संक्रमण भगाएँ, स्वास्थ्य लाएँ

आपने मृत  पशु  अवश्य  देखा  होगा।  उसके  देहांत  के    बाद  अविलम्ब  दुर्गंध नहीं  फैलता है।  शव  जैसे-जैसे  सड़ता  है , हवा  में  बदबू  फैलने  लगती  है।  धीरे-धीरे   शव  सूखता  जाता है, एक समय ऐसा भी आता है, जब  शव  सूखकर  समाप्त  हो  जाता है। साथ  ही दुर्गंध भी समाप्त  हो जाता  है। 
 यक्ष -प्रश्न  यह है कि  शव  बिना  हटाये  कहाँ  चला  जाता  है। उसके बहुत  छोटे-छोटे  टुकड़े  अदृश्य बैक्टीरिया  में  परिणत होकर हवा  में  तैरते-तैरते समाप्त  हो  जाते  हैं। उधर  से  गुजरने  वालों  के  सम्पूर्ण  शरीर  को अदृश्य  बैक्टीरिया  दुष्प्रभावित करते रहते  हैं। 

अतः बदबूदार स्थानों पर बदबू होने का मुख्य कारण हवा में तैरते बैक्टीरिया होते हैं। अतः जब हम बदबूदार स्थानों पर जाते हैं तो हमारा पूरा शरीर हवा में तैरते इन बैक्टिरिया के बीच में चला जाता हैं। यह एक तरह से प्रदूषित हवा में डूबकी लगाने जैसा होता है। अतः यथासम्भव बदबूदार स्थानों से दूर रहने में ही भलाई है। यथासम्भव  समाज में या घर में भी दुर्गंध न पैदा होने दें।

मेरे मित्र का छः साल पहले किडनी प्रत्यर्पण हुआ। वे आज भी पूर्णतः स्वस्थ हैं। उन्होंने बताया कि किडनी प्रत्यर्पण के बाद चिकित्सक ने उन्हें संक्रमण से बचाव के लिए निम्नलिखित सुझाव दिए।

1.सत्तर से अस्सी प्रतिशत मामलों में संक्रमण मल-मूत्र त्याग करते समय होता है। अतः वाश रूम हमेशा साफ-सुथरा रखें।

2. यात्रा करते समय फिनाइल अपने साथ रखें और सार्वजानिक शौचालयों में मल-मूत्र त्याग करने के पहले उसमें पानी मिलाकर शौचालय में डाल दें।

 रेल यात्रा के समय फेनाइल रखने का प्रयोग एक नयी क्रांति लाएगा।
 मेरे एक अन्य मित्र प्रमोद बाबू को को गन्दे शौचालय में मूत्र-त्याग के बाद संक्रमण हो गया था, बेचारे को अंततः पी.जी.आई. लखनऊ में  इलाज  कराना  पड़ा।  

HOW REPETITION SAVED ME FROM NASHAKHURANI GANG.

 Five years ago I was at Patna Railway Station where I saw a large number of posters exhorting passengers not to consume anything from unknown persons.

I purchased a ticket for an express train for Mughalsarai but had to board a local train since there was too much rush in general compartments of express trains.

The local became very late due to frequent overtaking by express trains. I ran out of water at a small station where the train stopped for more than half hour since two express trains overtook us in continuation. I became very thirsty and decided to drink water from the hand pipe. But Alas! All the hand pipes at the station were dry. I was restlessly searching for water. One Dhoti clad dark complexioned man, in his fifties, offered to help me. He fetched water in my pot from a 200-meter distant place. I was about to drink water out of severe thirst. Then incidentally my eyes glanced at a poster exhorting to be aware of Nashakhurani gangs.

My sixth sense got alert at once, and I just touched the pot with my lips but only feigned to take water. The impostor of Santa Clause had suspicious body language. He went out of the compartment for a short while; I took advantage of this opportunity and changed the compartment. The black sheep came searching for me restlessly within ten minutes and asked,” Sahab, why have you changed compartment?” I made some lame excuses; the thug was astonished to see me in senses and departed in a flustered state.

Indeed, the large numbers of posters, making public aware of Nashakhurani gangs saved me and I reached Mugalsarai safe after completing the journey of 212 Kilometers in ten hours.

Wise men exhort writing our goals and pasting it at a conspicuous place (e.g. mirror). This shows our unflinching commitment towards our goals and also stalls our minds from forgetting them. Try it for reaping a good harvest.

