Klinik Cahaya

Mystical Healing...Are they real and safe?

2011-02-13T06:25:00.000-08:00

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just for laugh ok...nothing personal

Hi all...
sorry to keep this blog very dormant

Mystical healing or what should i say...spiritual healing, bomoh, shamans

Do you believe in this phenomenon?

As a Muslim, I believe there are spiritual entities living among us.....not Ghost for sure

I believe that illnesses are from GOD willing and the cure is of GOD willing as well

There are a lot of psychological effects behind each successful spiritual healing....that is What Scientists explain...or if you ever heard of PLACEBO EFFECT...similar.

Reasons:
1. When we strongly believe that we will get healed after seeing any spiritual healing...then our mighty brain will do the rest to follow that

2. Some diseases will go off after some time...what a coincidence... the time you see a spiritual healer..that time is just right for a person who is about to get healed without any help even

3. am thinking of other reasons (in the process)..ha..ha..

.... my stance is.... like this

We can always look for the cures for our illness elsewhere, either it is a second opinion or seeking spiritual help BUT please do not ENDANGER yourself by doing that...you know what is not right ...common sense thing

Delaying a proper treatment can be very bad....for example...in the case of cancer.
Not all cancer are the same.....

I will not further write...prefer any question...i will answer as soon as possible...
I need your views as well as part of my learning....

Dr Redduan

Fat or Obese...

2010-07-30T08:40:00.000-07:00

Hi all...

Very interesting issue currently boiling up in UK

Health Officials in UK are considering renaming OBESE as FAT....sounds funny! ha ha ...yeah mixed feelings i will expect for sure..

The argument is to motivate obese or fat people to lose weight by knowing that they are FAT, not nicely told as obese....

I pun dah FAT dah!...sekarang ni...ish..ish...:)

waiting for your reaction guys.

Fasting month is coming...Selamat Berpuasa

2010-07-30T08:33:00.000-07:00

Health issue during fasting month

Selamat menyambut ramadhan for fellow Muslims friends and clients

I want to take this time to address a few issues during this coming fasting month

1. For those who are on medication, kindly visit your doctor to get some advice on specific issue regarding your health and medication that you are taking....Some medication may need to be adjusted especially if you are diabetics...Please do not adjust your self before you talk to your doctor OK..

2. For those who have gastritis problem...Perform the ibadah at your own pace...there are a few things you can do to improve the success of your puasa despite having gastric problem;
a. Do not missed your sahur
b. Avoid taking spicy, sour, strong coffee or acidic foods
c. Take regular medication if you are prescribed some by doctor
d. After heavy iftar or sahur, do not lie flat immediately...this is to prevent another type of gastric problem that is reflux of acid (oesophagitis)

3. Dehydration is an issue for some people with certain medical problem...so again talk to your doctor about water intake issue...and if you are advised to avoid dehydration...so kindly make sure you drink a lot of plain water, avoid condition or situation that involves excessive sweating if possible and consider yourself uzur for this time and replace the puasa later once you are well.

4. Niat puasa adalah sangat penting....Dengan berniat puasa keesokan harinya...we are somehow telling ourselves and preparing our body to ‘switch to puasa mode’...believe it or not....

Do not underestimate what your brain or mindset can do for you...By berniat or switching to puasa mode...your body will use or utilize the energy storage and water differently...meaning that you will burn more energy from fat, not the muscle....so you are getting rid of unwanted fat as the end product. Your metabolism will be improved and you’ll shed extra pounds healthily.

Maybe you can see the difference before...mungkin sebelum ini semasa berpuasa sunat, kita berniat puasa agak akhir mungkin sekitar 11 am selepas mengetahui kita belum makan apa apa lagi, dan pengalaman berpuasa pada hari tersebut sangat mencabar kan! Tidak semasa bulan puasa...terasa senang hingga ke akhir...

Have you ever wonder why after missing lunch in the afternoon, we felt so hungry and wanting to eat everything nice at dinner after that....but during fasting month it is much more easier to handle the hunger....(this may not apply to everybody...ha..ha...)

