Haemophilia day celebration in Chennai

                 The Haemophilia day celebration in Chennai on April 17, 2015 at the Royapetta Government hospital. This was organized to stop the Government which decided to remove the care centre at the hospital and convince the hospitals dean to sign the indent of medicines. This event was held by the young leaders of haemophilia youth committee, Madras.

 This event took place between 9:00a.m to 5:30 pm. This event succeeded and dean indented medicines to be served  for next  6 months. To celebrate this success the senior committee and youth committee went to Kiskintha water theme park . This was indeed in intention off promoting friendly relationship among the members of the society.
                 Here with I submit some of the factors recording Haemophilia

The World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) is an international non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with hemophilia (also spelled haemophilia) and other genetic bleeding disorders. It educates hemophiliacs and lobbies for improved medical treatment. 75% of people in the world with bleeding disorders do not know it and do not receive care.

The WFH was established by Frank Schnabel in 1963 and has its headquarters in Montreal, Canada. It has member organizations in 113 countries and official recognition from the World Health Organization. The current President is Alain Weill

World Hemophilia Day is an international observance held annually on April 17 by the WFH. It is an awareness day for hemophilia and other bleeding disorders, which also serves to raise funds and attract volunteers for the WFH. It was started in 1989; April 17 was chosen in honor of Frank Schnabel's birthday.

What is haemophilia??

Let’s take a moment to discuss crucial facts that you should know about hemophilia.

When we bleed, the body normally pools blood cells together to form a clot to stop the bleeding. This process is brought about by certain blood particles (platelets and plasma proteins). Hemophilia occurs when a person has a deficiency in one of these clotting factors.

Hemophilia is classified by the absence or insufficiency of some clotting factors:

§  Hemophilia A, the most common type, is caused by insufficient clotting factor VIII.

§  Hemophilia B, the second most common type, is caused by insufficient clotting factor IX.

§  Hemophilia C, in which signs and symptoms are often mild, is caused by insufficient clotting factor XI.

Hemophilia occurs approximately 1 in every 5,000 male births. Currently, about 20,000 males in the US are living with the disorder. Hemophilia A is about four times as common as Hemophilia B, and about half of those affected have the severe form. Hemophilia affects people from all racial and ethnic groups. Approximately 30% of people with hemophilia show no family history while the remaining 70% cases are inherited .This condition also prevails in India, with more than 5000 men in tamil nadu . haemophilia centers for treating these patients. Nearly 500 to 1000 patients have been recognized in Chennai and there are still more unaware the symptoms of his disorder

How is Hemophilia inherited?

Every human being has two sex chromosomes, one from each parent. A female inherits an X chromosome from her mother and an X from her father. A male inherits an X from his mother and a Y from his father.

Hemophilia inheritance depends on the type of hemophilia:

Hemophilia A or B. The gene that causes them is located on the X chromosome, so it can’t be passed from father to son. Hemophilia A or B almost always occurs in boys and is passed from mother to son through one of the mother’s genes. Haemophilia C. This disorder can be passed on to children by either parent and can occur in girls and boys.   

What are the symptoms?

• Mildly reduced clotting factors: you may bleed only after surgery or trauma.
• Severe deficiency: you may experience spontaneous bleeding which presents as follows:
• Unexplained and excessive bleeding from cuts or injuries, or after surgery or dental work
• Many large or deep bruises
• Unusual bleeding after vaccinations
• Pain, swelling or tightness in joints and muscles. This can cause limbs to swell, which may press on nerves and lead to numbness or pain. If left untreated, frequent internal bleeding may cause arthritis or destruction of the joint.
• Blood in urine or stool
• Nosebleeds without a known cause
•   In infants, unexplained irritability

 When to seek consultation?

Prolonged bleeding after circumcision may be the first indication in a baby boy. Those who aren’t circumcised, easy bruising when the child becomes more mobile may lead to the diagnosis (generally 2 years of age).

If your child bruises easily, seek help. If your child has heavy bleeding that can’t be stopped after an injury, seek emergency medical care.

