Written By Dr. Jyotsana Shree and Reviewed by Dr.Manvir Bhatia-17/01/2025 Sleep is essential during pregnancy for your well-being and your baby’s development. Quality sleep supports your immune system, regulates mood, improves memory and focus, and helps your body prepare for the demands of childbirth. But what happens when sleep is disrupted, such as with Obstructive…
Written by Dr. Jyotsana Shree and Reviewed by Dr.Manvir Bhatia-10/12/2024 Obstructive sleep apnea involves a common sleeping disorder where people’s breathing stops and restarts in a typical, repetitive manner due to blockage to the air. Though many factors contribute to OSA, excess weight tops the list. Individuals can dramatically improve their symptoms and health by…
By Dr.Manvir Bhatia! Ananya Our mind is constantly working day and night. Although sleep is a state of rest, yet our mind is very active while sleeping. During this time, it creates images, scenarios and stories known as dreams. Dreams are autobiographical episodes that come intertwined with past experiences and form a new memory, one…
By Dr.Manvir Bhatia/Ananya-7th November 2023 Sleep is of great importance for everyone, especially for infants. It is vital for their growth, development and overall well being. For an infant, sleep occupies a large chunk of their day. Since they do not have a specific sleep pattern and circadian rhythm, it becomes very difficult to understand…
Restless Leg Syndrome(RLS) is a neurological, sleep, and motor disorder. It is also called Willis Ekbom disease. Individuals suffering from this experience an uneasy sensation in the calf area of the legs and feel an irresistible urge to move them. This condition has the ability to disrupt sleep and an individual’s overall well-being. Symptoms of…
By Dr.Manvir Bhatia & Ananya, 24th July 2023 Self Care – The Path to Mental Health Mental health is a state of well-being of the mind that gives us the strength to realise our abilities, cope with difficult situations in life and work efficiently, learn well and contribute positively to our community. The journey to…
What is Glaucoma? Internally, our eye is like a ball. The cavity inside is filled with fluid called vitreous humour. Outside the lens, there is a small cavity called the anterior chamber. This chamber is filled with another fluid called aqueous humour. Our eye continuously produces aqueous humour. This fluid supplies the eye with all…
Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) is typically characterized by shortness of breath while sleeping. This is due to the narrowed or closed airway so much so that an individual wakes up due to breathlessness. This is the main symptom of OSA along with others like loud snoring, excessive daytime sleepiness, frequent awakenings during the night, etc….
The inability to achieve a successful pregnancy after twelve months or more of timed, unprotected and appropriate intercourse or by therapeutic insemination by a donor is defined as infertility. It is also dependent on the age, medical history, and various treatment measures that a person must have gone through in life. It affects about 15%…
By Dr.Manvir Bhatia, Ananya, March 14th 2023 Sleep is a restorative process for the body. It is a simple phenomenon with numerous processes taking place which include restoration of the nervous, muscular, skeletal, and immune systems, memory consolidation, and clearance of brain metabolites. Despite its importance, sleep deprivation is very common, especially among employed individuals….
Nocturia is a condition characterized by waking up from sleep more than twice or more to empty the urinary bladder. It is a key feature of lower urinary tract symptoms(LUTS). Although it has very little effect on the general health conditions of some people, it has serious negative impacts on sleep quality and Health-related quality…
5 min 54 seconds read. BY GARIMA SHARMA MENTOR: DR. MANVIR BHATIA ABSTRACT- Removing waste from life is important for breathing well. How do our kidney diseases also cause sleep disturbances? Let’s find out: The relationship between Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and cardiac and lung-related problems is renowned though the relationship between kidney disorder and…
By Dr. Manvir Bhatia and Garima Sharma 6 min 11 sec read WHAT IS OSA? Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a sleep-related breathing disorder in which your breathing can be ceased for more than 10 seconds as long as even 100 to 120 seconds, repeatedly during the night while sleeping. This can lead to a…
By Dr.Manvir Bhatia & Ananya Mental health, happiness, and sleep are closely intertwined and have a complex relationship. Sleep deprivation in general makes us feel irritated and exhausted in the short term, but in the long term, it might lead to severe physical and mental health consequences. It might also cause severe psychiatric disorders such…
By Dr.Manvir Bhatia & Ananya, Dated!! 28th April 2022 What is Sleep? Sleep is a state of physical rest but dynamic activity. This state is controlled by neurotransmitters released by neurons of different groups of nerve cells in the brain. These cells produce neurotransmitters such as serotonin and norepinephrine that keep us active and awake….
