Taking vitamin pills
without prescription?
Is consumption of vitamin pills
without having a medical practitioner's prescription healthy? Here's a quick
guide
It is a very usual habit of people to take up vitamin pills to make up for the nutritional balance in our diet. But, how safe is it? People are used to take multi-vitamin tablets as it is considered very fancy—though they don't realise it can lead to harmful side effects like hypo-vitaminia or other hazardous symptoms. It is highly advisable to stick to natural sources of vitamins within diets rather than taking up pills as certain vitamins when on overdose are not good for body.
It is just at certain specialized cases where doctors prescribe multi-vitamin tablets with a specific dose to meet the body requirements. In case of multi-vitamin pills, one should not take them without diagnosing the vitamin deficiency. In case deficiency is diagnosed by doctor—one shouldn't take more than ten vitamin/multi-vitamin tablets in a month that are prescribed.
Advisors say it is harmful to take medicines without prescription. Most of medicines have some or the other side-effects so it is recommended to take medicines under a doctor's advice or prescription. Although, when it comes to vitamin pills, few of them are water soluble that bypass the body system without harming much but, the oil-soluble ones retain in the body fats and are harmful. It is safer to take prescribed allopathic medicines for even minor health problems. Chemists should take care of not selling any drugs without prescriptions.
Health should not to be tampered, discontinue the habit of consuming vitamin pills to lead a healthy life. Remember to keep your doctor in loop as a health troubleshooter for you over pills!
Source: www.timesofindia.com
02.04.2014
Rise in breast cancer
among men
If you thought this disease affected only women, you're
wrong...
According to studies, one in
30 girls born in India may develop breast cancer during her lifetime. But did
you know that one in 400 men also contract the disease? Oncology surgeon Dr
Ramakant Deshpande says, "In the US, over 2,000 men were affected in 2012.
Generally, men with breast cancer have lower survival rates — probably because
the disease spreads rapidly due to scanty tissue in the breast area. While 83%
women are likely to be alive five years after early-stage diagnosis and
treatment, the percentage would be 73% for men."
Oncology surgeon Dr Sanjay
Sharma says it's a myth that breast cancer is prevalent only among women.
"While breast cancer is rare in men, it isn't an unknown phenomenon.
Often, the disease is diagnosed at an advanced stage, as men tend to overlook
the possibility of breast cancer and avoid routine screenings," he says.
Risk factors
An abnormal breast cell
growth that may be cancerous is stimulated by high estrogen (female hormone)
levels. Factors that influence it include:
-Regular consumption of
hormonal medicines or herbal supplements.
-Increased body weight due to
unhealthy dietary habits.
-Smoking and/or chronic
alcoholism.
-Genetic aberrations like
Klinefelter Syndrome elevate estrogen levels in men.
Men with a family history of
breast cancer stand high risk as they may inherit either the BRCA1 or BRCA2
genes.
Individuals, especially
adolescents, undergoing radiation therapy for conditions like Hodgkin's Disease
need to be careful as the odds of developing breast cancer are high.
Symptoms
A significant indicative factor is a lump in the breast. "The lump is easily noticeable in men as they possess a flat, small breast tissue. There may also be a combination of one or more symptoms like scaling and dimpling of skin surrounding the nipple or breast area, nipple pain and discharge, enlarged lymph nodes under the arm or sores around the nipple and areola region. In exceptional cases, gynecomastia i.e. enlargement of breasts in men may lead to breast cancer," says Dr Sharma.
A significant indicative factor is a lump in the breast. "The lump is easily noticeable in men as they possess a flat, small breast tissue. There may also be a combination of one or more symptoms like scaling and dimpling of skin surrounding the nipple or breast area, nipple pain and discharge, enlarged lymph nodes under the arm or sores around the nipple and areola region. In exceptional cases, gynecomastia i.e. enlargement of breasts in men may lead to breast cancer," says Dr Sharma.
Source: www.timesofindia.com
02.04.2014
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads
and empty hearts can do that
Norman Vincent Peale
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