KEEP SCANNING YOUR ENVIRONMENT.

I was going to Pondicherry by Yashwant-Pondecherry express on May 29th, 2015. The train was scheduled to depart at 9 P.M. from Yashwantpur. We started by taxi at 7 P.M. from our residence at Sarjapur Road. Two hours appeared more than sufficient. My elder son Adwitiya was managing all affairs.
 There was a heavy traffic jam near KR Puram. I became a little concerned but Adwitiya consoled," Once we cross KR Puram, the road will be clear. But due to heavy rain in the evening all the bikers were riding on their cars so there was heavy traffic jam in the whole road. Finally we reached Yashwantpur Railway Station at 9.10 p.m. and found that the train had departed right time. We had to travel by Bus and incur additionally 2000 bucks. (It is another thing that I immediately curtailed expenditure of 2000 bucks elsewhere)

 Later on I found on the internet that the train’s first stoppage was Banaswadi (Bangluru) at 9.25 PM. Banaswadi is nearer to Sarjapur than Yashwantpur. So we could have easily boarded the train at Banaswadi and avoided inconvenience of bus journey in sitting position.

I was supposed to scan my future environment earlier. Had I searched on Google earlier about the train's route, I would have known about Banaswadi and would have saved my money and inconvenience.
 I usually walk around my locality to find what is where? If I meet any new person, I try to find about his background beforehand. I keep myself abreast of all the developments taking place in my environment.
 But I failed miserably here because I thought," I am old enough now and my son will take care of all the affairs." Mr C.S.Lewis rightly told," You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

BEWARE SWINDLERS ARE ROAMING EVERYWHERE.

Use all your six senses to cope with challenges thrown by swindlers.

My grandma used to tell stories about thugs and crooks. Those villains used to have big mustaches and terrible faces. But, in real life, they look like normal human beings. They look friendly but will deceive you, as soon as you go off guard. There are many rackets where they swindle people as part of organized profession.

Medicine companies are one of the best examples. Same drugs are sold by the companies on huge price differences ranging from 100% to 300% or more. I wonder how the government allows this. The height of irony is that the affordable medicines marketed by the reputed companies are not available at all places.

Online swindlers ask debit card numbers and passwords by impersonating themselves as bank staff and siphon off all the money by making online purchases. They give their address to the online marketing companies for shipment of goods even then our efficient Police is unable to catch them, and the racket is going on unabated. 

One can be duped at innocuous places also. Recently I went to get petrol from a well-known petrol pump and asked for 5 litres. The innocent looking petrol pump operator suggested me politely to get the tank filled completely. As soon as the tank became full, he reset the meter within a nanosecond. He claimed 595 bucks. I protested that I did not see the meter. But I didn't want to make a scene for some small amount he might have swindled. Moreover, there was a long queue behind me, so I paid silently. When I related the story to my colleagues, they told that the petrol pump operators dupe as soon as somebody goes off guard.

Therefore train your five senses of smelling, hearing, looking, touching and tasting to cope with the challenge. The sixth sense or the intuition of the attentive persons  also strengthens automatically.

सस्ते में ईलाज कैसे करायें ?

दुर्भाग्यवश अनेक चिकित्सकों ने चिकित्सा को ज्यादा से ज्यादा लाभ कमाने का  साधन बना लिया है। वे अपना दवाखाना रखते हैं और ऐसी दवाइयाँ लिखते हैं जो सिर्फ उनके दवाखाने  में ही 

