What you should know During Pregnancy

August 15, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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At the beginning of pregnancy tries to get adequate sleep  whenever you can. Abundance of sleep would help you stay out of the sleep debt that can cause your symptoms to worsen.

When you are pregnant just try to drink much water during day time. It would help you avoid bathroom nigh mare at night. Bathroom visits during pregnancy is not safe all time.

While sleeping try to use your left side as much as you can. In addition you can have pillows to make your sleep more comfortable.

Discipline in bed time is also very important. You should go to bed at the same time every night. This puts your body on a schedule.

When you are pregnant you should avoid spicy food to get rid of heart burn. You might also avoid fatty or fried foods. Eat every two hour whatever you like. Small frequent meal is good for health.

Nightmares are a very common syndrome to pregnant woman. So eat a heavy meal before going to bed and share your fear with your partner.

Using an extra body pillow would help you a lot to get better sleep.

In case of sleeping problem don’t hang on the bed unnecessarily rather try to do something else like, reading light story books, listen to music and strolling. Strolling might help you to get back sleep.

Telemedicine – A Faster Health Service

February 9, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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When medical advice is sought through telephone, internet and other network is known as telemedicine. A fast growing application of clinical medicine. The application can be applied between two health professional or between doctor and patient using telephone, satellite technology and videoconferencing equipment to conduct a real-time consultation.
The application telemedicine seems to hear not very old. But it is not too young. In the early 1900s, people living in remote areas in Australia used two-way radios, powered by a dynamo driven by a set of bicycle pedals, to communicate with the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia.

A common mistake is the terms e-health and telehealth are at times wrongly interchanged with telemedicine. Telemedicine suggests only to the provision of clinical services while the term telehealth can refer to clinical and non-clinical services such as medical education, administration, and research. The term e-health is often, particularly in the UK and Europe, used as an umbrella term that includes telehealth, electronic medical records, and other components of health IT.

Types of Telemedicine

Telemedicine can be broken into three main categories: store-and-forward, remote monitoring and interactive services.
Store-and-forward

Store and forward refers to gather medical data (like medical images, biosignals etc) and then transmitting this data to a doctor or medical specialist at a convenient time for assessment offline. It does not require the presence of both parties at the same time.

Remote monitoring

Patient stays form the doctor far away and unable to meet with doctors physically can be benefitted form remote monitoring process. It is also known as self-monitoring/testing.This method is primarily used for managing chronic diseases or specific conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes mellitus, or asthma. These services can provide comparable health outcomes to traditional in-person patient encounters, supply greater satisfaction to patients, and may be cost-effective.

Interactive Telemedicine services

A qucik and effective interactions between patient and provider, to include phone conversations, online communication and home visits. Many activities such as history review, physical examination, psychiatric evaluations and ophthalmology assessments can be conducted comparably to those done in traditional face-to-face visits. In addition, “clinician-interactive” telemedicine services may be less costly than in-person clinical visits.

Benefits and Uses of Telemedicine

People resides in the remote area can take the advantages of telemedicine. Modern medical era is hugely blessed by the use of telemedicine. Specialties that use telemedicine often use a “tele-” prefix; for example, telemedicine as applied by radiologists is called Teleradiology. Similarly telemedicine as applied by cardiologists is termed as telecardiology, etc.
It’s a great tool to exchange view and sharing knowledge between a general practitioner and a specialist available at a remote location.