Questions the doctor might ask

• What are your symptoms, and when did you first notice them?
• Have you noticed any unusual or heavy bleeding, such as nosebleeds or prolonged bleeding from a cut or vaccination?
• Have you noticed blood in your urine or stool?
• Have you undergone any surgeries, and, if so, did the surgeon feel there was excessive bleeding?
• Have you noticed heavy bruises?
•  Have you complained of pain or warmth around joints?
•  Has anyone in your family been diagnosed with a bleeding disorder?
•  Are you planning to have more children?

How is hemophilia treated?

While there’s no cure for hemophilia, most people with the disease can lead fairly normal lives. Therapies to stop bleeding depend on the type of hemophilia:

• Mild Hemophilia A. Hormone desmopressin (DDAVP) can stimulate a release of more clotting factor to stop bleeding.
• Moderate to severe Hemophilia A or Hemophilia B. Bleeding may stop only after an infusion of recombinant clotting factor or donated human blood. Repeated infusions may be needed if internal bleeding is severe.
• Hemophilia C. Plasma infusions are needed to stop bleeding episodes.
• First aid for minor cuts. Applying pressure and a bandage will generally take care of the bleeding. For small areas of bleeding beneath the skin, use an ice pack.
• Although blood products are screened, it is still possible for people who rely on them to contract diseases. If you have hemophilia, consider receiving immunization against Hepatitis A and B.

What precautions you can take?

• Regular exercise: Swimming, biking and walking can build up muscles while protecting joints. Contact sports should be avoided.
• Avoid pain medications: Drugs that reduce the platelet levels further include aspirin and ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, etc). Instead, use safer alternatives like acetaminophen (Tylenol, etc)
•   Practice good oral care: This will prevent tooth extraction, which can lead to excessive bleeding.
• For children: Kneepads, elbow pads, helmets, safety belts and soft furniture corners all may help prevent injuries from unpredictable events.

 Conclusion:

Haemophilia is no more a dreadful disorder to worry about.   Though it doesn’t have a permanent cure it can be controlled by following up given precautions.

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                                                                                          By

                                                                               K. Venkatraman

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World Haemophilia Day - Haemophilia: India needs more awareness, low treatment costs

Started in 1989, World Haemophilia Day is observed each year on April 17 to raise awareness and also to raise funds for the bleeding disorder.

Haemophilia is a congenital lifelong bleeding disorder that prevents the blood from clotting properly, leading to internal bleeding; mostly in the joints, muscles and vital organs like the brain. In many cases, the disease leads to permanent disability.

Major Types

There are two major types of haemophilia, labelled type A and type B. Haemophilia A occurs in about 1 out of every 5000 live male births. Whereas Haemoplilia B occurs in about 1 out of 20-34,000 live male births.

Males more at risk

It is more likely to occur in males than females. Though females are almost exclusively asymptomatic carriers, the disorder can be inherited in case either of the parent has the defective genes.

Haemophilia lowers blood plasma clotting factor levels of the coagulation factors needed for a normal clotting process. In this case, when a blood vessel gets injured, a temporary shell does form, but the missing coagulation factors prevent fibrin formation, which is necessary to maintain the blood clot.

When injured, a haemophilic may not bleed intensely, but the blood loss can last for a longer period, varying from a few days to many weeks, depending on the severity of the condition.

Haemophilia – A royal disease

Haemophilia has been called the Royal Disease because Queen Victoria, who was ruled England from 1837 to 1901, was a carrier.

Situation in India

India is home to approximately 100,000 people affected with haemophilia, with an estimated prevalence rate of 1:10,000. The irony is that only a few patients are able to afford the high costs and rest choose to ignore it. Also, according to experts, 80% of haemophilia cases are seen among the lower income groups.

Also, there are so many social taboos associated with the disease in India as a haemophiliac child is not given admission in school, people choose to ignore the disease thinking that an evil spirit has entered the body of the patient and there is no disease as such. Also, high cost for treatment refrains people from taking treatment.

Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Haemophilia is caused by a genetic mutation. The mutations involve genes that determine the code for the proteins that are essential in the blood clotting process. The bleeding symptoms arise because blood clotting is impaired.

Haemophilia A is a recessive X-linked genetic disorder involving a lack of functional clotting Factor VIII.

Haemophilia B is a recessive X-linked genetic disorder involving a lack of functional clotting Factor IX.

Haemophilia C is an autosomal genetic disorder (i.e. not X-linked) involving a lack of functional clotting Factor XI.

