PIM : Masaalah yang seakan sakit jantung

Oleh: HERBALIS BAHRAIN SAMAH,  Tarikh: December 6, 2011

Sindrom prolaps injap mitral (mitral valve prolapse) yang utama ialah degupan jantung tidak sekata, sakit dada, serangan panik/keresahan, lesu melampau dan migrain. Prolaps injap mitral (PIM) biasanya tidak mengancam nyawa, namun ia dikatakan menimbulkan pelbagai simptom yang sebahagian daripadanya kelihatan tidak mempunyai kaitan langsung dengan PIM. Simptom yang dikaitkan dengan PIM termasuk rasa sakit, peka dengan degupan jantung, sukar bernafas, kemurungan, sukar memfokuskan, sukar untuk tidur lena, rasa melayang-layang dan menggigil. Simptom lain ialah lesu, sindrom rengsa usus, tidak tahan bersenam lama, migrain, serangan panik/keresahan dan taraf kesihatan menurun. Beberapa simptom yang jarang anda dengar tetapi dikaitkan dengan PIM ialah mudah mengalami masalah ketumbuhan (fibrocystic) pada payudara, sakit sendi, fibromyalgia, simdrom premenstruasi, kemurungan menurut musim, mabuk tempat tinggi dan mabuk laut. Masalah sendi temporomandibular juga dipercayai ada kaitan dengan PIM dengan simptom sakit kepala, sakit telinga, rasa melayang-layang, telinga tersumbat dan telinga berdengung. Ketidakseimbangan Sindrom PIM dipercayai terhasil daripada gabungan PIM dengan dysautonimia. PIM ialah kelainan injap jantung yang menyebabkan pada keadaan tertentu sedikit darah berpatah balik ke belakang ke arah serambi kiri jantung. Menterjemah istilah prolapse sebagai jatuh tidak tepat kerana jatuh mengarah ke bawah namun injap mitral berpatah balik ke atas iaitu ke arah serambi jantung. Dysautonimia pula merujuk kepada ketidakseimbangan sistem saraf autonomik (SSA). Jika kedua-dua keadaan PIM dan dysautonimia berlaku serentak, kadang-kadang ia menimbulkan beberapa simptom seakan-akan serangan jantung seperti sukar bernafas nafas, sakit dada, degupan jantung deras, rasa lesu, pitam, pitam, kebas/mencucuk-cucuk di hujung jari-jari kaki/tangan dan rasa seakan-akan diambang kematian. Simptom lain ialah sukar untuk mengawal diri, berpeluh dan tubuh berasa dingin. Keadaan ini menyebabkan seseorang dikejarkan ke hospital kerana simptom yang dialami serupa dengan serangan jantung.  Penghidap PIM yang disyaki mengalami ‘serangan jantung’ ini sebenarnya mengalami serangan panik/keresahan. Kebanyakan doktor dikatakan akan mendiagnosis penghidap PIM tetapi biasanya mereka akan menangani sebahagian kecil dari simptom yang dialami. Jika tekanan darah didapati tinggi doktor akan mempreskripsikan ubat anti tekanan darah tinggi. Jika kolesterolnya tinggi pesakit akan dipreskeripsi ubat anti kolesterol. Jika ini yang sering berlaku maka semakin ramai penghidap serangan panik/keresahan menerima padah tersalah diagnosis sebagai pesakit jantung atau berpotensi untuk mengalami serangan jantung. Tersalah diagnos Pesakit yang telah tersalah diagnos sentiasa bimbang akan mengalami ‘serangan jantung’ lagi pada masa akan datang. Kebimbangan semakin bertambah dari masa ke masa. Keadaan ini sendiri dapat menyebabkan simptom serangan panik/keresahan semakin teruk atau ketara pada masa akan datang. Itulah sebabnya betapa penting melengkapkan diri dengan ilmu dan informasi. Penghidap PIM yang mengadu semua jenis simptom yang dialaminya akan memudahkan doktor untuk menjalankan diagnosis. Kebanyakan penghidap PIM dikatakan tidak mengalami penyakit atau masalah jantung. Sindrom PIM iaitu simptom yang berlaku akibat PIM semata-mata atau bergabung dengan dysautonimia sebenarnya berpunca daripada satu punca.Apakah puncanya? Puncanya ialah ketidakseimbangan sistem saraf autonomik (SSA). SSA terbahagi dua iaitu sistem saraf simpatetik (SSS) dan sistem saraf parasimpatetik (SSP). SSS perlu ketika tubuh mengalami ketakutan atau stres fizikal seperti melakukan kerja berat atau senaman. SSS mengecutkan arteri lalu meningkatkan tekanan darah. Jantung akan berdenyut pantas dan paru-paru bekerja keras bernafas serta otot menjadi pendek/kecut. SSP pula membantu tubuh untuk tugas-tugas rehat dan hadam. Ketika ini arteri rehat dan tekanan darah normal. Jantung berdenyut normal. Paru-paru menjalankan tugas secara normal dan otot dalam keadaan rehat. Kekurangan magnesium dikatakan antara punca utama ketidakseimbangan SSA dan seterusnya menimbulkan sindrom PIM. Pada keadaan normal terdapat lebih banyak magnesium dalam sel berbanding di luar sel. Kekurangan magnesium secara ketara menyebabkan otot menjadi pendek atau kurang anjal. Injap mitral pada penghidap PIM dikatakan menjadi keras dan kurang anjal. Dysautonimia yang menyemarakkan simptom PIM juga dipercayai berpunca dari kekurangan magnesium. Keperluan magnesium Magnesium amat penting untuk tubuh. Ia merupakan elemen utama membantu tubuh menjana tenaga. Ia digunakan dalam