Our body is the most sophisticated, intelligent, and
priceless machine on this planet that nature has granted us. Endowed
with the natural instincts of survival, sustenance, and self-propagation
through self-protection, self-preservation, and reproduction, it achieves all
these objectives by talking to us
all the time, both in the states of health and disease.
In the state of health,
it tells us when water and glucose le
Our body is the most sophisticated, intelligent, and
priceless machine on this planet that nature has granted us. Endowed
with the natural instincts of survival, sustenance, and self-propagation
through self-protection, self-preservation, and reproduction, it achieves all
these objectives by talking to us
all the time, both in the states of health and disease.
In the state of health,
it tells us when water and glucose levels in the blood are low, through the
sensations of thirst and hunger respectively, virtually forcing us to drink
water and eat food. When tired and exhausted, it compels us to sleep. Even while
sleeping, it tries to tell us if it needs food or water or safety in case of
danger, through sensory perceptions or even through dreams indicative of these
situations.
Likewise, in case of
the emergence of any disease, it develops early symptoms of uneasiness,
discomfort, fever, pain, swelling, rashes, faintness, loss of appetite, and
loss of sleep. However, the full-blown disease that is identifiable to the
doctors takes a longer time to evolve. Therefore, it is prudent that we carefully
listen to the body and take necessary remedial action, particularly,
timely consultation with a medical professional or doctor.
This booklet is
aimed at establishing a good channel of communication between the medically educated, knowledgeable, skillful,
andexperienced medical professional or doctor who speaks a different
medical language derived from Greek and Latin, and the common man or the
patient, on the other side, who is differently educated by helping him
understand medical jargon, and bringing about medical jagran, a Hindi word meaning ‘awakening’.