It is our normal defence mechanism of our body to crave heavily for food if we are not eating on time or missing meal, because the body always want to stay at the same level every day. This explains why obese people with food craving issue find it so hard to change something they are used to it for long time...so niat is the answer. Talk to your brain, tell them to regulate energy differently....sound easy ya! But I also quite puzzled of how easy it is to do that during fasting month...just by niat...think about it. God is Great.

Stay healthy...
For your info...I discover a trend that during fasting month....I see fewer patients in the clinic compared to other months....but during and after raya...the number of illness rise again and even to higher level....mmmmmm... Think about it.

Take care
Redduan.

Why travelling makes us ill and see doctor after the trip

2010-05-27T08:24:00.000-07:00

taking photo from the plane...bukan 'sakai'

1. You are not eating your normal balanced and healthy diet

Yes...we like to try different food when we are away from hometown, the food that we are not used to take (too spicy, too salty etc)..and we eat food from stalls and streets (Hygienic?)...
Again, healthy eating is the least priority
And...while attending function or meetings...buffet and heavy meals in hotels are irresistable!!
Believe me...i don't thing we eat enough vegetables while travelling too. :)

2. You don't drink enough water

We walk, we carry bags, we go up staircase and even run for last minute things...so we require more that normal days of water intake...it is a simple truth...
We think we must drink just enough because we dont want to go to toilet too often...some people do and think like this
Most of our drinks are not plain water...am I right?

3. You don't take enough sleep and rest

Waking up early and do not want to close our eyes too early because there are too many things to see and to do....Friends will make you awake all night long...to mention a few reasons.
Always on the go and no time to rest..maybe rest when back home...why missed everything in this trip...mmmmmm...true!

4. Your body is not used to long distance & physically demanding activity

When you board a flight you have to carry heavy bags. You walk and walk because you don't travel with your favourite vehicle. You walk endlessly to shop... till you drop. Walking with your favourite shoes that mostly not comfortable...problem knees and back...huh..

5. You forget your medicine....

If you have medical problem...it is not wise to go medicine-free for a few days.
Diabetics with all the nice foods and canned drinks on top of not taking your usual medicine.
Hypertensive with all the salty fried fast food.
Asthmatics with all the unfamiliar weather and.... airconditioned as well as carperted hotel's room. ...just to mention a few situations.

6. You do not enjoy the travelling

Sometimes you will not enjoy your trip...instead, being so much stressed.
Go for a trip not to unwind and have a break but full with conflicts and must do things.
Visiting in laws is not fun...one of my client did say that to me...ha..ha..

>>>>

So guys and girls...all mentioned points above will weakened your immune systems and become a test for your unfit body and stressful mind

One of the island in Sabah Tunku Abdul Rahman Park

So during this coming school holiday...i hope i can prepare you all for the coming relaxing vacation or taking a break trip to the destination that you are looking forward to...

Enjoy your holiday...and to all friends and followers who celebrate Gawai Festival
Selamat Hari Gawai...

oh ya...feel free to ask and give comments...i will answer all.

Sunset in Kota Kinabalu Harbour

10 things you must do to prevent your sinus problem from getting worse

2010-02-16T04:55:00.000-08:00

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1. Avoid having pets with fur at home. Cat's saliva is well known to carry the allergerns or germs that make you allergic to it.

2. Stay away from carpets. Your bedroom MUST not have carpets....please! Carpets, though you vacuum them everyday, is still the best friends for the allergens. (Allergens are the things that cause you had a very bad allergic condition, that includes sinus problem, asthma or eczema)

3. Try your best to take bath with non cold water ( to avoid vasomotor or cold environment related rhinitis) especially the early morning bath.

4. Vacumm your room regularly. Do not sweep or blow on dusty surface. It will only make the dust more available at your nose level in the air.