Haemophilia symptoms are generally characterised by excessive bleeding and easy bruising. Patients with more severe haemophilia suffer more severe and more frequent bleeds, while patients with mild haemophilia usually suffer more minor symptoms.

One of the mostly used treatments of Haemophilia is the replacement therapy, which involves giving or replacing of clotting factors that are too low or missing in a patient.

For replacement therapy, the clotting factor concentrates can be derived from either human donor blood or can be synthetically made in the laboratory using methods that do not use donor blood.

Apart from replacement therapy, other haemophilia treatments include the drug Desmopressin treatment which is used for moderate forms of haemophilia A.

What the government can do?

Experts believe that since it is a rare disease and only a few people register from across the country, the government should take the step of making the treatment and medicines available to haemophilia-affected patients completely free.

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புதுமையெல்லாம்  பொழிகவென்று 

இத்தரையில் மாந்தரெல்லாம் 

இன்பமுடன் வாழ்கவென்று!

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வறுமையது மறைகவென்று 

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Jallianwala Bagh Massacre - 96th Anniversary Remembered in India

This day, 96 years ago, one of the darkest incidents in Indian History took place.

The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (also known as the Amritsar Massacre) was one of the saddest events, that will likely never fade away from our memory. It was so horrific and saddening that even today, people are left wondering if it could have been avoided. Unfortunately, almost a century later, we haven’t received an apology or had closure.

For those not aware, on 13th April 1919 (which was also the festival of Baisakhi), people gathered at the Jallianwala Bagh to peacefully protest the arrest of two leaders Dr. Satyapal and Dr. Saifuddin, despite a curfew being declared. The protest, however, was not a non-violent one. On the order of General Dyer, the troops fired on the crowd for ten minutes resulting in the death of about 1000 people and injuring an equal number. To save themselves, people resorted to jumping into a nearby well and it is said that 120 bodies were recovered from here after the massacre.

Here are some pictures of the Jallianwala Bagh, then and now. 

1. A protest few days after the massacre. People in this picture are pointing at the bullet marks from the firing. 

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2. Scene at the Jallianwala Bagh right after the tragedy. 

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3. Two cops at the Jallianwala Bagh, after the tragedy. 

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4. This picture was clicked in 1956. Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, is a large open space enclosed on three sides by buildings with only one exit. The wholesale slaughter at Jallianwala Bagh horrified the whole country. Thousands died and many more were injured.

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5. Present day look of the well in which people jumped out of panic. 120 dead bodies were recovered. 

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6. The bullet marks are still visible. Will we ever forget? 

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7. The plaque put up at the Jallianwala Bagh tells of the horror people faced. 

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8. And the scars remain. 

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Let's spend a minute today remembering those who 

perished in the massacre. Those who's names we might 

know,   but    the    ones    we'll    never   forget.

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World Health Day 2015: Make food safety a shared responsibility

