1. ACNE : risk factors, prevention & treatment

RISK FACTORS: A number of risk factors can contribute to or worsen acne, including:

• hormonal changes due to pregnancy or puberty
• polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and other endocrine conditions
• cigarette smoking
• poor sleep
• stress
• cleansers, creams, moisturizers, and other beauty products with high oil content
• certain medications, some types of hormonal birth control, anticonvulsants, and steroids
• a family history of acne

You have the highest risk of developing acne during puberty. During this time, your body undergoes many hormonal changes. These changes can trigger oil production, leading to an increased risk of acne. Hormonal acne related to puberty usually improves when you reach adulthood, and your breakouts may even stop completely.

PREVENTION : It’s not always possible to completely prevent acne, but you can take certain steps at home to help lower your chances of getting pimples or acne breakouts.

• Wash your face daily and maintain proper hygiene.
• Avoid skin care and makeup products that contain oil.
• Always remove makeup and cleanse your skin thoroughly before bed.
• Shower or wash your face after exercising.
• Tie back long hair to keep it out of your face.
• Avoid tight-fitting hats, headbands, and clothing that covers breakout-prone areas.
• Eat a balanced diet, and stay hydrated.
• Take steps to reduce stress.

TREATMENT : Our therapy treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his/her pathological condition. The similimum medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution, family history, presenting symptoms, underlying pathology, possible causative factors etc. A miasmatic tendency (predisposition/susceptibility) is also often taken into account for the treatment of chronic conditions.

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2. AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT

The body reacts in a variety of ways to autoimmune disorders, which cause a person’s immune system to attack its own tissues.

Depending on the condition, an autoimmune disorder can affect a variety of organs, joints and muscles, or other bodily tissues. One tissue that’s commonly affected by autoimmune disorders is the skin.

There are many different types of skin-related autoimmune disorders, including scleroderma, psoriasis, dermatomyositis, epidermolysis bullosa, and bullous pemphigoid etc.

Autoimmune diseases affect around 5% of the population.

• Most autoimmune diseases are more common in women
• People with a family history of autoimmune disease are at higher risk of developing an autoimmune disease themselves

Examples of autoimmune diseases include:

• Graves disease (a cause of hyperthyroidism)
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Insulin-dependent diabetes
• Multiple sclerosis
• Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

Some autoimmune blistering diseases :

• Pemphigus vulgaris and other forms of pemphigus
• Bullous pemphigoid and other forms of pemphigoid
• Epidermolysis bullosa acquisita
• Dermatitis herpetiformis.

Autoimmunity and deregulation of the immune system also contribute to many skin diseases, such as:

• Systemic sclerosis
• Dermatomyositis
• Psoriasis
• Vitiligo
• Alopecia areata
• Lichen sclerosus.

TREATMENT : The focus is usually on what caused the disease condition? Why ‘this patient’ is sick ‘this way’. The disease diagnosis is important but Other factors like mental, emotional and physical stress that could predispose a person to illness are also looked for. We understand that your body works as an integral unit, that the disease is a process and not an entity, that people who are sick need more than suppressive medicines to bring them back on track. Now a days, even modern medicine also considers a large number of diseases as psychosomatic. The correct similimum remedy tries to correct this disease predisposition. The focus to cure the person who is sick, to restore the health. If a disease pathology is not very advanced, remedies do give a hope for cure but even in incurable cases, the quality of life can be greatly improved with our mode of treatment.

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3. OBESITY : CAUSES & TREATMENT

Obesity is a condition in which the natural energy reserve, stored in the fatty tissues of humans and other mammals, is increased to a point where it is associated with certain health conditions or increased mortality. It becomes a cosmetic issue too and people yearn for weight loss.

Being obese and being overweight is not exactly the same thing. An obese person has a large amount of extra body fat, not just a few extra pounds. People who are obese are very overweight and at risk for serious health problems.

Obesity is typically evaluated by measuring BMI (Body mass index), waist circumference and risk factor evaluation.

Causes of Obesity :

• Genetic disorders
• Underlying illness (such as hypothyroidism)
• Eating disorders (such as Binge eating disorder)
• Certain medications (such as anti-psycotics)
• Sedentary lifestyle
• A high glycemic diet
• Insufficient sleep
• Stress
• Sudden smoking cessation
• Weight cycling – repeated attempts to do dieting to lose weight
• overeating

Genetic factors play an important role in determining the traits of obesity and also rate of weight loss. Obesity runs in families as generally families eat similar foods, have similar lifestyle habits and thinking patterns, such as that children should eat more to become big and healthy. Certain illnesses like thyroid gland problems or genetic diseases run in families.

Some eating disorders like Binge eating disorder affect a person’s diet as he eats more and repeatedly often in binges. These people generally lack the developed eating patterns learned in childhood.

It is also to be remembered that obesity is not the result of momentary overeating. It is a long term phenomenon because people tend to overeat over long periods of time.

Emotions can fuel obesity, as people tend to eat more when they are upset, anxious, sad, stressed or even bored. Afterwards they feel bad about eating more, and later to relieve this stress, they may eat even more.

Sedentary lifestyle is another important factor as people tend to eat more when they are doing nothing and just sitting idly watching TV or video games. Cars dominate our life and we seldom walk or exercise (check our calories burned calculator for walking). There is less time to cook healthy food and we often tend to eat fast foods.

Health problems associated with obesity :

• Hypertension
• Breat cancer :Obese women are at nearly twice the risk for developing breast cancer, and all obese people have a 42 percent higher chance of developing colorectal cancer.
• DIABETES : Almost 80 percent of patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus, also known as non-insulin -dependent diabetes mellitus, are obese.
• Obese people also experience social and psychological problems
• The presence of risk factors and diseases associated with obesity are also used to establish a clinical diagnosis .Coronary heart disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and sleep apnea , are possible life-threatening risk factors that would indicate clinical treatment of obesity. Smoking, hypertension, age and family history are other risk factors that may indicate treatment.

TREATMENT : we treat the person as a whole. This means that our treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. The medicine for weight loss are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution etc. A miasmatic tendency (predisposition/susceptibility) is also often taken into account for the treatment of chronic conditions.

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4. MELASMA : CAUSE & TREATMENT

Melasma has been known to be a common skin problem, as it causes discolored or dark patches on the skin. When it occurs in pregnant women, it is called as chloasma or the “mask of pregnancy.”

Melasma is seen predominantly in women.

Areas of the body with Melasma show various colored spots viz. tan, brown, or blue-gray. It is predominantly seen to happen on areas of body such as

• Jaw line
• Cheekbone
• Central face

The cause of Melasma can be anything from the rays of the sun, genetic problems, or hormonal changes seen in women.

It has also been observed that an increase in melanin irritates the skin and can lead to accelerated symptoms of Melasma.

At the time of pregnancy, women undergo hormonal changes and this could lead to flaring up of Melasma.

Women taking birth control pills are at the risk of getting Melasma.

It could also simply be an aftermath of high sun exposure on sensitive skin.

Other skin orders that mimic Melasma can be listed as –

• Skin injuries left behind by acne – they exhibit similar skin discoloration
• Sun spots caused by the sun
• Brown or gray colored rash called as lichen planus pigmentosis
• Discoloration or hyperpigmentation of the skin due to certain medication

TREATMENT : Our therapy treatment focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. The similimum medicines are selected after a full individualizing examination and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution, family history, presenting symptoms, underlying pathology, possible causative factors etc. A miasmatic tendency (predisposition/susceptibility) is also often taken into account for the treatment of chronic conditions.

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