Kinetosis

Kinetosis is also called Motion Sickness, it is a condition in which there is a disagreement exists between visual perception and the vestibular system’s sense of movement. Depending on the cause it can also be referred to as carsickness, seasickness, simulation sickness, airsickness, or space sickness.

Kinds

Airsickness: due to air travels like riding a plane
Seasickness: on a boat, due to rocking motion of the boat
Simulation sickness: caused by playing computer/simulation/video games.
Space sickness: for astronauts in space flights

Causes

Brain senses movement by getting signals from your inner ears, eyes, muscles and joints. When it gets signals that do not match, you can get motion sickness.

Motion sickness is a common problem in people who travels by train, car, airplanes and most especially those who rides a boat. Motion sickness can start suddenly, with a uneasy feeling and cold sweats. It can then lead to nausea, dizziness and vomiting.

Your location on where you sit can make a difference. The car’s front seat, first cabins of a train, boats’ upper deck and wing seats of a plane may give you a smooth and pleasant ride. Looking out into the distance while traveling rather than read or look at something inside the vehicle can be a big help to combat motion sickness.

Symptoms

The most common signs and symptoms of motion sickness include:

• Nausea
• Paleness of the skin
• Cold sweats
• Vomiting
• Dizziness
• Headache
• Increased salivation
• Fatigue

Sopite syndrome is also a side effect of motion sickness; usually dizziness, fatigue, and nausea are the most common symptoms. When the motion causing nausea is not addressed immediately, the person who is experiencing motion sickness will vomit. But, unlike those ordinary sickness, vomiting due to motion sickness helps to relieve the nausea. People and animals who possesses abnormality in their vestibular system are immune to motion sickness.

Treatment / Home Remedies

Common suggestion is simply look out of the window of the moving vehicle and to gaze unto the horizon in the travel direction. It helps to reorientation the inner sense of balance by providing a visual reconfirmation of motion.

If traveling by sea at night, just simply take a nap and the motion sickness will dissipate.

Cool, Fresh air can also help to relieve motion sickness although by little significance, foul odors can which can worsen nausea due to motion sickness

Ginger root:
a mild anti-emetic and sucking on crystallized ginger or sipping ginger tea can help to relieve the nausea due to motion sickness

Flower essence:
apply topically, on the temples and inside the belly button

Peppermint:
In tea form, relieved nausea due to motion sickness

Prevention

The following general measures can to avoid or lessen discomfort due to motion sickness:

Don’t read while traveling
If applicable, use head rests to minimize head movements.
Maintain proper ventilation to decrease foul odors that may cause nausea.
Stay occupied to distract the mind from thinking about motion sickness.
Eat light meals that are low in calories in the 24 hours before air travel.
Avoid salty foods and dairy products before air travel.
Eat foods high in carbohydrates before air travel.

Keratitis

A term used that refers to a wide variety of corneal irritations, infections and inflammations. The cornea is the transparent membrane that covers the colored part and pupil of the eyes. Corneal ulcers are commonly caused by bacterial or fungal invasions following superficial corneal abrasions; among the common infectious agents.

Kinds of Keratisis :

·    Bacterial keratitis
·    Fungal keratitis
·    Peripheral ulcerative keratitis
·    Superficial punctate keratitis
·    Acanthamoeba keratitis
·    Photokeratitis
·    Interstitial keratitis

Causes

Keratitis has many types and occurs in both children and adults. Certain conditions can allow an infection to occur. For example, a scratch can leave the cornea open to infection. Dry eye can also decrease the cornea’s protective mechanisms.

Other causes of Keratitis:

·    bacterial, viral, or fungal infections
·    exposure to bright lights
·    foreign objects that injured the eye
·    sensitivity or allergic reactions to eye make-ups
·    dry eyes resulting from disorders of the eyelid.
·    vitamin A deficiency

Symptoms

This infection is generally begins with inflammation of the membrane lining the eyelid and the portion of the eyeball that comes into contact with it. Usually occurs in one eye. Infections are characterized by a pattern of lesions that resemble the veins of a leaf.

Frequency of occurrence can be brought on by stress, fatigue, or ultraviolet light (UV) exposure.

Other symptoms includes:

·    tearing
·    pain
·    sensitivity to light
·    inflammation of the eyelid
·    decrease in vision
·    redness

Treatment

Hot and Cold Compress:
Use clean cloth or cotton swab. Use only boiled or purified water to wet the cloth and place this on the closed eye. Warm compress helps to reduce discomfort, while a cold compress helps in reducing itchiness and inflammation.

Turmeric:
Mix I teaspoon of turmeric powder with two cups of purified water, use as eye drops apply two to three times a day.

Prevention

Wash hands frequently
Take Vitamin A supplement Always clean your contact lenses; use sterile lens cleaning and disinfecting solutions.
Avoid using tap water in cleaning contact lenses.
Avoid touching the eyes if unnecessary

Keloids (Cheloids)

A keloid also known, as Cheloid is a growth of raised fibrous scar tissue that forms over an area of the skin and extends beyond the area of the original injury. It is sometimes referred to as a keloid scar. It is irregularly shaped and has tends to enlarge progressively. In contrast to the ordinary scars, keloids do not subside over time.

Difference between a Keloid and a Hypertrophic scar

After the injured skin healed it usually leaves a flat scar. Sometimes the scar is hypertrophic, or thickened, but only confined to the margins of the healed wound. Hypertrophic scars often subside by themselves (a process which can take a year or more). Treatment such as injections of cortisone (steroids) can help to speed up the process.

Keloids, starts after the injury and extends beyond the wound margins. And sometimes it has a tendency to migrate into surrounding areas. Keloids usually appear following surgery or injury, but they also appear spontaneously as a result of some slight inflammation.

A hypertrophic scar looks similar to a keloid but they are common and they don’t get big like keloids and may fade with time. Hypertrophic occurs in all racial groups.

Keloid can be considered as benign tumor, but mainly an eyesore and cosmetic nuisance and never become malignant. Operating on a keloid stimulates more scar tissue to form, so people with keloids may have been told that there is nothing that can be done to get rid of it.

Causes

Keloids are usually seen on the neck, ear lobes, legs or arms, and on the upper trunk, especially the chest. Most people never form keloids; others develop them from minor injuries, even from insect bites. Colored skin people are more susceptible in forming keloids than fair skinned, and can affect both men and women.

Common causes of keloid forming are due to:

Cuts
Burns
Piercings
Acne pimples (on the chest area)

Symptoms

Symptoms include:

*    Pain
*    Itchiness
*    Redness
*    Unusual sensations
*    Pigmentation of the skin

Treatment

Keloids are very difficult to get rid of, but some people tried these remedies:

Collagen cream:
It is an OTC cream, can help in minimizing the scar effect over time

Compression:
Use a bandage or tape to apply pressure continuously for twenty-four hours a day (24hrs/day) for six to twelve months period. Compression can cause a keloid to become smaller.

For keloids that formed at the site of an ear piercing, a clip known as a Zimmer splint reduces keloid size by at least Fifty (50%) after one year of compression.

Some treatment suggestions include:

*    Laser
*    X-rays
*    Excision
*    Steroid injections.
*    Cryosurgery (freezing)

Prevention

You can help prevent keloids by treating skin injuries with care.

Do not pick at or scratch acne lesions, insect bites, and do not pierce your body

Keloids may be often be prevented by using a pressure dressing, silicone gel pad or paper tape over the injury site