HARDER YOU EXERCISE, MORE YOU CATCH COLD?

We are advised by the doctors that 30 mins of exercise is essential for maintaining good health. But according to recent studies if we exercise too hard, we may be more likely to get flu and cold. A team of scientist in Loughborough University says that brisk walking daily can improve your immunity. But prolonged strenuous activities like running, which needs more energy expenditure may lead to upper respiratory infections including colds, sinusitis & other flu like symptoms. 

To maintain good functioning of  a machine one need to update the machine over the time. In similar way, our immune system also need a software update for proper functioning of body. Body also gets bored with same kind of work out. So we should try to do different exercises on different day. Like on Monday we can do strenuous activities , in middle of the week we can do exercises which contain simple PT exercises or Yoga. On Sundays we can do only Meditation. 

It's always essential to perform different activities. But we prefer to stick to only on same kind of exercise. That makes us easily bored. 

Exercise adds quality in life. Remember if we had a pill that contained all benefits of physical activities, it would be the most prescribed drug in the world.

7 DO IT YOURSELF (DIY) HEALTH CHECKUP

1) To Check Stroke Risk

According to America's National Stroke Association if your heart beats out of rhythm, it is more likely to have a stroke. To check for Atrial Fibrillation do the following steps:

• Tap your foot according to the rhythm of your pulse ( place your fingers on your wrist where radial artery beats) for one minute.
• If your foot is tapping steadily, like a clock ticking then you are ok. But if it's uneven then you need to consult doctor.

2) To check Obstructive Lung conditions

• Light a match in a Draft free room(air free).

• Let it burn half way.

• Hold it six inches from your mouth.
• Try to blow it out with your mouth open enough.

• People with Chronic condition of lungs like obstructive diseases cannot able to do it.

3) Anaemia

"Do you Know Only 55% people with Anaemia are pale".

To check if you are iron deficient or not, follow the following steps

• Press down your nail bed firmly.
• Your hand should be well held above the heart.
• If it takes more than  2 seconds for the blood to return to your nails( Return of pink coloration) after you released the pressure, it's may be a sign of anaemia.

Precaution: Your hands should not be so cold.

4) Overactive Thyroid

"If you are less than 40 years ,trembling hands can be a symptom of overactive Thyroid"

DIY test for overactive thyroid

• Place a A4 paper on back of your outstretched hand
• Little movement of paper is normal
• Pronounced wobble means you can have Overactive thyroid.

5) Under active Thyroid

"Underactive thyroid slows down your reflexes"

              DIY test:

• Sit on the edge of table so your legs move freely.

• Tap the tendon between your kneecap and the top pf your leg bone.

• Normal response will cause "knee jerk" leg kick immediately.

• But if the response is delayed if the leg comes back to its former position slowly then your body is producing little thyroid hormone.

6) Stiffness in Arteries

"Simple sit and reach test is a good predictor of artery flexibility"

DIY test for stiff artery

• Sit on the floor with your leg straight
• Your toes should point towards the ceiling
• Bend from your hips, stretch your arm and try to touch the toes.
• Inability to perform the activity is an indicator that you may have stiff arteries which are the reason of many cardiovascular diseases.

7) Test for Myasthenia Grevis(fascial Muscle weakness)

"Weak eye muscle may be an indicator of early sign of a condition called Myasthenia Grevis"

DIY test for fascial muscle weakness

• Sit comfortably on chair
• Look upwards towards the ceiling.
• Do NOT move your Head.
• If you have the condition or weakness, then you wont be able to perform the task for more than a minute or two.
• If condition is present then your eyelid will droop by own due to weakness.

Stars we see...

Look at the night sky. Is it not full of stars? Can we think how would sky look without stars? If the air is not polluted and weather is clear, without clouds, we can witness thousand of stars every night. Now imagine, one night you go out and all of a sudden sky become starless! Have you ever thought, what is the possibility of this scenario to happen in near future?

Other day, i went to a gift shop with my friend. She had to buy a gift for her Niece. She selected STAR LIGHT PROJECTOR. This unique projector has several pinholes in which led bulbs are fixed. It is like Christmas star, having bulb which scintillates the entire room, but with LED lights, it is much more beautiful. Any time you can switch the button on, projector sparkles the room with different galaxies, consisting planets and stars. Soon after, sparkling vanishes as the device is switched off. Now think, a projector invisibly far from our sight, our sky, full of stars.. Suddenly! projector is switched off. And the Result is,                                                             

  NO STAR IN THE SKY!

10 Unknown Medical Conditions that exists without definite cause

10. Spontaneous Human Combustion

In the condition Human burst into flames without any sign of ignition or fire.

9. Morgellons Disease

A mysterious skin condition, having crawling skins and nerve fibres in oozing open wounds.

8. Moebius Syndrome

It is congenital nerve condition in which fascial nerve is not developed. That results in lack of expression and movement like smile, frown & blink etc.

7. Encephalitis Lethargica

In this condition, patient is motionless, speechless and lives like living statue.

6. Dancing Mania

It is the condition in which a person dance uncontrollably. Death occurs due to exhaustion.

5. Nodding Disease

Nodding disease is little known disease restricted to countries like Sudan, Tanzania & Uganda. Disease causes Nodding seizures in children.

4. Pica

In this, person craves for non edible materials like dirt, paper, hair etc.

3. English Sweating

First Haunted in Tudor England. Person experience cascade of sweating. Death within hours.

2. Exploding Head Sickness

Loud, banging in head. Unexplained pain, like bomb is exploding inside the head.

1. Peru Meteorite Syndrome

In 2007 meteorite fall in Peru. Soon after  Locals and scientist in Peru started vomiting and experienced Headaches.