KRIMS Health Care

Heart strokes are medical emergencies that endanger life. The faster a person understands a heart stroke, the higher the survival chances and complete recovery. To ensure prompt care, it's crucial to understand the signs and symptoms of a stroke. A stroke occurs when the brain's inadequate blood flow prevents the brain tissue from obtaining oxygen and other vital nutrients. When a bloodstream brings oxygen and nutrients to the brain, this may happen. Any cells in the brain that do not obtain oxygen start to die. Within moments, this can occur. An individual will often get a temporary clot. This can lead to an ischemic (TIA) or "mini-stroke" attack. A bulge in an artery that can burst is a brain aneurysm It may contribute to a stroke. One of the leading causes of death worldwide is heart stroke. Treatment is effective if given not many hours after a stroke has occurred within the original, so it is important to identify the side effects and respond quickly. You can vis...

Asthma is a disease of the lungs that triggers respiration. Asthma affects regular breathing; for an asthma patient, everyday physical tasks become difficult or impossible. When proper care is delayed, asthma can be life threatening. Respiratory disorders such as asthma are becoming alarmingly widespread due to factors like rising pollution. India is estimated by the World Health Organization to have nearly 20 million asthma patients. Asthma also affects children, typically between the ages of 5 and 11. The air we breathe in passes through the nose, throat and into the lungs while breathing. Asthma develops when the airways in the lungs widen and tighten the muscles around them. This allows mucus to block the respiratory tract, further blocking the oxygen supply to the lungs. The consequence is an asthma attack from coughing, etc. Symptoms of Asthma:- Some of the asthma symptoms are: - Coughing, particularly in the night, when laughing or exercising. - Wheezing a sound of whistling whi...

What do Pulmonologists do? For some relatively short-lasting illnesses that affect your lungs, like the flu or pneumonia, you might be able to get all the care you need from your regular doctor. But if your cough, shortness of breath, or other symptoms don't improve, you might need to see a pulmonologist in Nagpur . Pulmonologists are specialists who diagnose and treat diseases of the respiratory system -- the lungs and other organs that help you breathe. When should you see a Pulmonologist? A simple cough associated with allergies or cold shouldn't send you looking for a pulmonary specialist. Urgent care or your primary care doctor should be your first stop, and then on to an allergist or ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist. You should see a pulmonologist if that cough persists for more than 3 weeks, or if it becomes severe. This should be done in consultation with your primary care doctor. When else should you see a pulmonologist? The below symptoms can be r...

Pulmonary Hypertension is a serious condition that if ignored can get worse with time. Taking treatments to reduce the symptoms can make living with the disease easier. With proper planning and care, many people have started living their lives the way they used to before being diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. Pulmonary Hypertension is basically high blood pressure in arteries that go from heart to lungs. It is not similar to having high blood pressure. When the blood pressure in small arteries of lungs becomes high, they get blocked or narrowed. This makes the blood flow very difficult and raises the pressure in the lungs. Consequently, the heart needs to pump blood faster making the muscles go weak. This eventually leads to heart failure. Causes Many times the cause of the disease remains undiagnosed. It is called idiopathic pulmonary hypertension. Genes are the factors as to why some people get the disease. Other times, it is caused by another illness that is alre...

Winter brings along lots of lethargy, sleepiness and low energy with it, that it is important to stay active and maintain good health. There are plenty of chances to fall sick in this weather thanks to cold winds and gloomy environment. Here are a few tips to stay healthy and active over the winter: Enjoy seasonal Fruits and Vegetables Oranges, kiwi, grapefruit are some of the seasonal delights that should be enjoyed by everyone in this season. Including these fruits in your breakfast will give the benefits of eating healthy. Vegetables like cauliflower and carrots are a specialty during winters, especially for soups. Tea Season Hot beverages on a winter day are always welcome. Drinking tea which dates back to many decades has numerous health benefits. It contains flavonoids that have antioxidant effects. It keeps the blood vessels healthy and lowers heart risks.  Say No to Tiredness Many people feel tired and sluggish during winters. To avoid this, it is i...

The benefits of Yoga in our lives are well known to everyone. Simple breathing exercises and asanas described in Yoga are particularly beneficial for lungs. The increase in pollution day by day is more reason for us to take care of ourselves; particularly lungs. The more we go out, the more polluted air causes damage to our lungs. Let us find out, how yoga can have positive effects on our lungs. One of the most simple breathing exercises in yoga, Kapalbhati, helps in lengthening the inhaling and exhaling process, maintaining equal lengths of breath and also rapid inhaling and exhaling. It also helps in the movement of the muscles of the upper torso, stretching and strengthening them by the rapid movement. Breathing exercises, Pranayam and yoga helps in neutralizing mild asthma and COPD by improving breathing efficiency and reducing inflammation. Not only do these breathing exercises help in reducing various diseases, but, along with some asanas like trikonasana, they have vari...