proses detoks dan pelbagai jenis metabolisme tubuh. Punca kekurangan magnesium banyak termasuk yang utama mengalami stres emosi secara berpanjangan, mengalami trauma dan sering makan ubat-ubatan moden. Tubuh bertoksin, kerap makan ubat-ubatan moden, merokok, minum alkohol juga menyebabkan kekurangan magnesium. Sayur-sayuran hijau kaya dengan magnesium. Malang sekali semakin ramai orang kurang makan sayur hijau. Teknik pertanian moden hari ini juga menyebabkan paras magnesium tidak setara dengan paras magnesium dalam sayur-sayuran ditanam secara organik. Makanan terproses, makanan merapu (junk food), makan berlebihan, ketagih makanan manis juga menyebabkan kekurangan magnesium dalam tubuh. Pada keadaan tertentu doktor akan mencadangkan pembedahan injap mitral. Biasanya PIM tidak akan berulang lagi. Namun harus diingat, jantung ialah antara organ terpenting tubuh. Tiada sebarang pembedahan jantung yang tidak terdedah kepada risiko tinggi kegagalan jantung. Proses mengembalikan elemen magnesium secara berterusan boleh membantu. Ia meredakan tindakan SSS yang terlalu dominan dan mengembalikan keanjalan injap mitral. Sebanyak ½ camca teh magnesium sulfate (Epsom salt, beli di kedai farmasi) diambil dengan satu cawan air setiap kali dengan kekerapan tiga kali sehari boleh membantu. Ambil juga vitamin B kompleks setiap hari, ½ biji pagi dan ½ biji petang. Cuba ambil rebusan pokok semalu. Sediakan dari sepohon pokok semalu dengan akar sekali ditumbuk separuh lumat dan direbus dengan empat cawan air hingga berkurangan kepada dua cawan. Minum secawan pagi dan secawan petang. Amalkan secara berterusan.

Bell's Palsy, Facial muscle pain, Otot muka,

Bell's palsy adalah keadaan kelemahan dan ketidakmampuan mengawal otot muka atau dikenali kelumpuhan mengawal otot muka, disebabkan oleh kerosakan Saraf Cranial yang ketujuh. Keadaan ini menyebabkan pesakit tidak boleh menutup mata, susah mengerakkan muka kekiri atau kekanan, mata rasa terkeluar atau melentur sebab kelumpuhan otot mengawal mata (eye tearing), rasa keseluruhan bahagian muka yang terkena seperti nak jatuh kebawah, kadangkala 2/3 bahagaian lidah (dibahagian terkena) akan mendapat deria rasa berlainan dan rasa bibir yang bergetar (tingling). Menyerang kebiasaannya wanita yang sedang mengandung, pesakit yang mengalami demam virus, demam sejuk, masaalah paru paru atau pernafasan serius, kencing manis, pesakit yang sering mengadu masaalah sakit gigi, bengkak gusi, masaalah telinga, masaalah hidung, sakit kepala yang serius (migrain) boleh mendapat kesan Bell's palsy. Kadangkala Bell's Palsy juga terjadi kepada pesakit yang mengidap virus herpes zoster (penyakit kelamin)sering diubati menggunakan anti-viral. Sekiranya ada keradangan diubati dengan anti-peradangan. 85% pesakit akan sembuh dengan sendirinya selepas beberapa minggu. Hati hati untuk menghindar (rule out) dari kejadian serangan stroke atau tanda tanda awal intercranial tumor pesakit perlulah menjalani diagnos seterusnya seperti x-ray, Ultrasound atau MRI Bell's palsy is a peripheral (affecting the peripheral rather than the central nervous system) facial paralysis that results from damage to the seventh cranial nerve, or "facial nerve". Due to paralysis of the facial nerve, symptoms can include inability to lift or close one eye, difficulty moving facial muscles on one side of the face, lacrimation (eye tearing) on the affected side, distortion of taste (especially on the first 2/3 of the tongue) and tingling around the lip area (all on the affected side). The condition has an abrupt onset and is idiopathic in nature (no known cause). Bell's affects approximately 40, 000 people in the United States each year. Persons who tend to be most at risk are pregnant women, and persons afflicted with the flu virus, cold, respiratory illness, or diabetes. Some patients have reported having severe ear, nose, mouth or gum infections and/ or headaches prior to developing Bell's palsy. While the cause of Bell's palsy has not been confirmed, it is likely that viruses such as the herpes simplex virus (that contributes to mouth sores) as well as other herpes viruses such as herpes zoster (which leads to shingles) are responsible for the inflammation of the facial nerve causing facial paralysis. Common treatment therapies involve the use of acyclovir or Valtrex (an anti-viral drug for targeting the herpes viruses), prednisone (which blocks immune function to prevent inflammation of the affected nerve and surrounding tissue), and corticosteroids (for reducing inflammation around the nerve and any pain associated with the inflammation). The prognosis for Bell's palsy ranges from complete recovery within a few weeks (85% of patients) to chronic symptoms of facial paralysis (15% of