Polar Bear Medical Blog

During these cold winter months many of us tend to become stressed out and rightly so. Winter brings a great number of things that leave even the most cool-headed man feeling stressed out. There’s the lack of sunlight, and the drop in the temperature, but there’s also holiday shopping for family members and making New Year’s Plans. After all that there’s always that exercising and dieting you seem to find yourself needing after all the turkey and stuffing. Just talking about it gets me all stressed out. However don’t worry, there are things you can do.

1. Holy Basil Batman! - Stressed out? Maybe you should try some Holy Basil. Holy Basil is an herb that has long been used as a natural remedy for a variety of ailments. The popularity of the herb is most likely due to its anti-inflammatory effects, antioxidant properties, and its success in relieving stress.

2. Breathe – Yes, we all breathe every day, but doing some deep breathing is a great way to get rid of some of that tension. Take a quick 5 minute break during your day to just stop everything and just breathe.

3. Yoga – Doing yoga is a great way to blow off steam while getting some physical activity involved. Yoga can help you clear your mind and just make you forget about whatever is troubling you. And to all the guys who might think yoga is too “girly” just remember that many of the top male athletes are doing yoga now too, including MMA fighters, hockey players, football players, and basketball players.

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Congenital insensitivity to pain is quite an interesting medical condition. There are very few cases of this type of condition, about 100 documented in the United States. The condition involves the inability to feel pain.

Congenital insensitivity to pain is caused by a genetic mutation that affects the reception and transmission of pain stimulus. What is very interesting is that people with this condition still have their sense of touch. They can feel when people are touching them, and can feel different temperatures (although in some cases the person is unable to detect temperature). Only when an action that would cause pain occurs does the person have a defect in their sense of touch.

Unfortunately, due to many problems that can arise from this condition, many who have it die young. The death of those with this condition is not directly cause by it, but is a result what the condition does. Because these people do not feel pain, many cuts and other injuries can go untreated, leading to infection. Sometimes, too much the body will experience too much trauma without the person’s knowledge and death will follow. Many children with this condition have to have constant supervision, to prevent as many injuries as possible.

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