Health Advices and Longevity

Not only does it do this, it creates a resistant sort of bacteria in your gut, and rapidly. I know all to well about that.

 

Yes, I do think both heave a relationship. Medicine have identified that a pro inflammatory state causes many of the modern disease. Sugar was a "spice" discovered by Europe (don know the correct name in English) and was invented to a rarely usage in parties and cerebrations. High levels of sugar and carbs for months contribute to a pro inflammatory state that can lead to an activated immune system, thus worsening allergies.

 

What's the state of laser eye surgery these days? I have a friend who had it done a few years back, but it gave her very bad night blindness (where she's super sensitive to incoming light and says it's like it refracts too much).

 

Still excimer + femto, different variations (it's all very simillar really). The problem she's dealing with is due to corneal hazing, microscars. Bad news, no smart treatment once they form, but they can be prevented. Now what we actually do is a sort of a "trade secret", if you will. The trick is to apply mitomycin right after the procedure. It's insanely important to keep it in the eye for ONLY around 10-20 seconds or so, and thorougly wash it out, because the thing will otherwise melt your cornea, it's a very potent cytostatic. If done properly, and people with experience do this, it clears cornea amazingly and no scarring / hazing is left after. That's right after the procedure, unfortunatelly. There are other causes for this, dry eyes, blah blah, stuff that goes away with time.

Now, it's been years for her, so her microscars won't get better on their own I'm afraid. Surgeons would recommend redoing the procedure in hope of correcting the problem, and well, I'd agree it's probably the best approach in this case, but mitomycin is the key. Very dangerous one.

I've dug a link on it, so have your friend google it further: https://www.reviewofophthalmology.com/article/the-dangers-of-using-mitomycin-c
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20618797

Basically it prevents fibroblasts/cytes cells from making scars.

There is one other alternative, pupilary constrictors. Drops like pilocarpine, or perhaps alphagan (antiglaucoma drop) to some extent too. It produces a stenopeic effect, lowering refractory errors significantly. However, less light enters the eye, and these drops are not without side effects...

I'm sorry. I know it's a very annoying thing. It's a rare occurence, and she's really unlucky

Hope I helped a bit

edit: there is a new trend emerging, lasering tiny holes in specific spots on the cornea, like a ring of them, achives simillar effect to proper lasik/lasek/prk/etc, but it's a procedure that has to be repeated multiple times, -> and so paid multiple times... in USA, that is. We don't do that in Europe I think. At least in Croatia we don't.

 

I'm on holiday, not following many threads and...

I just caught the last couple of pages of this one and want to say thank you to everyone for good questions, good advice and a good read

I should be asleep, but it is riveting. Good stuff!

 

As a 24 year old, you guys are definitely not making me want to grow old.

Looking at past posts when it comes to medicine and overworking/lack of sleep, I think it's crazy how many professions, careers, and jobs are making a day where you get 4 or 5 hours of sleep normal (at least in the US). Also, I remember talking to my zoology professor about this since I would fall asleep in his noon class all the time, but aren't we supposed to be biologically designed to not spending a whole damn day working without taking a nap/resting in the middle of the day? Pretty much all primates and apes take naps, so it would be natural for us to do so as well. I'm probably also talking more about the US again since many countries do have their midday siestas and such.

On the medicine side of things, I worked as a CNA for the last half of the year, and it's ironic how we, as caregivers (nurses/doctors/etc), are supposed to do the best we can for our patients while working in conditions where it's impossible for us to do so.
It's interesting to see a lot of doctors on this forum. I'll probably be asking you guys for advice along the way since I'll be starting medical school in the fall. I'm already not looking forward to residency, considering all the horror stories I've heard from pretty much everybody who has been through it.

 

Advice to medical students
1. Beer only on Saturdays
2. No cannabis, please
3. Sexual intercourse only with condom, with moderation
4. NO LSD and no mushroom between 20-35 years
5. ALWAYS REMEMBER: If you are standing up, sit down. Did you sit down? Try to lay down and take a nap
6. Do exercises.
7. If you do feel more crazy than the normal, email me please.
8.. Have a nice trip!

 

Sounds about right. I think that stuff could definitely be passed along as universal advice. Along those lines, I think the two biggest things I've gotten from people who are currently in it or have been through it is:
1. Don't let myself get behind. There's too much information for me to pretend like I'll be able to play catch up.
2. This is probably the most important one, but medical school/medicine is my career and should not be my life. I will still need to keep doing the things that I normally do that make me happy and healthy and not push them aside to study more or build my resume.

 

Just to add another profession. Teachers, especially in their first years work very long hours. Many a day I was at work by 6:00 am, and leaving at 6:00 pm. Then come home, eat dinner and start grading papers or working on lesson plans until 11 pm. I still keep these hours at times depending what is going on. We have an accreditation coming up so lots of extra work.

When I was an administrator it was worse. I’d go to bed around 11 or 12 after getting home around 10 pm after supervising a volleyball or basketball game. Then I’d get up at 4 A.M. Then spent 3 hours writing teacher evaluations before getting to work at 7:30. Wasn’t healthy. My blood pressure went up and my doctor added an additional med to bring it back down.

U.S. seems to think this is somehow admirable. How is shortening your life and damaging your health in this way admirable?