patients). In addition, it is necessary to rule out other causative factors for facial paralysis including those that affect the central nervous system such as cerebrovascular accidents (stroke) and intracranial tumors. This can be determined through differential diagnoses and X-rays, ultrasound, and MRI. Rawatan 1. Akupuncture - In this particular patient's condition, the typical symptoms of tingling and numbness in the affected region combined with an inability to close the left eyelid and motor impairment of the lips and mouth on the affected side are all indicative of Bell's palsy. In traditional Chinese medicine, this condition is due to pathogenic wind-cold attacking the Shaoyang (Liver, Gall Bladder) and Yangming (Stomach, Large Intestine) channels as well as the tendons and muscles. This can occur when a patient is exposed to wind (e.g. sleeping near an open window, driving with the windows down, going on a boat when the winds are strong) and is more common in the spring and autumn months. Often people with Bell's palsy have a deficient immune system (possibly due to genetics, unresolved or chronic illness, improper diet, rest, exposure to toxic chemicals or drugs, or undue physical and emotional stress). As a result, they are more vulnerable to outside sources such as further exposure to physical and emotional stress factors or viral and bacterial pathogens. The exposure to the external source causes the immune system to produce an inflammatory response in the affected region resulting in swelling of the surrounding tissues. This swelling can then obstruct the normal function of the nerves and vessels (ie. the facial nerve). As a result, there is an obstruction of qi (vital energy) and blood in these areas that leads to malnourishment of the tendons and muscles and thus a propensity for the facial muscles to become lax or "paralyzed. The lack of nourishment to the local area can therefore cause symptoms of numbness and tingling, which are common signs of qi and/or blood deficiency in TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine). The treatment principle used in this patient's case was to use a few distal and several local acupuncture points to eliminate wind, regulate qi and blood in the Shaoyang and Yangming channels in order to remove obstruction and restore facial nerve function. After four treatments within a one-week period, the patient's facial muscles and facial nerve function were fully restored. While some cases of Bell's palsy will spontaneously resolve within a few weeks, this is likely due to the severity of the attack (e.g., the less severe, the easier and less time it takes for the body to fight off the disease). In most Bell's palsy cases however, the patient has a deficient immune system that prevents them from effectively combating the illness and subsequently, the condition may linger or even return. Since acupuncture can help to move the blood circulation and energy to the affected site to help restore function, and also has immune enhancing effects, it is a welcome addition to the treatment of peripheral facial paralysis that can increase the potential for a faster and complete recovery. To prevent future recurrences of the disease, it is also necessary to eliminate any possible factors that can tax the immune system, and maintain a healthy lifestyle involving proper rest, moderate exercise, a balanced, nutritious diet (lots of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, fish, and reduced portions of red meat, poultry and dairy), and creative outlets for relieving stress. 2. Herbs - Extra virgin olive oil is a great tasting, healthy and enjoyable source of antioxidants, as well as having many other benefits, such as; lowering bad and increasing good cholesterol helping to reduce gallstone formation, helping to prevent colon cancer, antiinflamatory, antithrombotic – helping prevent heart disease, antihypertensive – lowers blood pressure it has vasodilatory effects – keeping your arteries flexible it lower blood sugar levels, builds and balances your body’s omega-6 and omega-3 fats gives you healthy hair gives you healthy skin (including when you use it as a moisturiser) It even softens your stools !!! Garlic: ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTI-VIRAL Garlic has far too many wonderful qualities to mention, but for us, garlic is a particularly great defence “against viruses”. It also lowers blood pressure and cholesterol, can lift mood and has a calming effect. It is an important decongestant and expectorant. It has anti-spasmodic and “anti-inflammatory properties” and massively boosts your immune system. It also gives you plenty of peace and quiet – unless you get everyone else to eat it too !!! Onions: (Spring onions, red and white, chives, shallots and leeks). ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND ANTIVIRAL Onions, even from ancient times, have been used as a cure for just about everything. They are the best source, along with apples, of the very powerful antioxidant quercetin which amongst other things may help reduce symptoms of fatigue, depression and anxiety. Onions help to thin the blood and lower bad cholesterol whilst raising good cholesterol tool They do all this, whilst fighting infections and being “anti-inflammatory”, “antibiotic” and “antiviral”. I have always held the theory that if you just cannot decide what to cook for a meal, just chop an onion – I have never yet failed to have a complete and creative recipe idea by the time I have finished. A tasty power-packed food to try and have every day !!! The often misunderstood Cauliflower has very similar properties to broccoli, sprouts and cabbage. Try to eat as raw as possible or lightly cook. Conversely, cook as I like to thus: A quick and “superfood – packed” recipe for when cooking is just another stress on top of everything else……… Pre heat an available oven to somewhere around 180°C (350F)(Gas Mark 4) Par boil (10 mins) or microwave (7-10 mins in a few drops of water) a ton, or thereabouts, of cauliflower and broccoli, whilst lightly frying a chopped mountain of white onions in a decent amount olive oil. Wash an oven dish. Throw half the onions into it and place the drained cauliflower on top of the onions, then creatively throw the rest of the onions of top of the cauliflower. Roughly chop a huge bunch of spring onions, at least one of each colour of bell pepper and some red onions and scatter the lot on top. Pour a jar of white sauce of some description over everything. Grate a good, yet sensibly priced, mature block of cheese and spread over the whole mixture. Top the cheese with mixed hot chilli flakes, mixed ground peppers and a sensible amount of cayenne pepper, depending on what mood you are in and the weather. Cover with aluminium foil and place wherever it will fit in the preheated oven. After about 20 minutes or so, remove the foil for 10 minutes. Then remove from the oven, smell heartily, show off to guests and eat, with a deliciously large helping of meat of some description, obviously cooked around the same time. (Even great on its own !!!) You now have, in the space of 40 minutes maximum, at least 12 fantastic ingredients (not counting the sauce) all in one quick and beautifully nutritious meal. I would have put a picture here, but I have eaten it all, it is that good !!! If you have any left, just refrigerate and it is good for at least a couple of days. Just slice yourself a portion and reheat in the microwave. You then have a 5 minute meal containing 12 wonderful ingredients !!! An apple a day (and all that)……. Apart from being full of vitamin C, they are full of fibre for lowering cholesterol. HOWEVER – Apples are also “Antibacterial”, “Anti-viral” and “Anti-inflammatory” !!! More profoundly for Bell’s Palsy they are a good exerciser of the facial muscles, as you actually have to open your mouth quite wide to fit them in and then, apply quite a lot of pressure to bite and ultimately chew them. It is a good daily habit to get into for all of these reasons. A beautifully packaged and pocket sized Bell’s Palsy Fitness Centre. Enjoy !!! 3. Accupressure

MAFAAT EAR CANDLE(ear theraphy/terapi lilin/tetapy telinga) : Terapi(ear theraphy) dengan menggunakan lilin ini sangat bermanfaat bagi kesehatan, khususnya pendengaran, dan bisa juga menyembuhkan sejumlah penyakit. Dari sekitar 5.600 pasien yang datang sejak pertengahan 2004 sampai saat ini, diketahui terapi telinga(ear theraphy) bisa menyembuhkan penderita tuli, sekaligus mempertajam pendengaran, vertigo (sakit kepala yang berputar-putar), migrain (sakit kepala sebelah), mengatasi infeksi telinga tengah (otitis media), penyakit telinga berupa nanah kuning kental berbau busuk (congek), tinitus (telinga yang berdengung), sinusitis (infeksi di rongga hidung), serta insomnia (penyakit sulit tidur) Tentang Ear Ear Candle terdiri dari beberapa warna : ORANGE : Membantu merangsang sel-sel kulit, menipiskan kerut dan bekas luka, dan memperlambat menopouse. COKLAT : Meredakan Stress, menenangkan, mudah tidur, dan menjaga kelenturan. UNGU : Meningkatkan konsentrasi, merangsang pertumbuhan sel-sel kulit dan bekas-bekas luka. PINK : Relaxing, meningkatkan mood, menjaga kelembaban, dan pencerahan kulit. BIRU : Relaxing, memulihkan kesehatan rambut, kesehatan mata HIJAU : Relaxing, kulit berminyak, ketombe, Pori-pori memperlancar peredaran darah (Otak). PUTIH : Relaxing, kulit berminyak, jerawat, pori-pori, membuang racun.