The suffering of a Mental Health Patient:

The onset of any mental health illness is insidious but it is one of the most painful episodes of one’s life. The trouble starts when it becomes difficult to perform daily tasks of life. It even becomes difficult to do small chores and lack of interest makes this condition vulnerable. Concentration is constantly being diverted and frustration increases with time. It feels like nothing is improving as the condition continues to deteriorate. It seems impossible to find a way forward. In this time of dismay, persons who are part of your life can help overcome this challenge. They help to gain strength and courage to face the illness.

Mental Health Vs. Emotional Health:   

Emotional health is very important for the well-being of a person. Being emotionally healthy means you can control your emotion and you know how to respond to different situations. Bad mental health is responsible for negative emotions and feelings of hopelessness, fear, anger, and helplessness.

Are Mental and Physical Health Related?

Mental and physical health are closely related. Good mental health improves your physical health. On the contrary, bad mental health has a negative impact on your physical health. Most chronic illnesses such as diabetes, cancer, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, asthma, etc. are linked to mental health. According to research, people with mental illness are more prone to have physical health conditions such as heart disease. So, it is essential to consider mental health as important as your physical health. The body’s hormones and chemicals such as cortisol and endorphins are produced according to the interpretation of our experiences. So, your physical health is linked to mental health.

How to take care of your mental health?

Self-care is very important for your treatment and recovery if you are suffering from mental illness. It includes doing things that uplift your mood, make you happy and improve your overall mental and physical well-being. Try the tips mentioned below to get yourself back on track:

• Get regular exercise
• Stay positive
• Eat healthy and stay hydrated
• Value yourself
• Surround yourself with good people
• Set goals and priorities
• Do activities that you enjoy
• Rest
• Seek professional help

One exercise that significantly improves your mood and mental health is yoga. Yoga lowers stress hormones in your body and helps you to cope with stress and depression. Brain chemicals such as endorphin and GABA are elevated which uplifts your mood.

Most people with mental illness remain untreated due to fear of being considered insane or different. Stigma, prejudice, and discrimination are faced by those affected by different mental health conditions. The key to overcoming these issues is not believing other people’s ignorance. Do not isolate yourself and let stigma create self-doubt and shame.

“Mental health and mental illness impact nearly every family, yet stigma still causes so much shame, fear, doubt, isolation, and misunderstanding,” says Dave Eldredge, HMHI. “The shame caused by stigma keeps people from seeking treatment so richly needed and deserved.”

Dave Eldredge, MSW, LCSW, Senior Director of Clinical Operations at HMHI

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According to different studies, the most common symptoms of omicron are runny nose, headache, sneezing, cough, and sore throat. Body aches and fatigue have also been reported. The point of concern is that the symptoms of Omicron previously mentioned look like common cold and people are unaware that they are having Omicron. Loss of sense of smell and fever have been reported less in most of the cases of the Omicron variant. Symptoms are also varying among people due to the status of vaccination and age. Vaccinated people are having less severe symptoms. Omicron variant symptoms are not aligning with the classic three symptoms of COVID. (Fever, Cough, and loss of sense of smell or taste). So people should be aware of common symptoms of Omicron that look like the common cold. According to the ZOE COVID Study app prevalence of Omicron symptoms is as follows:

Anyone who is having symptoms of common cold should isolate and get themselves tested to confirm. Other than this everyone should follow the most important SOPs of wearing masks and maintaining social distance as prevention is always better than cure!

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In Pakistan, medicine is studied in undergraduate colleges after completing higher school pre-medical studies that are not directly related to medicine. Medicine is a noble profession, you get to spend every day helping people, making their lives healthy thus making a huge difference in their lives. If you’re interested in studying Medicine in Pakistan, keep on reading the article you will get to know which medical colleges are best in Pakistan. According to previous HEC rankings of medical universities, the following is the list of the top 10 medical colleges in Pakistan:

Aga Khan University

AKU was ranked among the top 100 universities around the globe for medicine and among the top 200 for public health. {In the Shanghai Ranking’s Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2019 released by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)}. According to the AKU, it’s expanded​ to Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Afghanistan, and the United Kingdom. ​It is one of the few universities in Pakistan to provide research facilities to students at the undergraduate level. Above all, AKU’s Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (CIME) is South Asia’s first to be accredited by the US-based Society for Simulation in Healthcare.