 

It's not. It's stupid. Especially when you consider that we basically have the tech to take it easy, lay low, and provide an absolute minimal standard of health and education for every man woman and child on the planet. But we do this kindsof nonsense.

I wish you all the best.

 

In the US, I think the simple matter of fact is that the more money people can make off of you, the better. Who gives a damn about your health and wellbeing when I can make a couple extra dollars

 

Another thing to note is most places have awful air quality, both in terms of pollutants, and in CO/O2 balance. There's actually a few studies on how poorly ventilated areas may be causing cognitive impairment in workers.

There's really no single cause to pin down for many of the alleged or real increases in diseases/diagnoses. In my (fairly uneducated relative to others) opinion on this, it's probably more of a 'death by a thousand cuts' scenario than a handful of big causes. "Enhanced" franken-flours being used in breads, weird plastic man-booby causing chemicals, delicious roadside asphalt smell, whatever the hell it is Subway does to let you immediately smell it out from anywhere in a 500 meter radius...

Not that I'm paranoid about it all, but I'm glad I got out hiking this weekend while it wasn't raining.

 

What mixture of CO to CO2 is healthy ?
I personally don't like a lot of CO, gave me a massive headache the one time I tried.
CO2 makes me sleepy, something in the middle must be sweetspot.

I've grown up and lived most of my life in countryside.
I hate being in cities not only because of constant noise and the density of annoying objects
(people, cars, junctions that prevent shortcuts to destination etc), it's noticeably more difficult to breathe for me.
And I'm talking town in context of real cities.
Interestingly, when I have asked, city people don't experience improved aspiration in countryside.

 

Yeah my allergies have gone down substantially since going full keto. This last 4 weeks i have taken maybe 2-3 pills of antihistamine. Same time in the previous years i would have taken them every day for months on end.

 

It also kills you dead. Carbon monoxyde gets absorbed into the bloodstream faster than oxygen and you suffocate. It’s a common cause of death in the countryside where you have indoor fireplaces. Usually what happens is people close down the chimney access, before burning stops and insufficiently oxygenated wood coal burning starts producing CO. Usually you die in sleep. There have been cases where locals have got used to some CO and wake up with a headache, but all of their guests are dead.

So yeah, longevity...

 

I need to be more subtle with sarcasm, I guess.

The half life of CO in outside environment will be too low, lending insignificant concentration to inhale it enough to have an effect. There are limited resources for it, too. Cars and factories etc don't produce it much.
Hugging an oven with it's business end closed too soon, of couse will be dangerous, that I one time did.

Didn't visit the oxygen chamber that is a normal treatment here,
instead I attended a kickboxing competition and had my ass kicked.
Good thing was that I didn't feel the blows, as the head ache masked it.

 

When hitting the burn-out/over-exhaustion limit I found alcohol. I used to down liquors and cognacs in a snap. After I stopped that I stopped working over 60 hours a week. Seriously, if your job is not fun enough stick to your personal limit.

Burn-out/over-exhaustion starts silent, then it hits you. I was only about 24 then. (f**k I am not going through that again.) After some rest your body functions but your mind is in black-out mode. I should have partied more. I did not feel alive for a while and I was too stressed out for a long time...

 

I used to work for a big client, a congress centre/meeting place with giant halls. In some parts of the premises the air filters were damaged/worn out/dirty or not well maintained (some combination of factors). On hot days with too little ventilation even healthy people could just faint. It was just before I started feeling my dust allergies rise. The air there was congested and dusty.

Let me just say that the smart ones among us (being me and my experienced colleagues) always drank enough water and moved quickly. (A place is dirty or badly ventilated, do not stay there too long. Newbies learn the hard way and get ill.) The management always tried tried to conceal the issues but the smart ones ("...") knew better.

After I stopped working there I vowed to never return. The managers there running the place treated us like expendable monkeys in uniforms. I will never work there again. They treated people so badly you could not escape the tension there and then the other issues followed. After the job was done, you were happy to be outside again...

 

Sorry, probably should have wrote Oxygen instead of O2 there.

In basics, CO (Carbon Monoxide) is unhealthy in any amount, and usually comes from things like car exhaust. It's especially deadly because we have no way of detecting the stuff without using technology, and it binds to our blood. Would not advise inhaling it in concentration for any reason.

It seems poorly circulated office areas have measurably higher levels of CO2, and any amount in excess of what we find in an outdoors environment is linked to decline in cognition.

Maybe people who live in cities all the time just get used to how awful the air is. I always breathe better when I head out to the mountains, or to the coastal cities. I definitely notice it most in my sleep quality.

 

About burn out syndrome, I really don’t think modafinil, armodafinil or Ritalin it’s a safe approach. Sure it can resolve the situation in a few hours, but it’s chronic use can cause worsening of the symptoms. There are several theories to explain the burn out disease. The best one it’s the cortisol and circadian theory. In a few words, our body it’s not made to live in the artificial environment that we have created. Lots of work, artificial light, 24/7 connected mobile phone. You know what i mean. The best treatment for burn out it’s low dose of agomelatine (Europe) or roserem (us). Aerobic exercise, mindfulness, savage sex (just kidding) and some time. Take some time to make a revaluation of your life. I have been there, and I know it’s very easy to enter the disease path. You must always be vigilant. Take care