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Parasites: How to Tell if You Got Them and Get Rid of Them

Parasites are the cause of many morbidities and even mortalities in India. The scenario of food-borne parasites and related illnesses in India differs from the rest of the world due to varied food habits across the country. Other factors, however, such as unhygienic living conditions, lack of education, poor personal hygiene, poverty, and occupation, also contribute to the dissemination of infections by parasites. It is imperative for everyone to know how to look out for signs of being infected by parasites and how to cleanse one of the parasites.

How to Tell if You Have Parasites
● Lowered immune system and constant illness
● Rectal itching, especially at night
● More than one vaginal yeast infection
● Sores on the mouth or lips or white spots inside the mouth
● Toe fungus or athlete’s foot
● Rashes or itching around genitals in men or women
● Intestinal cramps
● Psoriasis or eczema
● Menstrual irregularities including irregular periods, heavy bleeding, cramps
● Constipation or diarrhea

Potential Damage that can be caused due to Parasites
● Infertility or permanent fertility damage
● Multiple Sclerosis
● Osteoporosis
● Malnutrition
● Vitamin Deficiencies
● Chronic Fatigue
● Kidney Stones
● Crohn’s Disease
● Skin conditions including eczema and psoriasis
● Insomnia and sleep disturbances
● Digestive problems of all kinds

How to Deal With Parasites?

Herbal Remedies
Herbal remedies are a great tool to start with right away. Cloves, wormwood, and black walnut are what you want to look for. Cloves work because they kill the eggs, not just the adults. Along with cloves, the herbs wormwood and black walnut husk are excellent as they kill the parasites in general.

Cleansing
Colon cleansing is how to start when doing a parasite cleanse because it’s the buildup of plaque in the colon that the parasites feed on and one of the big reasons the parasites are there in the first place. Plaque can be the result of a bad diet or just a slow build-up that’s formed over time and distance. Often plaque is also partly a physical manifestation of past experience or pattern
that we are holding onto. You may need to do some emotional or energetic work to help release that. After a colon cleanses commences, the juice fasting for 10-14 days. By this point, you should start to see the parasites being ejected out.

Hospitalization
In extreme cases, it is best to hospitalize the patient as fast as possible. Medulance is a user-friendly way to request and track ambulances close to you. Medulance, is India’s first, GPS-based technology platform for fast and reliable first point medical attention.

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Cancer signs that can help in Early Detection

Cancer is one of the biggest causes of death in India. Early Detection can drastically reduce the mortality due to cancer, which is particularly prevalent in India. Cancer cases, as well as mortality, are increasing rapidly among Indian women especially, with India now having the third-highest number of cancer cases among women. Cancer in the lungs and the liver were the most common cases among men, while for women the most common type of cancer was breast and cervical cancer.

Number of cancer patients by region

Lung Cancer is prevalent in the male population of India, with an estimated 40 percent of cases among men having been diagnosed with the lungs as the site. Excessive consumption of tobacco and excessive smoking can be blamed for this. Similarly, Liver Cancer, to which 30 percent of deaths due to cancer were attributed, can be blamed on excessive alcohol consumption. In rural areas, consumption of hootch of suspect quality has resulted in a rise in the number of lung cancer fatalities. Breast Cancer accounts for 27 percent of all cancers in women in India, with incidents rising in the early thirties and peaking at 50-64 ages. Cervical cancer accounts for nearly 20 percent of all cancer-related deaths among women in India.

Early detection can drastically boost the odds of beating cancer. Self-detection is possible if general public awareness about early signs and symptoms is increased. The following are some early signs of cancer types prevalent in India that you should be on the lookout for to enable early detection and subsequent treatment –

Lung Cancer :

  1. Continuous and painful bouts of cough (dry or mucus-producing)
  2. Chronic shortness of breath
  3. Sharp and constant chest pain, along with dull and intermittent pain in the shoulders and back
  4. A wheezing or whistling noise being produced during breathing
  5. Hoarsening of voice
  6. Inexplicable and drastic weight loss

Liver Cancer :

  1. Inexplicable and drastic weight loss
  2. Feeling very full after a small meal
  3. Nausea or vomiting
  4. An enlarged liver felt as a mass under the ribs on the right side
  5. An enlarged spleen felt as a mass under the ribs on the left side
  6. Pain in the abdomen or near the right shoulder blade
  7. Yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice)

Breast Cancer :

  1. Change in size or shape
  2. A lump or area that feels thicker than the rest of the breast
  3. A change in skin texture such as puckering or dimpling (like the skin of an orange)
  4. Redness or rash on the skin and/or around the nipple
  5. The liquid that comes from the nipple without squeezing
  6. Pain in your breast or your armpit that’s there all or almost all of the time
  7. Swelling in your armpit or around your collarbone

Cervical Cancer :

  1. Weight loss and fatigue
  2. Back pain, pain in the legs, or swelling
  3. Leakage of urine or feces from the vagina
  4. Bone fractures
  5. Vaginal bleeding or unusual vaginal discharge
  6. Pelvic pain

Being on the lookout for these signs is of vital importance. Treatment becomes more complicated as the stages advance. More than 90% of women diagnosed with breast cancer at the earliest stage survive their disease for at least 5 years compared to around 15% for women diagnosed with the most advanced stage of the disease. More than 75% of women diagnosed with the earliest stage cervical cancer survive their disease for at least 5 years compared to around 5% for women diagnosed with the most advanced stage of the disease.

