Dynaverse Physiotherapy

08/09/2024

To all the Physiotherapy practitioners

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Exercises to keep us fit and strong.

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What are the findings and management?

12/09/2022

The brain-gut connection: Our "second brain" :)

Your gut creates 95 percent of the serotonin in your body.
That's why the brain and the gut have a lot in common, including the ways in which nerve cells talk with each other.

Neurotransmitters are important chemicals that allow nerve cells to communicate. Serotonin is one of the most important neurotransmitters for that brain in your gut.

Serotonin is important for the functions of your brain and your mood, but it is crucial to the function of your digestive system. Changes in your levels of serotonin and your sensitivity to serotonin signaling can change how your bowel works.

A popular group of antidepressants, including Prozac, is called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). These drugs allow more serotonin to be available for your nerve cells to use.

Everyone has a separate, mostly independent nervous system in their gut called the enteric nervous system. One hundred million nerve cells distributed throughout your digestive system direct movement through your intestines.

This "second brain" can work independently of the one in your head, but there is an awful lot of talk back and forth between the two. Just think of butterflies in your stomach when you're nervous, or how anxiety can easily trigger your IBS cramps.

What Does Serotonin Do?

Serotonin affects many aspects of your gut function, including:

It changes the motility of your bowels (how fast food moves through your system).
It affects how much fluid, such as mucus, is secreted in your intestines.
It affects how sensitive your intestines are to sensations like pain and fullness.

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ANENCEPHALY UNDER CNS MALFORMATIONS

The central nervous system is plagued by a number of congenial malformations triggered by genetic or environmental factors during early development. One of the most serious being "ANENCEPHALY".

In ANENCEPHALY (meaning; without brain), the cerebrum and part of the brain stem never develop because the neural folds fail to fuse rostrally. In other words, this is due to the imperfect development of the neural tube, the structure that gives rise to the central nervous system, during very early pregnancy.
The child is totally vegetative, unable to see, hear or process sensory inputs. Muscles are flaccid and no voluntary movements are possible.
Mental life as we know it does not exist. Death occurs soon after birth.

The risk of all neural tube defects/CNS malformations, including ANENCEPHALY, cerebral palsy (CP), congenital hydrocephalus, and spina bifida, is decreased if the mother's diet during pregnancy contains ample folic acid.