Nutraceuticals: Should patients not be told or an unnecessary financial burden? With the expansion of the market for nutraceuticals and dietary supplements in Nepal , debates have increased about their registration, quality, price, recommendation, and sales and distribution. A patient goes to the hospital with general weakness, fatigue, or body aches. After an examination, the doctor recommends vitamins, minerals, omega-3, probiotics, or other supplements along with medicine. When it comes time to pay the bill for the medicine at the pharmacy, patients are shocked. Supplements are actually very expensive. And the question arises in their minds – are all these medicines not to be taken? The market for nutraceuticals and dietary supplements is expanding in Nepal. There is a constant debate about their use, registration, quality, price, medical recommendation, and sales and distribution. This raises the main question – are nutraceuticals a real need of patients or not? What are nutra...
Why do you feel dizzy when you stand up from the sun? As soon as you stand up suddenly, some of the blood starts to pool in your legs and lower body due to gravity. The condition in which blood pressure drops and dizziness occurs when you stand up suddenly after sitting in the sun for a long time is called 'orthostatic hypotension'. In summer, sweating and dehydration can reduce the blood supply to the brain, causing a person to lose their physical balance. To avoid such problems, it is necessary to drink enough water, avoid sitting in too much heat, and get up slowly from a sitting position. Many people have experienced dizziness, blurred vision, shaky body, or momentary loss of balance when standing up suddenly after sitting in the sun for a long time. Some people consider this to be normal weakness or the effects of the sun. But in fact, it is a condition related to temporary changes in blood circulation and blood pressure within the body. The sun's heat, sweating, an...