“A fit, healthy body—that is the best fashion statement”
― Jess C. Scott
It is a known fact that good health is intrinsic to human happiness. You may own a sprawling home or expensive clothes, but if your body is not well, all possessions seem worthless. For a good life, the perfect mind-body synchronisation is a must. Of course, the mysteries of the human body are hard to decipher but all the knowledge that medical science has to offer should be taken into consideration.
To ensure well-being of its citizens, organisations and governments across the world strive to provide quality health care and address the issues ailing their people. One such organisation is WHO, a specialised branch of United Nations concerned with international public health.
On 7 April every year,World Health Day is celebrated to mark the anniversary of the founding of WHO in 1948 and disseminate knowledge and awareness about human health.
World Health Day celebration focuses on increasing life expectancy by adding good health to the lives of people and promoting healthier living habits across the globe.
History of World Health Day
WHO held the first World Health Assembly in 1948. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day. It is held to mark WHO's founding, and is seen as an opportunity by the organization to draw worldwide attention to a subject of major importance to global health each year.
Theme for World Health Day 2015
Each year a particular theme is selected that highlights a priority area of public health.
Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General, announced at ICN2 that food safety would be the focus of World Health Day 2015.
“WHO will dedicate its 2015 World Health Day to food safety to catalyse collective Government and public action to put measures in place that will improve safety of food from farms, factories, street vendors and kitchens. Also in 2015, WHO will, for the first time, publish estimates of the global burden of food-borne disease, finally showing the scale of the problem,” said Dr Chan.
What's in your plate?
When you eat, do you often wonder how has that particular food item made its way to your plate? When you relish on the sumptuous dishes served at a restaurant or when you gobble up street food, does the safety of the food items cross your mind?
When we eat, we consume parasites, chemicals, contaminates, additives and adulterants along with our food which can seriously mess up our immune system.
Food-borne and water-borne diarrhoeal diseases kill an estimated 2 million people, including children. That's why food safety is significant to public health as food-borne diseases affect people’s well being, impede socio-economic development by straining health-care systems which in turn adversely influences national economies, tourism and trade.
So this year's theme focuses on demonstrating the importance of food safety along the whole length of the food chain in a globalised world, from production and transport, to preparation and consumption.
Access to safe food, a challenge?
With the world shrinking and globalisation spreading its wings, the growing consumer demand for a wider variety of foods has resulted in an increasingly complex and longer global food chain.
The global food chain is floundering, and along with it the demands on planet’s food supply are increasing too. In a race to feed the world and producing additional food to satisfy the growing population, the quality of food is slowly degenerating.
Unsafe food starts a vicious cycle of diseases threatening the nutritional status of the poor and underprivileged. With the supply of food items becoming scarce, the poor section of society is often compelled to switch to unhealthy diets which pose many health risks.
Not only the poor, but the rich man's plate is also not free from such hazards because of the expanding use of additives, preservatives and antibiotics in crops.
The rising number of deaths caused by food-borne diseases has brought the cause of food safety to the fore. This day is a clarion call for every government to partner with civil society, non-governmental organisations, private sector and consumers to ensure that safe food reaches everyone.
Safe food for all, a priority
Nata Menabde, WHO representative for India said: "Food safety is an issue of growing public health concern. To achieve food safety, strong functional links must be built between the public health and other sectors to ensure effective cross-sectoral collaboration."
So, the World Health Day coerces governments across the world to make food safety a public health priority. The entire objective of this day is to actuate collective government and public action to quantify practices by establishing comprehensive food safety policy, legislation and national food safety programmes. A thorough collaboration by aligning policies in agriculture, trade, health, education and social protection is of utmost concern to provide a safe and healthy diet for all.
Not only the government, it is also an effort to promote awareness among people to practice safe steps in food purchasing, food handling, cooking, and storage which can prevent food-borne illnesses.
The universal ‘five keys’ to food safety should be observed:

• Maintain cleanliness
• Separate raw and cooked food
• Cook thoroughly
• Keep food at correct temperature
• Use safe water and raw materials.

Whether as individuals, governments, policy makers, farmers, manufacturers or retailers, we need to understand the pressing issue of food safety and make it an unrelenting concern. For food safety is a shared responsibility and safe food is your right!


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Food safety: Food sources, tips to prevent food poisoning

Food safety can be referred to the conditions and practices that preserve the quality of food to prevent contamination and foodborne illnesses.
According to WHO, there are five key principles of food hygiene, they are:
 1. Prevent contaminating food with pathogens spreading from people, pets, and pests.
 2. Separate raw and cooked foods to prevent contaminating the cooked foods.
 3. Cook foods for the appropriate length of time and at the appropriate temperature to kill pathogens.
 4. Store food at the proper temperature.
 5. Use safe water and raw materials.
Sources
Although all foods can become contaminated, higher risk foods include red meats, poultry, eggs, cheese, dairy products, raw sprouts, and raw fish or shellfish. Hence, extra care is needed in handling, storing and preparing these items in order to avoid from severe health hazards.
Below are a few tips to prevent food poisoning:

• All milk, yogurt, cheese and other dairy products should have the word "Pasteurized" on the container.
• Avoid eating foods that contain raw eggs (such as caesar salad dressing, raw cookie dough, and egg nog.
• Do not eat raw honey, and honey should not be given to children under 1 year of age.
• Shun eating soft cheeses
• Do not eat raw vegetable sprouts
• Shellfish that has been exposed to red tides should not be eaten
• Make sure that you wash all raw fruits, vegetables, and herbs with cold and running water
• Do not eat raw vegetables or unpeeled fruit
• Eat only hot, freshly cooked food
• Drink only boiled water

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