Guest guest Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/programmes/is_2.shtml A huge number of people who have heart bypass surgery experience some sort of change in their brain function. And in up to 39 per cent of these the changes are quite extreme - if you were doing equivalent tests on your typing skills, you'd drop from 80 wpm to 65 wpm. Yet there are several newly researched techniques which surgeons could practice in this country that could protect their patients. They do many of them in America, but not so many in this country. It's believed that this is partly for reasons of cost and partly due to the unwillingness of some surgeons who refuse to change their practices that tens of thousands of patients brains are being needlessly, adversely affected every year. Brain changes can include: selective memory loss; problems with concentration and focus; difficulties in multi-tasking; anger issues - and problems controlling overwhelming feelings of frustration; depression and mood swings. Some of these effects have also been observed, to a lesser extent, in other major operations, such as: angioplasty; hip replacement operations; knee operations; some cancer surgery; some gastro- intestinal operations. That means up to many thousands of people a year might be being affected - unnecessarily. Heart bypass surgery is a wonderful thing which gives people a new lease of life physically: people who would take twenty minutes to walk three hundred metres can cycle or climb mountains. But the downside can be mental and it can cause forced early retirement, long bouts of depression and frustration, and breakdown of lifelong relationships. The research The leading research into this phenomenon is British and is being done at UCL Hospitals in London, under the leadership of Professor Stanton Newman. They've discovered that there are plenty of things surgeons can do which can minimise the likelihood of damage. Bringing it down from 39% of patients to 14%. The trouble is, most GPs don't know about this research. Indeed a great number of British surgeons don't seem to be acting on it either. The research team think the basic problem is microemboli. These are very tiny bits of matter - blood residue, fat globules, gas, athero- schlerotic material. To use a crude plumbing analogy, if your arteries are like pipes, they've got lots of kettle fur stuck to their edges. And if bits of this break off during surgery, they can travel with the blood up to the brain ('HITs') where they can cause hundreds of little mini-strokes ('SCADs'). We see the team actually going into operations and listening out for the audible 'crack' that can occur when the aorta is clamped, or monitoring the brain as HITs of microemboli pass through the blood- brain membrane. They used to have this audio up on loudspeakers during operations, but this was so distressing to surgeons they made the researchers listen to their scans on headphones! The UCL team in cooperation with other research teams throughout the world have already discovered the benefits of filtering blood using arterial filters, shortening the length of operations, and the protective effect on the brain of patients of younger age and higher levels of education. At the moment they're carrying out blind tests on different types of surgical intervention; (operating on a still beating heart as opposed to stopping the heart and using a heart pump machine); looking at different protective effects of different anaesthetics (such as xenon) and other pharmaceutical agents. Synopsis Andrew is only 33 years old. He's already had a triple heart bypass. He's a traffic warden who is now constantly angry at work, with his three kids, with his wife; he's also forgetful, irritable and depressed: so much so that it's threatening his marriage. He and his wife are going to counselling - but will it work? Mo's memory has become so bad she can hardly go out of the house, for fear she'll lose her way. As she says, she used to have a responsible job remembering thousands of lines of products in the warehouse where she worked - and now she can't even remember what's in her own grocery cupboard. Her salvation comes from the love and patience of her husband Pete - and their frequent weekend caravanning trips. Joe used to play chess for Malta, but since his heart bypass operation his ranking has dropped by over 30%. Inexperienced beginners at the chess club now beat him, which makes him very frustrated and angry. He can still think five or ten moves ahead; he can still think of all the right moves; the trouble is he often plays the moves in the wrong order, playing move three before building up steadily through moves one and two. Joe got no warning from his GP or surgeon, so he went through a lot of stress because he feared he had Alzheimer's, when actually his symptoms are fairly common after heart bypass surgery. Yvonne has lots of bits of her memory perfectly intact; she can read three books at once and remember all the plots, but she keeps not remembering clues in her crossword puzzles, or the names of old friends; she can remember the beginning and the end of a car journey, but not the middle. So a journey of six minutes can suddenly take half an hour. But she's had a new lease of life physically. And interestingly, her husband Frank thinks she's a nicer person now, more relaxed, less stubborn. He loves her much more now than before. And it follows the UCL research team as they investigate whilst two heart bypass operations are carried out in the UCL Heart Hospital. Comments The symptoms of memory loss and anger could be related to a Heart Blood deficiency. I wonder if they also have insomnia, poor appetite, etc? Attilio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2003 Report Share Posted August 17, 2003 In a message dated 8/14/2003 5:23:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, attiliodalberto writes: The symptoms of memory loss and anger could be related to a Heart Blood deficiency. I wonder if they also have insomnia, poor appetite, etc? Attilio If a person has "Heart Blood Deficiency", due arterial sclerosis, which is often the case, then the rest of the body would be suffering from blood deficiency also. The brain and it's functions would suffer, creating memory loss. The glands would suffer producing fewer hormones that might effect the sleep and deplete yin and yang. The same with another form of blood deficiency, anemia. Both of these examples of a blood deficiency has very little to with the heart. Just the supply of blood and oxygen to the rest of the body. I think this is similar to the confusion regarding spleen and pancreas. TCM works absolutely within it's model. Understanding TCM as it relates to western science is going to be more and more important. Just another two cents, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2003 Report Share Posted August 17, 2003 --- Musiclear wrote: > I think this is similar to the confusion > regarding spleen and pancreas. 