3Things I don't like about being a medical student

I write this topic at Atakan Kandemir's request through his topic http://www.blogadam.com/2010/08/en-nefret-ettigim-uc-sey-mim.html and I wanna thank him for asking me to do so and for stealing his picture as well :D

The 3 things I don't like about being a medical student are:-

1-Almost everyday, people keep asking me about my Specialization as if they can't believe me that specialization comes after graduation.

2-I live a Stressful Life either because of the every now and then exams or when I realize how much stress waiting for me is when my career begins especially if I decided to be an ER physician.

3-Medical Student Syndrome. Believe me, it's not an interesting thing to check up if you have those symptoms of every disease you study or not. And it's not an interesting thing at all whenever you feel pain in the right side of abdomen, you visit your doctor in a hurry asking him "Is it appendicitis?" or when the pain is in the upper left side of your abdomen, you say" OMG, Does my spleen bleeds? "and I did that a couple of times before till I was afraid that I might become paranoid :D

Last but not least, even if there were 300 not only 3, I still ADORE being a medical student and I'm totally proud that I'm a future doctor :)

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An Apple A Day Keeps The Doctor Away...Why?

About the nutritional content, a medium sized apple contains the vitamins B1 , B2 , B3 , B5, B6, B9 and C, as well as the minerals calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium and the combination of vitamins, minerals and other components act together, providing more benefits than the individual components alone in separate foods and here are some benefits of apples ;

-Antioxidants as results from researches indicate that apple peels phytochemicals have potent antioxidant activities, and may be partially responsible for the cancer prevention

-Cancer Prevention as studies have shown that quercetin found in apples reduces the cancer risk of prostate cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer and lung cancer as researchers believe this is due to the high levels of the flavonoids quercetin and naringin in apples.

-Strengthen Bones as apples may protect post-menopausal women from osteoporosis and may also increase bone density. Boron, another ingredient in apples, also strengthens bones.

-Weight Loss as regular consumption of apples can promote healthy weight loss.

-Anti-inflammatory as researches proved that the flavonoid quercetin, which is present in apples, has anti-inflammatory activity.

-Diabetes Management as the pectin in apples supplies galacturonic acid to the body which lowers the body's need for insulin and may help in the management of diabetes.

-Help Asthma as a one recent study shows that children with asthma who drank apple juice on a daily basis suffered from less wheezing than children who drank apple juice only once per month. Another study showed that children born to women who eat a lot of apples during pregnancy have lower rates of asthma than children whose mothers ate few apples.

-Alzheimer's Prevention as apples may protect brain cells from the kind of free radical damage that may lead to Alzheimer's disease.

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Fight Depression

If you suffer from depression , here are some tips which will help you definitely to fight it easily;

    * 1st of all , let your more reliable friends, family or a support system at work know that you need extra support, concern, encouragement or sensitivity.But be smart about whom you talk to, and don’t try to get blood from a stone. Also, Volunteering is a wonderful way to get social support and help others while also helping yourself.

    * Make changes in your life to help manage and reduce stress. Too much stress exacerbates depression and puts you at risk for future depression as well.

    * Try to catch yourself at negative self-talk, criticism, scolding and name-calling, and instead deliberately change your internal voice to say something positive, encouraging and kind.By the way,it’s really an important skill to learn for healing depression.

   * Sleep has a strong effect on mood. When you don't get enough sleep, your depression symptoms will be worse. Sleep deprivation exacerbates irritability, moodiness, sadness, and fatigue. Make sure you're getting enough sleep each night.Between 7 to 9 hours each night is fair. Try to make yourself get up in the morning and avoid sleeping in, even though, if you’re depressed, you won’t feel like it. Getting up and moving around helps fight depression; sleeping late feeds it.

    * Regular exercise is a powerful depression fighter. Not only does it increases serotonin, endorphins, and other feel-good brain chemicals, it triggers the growth of new brain cells and connections, just like antidepressants do. Best of all, you don’t have to train for a marathon in order to reap the benefits. Even a half-hour daily walk can make a big difference. For maximum results, aim for 30 to 60 minutes of activity on most days. Don’t forget, depression is blocked or dead-ended energy, and you can get it moving again by literally moving more.

    * You need to reduce your intake of carbohydrates, and especially sugar. Again, it feels counter-intuitive, because if you’re depressed you’re going to want that quick charge of energy that sugar and simple carbohydrates provide; but that very same jolt of sugar floods the bloodstream, spikes, and then causes a crash, leaving you more depressed than ever. The same is true for caffeine and alcohol.