University of Health Sciences, Lahore

According to the University of Health Sciences (UHS), Lahore is a vibrant, internationally recognized, student-centered, research university with 87 colleges and institutes affiliated and around 70,363 undergraduate and 5,622 postgraduate students registered with it. The University is focused on delivering high-quality instruction in Basic Medical Sciences, revitalizing the neglected fields of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, pioneering courses in Medical Education, Human Genetics, and Behavioural Sciences, and fostering indigenous research activities.” UHS is also the admitting university for public and private medical colleges in Punjab. Except for the MDCAT 2020 which was conducted by PMC, for the past years, it has also been conducting MDCAT.

Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi

Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is a premier institute with a vision of “Becoming a pre-eminent academic institution committed to changing and saving lives”. DUHS offers both MBBS and BDS undergraduate programmes, with a strong emphasis on the medical, biomedical sciences, public health, allied health sciences, and business management programs.

Khyber Medical University, Peshawar

Khyber Medical University is a public research university located in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The university has several affiliated colleges. The University aims to promote professional competence through learning and innovation for providing comprehensive quality health care to the nation.

Isra University, Hyderabad

The university is owned by Isra Islamic Foundation, a non-profit organization, certified by Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy (PCP).  The university offers programs in medicine, dentistry, and allied health sciences.

King Edward Medical University, Lahore 

King Edward Medical University (KEMU) is a public medical university located in Lahore, Pakistan. KEMU was founded in 1860 and the university is named after King Edward VII. KEMU’s vision is to “be a renowned national and world-class academia maintaining a leading role in medical education, innovative research, and provision of best health care services of international standards”.

Ziauddin Medical University

Ziauddin Medical University founded in 1995 by the Ziauddin Group, is one of Pakistan’s premier institutions of higher education. ZMC enables its students to become skilled practitioners, researchers, and teachers with leadership potential.

Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro

The university started as a medical school in 1881 and was raised to the status of a medical college in 1942. In 2001, it was upgraded to a medical university by the Government of Sindh. LUMHS is a prestigious medical research and teaching university, producing top-notch healthcare professionals.

Nishtar Medical University

Nishtar Medical University is one of the oldest medical universities in the country after its independence. NMU is the premier, historical, and prestigious institution established in 1951-52. NMU offers degree programmes in medicine, dentistry, and allied health sciences.

Baqai Medical University

Baqai Medical University was established in 1989 and offers degree programmes in medicine, dentistry, health management sciences, pharmaceutical sciences, and Veterinary Science.

In addition to all the above-mentioned universities, there are also other renowned institutes that have proven their competence and are still working to produce the best medical practitioners for the Country!

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Pfizer COVID Vaccine

This announcement was ahead of a Thursday meeting of whether to grant the vaccine an emergency use authorization (EUA) or not. Earlier On Dec 2, 2020 Medicines & Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) in the U.K. has granted a temporary authorization for the emergency use of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine, against COVID-19. Pregnant women and under-16s were not included in the studied, and so the vaccine will not yet be approved for these groups.

BioNTech partnered with Pfizer

In March 2020, the German company BioNTech partnered with Pfizer to develop and test a coronavirus vaccine known as BNT162b2. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine requires two injections, given 21 days apart, to prime the immune system well enough to fight off the coronavirus. As Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is mRNA vaccine, it generates proteins in the living cells which are the spike proteins and are sensitive to immune cells and the body to develop immunity. As the vaccine is new, researchers don’t know how long its protection might last.

According to The New York Times, in January 2020 BioNTech begins work on a vaccine after Dr. Ugur Sahin, one of the company’s founders, becomes convinced that the coronavirus will spread from China into a pandemic. Preliminary data indicates the Pfizer vaccine is over 90 percent effective, with no serious side effects. Final data from the trial shows the efficacy rate is 95 percent. Margaret Keenan and William Shakespeare are among the first people to receive jabs of the vaccine in Britain. According to BBC Ms. Keenan said

“My aidvce to anyone offered the vaccine is to take it. If I can have it at 90, then you can have it too!”

This is great news and development in the healthcare industry and hopefully, Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine will end this pandemic in near future!

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Origin of Coronavirus:

“A 55-year-old individual from Hubei province in China may have been the first person to have contracted COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus spreading across the globe. That case dates back to Nov. 17, 2019, according to the South Morning China Post.”