2 cents: i had a patient who has been fairly healthy all his life, but suffered an accident w/ trauma to his spleen, rupturing it, and had it surgically removed. his personality changed from someone who didn't worry to a constant low-level no-reason worry-warting. Suppose it could have been the accident that caused it 'psychologically', but he doesn't have trouble sleping, or have feelings of anviety of fear. Just worry/overthinking. Bye, Hugo ______________________ Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Messenger http://uk.messenger./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2003 Report Share Posted August 17, 2003 The Classics say that the Spleen is the Official in charge of transportation and transformation, and it houses the Yi, which is sometimes translated (a bit superficially) as thought. Stuck thought can become worry. I find your report fascinating. I studied with someone who had had her gall bladder removed. Gall Bladder is the Upright Official of Decisions and Judgment. The Classics also saw each organ system as having a sphere of influence, hence the name Official. She sometimes has a terrible time making decisions. We were told that the sphere of influence remains, that the Official 'reseats' itself on the channel even without the presence of the organ. It would appear that it would be compromised, or under stress since the system isn't complete without the organ. Makes transplants a whole new game, doesn't it? karen Hugo Ramiro wrote: > --- Musiclear wrote: > > > I think this is similar to the confusion > > regarding spleen and pancreas. > > 2 cents: i had a patient who has been fairly healthy > all his life, but suffered an accident w/ trauma to > his spleen, rupturing it, and had it surgically > removed. his personality changed from someone who > didn't worry to a constant low-level no-reason > worry-warting. > Suppose it could have been the accident that caused > it 'psychologically', but he doesn't have trouble > sleping, or have feelings of anviety of fear. Just > worry/overthinking. > > Bye, > Hugo > > ______________________ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE > Messenger http://uk.messenger./ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 The Classics say that the Spleen is the Official in charge of transportation and transformation, and it houses the Yi, which is sometimes translated (a bit superficially) as thought. Stuck thought can become worry. I find your report fascinating. I studied with someone who had had her gall bladder removed. Gall Bladder is the Upright Official of Decisions and Judgment. The Classics also saw each organ system as having a sphere of influence, hence the name Official. She sometimes has a terrible time making decisions. We were told that the sphere of influence remains, that the Official 'reseats' itself on the channel even without the presence of the organ. It would appear that it would be compromised, or under stress since the system isn't complete without the organ. Makes transplants a whole new game, doesn't it? karen Atti: I think that even though the organ has been removed it still exists at the ethereal level and therefore can still be treated with herbs and acupuncture. If you took a `aura' photo of it (can't remember the exact name of the photo process) it will still show the organ as being there. They done some tests with this with leafs as described in Richard Gerber's Vibrational Medicine. Hugo Ramiro wrote: > 2 cents: i had a patient who has been fairly healthy > all his life, but suffered an accident w/ trauma to > his spleen, rupturing it, and had it surgically > removed. his personality changed from someone who > didn't worry to a constant low-level no-reason > worry-warting. > Suppose it could have been the accident that caused > it 'psychologically', but he doesn't have trouble > sleping, or have feelings of anviety of fear. Just > worry/overthinking. Atti: Ahh, well some may say `there goes you above theory'. Although I think that the organ may be deficient and thus showing signs of deficiency due to the trauma it underwent. Did they have signs of dampness, sluggishness, heavy limbs or loose stools aswell? Did you try to tonify the Spleen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 In a message dated 8/18/2003 3:17:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, attiliodalberto writes: If you took a `aura' photo of it (can't remember the exact name of the photo process) I think you mean Kirlian photograph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 The Classics say that the Spleen is the Official in charge of transportation and transformation, and it houses the Yi, which is sometimes translated (a bit superficially) as thought. >>>They also say puncture the spleen organ and you kill the patients in 5 days Alon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 Thats the one. Thanks Maya, i remembered it began with a k. ===== Attilio www.chinesedoctor.co.uk Chinese Traditional Medicine Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook. http://calendar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 Do you mean Kirlian Photography?YinTangSong wrote: In a message dated 8/18/2003 3:17:32 AM Pacific Standard Time, attiliodalberto writes: If you took a `aura' photo of it (can't remember the exact name of the photo process) I think you mean Kirlian photograph. For practitioners, students and those interested in TCM. Membership requires that you do not post any commerical, religious, spam messages or flame another member. If you want to change the way you receive email message, i.e. individually, daily digest or none, then visit the groups’ homepage: Chinese Medicine/ Click ‘edit my membership' on the right hand side and adjust accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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