    * If your depression is seasonal or fed by lack of light, those special lamps that imitate the sun’s rays are available at many clinics, mental health centers and private practices. A half hour a day under those rays can make a big difference. If you can afford it, buy your own set.

    * Counseling or therapy can be a huge help here, even if the depression is biochemically based, because it has such an erosive effect on work performance, relationships and confidence. A good clinician can be just the right kind of sounding board to help get you back your perspective and return you to balance.

Finally,I hope that those tips will help you to cope with the state you feel and bring back your smile.And Remember,when u think you're not happy with your life, always think that someone is happy simply just because you exist ;)

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Show me your tongue and I'll tell you Who you are

Other than that everybody has his own tongue print,your tongue can be used as a tool to diagnose your health.And you can determine it yourself by opening your mouth and looking at your tongue in front of a mirror.

A healthy tongue is found to be red, not too wet, not too dry, smooth, and not too thick or not too thin. 

If the color is pale,then there maybe anemia, poor circulation, lack of vitamins, minerals, and/or protein.

If the whole tongue is red,then you may have fever, generally feeling more hot than cold, sweating easily, thirst, tendency to constipation, irritability, skin problems, excess alcohol or coffee consumption, hives or headaches.

If only the tip of the tongue is red, then you are suffering from emotional stress,insomnia or having a tendency for depression.

If it is yellow,then there’s too much bile in the gallbladder or a liver disorder. 

If it is blue,then there is some defect in the heart.
If it is too thick, it indicates an inflammatory condition.
If it is too thin, it indicates an emotional condition.
If you see the impressions of the teeth along the sides of the tongue, this indicates poor intestinal absorption.
A coating covering the tongue indicates toxins in the stomach, small intestine, or large intestine. If only the back of the tongue is coated, toxins are present in the large intestine or could indicate poor digestion. If the middle of the tongue is coated,then toxins maybe present in the stomach and small intestine.

If there is a thick white coating ,that may indicate viral illness such as cold, fatigue.

If there is a brown coating,then you may have constipation or as a result of excess coffee intake.

If there is a yellow coating and it is usually seen with a red tongue,that may indicate a tendency to be over heated, irritable, angry or stressed. 

If there is a black coating ,then there maybe high fever from dehydration, infectious disease, digestive problems, fungus infection or a long term use of antibiotics.
If the tongue has cracks or lines all over, it indicates chronic colon problems.

If you noticed peeling,that may indicate over indulgence in spicy food, discomfort in upper abdomen such as nausea or maybe because of vitamin B deficiency.

Finally,I hope that you know now how to determine your level of health from just protruding your tongue in front of a mirror and whenever you feel you are worried about how your tongue looks,consult your physician.

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Type Of Your Personality is associated with Your Diseases

All diseases are thought to be psychosomatogenic which means that every disease has a resultant affect in the mind/body connection.

Now can we make a connection among stress, personality, and diseases? In other words, which emotional components were likely recognizable before the presenting symptoms of the disease? Although there are as yet no absolute answers, there is considerable research implicating certain personality types, emotional states, and diseases.

For example,researches have established a relationship between personality type and susceptibility to heart disease. People with personality type A seem to be more prone to heart disease, are typically more driven, impatient, energetic and ambitious. In contrast, people with personality type B, seem to take life more slowly, are usually more relaxed and less likely to develop heart disease. 

Psychologists have also now identified type C as a (cancer-prone) personality which may be characterized as someone who responds to stress with depression and a sense of hopelessness. Type C personalities have a tendency to be introverted, respectful, eager to please, conforming and compliant. 

It is also discovered that some emotional states can be interfered with some diseases as :

-Excessive Passivity or Excessive Fear can lead to Cancer

-Over-achievement can lead to Ulcers

-Craving For Love can lead to Obesity

-Emotional Conflicts can lead to Endocrine disorders

-Anger can lead to  Cardiovascular disorders or Asthma

-Depression can lead to Constipation

-Inhibited Hostility can lead to High blood pressure

-Ambitious or Rigid Personality can lead to Migrane

In Short,Take Care & try to improve or fix your personality as much as you can in order to be able to decrease risks of such diseases .

