In these current times, energy drinks are very common among people of all ages, especially teenagers. We have personal experience with drinking energy drinks, Red Bull specifically, and we know that there can be serious side effects of drinking a lot of such drinks. Lately, there have been more and more problems with the consumption of energy drinks; people passing out or committing crimes when exceeding the recommended amount of these drinks. For example, read the back of any Monster Energy Drink can, and you will find the warning statement cautioning you to not exceed three cans a day. Yet people ignore these warnings, and drink whatever they want, and however much they want of it.
Sarah Gurley, a phlebotomist at Mee Memorial Hospital, has had experience with teenagers coming into the hospital from consuming too many energy drinks. Gurley says, “I’ve seen an increase in young kids with cases of kidney stones related to energy drinks as the main problem.” Not only can you get painful kidney stones (which are like sharp grains of sand traveling through your body) as a side effect, but energy drinks also cause liver problems that are similar to those of alcoholics.
We drink Red Bull constantly, almost on a daily basis. It tastes amazing, makes us feel better, and it even claims to “give you wings.” But both of us have had issues with drinking too much of it and having too much caffeine in our bodies to be healthy. But now we’re smarter about drinking Red Bull; yes, we still drink it a lot, probably too much, but we know if we need to stop because we are informed of the consequences. So next time you drink Red Bull, or Rockstar or Monster, ask yourself this: do you know how much is too
2011年10月26日星期三
2011年8月10日星期三
Farmer's wife treated for rare brain disease
The wintry morning of Dec 18, 2010, was just another day for Omwati Singh, a farmer's wife in Haryana's Ballabhgarh, when the 42-year-old woke up at 4 a.m. to complete household chores and accompany her husband to the farms. However, things went topsy-turvy when she collapsed and her family found her unconscious in the kitchen, soaked in sweat and vomit.
The mother of four children was diagnosed with a combination of heart and brain disorders, until she was finally brought to Apollo hospital in the capital where she was treated for a rare state called 'Takotsubo syndrome' - a condition in which the brain closely mimics symptoms of a heart attack.
'We rushed her to the nearest hospital in Faridabad, she was fretting and mumbling. We were told that she had suffered a heart attack and the problem was of both the heart and the brain,' said Umed Singh, Omwati's husband, who sold a chunk of his land in Ballabhgarh to get his wife treated.
Omwati underwent several diagnostic tests, shuttled between hospitals in the national capital region - even as her husband and children stood by her side.
'The same day we came to Apollo Hospital where doctors told her to immediately go for a brain surgery as the problem of the heart was provoked because of brain hemorrhage. She was operated upon the same day, and is fine now,' Umed Singh said, as he sat beside Omwati. The surgery cost him around Rs.6 lakh.
'I was worried for my daughter who was undergoing treatment for kidney stone at that time. But all this happened to me suddenly,' Omwati said.
Doctors said the patient suffered from brain hemorrhage that produced changes in the heart and abnormal widening of the blood vessels in the brain.
'It was a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage causing bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues that cover the brain. She showed symptoms such as headache, blood pressure, drowsiness, vomiting that cannot be easily attributed to a heart or brain disorder,' said Pranav Kumar, senior consultant neurosurgeon who conducted the six-hour-long surgery.
'Titanium clips were placed across the widened blood vessels in the brain. The clips will remain in her brain for lifetime and prevent rupture of vessels,' Pranav Kumar said.
He said that the cause of the disease could have been weakness since birth, head injury, or high cholesterol diet.
For Omwati's family, this is her rebirth. 'God has given a second life to my wife. That is all I can say,' Umed Singh said.
The mother of four children was diagnosed with a combination of heart and brain disorders, until she was finally brought to Apollo hospital in the capital where she was treated for a rare state called 'Takotsubo syndrome' - a condition in which the brain closely mimics symptoms of a heart attack.
'We rushed her to the nearest hospital in Faridabad, she was fretting and mumbling. We were told that she had suffered a heart attack and the problem was of both the heart and the brain,' said Umed Singh, Omwati's husband, who sold a chunk of his land in Ballabhgarh to get his wife treated.
Omwati underwent several diagnostic tests, shuttled between hospitals in the national capital region - even as her husband and children stood by her side.
'The same day we came to Apollo Hospital where doctors told her to immediately go for a brain surgery as the problem of the heart was provoked because of brain hemorrhage. She was operated upon the same day, and is fine now,' Umed Singh said, as he sat beside Omwati. The surgery cost him around Rs.6 lakh.
'I was worried for my daughter who was undergoing treatment for kidney stone at that time. But all this happened to me suddenly,' Omwati said.
Doctors said the patient suffered from brain hemorrhage that produced changes in the heart and abnormal widening of the blood vessels in the brain.
'It was a case of subarachnoid hemorrhage causing bleeding in the area between the brain and the thin tissues that cover the brain. She showed symptoms such as headache, blood pressure, drowsiness, vomiting that cannot be easily attributed to a heart or brain disorder,' said Pranav Kumar, senior consultant neurosurgeon who conducted the six-hour-long surgery.
'Titanium clips were placed across the widened blood vessels in the brain. The clips will remain in her brain for lifetime and prevent rupture of vessels,' Pranav Kumar said.
He said that the cause of the disease could have been weakness since birth, head injury, or high cholesterol diet.
For Omwati's family, this is her rebirth. 'God has given a second life to my wife. That is all I can say,' Umed Singh said.
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