The term тАЬSunstrokeтАЭ or тАЬheat strokeтАЭ is a synonym for тАЬHyperthermiaтАЭ. It is an acute condition in which the body is unable to regulate the thermal mechanism and either absorbs or produces excess amount of heat than it can regulate. Drugs or environmental factors like exposure to excessive heat waves can cause this condition.
This is a due to failure of the тАЬperspirationтАЭ mechanism of our body. This is a very acute condition and can also become a medical emergency.
The signs and symptoms include
-Headache,
-Nausea,
-dizziness. .
┬аBlood pressure may drop significantly from dehydration, leading to possible fainting or dizziness, especially if the victim stands suddenly. *Heart rate and respiration rate will increase (tachycardia and tachypnea) as blood pressure drops and the heart attempts to supply enough oxygen to the body. *The skin will become red as blood vessels dilate in an attempt to increase heat dissipation.
The decrease in blood pressure will cause blood vessels to contract as heat stroke progresses, resulting in a pale or bluish skin colour.
Complaints of feeling hot may be followed by chills and trembling, as is the case in fever.
Some victims, especially young children, may suffer convulsions.
Acute dehydration such as that accompanying heat stroke can produce nausea and vomiting;
temporary blindness may also be observed.
Eventually, as body organs begin to fail, unconsciousness and coma will result.
FIRST AID AND TREATMENT
The goal of the first aid should be bringing the body temperature to normal immediately in a step-wise manner but not suddenly.
┬аHeat stroke is a medical emergency requiring hospitalization, and the local emergency services should be notified as soon as possible.
The victim should be moved to a cool area (indoors, or at least in the shade) and clothing removed to promote heat loss (passive cooling). Active cooling methods may be used:
The person is bathed in cool water, a hyperthermia vest can be applied, however, wrapping the victim in wet towels or clothes can actually act as insulation and increase the body temperature.
Cold compresses to the torso, head, neck, and groin will help cool the victim.
A fan may be used to aid in evaporation of the water (evaporative method). *Immersion in ice or cold water is dangeous as this may cause vasoconstriction in the skin, preventing heat from escaping the body core.
Immersing a victim into a bathtub of cool – but not cold – water (immersion method) is a recognized method of cooling. This method requires the effort of 4-5 persons and the victim should be monitored carefully during the treatment process. This should be avoided for an unconscious victim; if there is no alternative, the victim’s head must be held above water.
Hydration is of paramount importance in cooling the victim. This is achieved by drinking water (Oral rehydration).
┬аCommercial isotonic drinks may be used as a substitute. Some authorities are opposed to giving any fluids, except by emergency personnel.
Intravenous hydration (via a drip) is necessary if the victim is confused, unconscious, or unable to tolerate oral fluids.
Alcohol rubs will cause further dehydration and impairment of consciousness and should be avoided.
The victim’s condition should be reassessed and stabilized by trained medical personnel.
┬аThe victim’s heart rate and breathing should be monitored, and CPR may be necessary if the victim goes into cardiac arrest.
The victim should be placed into the recovery position to ensure that the person’s airway remains open.
ROLE OF HOMEOPATHY IN SUNSTROKE:
After providing the first aid, which is very essential, the victim can be treated with homeopathic drugs to reduce the effects caused or to even recover faster. Few of the homeopathic drugs can be taken as sunstroke prophylactics. Do consult a qualified homeopathic physician before using any of homeopathic medicines.
Following are few of the medicines which can be used in sunstroke victims based on the victimтАЩs symptomatology.
Nat carb ,glonoin , gelsemium ,lachesis , Belladonna,nat mur etc.
The spectrum of dream is limitless. It encompasses all the conscious, subconscious,
Dr kajal Verma -Homoeopathy physician
unconscious and super conscious experiences and their timeless assimilation in the eternal flow of life..
Dream analysis is one way to understand the mind. On the basis of studies done, dreams are directly related to nature , character, and personality of a dreamer. Here discussion is made regarding manifestations of conscious, subconscious and unconscious mind in dreams, followed by correlation between homoeopathic drug personality and dreams.
IMPORTANT DREAMS:
Among dreams, nightmare and reoccurring dreams are our main concern.
Nightmares are long frightening dreams from which people awakened frightened.
Recurring dreams are caused due to traumatic events in the past, inability to cope up with the stress leading to maladjustment to the situation.
CONSCIOUS MIND AND DREAMS
# Consciousness is wakefulness which include perception , thoughts, logic and reasoning.
# Swami Vivekananda тАЬ The whole life is succession of dreams. My ambition is to be a conscious dreamer. That is all.тАЭ
# This explains importance of constructive тАШconscious dreamingтАЩ. Artists, scientists & mathematicians develop new ideas by day dreaming about their subjective areas.