According to Live Science.

Cases in Wuhan were reported month after this case. As there are many rumors on social media that the virus is transmitted to humans through the bat soup in Wuhan due to video that went viral showing a young woman tucking into bat meat soup in a restaurant at Wuhan. Later it was known that video is not of Wuhan Restaurant where the soup was served. Now it is clear that some infected people had no connection to the market.  Scientists now suspect that coronavirus is originated in a bat and somehow transferred to another animal, possibly the pangolin, which then passed it on to humans.

How it can be transmitted?

• Coronavirus can be transmitted through sneeze or cough droplets, when you come into close contact with someone who has the Virus and is coughing or sneezing.

• By touching surfaces that someone who has the virus has coughed or sneezed on as this is heavy virus by mass and so rely more on any surface than in air.

The virus can only survive a few hours if someone who has it coughs or sneezes on a surface. So practicing good hygiene can prevent it.

What are the symptoms of Coronavirus?

People may experience following symptoms:

• Runny nose
• Sore throat
• Cough
• Fever
• Difficulty breathing (severe cases)

Some people who were the victims of COVID-19 have also experienced problems affecting digestion or eye complaints (conjunctivitis).

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Treatment:

There is no treatment or medicine for COVID-19, but medical care can treat most of the symptoms. Doctors are trialing already used drugs for viruses such as Ebola and HIV. Antibiotics do not work on viruses.

Prevention and Precautions:

According to WHO:

• You can reduce your risk of infection if you:
• Clean hands frequently with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.
• Cover nose and mouth when coughing and sneezing with tissue or flexed elbow.
• Avoid close contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with anyone with cold or flu-like symptoms.

Other than these you should wear face mask, avoid going out, stay home, avoid public places, keep your surroundings clean, and avoid travelling.

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sleep is unbelievably very beneficial for your health. It is as essential as eating healthy food. Sleep makes you feel better and gets recovered from fatigue and exhaustiveness. Its significance goes beyond just improving your mood and eradicating under-eye circles. Studies show that getting quality sleep on daily basis solves most of the problems of your life from blood pressure to weight control and many more and contributes to a healthier life overall. The benefits of good sleep should never be underrated. Lying on your bed but you can’t sleep is the worst thing faced by most people. It’s a very common problem, which physicians help the peoples to be solved. While you are not falling asleep you think about the next day that how you will awake on time? Could I be doing work without feeling groggy? I will be having a headache! All these things create stress by producing stress hormones which slacken the sleeping further. Here are 15 tips that will help and assist you with tips on how to fall asleep fast:

1. Follow your sleep routine:

A consistent sleeping and wake-up time trains your body to get good sleep. Going to bed at different times is followed by most of the people that disturb all the schedule of sleep and is one of the most significant reasons that you can’t sleep quickly. Irregular sleeping pattern disturbs the body’s circadian rhythm (24-hour cycle in the physiological processes of living beings). You should create a proper timetable for your sleep and stick to it consistently.

2. Calm yourself:

Exclude worries from your mind and relax. As you lie in bed relax your body completely. Relax your legs, belly, your hands, your arms, and so forth. A quiet mind is essential for you to sleep so relax your mind too.

3. Keep the lights turned off:

When you turn off the lights, the absence of light sends signals to your mind that now it is sleeping time.

4. Only use your bed for sleep:

Why only your bed? Your bed is one of your favorite inanimate objects were after the exasperating work you love to sleep. According to time.com:

“In a small new study published in Current Biology, researchers from Brown University found out what goes on in the brain when a person sleeps in an unfamiliar place. They measured brain activity during the deep sleep of 35 young, healthy people. The researchers found evidence that something unique indeed goes on in the brain during the first night: one hemisphere of the brain, the left, shows wakefulness while the other shows sleep. ”

So your own bed is the best place to sleep!

5. Avoid naps:

You take naps during the daytime when you want to take some rest and to keep your mind active and fresh for the next task. You should take them but not longer than 2 hours in the evening as they will disturb circadian rhythm and at night time you will not be able to sleep fast so focus on this also!

6. Avoid taking caffeine:

According to https://qz.com:

“When we wake up in the morning, a chemical, adenosine, builds up in
our brain to create sleep pressure and make us feel sleepier the longer
we stay awake. After about 16 hours of staying awake, the sleep
pressure created by adenosine causes us to feel tired enough to fall
asleep. But, caffeine creates the opposite effect.”

