Common Sense

Common Sense

Since, I am almost about to sign off digitally from the Web few medical points of view are warranted save mostly opinion but facts checked as far as possible.

One reason, is that the Web has become a Junk Yard and Hit Rate depends on sentimentalization.

Another reason, is that I am making both spelling and grammatical mistakes due to poor vision (I do not want kill the language).

The bigger reason is that the Wisdom does not come through only medical means.

It comes through "Mindful Attention to the Mind" which is bombarded with half truths and half lies which can only be analyzed through the methods adapted by 13 qualifications of Kalama Sutta.

Coming back to medical facts that persuade the patient to take medications for life is mostly speculative and bear no scientific credence.

It is a simple principle in medicine, if one can avoid the pills and the scalpel, that is the best quality of life.

If I say each drug has 3 side effects and given drug has interaction with another drug, the side effects are in multiples not individualistic.

In this scenario only two drugs qualify for prolongation of life.

One antibiotics, the other low dose aspirin.

Immunization has prevented many infections and we have not found a vaccine for Influenza which effects all mammals, birds and the sundry.

Points of View.

1. Blood pressure treatment does not prolong life.

2. The effect of treatment on elderly patients over 65 years is flimsy.

3. Treatment itself causes hypotension and also postural hypertension (common with the elderly) and confusion.

4. That does not mean you abruptly stop medication for blood pressure.

One will end up with rebound blood pressure rise, heart failure and organ failure and even death.

5. Around 95% of the cases, cause of blood pressure is unknown, hence it is called "Essential Hypertension".

6. Blood pressure treatment slows heart failure and organ failure including kidney.

7. It prevents strokes but not heart attacks.

8. Heart attacks are mainly caused by thrombosis.

9. We really do not know why thrombosis occur in old age.

10. Thrombosis can be prevented by low dose aspirin and that is why it is in my list.

11. Blood pressure treatment should be complimented by aspirin to prevent both strokes and heart attacks.

12. Aspirin slightly increase the risk of haemorrhage into the brain (which is much worse than the stroke).

After accidental injury one may continue to bleed.

13. Excessive bleeding is a medical emergency.

14. Aspirin known to lower the risk of cancer and how it works is not clearly determined.

15. Now to my crunch point, the vital cholesterol.

Cholesterol is a vital biochemical with vast array of actions, including probably scavenger function of free radicals.

16. Its reduction does not prolong life.

17. Its treatment with anti-cholesterol drugs causes much debilitating dementia.

 

18. These drugs cause liver damage and myopathy.

Heart is a muscle and myopathy may effect the heart, too.

19. Healthy life style, exercise, sleep, meditation and vegetarian diet are probably better options for prolonging life than taking a pill that causes myopathy and liver damage.

20. Eat chocolates and dish out chocolates to your friends which has lot of feel good chemicals that are secreted during meditation.

21. Coconut oil is good for your heart and brain in dementia.

Do not succumb to the gullible lies of the American companies.

I call it, the Coconut Conspiracy

 

22. Feel good hormone that prongs life is "Growth Hormone".

Meditation increases its release and benefits only with a good liver.

23. Alcohol in any form is bad except its vasodilator properties and hot flushes.

24. Smoking is the biggest killer, world wide.

 
25. Chocolates do not have growth hormone (it is internal product which act through the liver).

26. Meditation practice for one hour tends to elevate feel good hormones and reduce the cortisol levels.

27. I will end up by saying that don't take all medical advices as "Gullible Truths". 
Additionally, the web is a Junk Yard!