#Qualities required for constructive day dreaming: high intelligence, sensitivity, refinement and artistic approach.
#Homoeopathic medicines-
┬а# Phosphorus-high intelligence, sensitivity, refinement and artistic approach. The diffusion of awareness is so strong that he gets startled easily.
┬а# Staphysagria тАУ Solitary artistic activities like painting, music, poetry in it is due to high degree of sensitivity (also true for highly emotional, introvert Ignatia and Natrum mur). As in staphysagria, the conscious mind is so strongly trapped in its own imaginations that, he thinks about her lover all the day long, imagine future possibilities and feels them as real.
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND & DREAMS
# ┬аThe conscious mind cannot always absorb disconnected information as it would be an information overload. So the subconscious mind stores this information where it can be retrieved by the conscious mind when it needs to defend itself for survival, just like solving puzzles, skill etc.
# Sigmund freud- the pre or subconscious mind includes repressed childhood memories, socially unacceptable ideas, desires, traumatic memories, painful emotions.
┬а All these repressions are expressed in dreams.
┬аIndian texts Upanishads say that, dreams are merely expressions of inner desires.
HOMOEOPATHIC MEDICINES:
IGNATIA:
┬а# Adult ignatia is very sensitive and romantic: gets dreams of disappointment, sad dreams and dreams of drowning due to ordinary grief such as separation of an affair, marriage or emotional disturbances.
Overworking ignatia imposes logical conclusions on her, leading to overstraining and frustration in her job which leads to dream of exertion.
┬а# ┬аNATRUM MUR:
When the grief is extraordinary , has become chronic and settled, Nat mur comes to the recue.
Parents fighting in front of a child who is very sensitive to disharmony will not react immediately, but will suffer inside leading to repression of feelings. This nat mur child gets anxious and frightful dreams.
He never forgets traumatic experiences like parental divorce, effects of emotional dependence of single parent, death of a close one or sexual abuse, cultivates painful memories.
Natrum mur gets dreams of robbers, being assaulted or being raped due to episodes of childhood abuse.
┬а# CONIUM:
A good example of Freudian concept of тАШsocially unacceptable ideasтАЩ and for repressed desires.
Amorus and frightful in dreams in conium are due to sudden deprivation of sexual relationship in widows and widowers.
UNCONSCIOUS MIND & DREAMS
┬а# Unconscious mind regulates the brain and intra body functions. It continues to perform these duties in a natural way even when the conscious mind is asleep.
┬а# ┬аAttitude, inclinations, and overall nature of oneтАЩs personality are directed by the unconscious mind.
┬а ┬а# Gives us knowledge about our true higher self.
It is the source of supreme peace.
The Super Conscious Mind contains
within itself the possibility as well as the probability of creating anything and
everything that can be conceived with mindтАжThe possibilities are тАЬInfinite.тАЭ
Within itself it contains EVERY probability, from the infinitely large to the infinitely small. It encompasses ALL things from the macroscopic to the microscopic and beyond. It comprises all things physical and those that are non physical.
OTHERтАЩS VIEWS:
# PANDA B. B., Significance of Dreams in Homoeopathic Prescribing
┬а# According to Dr. Miller, тАЬeffects of sleep and dreams can be taken as general symptomsтАЭ Dr. Miller says, тАЬagain how often has the study of the dreams revealed the hidden key to the remedy. For in sleep, man is off his guard and his subconscious self can assert itself, and under. Such circumstances the veil is often lifted a little, so that we are able to apprehend in some degree the deep and hidden mysteries of that disordered life, we call disease. Of course, such dreams must be regular and persistent to make them of value and great care must be taken to eliminate the effect of all external influence.
┬а# ┬а MASTER F. J., Homoeopathic Dictionary of Dreams
Dreams are one of natureтАЩs miracles, not the result of a wandering mind in sleep. A dream is an interface between the process of life and our conscious personality.
in an overview of the study and research concerning dreams, there is an evidence that a dream can be
a. an expression of what is happening in the physical body;
b. a way of balancing the physiological and psychological activities in us;
c. an enormously original source of insight and information in us, e.g. scanning information and forming new ideas.
┬а# ┬а SIVARAMAN P., Dreams and their Homoeopathic Medicine
It is not for nothing that dreams differ. Some dream of accidents, other of amorous subjects, others again off topics of varied nature тАУ each dream in its turn specifying a particular temperament, or more correctly a special deviation of the individual from the normal. Important cure have been recorded, based on dreams alone. Hence a special study of the dreams, together with their remedies, will not be out of place.тАЭ