Around 70% and 64% of lung and liver cancer patients respectively will survive for at least a year if diagnosed at the earliest stage compared to around 14% and 17% for people diagnosed with the most advanced stage of the disease.

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Home Healthcare services in India and the Problems before them

Home healthcare is a booming industry in India, but it is still in the nascent stage. Having been a part of the unorganized sector until a few years ago, there is a lack of government norms and accreditation for the industry. Home healthcare services must also deal with patients and their family’s expectations.

Some challenges faced by home healthcare agencies and viable solutions for them are:-

Hiring  Professionals

Given the ever-increase demand, home health care agencies will face the challenge of finding qualified staff. The personnel delivering home healthcare must be qualified in treatment procedures and also be professional in their approach. Patients can sometimes be difficult to handle or actively object to treatment procedures, which can create tension but the personnel and the patients. The staff must be well-adept at resolving such issues and building a rapport with the patients and their family members. Finding such qualified personnel is easier said than done.

Lack of Government Classification and Accreditation

While it is  comforting to think that many of the home health aides are certified nurses or nurse’s aides, the truth is they are often “regular” folks who have gone through a non-standardized training program created by the company that hired them. This leads to plenty of confusion regarding just what these individuals can and can’t do. Thus, there is a very immediate need for government regulation in the industry.

Utilizing Technology

Faster, less-intrusive, and more powerful equipment replaced older, outdated systems. Technology is expanding at an ever-increasing pace, from home health monitoring systems that integrate with hospital networks to mobile pharmaceutical administrations units. But the home health care industry is struggling to keep up. Learning how to correctly and effectively use these new gadgets takes a considerable investment of time and effort, which is often not made in tier two and three cities.  

Medulance , in addition to the Online Ambulance Booking service in Delhi-NCR area, also provides an ICU at Home Service. Medulance’s aim to assist lives has allowed us to provide high quality Intensive Care Unit at home. Finding an ICU at home can be very taxing, both emotionally and monetarily. Medulance bridges this gap by providing the most complete and sound supportive critical care in the comfort of your home

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Applying Machine Learning reduces the challenges of Predicting Ambulance Services Demand

It is imperative for ambulance services to minimize response time to emergencies while managing operational costs. The application of machine learning can help ambulance services to optimize their operationality, but for this to be practical GPS based fleet tracking must be adopted en masse.

Demand predictions are crucial to operations decisions such as staff / fleet management, placement of base locations, and dynamic deployment. Predicting ambulance demand is critical for staff/fleet management and dynamic deployment. There are several challenges though.

The dataset for such calculations is large but the demand for ambulances in the locality at the time of study might be below. The complicated geography of modern Indian cities – especially like Delhi and Hyderabad, that see large-scale unplanned development alongside pre-existing historical settlements – makes ambulance operation a very difficult task. An accurate study of ambulance demand and operation becomes more difficult in such situations.

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How to avoid the risks of water-borne diseases in Delhi.

In addition to the rampant air pollution, Delhi also suffers a water contamination problem. The problem of the availability of clean water has been a historical issue in Delhi. India loses 73 million working days due to water-borne diseases, and the national capital follows this national trend.

Though unclean water is the source of several diseases, cholera and typhoid are the most common in India. The following are some common precautions to be taken to avoid getting sick due to water-borne diseases in general :

• Do not eat from street food vendors or outside as much as possible

• Carry your own water in a bottle when stepping out of home

• Make sure to filter or boil and cool the water before drinking

• Do not eat food that has been kept in the open, especially cut fruits

• Do not eat stale food

Diseases to watch out for and how to avoid them –

Cholera :

Cause:

Bacterium vibrio cholera is commonly found in food or water contaminated with feces or in an infected person.

Symptoms:

Acute diarrhea and mild to severe dehydration.

Preventive measures:

1.  Drink clean water which is either boiled, has been chemically disinfected, or is bottled.

2.  Avoid eating—from roadside vendors, unpeeled fruits and vegetables, and unpasteurized milk

3. Oral rehydration solution, oral cholera vaccines

4. Safe sanitation

Typhoid

Bacterium Salmonella Typhi is usually found in contaminated food or water.

Symptoms :

Prolonged fever, headache, nausea, loss of appetite, constipation, diarrhea.

Preventive measures:

1.  Use clean water for drinking and other domestic purposes such as cooking and washing.

2. Make sure you eat hot food that’s been hygienically made and appropriately processed.

3.  Wash hands with soap before preparing and eating food.

4.  Use clean and hygienic toilet facilities.

Medulance offers Online Ambulance Booking service in Delhi-NCR area, providing a user-friendly way to request and track ambulances close to you. With an increasing emphasis on promoting independent living today, having access to the nearest ambulance to you can provide much-needed peace of mind in a worst-case scenario.