उपलब्ध होती  है। मैंने इन दवाइयों में मौजूद केमिकल वाले अन्य दवाइयों से  इनकी तुलना की  तो पाया कि लगभग/  हूबहू कॉम्बिनेशन वाली दवाइयाँ बाजार में काफी सस्ती मिलती हैं। अतः आप यदि बिना दवाखाना रखने वाले चिकित्सक से दिखाएंगे तो दवाइयों के मूल्य में आपको भारी बचत हो सकती है।
अनेक चिकित्सक बहुत ज्यादा जाँच लिखते हैं। उनके सहायक आपको किसी खास जाँच-घर में ही जाँच कराने की सलाह देते हैं।  ऐसे चिकित्सकों से भी यथा-संभव दूर रहें।
चिकित्सा-जगत में स्वर्गीय डॉक्टर शिवनारायण सिंह और डॉक्टर एस.एन जायसवाल  जैसे आदर्शवादी और योग्य चिकित्सक बहुत हैं। आप  ऐसे चिकित्सकों से इलाज कराकर खर्च  में भारी बचत कर सकते हैं। मेरे दोस्त-समबन्धी जब बीमार पडते हैं तो मैं उनका समाचार पूछने जाता हूँ। बातों ही बातों में उनसे इलाज करने वाले चिकित्सक का नाम और इलाज के दौरान उनके अनुभव के बारे में पूछता हूँ। इस तरह मेरे पास अपने शहर के सुयोग्य और कम जांंच एवं दवा लिखने वाले चिकित्सकों की सूची बन गयी है।
कुछ बीमारियों का इलाज सचमुच काफी खर्चीला होता है। ऐसी बिमारियों के चपेट में आने पर आपकी आर्थिक स्थिति चरमरा सकती है। अतः आप एक फ्लोटिंग मेडिक्लेम पालिसी ले सकते हैं जो एक विशेष राशि तक आपके परिवार के किसी भी सदस्य का चिकित्सा खर्च वहन कर सकता है। विस्तृत जानकारी आपको सम्बंधित इन्सुरेंस कंपनी के कागजात से  मिल सकती है। पंजाब नेशनल बैंक भी ओरिएण्टल इन्सुरेंस कंपनी के साथ टाई-अप करके  बहुत आकर्षक मेडिकलेम पालिसी बेचता है जिसमें आपके परिवार के चार सदस्यों को फ्लोटिंग मेडिक्लेम इन्सुरेंस दिया जाता है।
मैनें गूगल सर्च करने पर पाया कि मैनकाइंड फार्मा लिपिड प्रोफाइल कम करने की दवा LIPIKIND-F  4 रूपये 20 पैसे टेबलेट बेचती है, यही दवा कुछ कंपनी 15 रूपये टेबलेट बेचती है। इसी तरह इप्का की  LOSANORM २५, 2 रूपये प्रति टेबलेट से भी कम पर मिलती है जबकि इसी कैमिकल से बनी दवा के लिए कई कंपनियां 5 रूपये टेबलेट से भी ज्यादा एमआरपी रखी हैं।
अतः आप जागरूक रहकर अपने बटुए पर कम दबाब  देकर भी अपना इलाज करा सकते हैं। 

बीमारियों में जड़ी-बूटियों का उपयोग, कितना उचित ?

मुझे मधुमेह हुआ तो मेरे अनेक शुभचिंतकों ने अनेक प्रकार की जड़ी-बूटियों के बारे अवांछित सलाह दी। मेरे एक मित्र ने पूरे विश्वास के साथ भरोसा दिलाया कि बेल-पत्र की कोंपल मधुमेह पर जादू जैसा असर डालती है। चूँकि मूझे पता था कि बेल-पत्र की कोंपल का कोई दुष्प्रभाव नहीं होता है, अतः मैंने इसे आजमाया, मुझे तो मधुमेह में इससे कोई लाभ नहीं हुआ।

उपरोक्त विषय पर मेरे एक सम्बन्धी जो एम.बी.बी.एस., एम.डी. चिकित्सक हैं. उनका कहना है कि मधुमेह जैसी गंभीर बीमारियों में जड़ी-बूटियों के उपयोग से बचना चाहिए क्योंकि उनके गुण-दोषों को परखने के लिए कोई रिसर्च नहीं किया गया है . कुछ जड़ी-बूटियों के दुष्प्रभाव भी हो सकते हैं, जैसे कुछ लोग मानते हैं कि करैले का रस ज्यादा पीने से किडनियां फेल हो सकती हैं. यद्यपि इस पर शायद कोई रिसर्च नहीं हुआ होगा।

 एक बार मेरे एक मित्र ने मुझे बताया कि एक जड़ी-बूटी बेचने वाला घुटने के दर्द की राम-बाण दवा बेच रहा है। उस दुकान पर जाकर मैंने भी दवा खरीद ली।  दुकानदार दवा की तारीफ में एक से बढ़कर एक कशीदे काढ़ रहा था, लेकिन उसने दवा में प्रयुक्त जड़ी-बूटियों का नाम नहीं बताया और कहा कि यह ट्रेड-सेक्रेट है।  कुछ दिन दवा  खाने के बाद मेरा दर्द तो ठीक गया, लेकिन मैं अजीब नशे जैसी हालत में रहने लगा।  मेरे एक मित्र को जब यह पता चला तो उसने बताया कि वही दवा खाने के बाद उसके पिताजी के दोनों पैर चेहरा सहित सूज गए थे। चिकित्सक के सलाह पर दवा बन्द करते ही उनकी सूजन ठीक हो गयी।
मेरे अनुजतुल्य चन्द्रशेखर ने इस विषय पर अपना निम्नलिखित अनुभव बताया।