So avoid taking caffeine after the evening if you want to sleep quickly!

7. Don’t exercise before sleep:

Avoid things that keep you awake. Doing exercise late at night prevent you from sleeping. Using the gym too late at night can increase adrenaline levels and make you feel more alert.

8. The room should be free from disturbances:

When you are going to sleep make sure that the bedroom is free from any type of noise. Noise basically disturbs your mind and deviates your attention from sleeping and engage your mind in activity going around. So should be sure that your room should be free from distractions!

9. Change eating habits:

The food person eats in the evening has an impact on sleep. Taking a heavy meal before sleep disrupts the sleeping ability as food approximately takes 2-3 hours to digest. So avoid heavy meals before sleeping!

10. Invest in Comfy Bedding:

A quality mattress that suits your sleeping style is also essential for comfortable sleep along with good stuff pillows and bed linen. So these can also make you fall asleep quickly.

11. Selecting the comfortable position:

A comfortable position for sleeping is the key factor for sleeping quickly. Everybody has his own sleeping position according to his own liking. If you find difficulty in selecting the best position for you to sleep, try all and choose the one you are comfortable with. Good sleeping position will prevent you from rolling on your bed which hampers the sleeping process.

12. Avoid watching something before sleep:

“You’re stimulating the wake centers with the blue light from your
electronics,” Dr. Rosen says.

Exposure to this specific wavelength disrupts the normal sleep-wake cycle. Put down tablets, TVs, and phones at least 30 minutes before bedtime to minimize the effects, the American Academy for Sleep Medicine (AASM) advises.

13. Shower at night:

Taking shower before sleep can relax your body and prepares you for sleep.

14. Drink some milk:

“Milk contains the protein α-lactalbumin. This protein contains high amounts of the amino acid tryptophan, which produces melatonin, the hormone that induces sleep,” says Dr. Winter.

Studies show that a diet rich in tryptophan including egg whites etc. can help boost sleep.

15. Sleep in Cooler Temperature:

Studies show that colder temps are good for sleep. This helps in lowering body internal temperature and promotes sleep.

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They claim that this device gives accurate measurements of heartbeat and blood pressure. It has been first launched in the United States subject to the fact that there is a huge demand for medical gadgets like these, and that the people there are likely to purchase such wearable gadgets more often. It is available at the official website of Omron Healthcare for $499.

Key Specifications:

This smartwatch has incredible features including sensing blood pressure, tracking active time for the whole day, and monitoring sleep patterns. All these amazing functions are found in a little device with a diameter of 48 mm and 14 mm case thickness. Omron Smart Watch has a powerful battery that lasts 2-3 days if used to measure blood pressure 2 times a day. It comes with an AC adapter, a charging cable, and a charging clip and takes 1.5-2 hours to fully charge its battery. This unique smartwatch has a memory that saves up to 100 measurements of Blood Pressure and 7 times the daily and sleep activity measurements. It has a built-in pressure builder in the main component of the watch.

What can HeartGuide^TM do?

• Helps you stay in a healthy range

You can stay in a healthy range by taking clinically accurate readings of blood pressure.

• Monitor high blood pressure

If you detect that the BP is deviating from the acceptable BP range. You can immediately consult your doctor.

• Track Fitness

If you’re looking forward to achieving a healthy lifestyle, you can set goals of activity on HeartGuide^TM.

• Monitor Sleep Patterns

You can take HeartGuide^TM to bed and track your sleeping patterns. This way you can see how your sleep span can affect your health.

• Stay Connected

Set your daily reminders, get the call, SMS, and email notifications.

Who is the target audience?

Omron has targeted people who are health and fitness conscious. Those who are suffering from heart disease and intend to take preventive measures.

Why should you buy it?             

This little device beholds an extravagant amount of functionalities. This is of great significance to health-conscious people. Its usefulness can be proved with the fact that it performs an amalgam of various tasks that help you keep track of your blood pressure fluctuations. In other words, people can better understand their heart performance and then take the necessary measures.

In conclusion stop worrying about your B.P. when you’re outstation or even when you’re sleeping Moreover, grab this smartwatch now which keeps you posted on your blood pressure fluctuations every now and then. This not only briefs you about your heart but gives you a proper understanding of how your daily activities are having an impact on your health.

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