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  • Protect yourself from Deep vein Thrombosis

    Protect yourself from Deep vein Thrombosis

     

    Deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot that forms in a deep vein, usually in a leg, might be the most serious health risk you’ve never heard of. It can be a serious risk for some long-distance travelers. Traveling more than four hours, whether by air, car, bus, or train, can be a risk for blood clots.

    Cause:

    Blood clots can form in the deep veins (veins below the surface that are not visible through the skin) of your legs during travel because you are sitting still in a confined space for long periods of time. The longer you are immobile, the greater is your risk of developing a blood clot. Many times the blood clot will dissolve on its own. However, a serious health problem can occur when a part of the blood clot breaks off and travels to the lungs causing a blockage. This scenario is called a pulmonary embolism, and it can be fatal.

    When you walk, the muscles of the legs squeeze the veins and move blood to the heart. Soleus,a muscle at the back of the leg, is also responsible for pumping venous blood back into the heart from the periphery, and is often called the skeletal-muscle pump, peripheral heart or the sural pump.

    Any long period of immobility, such as being bedridden from illness, recovering from surgery, or sitting for extended periods while traveling, is a risk factor for DVT and pulmonary embolism.

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    Situations that can lead to it

    • Prolonged immobility
    • long airplane flights or road trips
    • prolonged bed rest after surgery
    • pregnancy
    • genetic blood clot disorders.
    • Obesity

    How to minimize your risk

    Don’t take a very long trip without stopping every couple of hours. Get out and walk a bit. No matter what the mode of transportation, sitting motionless for long periods may put some travelers at an increased risk for deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot in a vein deep within the muscles, usually in the calf or thigh.

    Take Breaks on a Long Road Trip

     Stay Hydrated on a Long Flight

    Keep up With Meds When on Vacation

    If your doctor has told you to take low-dose aspirin or other anticoagulant medicines daily to prevent a blood clot, take them as prescribed no matter where you are or what you’re doing.

    Keep Moving When You’re Pregnant

    When you’re pregnant, natural changes in your body reduce blood flow and make your blood more likely to clot, conditions that continue for several weeks after baby is born.

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    Symptoms:

    About half of people with DVT have no symptoms at all. The following are the most common symptoms of DVT that occur in the affected part of the body (usually the leg or arm):

    1. Swelling of your leg or arm
    2. Pain or tenderness that you can’t explain
    3. Skin that is warm to the touch
    4. Redness of the skin

    Protect Yourself and Reduce Your Risk of Blood Clots During Travel

    • Be alert to the signs and symptoms of blood clots.

    • Reduce the risk while traveling

    • Move your legs frequently when on long trips and exercise your calf muscles to improve the flow of blood. If you’ve been sitting for a long time, take a break to stretch your legs. Extend your legs straight out and flex your ankles (pulling your toes toward you). Pull each knee up toward the chest and holding it there with your hands on your lower leg for 15 seconds, and repeat up to 10 times. These types of activities help to improve the flow of blood in your legs.
    • If you are at risk, talk with your doctor to learn more about how to prevent blood clots. For example, some people may benefit by wearing graduated compression stockings.
    • If you are on blood thinners, also known as anticoagulants, be sure to follow your doctor’s recommendations on medication use.

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  • Pulled elbow (Radial head Subluxation)

    Pulled elbow (Radial head Subluxation)

     

    Key points to remember

    • A pulled elbow is caused by a sudden yank or pull on a child’s lower arm or wrist; or from a fall.
    • It is unusual for children over five to have a pulled elbow.
    • Don’t pick your child up by the lower arms or wrists and educate others to do the same. Prevention is the key.

    Causes:

    A pulled or nursemaid’s elbow (Radial head subluxation) usually occurs in young children. It happens when a young child is pulled or lifted by the hand or wrist while his or her arm is held straight. For example, the bone can pull out of position, or sublux, when you try to lift a child up  by the hand, pull a resistant child’s hand to get him or her to move faster, or hold onto a child’s hands and swing him or her around while playing.

    It is often referred to as the most common orthopaedic injury in those under age 2 years

    Radial head subluxation most often occurs in young children because the socket of the elbow joint and the supporting ligaments are not fully developed.The head of the radius slips out of the annular ligament,holding it in place. The distal attachment of the annular ligament covering the radial head is weaker in children than in adults, allowing it to be more easily torn.

    After age 3, children’s joints and ligaments gradually grow stronger, making radial head subluxation less likely to occur.

    It usually occurs between the age when children start walking (around age 1 year) and age 4 years (when they fall more often). The peak age of incidence is around 2 years.

    Symptoms:

    • Refusal to move the arm. Your child may keep the arm dangling down the side of his or her body. Sometimes the dangling arm turns slightly inward (pronates).
    • Crying. Your child may cry from the pain and because he or she feels scared.
    • Pain anywhere between the hand and shoulder.

     Although your child heals quickly, he or she has a greater chance of having another radial head subluxation, especially in the first few weeks after being injured.

    Prevention:

    • Be careful in how you hold or lift your child. When you lift or swing your child, hold him or her under the arms. This includes when you lift your child up onto a higher surface (such as a sidewalk or equipment at a playground).

    Use care when walking with your child as you hold his or her hand or lower arm (forearm). If a child pulls back or resists, stop. Don’t pull your child. Wait until he or she is ready to go with you.

     

    Dua for the Protection of your children

    The Prophet (peace be upon him) used to seek Allah’s protection for Al-Hasan and Al-Husain (Radi Allahu anhu) by saying
    أُعيـذُكُمـا بِكَلِـماتِ اللهِ التّـامَّة، مِنْ كُلِّ شَيْـطانٍ وَهـامَّة، وَمِنْ كُـلِّ عَـيْنٍ لامَّـة

    I seek protection for you in the Perfect Words of Allah from every devil and every beast, and from every envious blameworthy eye.

     

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