मै पत्नी के पैर दर्द की दवा मोतिहारी के एक नामी आयुर्वेदिक चिकित्सक से लेता था और दर्द शीघ्र  ठीक हो जाता था। अतः पत्नी भी खुश हो जाती थी और मै भी निश्चिन्त हो जाता था। एक दिन पत्नी ने बताया कि दवा लेने के बाद पैर दर्द तो चला जाता है पर पेट में दर्द होने लगता है। यह सुनकर मेरा माथा ठनका। मै इसके पीछे पड़ा तो पता चला कि इसमें पेन किलर के टेबलेट को पीसकर मिलाया जाता था। मै ढगा महसूश करने लगा। 
कभी भी आयुर्वेदिक दवा लोकल बनाया हुआ नहीं लेनी चाहिए। हमेशा ब्रांडेड कम्पनियों जैसे डाबर ,झंडू या पतंजलि का ही लेना चाहिए।

अतः फुटपाथ आदि पर जड़ी-बूटियां बेच रहे नीम-हकीमों के सब्ज-बाग मेँ आकर अपने स्वास्थ्य से खिलवाड़ न करें। यदि आयुर्वदिक दवा खाना चाहें तो मशहूर कंपनियों की दवायें शिक्षित आयुर्वेदिक चिकित्सक की देख-रेख में खाएं। मैनें दादी-नानी  के नुस्खों को भी एक सीमा तक लाभप्रद पाया है, इन्हें लेते समय कम से कम आपको इतना पता तो रहता ही है कि आप क्या ले रहे हैं ?

THE DREADED DIABETES FOOT

 A tiny piece of stone hit the right toe of my barefooted diabetic friend while visiting a prominent enormous temple in Ahmadabad. He got first aid and decided to get proper treatment in Muzaffarpur. Unfortunately his leg became infected in the mean time, and finally, he succumbed to the terrible infection after suffering for five months in a costly nursing home at Patna.

I am also a diabetic. My doctor Mr. Suman Kumar advised me always to wear good quality cotton socks and shoes, and he also warned that diabetics are prone to diabetes foot which is incurable till now.
 I also searched the internet and read innumerable articles about diabetes foot. I put some important points below for ready reference.

1. Don't walk barefooted, even in your home.

2. Wear good quality comfortable socks and shoes in outings.

3. Wash your foot daily with warm water and dry them well.

4. Apply good quality foot cream.

4. Last but not the least; keep your blood sugar level in the normal range with doctor's prescribed medicines, proper diet, and active exercises. 

BEWARE OF FRAUDSTERS

A few days ago a smart young lady called on me and informed that she received a mobile call purportedly from the bank. The caller asked her debit card number and PIN (Personal Identification Number). She smelled a rat and refused to oblige. But the caller insisted that bank needed this information urgently else, her account would be blocked. So the lady relented and gave her husband's mobile number to the caller.

Her husband is a defence personnel. His mobile rang when he was travelling in a train. The caller asked the debit card number and its PIN urgently. The military man first hesitated, but when the caller threatened him that his account might be blocked in the absence of the required information, he gave in. The fraud caller withdrew almost all the amount from his saving fund account.

 Please always keep in mind that your bank never asks your debit card or credit card No., password, PIN, or any information related to your card. If anybody asks such information, please inform the law enforcing agencies or nearest cyber crime cell. 

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SAVE YOUR CHILD FROM RASCALS

Once I read in a newspaper that a drunken beast attempted to rape his daughter, the villagers saved the victim after hearing her shouts. Later on,  the ill-fated girl and her mother lodged a FIR with the Police.

 Newspapers often report such incidents where close relatives or friends are involved in such heinous crimes. So, don't leave your child alone with even a close relative.

