[HealthyIndia] The nose has access to the brain.

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There is anatomical continuity from nose to brain.

Often it is not visible to the naked eye. The

cribriform plate and sphenoidal air sinus seperates

the nose from the brain. Many epidemics of viral

meningitis result due to this continuity.

 

I had an unfortunate experience in 1984 when a dumb

neurosurgeon diagnosed a brain tumour in me when i

went with a simple headache. He performed a craniotomy

and this lead to a post-operative complication(CSF

Rhinorrhea and CSF started leaking through the nose)

and i developed bacteral meningitis. I was in coma for

5 days. Fortunately, i recovered without any sequelae.

 

Yes. There is a direct connection between the nose and

brain. The brain is covered with meninges which acts

as a protective cover for the brain matter. When

immunity is low, patients succumb rapidly to any form

of meningitis. The mortality approaches 100% in

infants( neonatal meningitis) and the very old. It is

also fatal in HIV/AIDS patients.

 

Dr Paraki

 

--- Jagannath Chatterjee <jagchat01 wrote:

 

> Tiny Inhaled Particles Take Easy Route From Nose To

> Brain In a continuing effort to find out if the

> tiniest airborne particles pose a health risk,

> University of Rochester Medical Center scientists

> showed that when rats breathe in nano-sized

> materials they follow a rapid and efficient pathway

> from the nasal cavity to several regions of the

> brain, according to a study in the August issue of

> Environmental Health Perspectives.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060802235946.htm

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> [sometime back we had a discussion in the group

> where members expressed surprise that ayurveds often

> use medicines through the nose to access the brain -

> Jagannath]

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> withdraws from life but the conquest of life by the

> power of the spirit. " - Aurobindo.

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Jay Paraki <dparaki wrote:

>

> I had an unfortunate experience in

> 1984 when a dumb neurosurgeon diagnosed

> a brain tumour in me when i went with a

> simple headache. . . .

 

Nowadays, the protocol in most hospitals

in the US calls for at least a CT scan

(often followed up with an MRI) of the

brain if a person shows up in the ER

complaining of a headache. That in turn

creates many possibilities for shady

diagnosis and needless surgical or

other intervention. How else would

these hospitals pay for the expensive

equipment that they have leased as

revenue streams and profit centers!

Sad, isn't it?

 

Jai Maharaj

Om Shanti