World Liver Day: 19 Apr 2015 Save your Liver

'It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don’t stop! - Confucius

Your liver is unique among all organs, because it can regenerate itself. The liver can actually replace damaged tissue with healthy new tissue – but only up to a point. After too much damage, it can no longer repair itself. You need your liver to stay alive. It isn’t an organ you can do without. On this world liver day 19^th April, 2015, Lets’ see how we can save our liver:

Quick Facts about the Liver

• Liver is one of the most important organs of our body protected by the rib cage. Liver has two sections- the right and left lobes.
• Liver filters the blood coming from the digestive tract before it is circulated to the rest of the body
• Liver is the largest glandular organ and it weighs about 1.3 kgs.
• Liver is the only organ that can grow back by its own and therefore it is possible for one to donate a part of their liver to another person.
• Liver produces BLOOD which is otherwise impossible to make artificially. Liver starts producing blood even before we are born!

Care for your Liver. Protect it. Prevent Liver Disease. Stay Healthy!

• Do not over burden your liver. Avoid excessive consumption of alcohol, and pain killers. These over exert the liver.
• Avoid direct contact with chemicals present in cleaning products, insecticides, and aerosol sprays.
• Exercise regularly. Exercising boosts your immunity and increases energy levels and also has role in reducing the risk of several liver disease complications.
• Always include low fat foods, fruits, and vegetables in your diet. Avoid consuming fried food, processed food, sugar, and transfat.

Liver Diseases

• The signs and symptoms to look for in liver dysfunction are digestive problems, blood sugar problems, immune disorders, abnormal absorption of fats, and metabolic problems.
• The different types of liver disorders include hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease, cirrhosis, fascioliasis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, and Gilbert’s syndrome.
• Liver diseases are usually diagnosed with liver function tests which include testing liver enzymes. In addition, test for serum protein, serum albumin, serum globulin, and platelet count are extremely important markers.
• A complete change in lifestyle including cutting out alcohol consumption, improving diet, and engaging in regular exercise are crucial in the management of liver disease.
• In addition to lifestyle modification, medical treatment specific to the liver condition is of additional importance in the management of liver disease.

Remember, often it is easier to prevent disease than to treat it, so take good care of your liver now. Don’t wait until liver damage has set in to take advantage of these liver-saving tips and tricks. Keep your liver happy and healthy.

Not just live, live it full - World hemophilia day- April 17, 2015

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.” ― Robert Frost

Hemophilia- a rare genetic disorder in which blood doesn’t clot normally due to lack of clotting factors. Because of this, when a person with hemophilia gets a large cut or suffers internal injuries, he’ll bleed for a longer time and have difficulty healing.

How prevalent is hemophilia?

1. A child born with hemophilia will have it all its life.
2. About 15% patients have Factor – IX deficiency (Christmas disease).
3. Rest has Factor VIII – deficiency (Classical hemophilia).
4. Worldwide incidence of hemophilia is estimated to be more than 400,000 people.
5. Around 1300 children born in India every year are hemophilic.
6. There are 50,000 patients with severe hemophilia A at present.
7. Males have 50% chance of getting disease while females have 50% chance of carrying the disease.

How your hemophilic child is being treated in Indian Society?

1. Indian schools refuse admission to hemophiliac children due to medical emergencies and complications.
2. Condition of patient affects the whole family because of fear, anxiety, confusion and guilt.
3. As women are the carrier of hemophilic gene, they suffer more due to criticism from family and hemophilic child.

How parents should help their child with hemophilia?

1. Hemophiliac patient and their family should fight together against hemophilia.
2. Hemophilia should not define his or her identity.
3. Parents should accept it in a short period because being in denial for a long time can affect the child’s well being.
4. Parents should not withdraw themselves from their own child, relatives, friends and society.
5. As hemophilia is not curable, steps should be taken to maintain an active, productive lifestyle by proper treatment and healthy living tips.

Can your child live a normal life with Hemophilia? Yes, he can. Read the following to know how

1. Keep up with regular medical checkups and get vaccinated.
2. Exercise at least 3 times a week or as recommended by physiotherapist.
3. Maintain an ideal body weight.
4. Follow the treatment plans as prescribed by the doctor.
5. Get tested early for blood borne infections.
6. Treat bleeds early and adequately.
7. Eat healthy.
8. Always wear a seatbelt, helmets (in case of driving or riding).
9. Make time for yourself.
10. Get a good night’s sleep.

Last but not the least; you can live your life with hemophilia, the way you want. There is nothing in this world a hemophilic can’t do. 

6 Attributes of a fresher’s right attitude which can lead to right skill

Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.- Hans Selye

When you start up a company, the two important arms of business are getting business and delivering good quality service/product simultaneously. Delivery of service/product is solely dependent upon the skill set of your team but is having a desired skill enough to deliver?

For a highly technical and senior position, skills and experience are overriding. But for a fresher who are yet to be trained, and to learn skills, attitude is certainly a major deciding factor. As they say, hire for attitude and train for skill.

What is right attitude? Well, it could be anything

·         Passion for the job/learning a new skills

·         Resilience

·         Ability to ask questions

·         Do the math

·         Ability to take criticism positively

·         Ability to be proactive

1.      Passion: If you are passionate about the new career you have chosen, you will find it easy to learn new skill sets and coping with the changing environment.

Takeaway: It's easier to be successful if you love what you're doing.

2.      Resilience: The key is to hold on. Don’t give up. You may be facing lot of difficulties but you need to find a way to dig in and keep going even when it seems everything is going against you.

Takeaway: Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow could be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be what you have been waiting for.

3.      Ability to ask questions: How well do you ask questions? From my experience, most fresher fail to think about this issue. But asking questions effectively is a major underlying part of the learning process of a fresher— which suggests that it might be worth giving this attitude attribute a little more focus.

Takeaway: We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell. - James Stephens

4.      Do the math: You need to know about your efficiency; productivity every hour. What you have learnt; how far you have come; where to go and how much time & effort, it will take to reach there. You should have this calculation going inside your head, if you really want to learn

Takeaway: It's hard to achieve success if you don't understand how it's measured.

5.      Ability to take criticism positively: If you don’t know how to accept criticism with grace and appreciation, it is almost impossible for you to learn a new skill. One could take criticism as hurtful and demoralizing, it can also be viewed in a positive way: it is honesty, and it can spur us to do better.

Takeaway: Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. - Frank A. Clark

6.      Proactive: Being proactive at work not only boosts your self-esteem, but also gets to teach you skills real fast. When you are a proactive fresher, you seek to resolve your queries before they even become a problem. Being proactive is not limited to helping yourself, but others around you as well.

Takeaway: Real freedom is creative, proactive, and will take me into new territories. If I am not free if my freedom is predicated on reacting to my past. - Kenny Loggins

We, at Turacoz Healthcare Solutions hire for the best combination of skills and attitude. We believe that your attitude and our skill training can make the big difference we both seek. Click here to join us