Perpetrators of sexual assault on the children are often known to the child and trusted by his family

Everybody is not a rascal. None is out and out saint also. Both good and bad thoughts continuously flow in our mind. Even a good man may commit blunders if there is nobody to stop him. Moreover, such incidents are contagious like an epidemic. The small child does not understand what is right or wrong? He attempts to repeat nasty things with his juniors.

Since one can’t be present at every place to guard a small child; it will not be a bad idea to make him abreast of such threats. I hope child psychologists will take the challenge to design suitable strategies for this noble cause.

REGISTER YOUR PAN IMMEDIATELY

When you receive your PAN, please register it immediately at www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in; otherwise, your Chartered Accountant or Income Tax Advocate may register it on your behalf. 
 Presently the income tax department allows one mobile number in four PANs, earlier it was ten PANs. So unscrupulous persons are putting their own mobile number in their client's PAN registration and keeping his password secret from their clients to force the clients to hire them for filing tax returns for which they are charging a hefty sum.

I faced similar problem. I needed my password for e-filing my income tax return. When I visited the site www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in and tried to register my PAN there. I was informed that my PAN was already registered. I tried to recover my password by clicking on the "Forgot Password" Link. I was asked to reply answer of a secret question. I did not know the answer since my PAN was already registered  by someone else without my knowledge.(It is a travesty that anyone can register your PAN on the e-filing site by just giving information available on your PAN card. Now- a-days photo copy of PAN is required at many places.) I didn’t know even the e mail ID registered at that time. The e-filing site has peculiar rule that they will send you reset password at the e-mail ID registered with them. So I faced too much difficulty in resetting password. Finally to reset my pass word, I had to upload my digital signature which is a costly option.

I COULD HAVE CAUGHT THE BASTARD EARLIER.

AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE.
---- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.

 I felt uncomfortable when a marriage party crossed my house while enjoying firecrackers.  I wanted to yell. Often I got irritated at trivial. However, I managed to keep calm somehow.

My friend Prashant Patel visited my office and exclaimed with concern that I had lost much weight. I retorted immediately, "I take controlled diet and exercise regularly that is why I have lost weight."I lost 7 Kg in a few months. It appeared unusual and I was a bit confused but didn't talk to my Doctor.

I returned home exhausted but wrongly believed, "It was due to hard work at the office." I was consumed much water due to unusual thirst and also visited washroom frequently, but I rationalized, "It was because of intake of much water and happily misbelieved that I was detoxifying my body by taking plenty of water."

There was confusion in recalling things. I was addressing a rally at Bank of India, Zonal Office. I saw an ex-colleague who recently joined Bank of India as a Probationary Officer. I recalled his name clearly. But when he wished me at the end of the rally, I could not call him by name.

But my sixth sense became alerted when I awoke twice in a night for going to the washroom. I gave my blood sample for the test. My blood sugar fasting level was 140. My PP level was detected 340 on Saturday and 447 on Tuesday. All the family members panicked. The Doctor advised me to cancel my visit to Bhubaneswar for attending CEC meeting.

I could have avoided all the unpleasantness if I could have caught the bastard earlier.

THE HIGHJACKER TOOL BAR

On the 27th October I was trying to free download latest version of Java from the internet.  I searched it on the Google and started to download Java from an unknown site. After completion of the download, I clicked on the Google Chrome. To my utter amazement, I saw one unknown toolbar & search engine on the screen. I became horrified after seeing the following message at the bottom of the screen.

Your computer will crash in a few minutes. Please click on OK to fix the problem.

First I decided impulsively to click OK. But I decided against it within fractions of second since the message looked unusual & ominous. I searched Google again restlessly and found that actually one highjacker toolbar was somehow downloaded in my computer while free downloading Java from an unofficial site. This nasty toolbar was trying to divert me to some malicious site. I was very puzzled. I racked my brain to find a solution and opened control panel to uninstall the programme. But I found it very difficult to uninstall it. I shut down the computer and restarted it. After that I could uninstall the devious highjacker toolbar.

 I again clicked on the Google Chrome Icon and found to my dismay that the nasty highjacker toolbar and search engine was present even now. So I decided to fully scan my computer with the antivirus already installed in my computer.  One spyware was also detected.  The antivirus cleaned the spyware.  I uninstalled Google Chrome also. After that I downloaded Java from www. java.com and re-downloaded Google Chrome afresh from official site.

  The problem was finally solved. Then I took a vow that I will never download any software from an unofficial site.