Monsoon is one of those seasons that is liked by many people because of the greenery that it creates around them, it also helps people get rid of Summer heat and so on and so forth. But it is not like everyone likes monsoon, many people also dislike it because of the havoc it creates when it rains too much. But during Monsoon, we must take utmost care of our health since we are prone to many diseases during monsoons. The people who are suffering from Asthma should take care of themselves the most during monsoons, as during monsoons Bronchial irritants are present in the air which includes smoke from Vehicles, cigarette smoke, wood fire and pollution added by the factories. The best way to manage Asthma during monsoon is by taking medication daily as Asthma patients should not skip even a single dose prescribed by the Doctor. Some Asthma patients are also advised to carry Inhalers with them wherever they go. Asthma patients should even stay away from Air Conditioners in the house...

The importance of lungs in proper health is often ignored but that ignorance breaks as soon as one starts experiencing problems in breathing, like respiratory illness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc. Breathing brings oxygen inside the body and without sufficient oxygen for the body, multiple health issues may arise. Since the majority of one’s day to day activities cannot utilize the lungs to their complete capacity, one needs to and should challenge one’s lungs with more strenuous activities. Also, surroundings and other external factors like pollutants, allergens, dust, and cigarette smoke causes toxins and tar to build up in the lungs and for the clean-up of the same one needs to help the lung to rejuvenate themselves. Follow these simple tips to maintain proper Lung health. Diaphragmatic Breathing There is a diaphragm muscle that separates the lungs from the other organs in the abdomen. In diaphragmatic breathing, one concentrates on the lowering the diaphra...

Lungs are the most essential part of our respiratory system, which provides germ-free fresh air to our body. Our body has its own defense mechanism which fights against microorganisms and provides fresh oxygen to our blood whereas expels out carbon dioxide from our body to the atmosphere. But humans many times fail to realize its importance and get addicted to such habits which can harm our lungs and threaten its ability to work. Therefore we should take good care of our lungs very well and maintain our healthy lifestyle There are many lung-related diseases like asthma, COPD, lung cancer, and chest-related diseases. If you are suffering from any of these diseases we would suggest visiting a good asthma specialist in your city. Here we are giving some tips and precautions you should take on a regular basis to keep your lungs healthy- Smoking We many times read in the newspapers or during movie trailers that smoking is injurious to health but most of us neglect the fact that it’s th...

In the recent past, the cases of lung cancer have increased tremendously and the main reason behind this is the increasing lifespan of Human Beings. According to statistics, 10% of the 15% Lung Cancer occurs in non-smokers. Researchers have found out that about two-thirds of the increase is due to longevity. The rest, they think, is caused by changes in cancer rates across different age groups. This bleak situation urges us to go back to the root causes of the disease to understand the rampant rise. The popular belief that only smoking causes lung cancer is not entirely true, because even the people who have never smoked in their entire lives suffering from Lung Cancer. Hence, when such people are diagnosed with this deadly disease, they cannot understand the reason behind it. Therefore, all nonsmokers should also know about the top Lung Cancer causes. If you too want to know about them, then read on and stay safe: KRIMS hospital is one of the top critical care hospital i...

Smoking regularly not only does affect your lungs but it also affects the functioning of your Lungs. Expert Pulmonologists at KRIMS Hospitals, (which is considered as the best  multispeciality hospital in Nagpur  when it comes to Pulmonology and Orthopaedics) say that 90% of Lung Cancer are linked with cigarette smoking. Smoking creates changes in the respiratory system which are reversible sometimes but most of the times they are irreversible. A lit cigarette releases chemicals called as carcinogens. The most notorious carcinogens include Nicotine, cyanide, benzene. Methanol, Tar etc. Many poisonous gases like carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxide, nitrosamines polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons etc are also present in cigarette smoke. Whenever you inhale smoke, the smoke passes through the windpipe and then reaches the lungs. Because of the toxic chemicals that are present in cigarette smoke, your lung tissues get irritated. Smoking also affects the people around you too. Pas...

These days, the most chronic respiratory disease in children is Asthma and according to many Doctors, the symptoms of Asthma are developed in the children below the age of 5. Asthma is nothing but an allergic condition in which the small airways in lungs are swollen due to various allergies, that obstruct the breathing out. Asthma is a condition in children that vary by age group as toddlers are diagnosed differently than how adults are. Parents of all children who have Asthma are advised that they must maintain an Asthma action plan with the Doctor to know about the symptoms and its treatment. Symptoms of Asthma: Shortness of Breath Coughing- Coughing from Asthma is often more in the night and early morning Wheezing- Wheezing is a whistling sound that occurs when you breathe Tightness in the chest while running or doing exercise Weakness or tiredness When should you worry? Many things trigger Asthma symptoms like it can be caused by exposure to allergens from dust, an...