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Recycle Bin

Isn't it funny that people who you decided to throw in your real Recycle Bin,cannot be even recycled ?! People who hurt you every day in every way.People who always keep reminding you how fool you were when you started caring about them.People who refuse to hear your words or feel your emotions but just only entertain listening to your eyes when they talk about your pain which you cannot express in words,so you had to let your eyes speak instead of you.People who think that you are made of iron which can afford every violence to your inside or outside(even iron melts!)and deeply believe that you are not made of flesh &blood just like them. Actually,they are made of lies&cruelty not from flesh&blood because they are not humans,they are just animals who live only for themselves.Huh,even animals are made of flesh&blood!That's why they cannot be recycled But they must be thrown in your real Recycle Bin anyway. And don't be sorry for yourself but be sorry for them instead , because they don't have a beautiful heart like yours and they can't enjoy the taste of forgiveness like you do. Just forgive and forget or at least one of them in order to enjoy a peaceful sleep in the end of every day when you empty your heart from any bad feeling towards anyone. 

In short , those people don't deserve your sadness,they only deserve to be thrown there out of your mind,out of your life but after complete forgiveness and Remember that Life doesn't stop for anybody!

Now , do you agree with what i just thought out loud ?

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You should perform a Breast Self Examination

Breast cancer is one of the leading causes of death in women ,however regular self breasts and general breast awareness has saved thousands of lives. That why the WHO (World Health Organization) recommend all females who are above 20 years old to perform a breast self examination once a month regularly.All what you should do is to fulfill those easy steps,

* Lie down and place your right arm behind your head. The exam is done while lying down, not standing up. This is because when lying down the breast tissue spreads evenly over the chest wall and is as thin as possible, making it much easier to feel all the breast tissue

* Use the finger pads of the 3 middle fingers on your left hand to feel for lumps in the right breast. Use overlapping dime-sized circular motions of the finger pads to feel the breast tissue

* Use 3 different levels of pressure to feel all the breast tissue. Light pressure is needed to feel the tissue closest to the skin; medium pressure to feel a little deeper; and firm pressure to feel the tissue closest to the chest and ribs. It is normal to feel a firm ridge in the lower curve of each breast, but you should tell your doctor if you feel anything else out of the ordinary. If you're not sure how hard to press, talk with your doctor or nurse. Use each pressure level to feel the breast tissue before moving on to the next spot

* Move around the breast in an up and down pattern starting at an imaginary line drawn straight down your side from the underarm and moving across the breast to the middle of the chest bone (sternum or breastbone). Be sure to check the entire breast area going down until you feel only ribs and up to the neck or collar bone (clavicle)

* There is some evidence to suggest that the up-and-down pattern (sometimes called the vertical pattern) is the most effective pattern for covering the entire breast, without missing any breast tissue

* Repeat the exam on your left breast, putting your left arm behind your head and using the finger pads of your right hand to do the exam

* While standing in front of a mirror with your hands pressing firmly down on your hips, look at your breasts for any changes of size, shape, contour, or dimpling, or redness or scaliness of the nipple or breast skin. (The pressing down on the hips position contracts the chest wall muscles and enhances any breast changes.)
* Examine each underarm while sitting up or standing and with your arm only slightly raised so you can easily feel in this area. Raising your arm straight up tightens the tissue in this area and makes it harder to examine

*If u find any abnormality,mass or lump then you should consult your doctor

Finally,Remember that early diagnosis of any disease leads to better prognosis!

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Can I control my dreams?

Dreams are images and thought your subconscious is trying to remember, But the answer is YES .

Here are some steps that may help you,

 

-Buy a small notebook, set it close to your bed and keep a pen nearby to write down what you dreamed about

-Before you go to bed each night, write what you want to dream about in the notebook. Draw pictures, write and draw with lots of detail, remember even the smallest things are important. Don't watch something before you go to bed or you may dream about that!

-Read what you've written as many times as you need to get it in your head

-Lie down, relax, and think hard about what you want to dream about. Think of details, they are important! Don't try too hard, or you'll get a major headache

-Lay in silence and darkness well before you are ready to fall asleep, in this time play out a day dream in your mind and slowly drift off into that

-Close your eyes and look at the images from your dream as they appear in your subconscious. If nothing appears, read your dream again. Imagine the sounds in the background, what you are seeing, feeling, etc

-Think of dialogue and sounds in your dream until you are hearing them in your mind

-Go to sleep with these images and sounds in your head

-When you have a dream get into it and realize you are having a dream, then you can control anything that happens

Finally, I wish you sweet dreams every night :)

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