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Abrupt body responses

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What Makes These Abrupt  Body Responses? Why burping occurs? Burping or Belching is the act of expelling air from the stomach through the mouth. It usually occurs when the stomach distends, or expands because of too much swallowed air. Belching releases the air to reduce the distension. When we eat or drink, we also swallow gases along with the food or fluid that causes the distension of the stomach. This extra gas is forced out of the stomach through the oesophagus and out of the mouth as burp. It commonly occurs drink carbonated beverages, drink through straw or eat very fast that causes indigestion. Why hiccups occurs?   Hiccups are bursts of inspiratory (breathing in) activity . Usually, hiccups come after eating or drinking too much or too quickly. This causes the abrupt distension of stomach and irritates the diaphragm which lies close to it. This results in the abrupt contraction of the diaphragm and pulls down in a jerky way, which makes to s...
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Reason behind the joint noises

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What Makes the Joint Noises? In our daily routine we all have experienced such joint noises. Some people found these sounds very embarrassing while others are quiet worried about their consequences. Everybody is curious to know the cause behind these noises. So let us know about the basic causes for   these sounds: Pop up sound when we crack our knuckle joints: When we crack our joint, the joint capsule stretches. The stretching of capsule is limited mainly due to the volume of the joint that is maintained by the amount of synovial fluid contained in it. The synovial fluid cannot expand unless the pressure inside the capsule drops to a point at which the dissolved gases can escape the solution; when the gases come out of solution, they increase the volume and hence the mobility of the joint. The cracking or popping sound is thought to be caused by release of gas from the solution that allows a little stretch of the capsule. The joint cannot be cracked again until the gases ...
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Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV)

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BENIGN PAROXYSMAL POSITIONAL VERTIGO Benign Paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is an inner ear pathology characterised by dizziness on the movement of head in certain position. Symptoms: Dizzy sensation also known as vertigo that usually lasts up to a minute, light-headedness, blurred vision, vomiting, loss of balance, unsteadiness, nystagmus and nausea. Most of the symptoms occur while changing the position of the head. Etiopathogenesis: BPPV occur due to a disturbance in the inner ear. The debris   ( ear rocks) also known as octonia which are the calcium carbonate crystal that are supposed to be attached to part of inner ear called the Utricle become loose and go into one of the semicircular canal. Normally the fluid is present inside the semicircular canals that moves   with the change in the position of body. In BPPV, these dislodged crystal also moves inside the canal, that causes the brain to receive confusing massages about the position of the body l...
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Post Operative Assessment & Rehabilitation of abdominal surgeries

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 POST OPERATIVE ASSESSMENT & REHABILITATION OF ABDOMINAL SURGERIES: POST OPERATIVE ASSESSMENT 1.      Surgery notes reading ·         Type of incision ·         Type of anaesthesia ·         Duration of surgery 2.       Vital signs checking ·         Tidal volume-2ml/kg ·         Body weight Minute volume-100ml/kg ·         Body weight FVC-70ml/kg FEV1-70-90%of FVC ·         PaO2-not less than 70mm/hg ·         Paco2-not more than 50mm/hg ·         RR-12-16/min ABG analysis ·         Pulse oxymetry ·         PR ·  ...
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