I.Q -rags.
You all must have been better off without going through my wrong advices.

My experiences tell me that , --people other than doctors claim to know about Medicine , more more often than not.
If you tell or talk about even one of your ailments, neighbours will , rush in like ' Force-feeders ''to tell you more than what even a Specialist is expected to know .
Even the great man BankimChandra [ of "Bande Maa Ta Rom" --song; ( I spell according to phonetics not as the English masters designed for us) . Once he wrote that ; " If there is any thing in excess in the Universe - --;then it is inteligence itself &alone ! For, i have never come across a man who would admit that his intelligence is anyway less than any other " !
So ! respect their wisdom but decide things for your-self with some RATIONAL approach .
But the single advice : Just admit their better intelligence but try to follow your own wisdom..

TIPS ON TOPIC

HEART ATTACK:
OLDER PEOPLE SHOUL HEAVY MEALS AT NIGHT (DINNER). HEAVY MEA & GOING FOR BED PUTS DOUBLE LOAD ON HEART''

RAT-RACE :
RACING FOR QUICK SUCCESS IS LIKE BURNING LIFE AT BOTH ENDS
Great success is not essential for life ;enjoying living ---IS !

SCOLD A CHILD FOR BREAKING A GASS AND PAY LONG -TERM PENALTY YOURSELF !

HYPER-TENSION : TREATED

TREATING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE IS EASY ( IF ESSENTIAL OR BENIGN);
1. Just go --one meal a day regime if your tummy girth is more than your chest.
2. CUT down your salt totally and add salt only only by your fingerto you tonngue to regulate taste. May even try chilly to excite your taste-bud to replace salt.
3, Not more than one soupy item to further restrick your salt intake
4. Four miles' walk without stoping or 20 minutes jogging/day
MOST IMPORATANT ( HGT -PRECIPE):
Keep a NOTE -PAD at bed time and ventilate your mind and feeling by abusing and slanderring any one you did not like the day( from Boss-to Wash-basin) and write all abusing words to garland him/her or It. This Tech. is : Ventilating out your supressed feelings and Mental Block to relax and dilate your capilleries.
In 2 months your B.P wil l come down even withou Medicine and your bald head will be cultivatig Black hairs ( U may look ,even, GREEN) !
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LAST ADVICE :
IF the girth of your tummy is more than 2" than-your Chest and Body weight is more than 10 percent of Normal ; Better declare yore Income Tax honestly and pay to god what belongs to God and to Income tax Deptt , -what belongs to GOVT(if not corrupt).{ after Bible]