5. Try to use non-fur blankets (selimut), pillows or clothing as they can accumulate dust as well.

6. Your airconds air direction or fan direction must not be direct to your face.

7. Watchout for environment hazards outside your house compounds. If there is construction works in progress, please wear breathing protection (eg mask) or close all windows during the busy hours of the construction time.

8. Make sure you have enough sleep,........no excess of unnecessary stress, eat balanced healthy diet and exercise regularly....drink plenty of water

9. Follow your doctor's advice on your sinus problem medication...apply the nasal spray with correct techniques...and seek expert specialist in ENT to have a further check ...you may need simple and safe surgery to your nose to clear everything...you may be surprised!

10. God is Great.

Feel free to ask anything...i will further explain...ok..

My Illness and How I deal with it: Allergic Rhinitis

2009-10-18T08:28:00.000-07:00

Assalamualaikum and good day semua,

I have been thinking of sharing few illnesses that i myself suffered which we can share ideas of controling or managing them....the first illness that i want to expose ...ha...ha...macam rahsia pulak....is my Allergic Rhinitis.

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Bahasa kita orang Malaysia ialah Resdung...but it is always misdefined.

Okay..let us accept the fact that Resdung means problematic nose, or sensitive nose or smells from breath due to nose discharge, or greenish persistent discharge (hingus) from nose, or to some people means penyakit yang menyebabkan tumbuh jerawat batu di sekitar hidung....yang bila dirawat secara tradisional akan keluar 'ulat-ulat' kecil dari kulit muka....yang dipercayai ulat penyebab resdung.

Then medically, we divide so called Resdung into... basically 2 types; Allergic Rhinitis & Sinusitis.
Sinusitis is probably the best description for Resdung.

If you have Allergic Rhinitis or sensitive nose (for simple explanation...banyak lagi jenis rhinitis ni sebenarnya) you will experienced these....

Morning symptoms (tanda) that dissapear towards afternoon. Ini termasuk, bersin, hidung gatal, selesema (running nose), berhingus berlebihan (increase in discharge, it can be clear to greenish)

Symptoms can reappear if exposed in large amount with dust, cold weather or environment for example in cold aircond room, pollen (debunga) in 4 season countries.

You will not have signs of infection like fever or cough and generalized body pain. Or in other words you are not sick.

Sinusitis pula;

Stuffy nose or hidung sumbat dengan hingus/mucus yang hijau atau kekuningan dan pekat
Facial bone pain atau sakit bila ditekan tulang pipi
Headache or facial bone pain when stooping down or tunduk kepala sakit tulang pipi
with or without fever....can cause bad breath

My Experience;

I am troubled with chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis (vasomotor type) since i were schooling in secondary school. Every day i have to bring 1 box of tissue with me and every morning after taking bath until 12 noon, i will be accompanied by my good friends;
sneezing every 20 minutes, running nose, greenish mucos discharge and red ithcy eyes.

Malu and low self esteem semua ada, nak concentrate in class also difficult. Apa lagi bad breath..

So my father bring me to see ENT specialist after failing many types of medication that only control the flu like symptoms.

My nose and its deep cavity explored and cleaned during visits that i have to follow every 3 months. No surgery involved. I was asked to get this nasal spray medication every day and i use them faithfully every day and night....

Only after 6 months later i got some relieve and near total cured after 1 year...Alhamdullilah.

Now my allergic rhinitis comes and goes but not that severe and controlled with medication.

This is what you should do and practice if you have these problem...

to be continued....

Raya Tips

2009-09-21T06:58:00.000-07:00

Assalammualaikum and selamat beraya semua

Some tips to remember during visiting raya open house..ha..ha...of course it is all about eating

1. Please remember that you will easily gain back your weight or put extra pounds during this festive season. (to create awareness)

2. Please ask for non carbonated drinks if you think it can be done...for example maybe just a plain water. Or, ask the owner of the house not to serve full glass of drink, instead, maybe one third or 'sikit' only. (if carbonated or sweet drinks is unavoidable)

3. Take only small bite of your 'favourite cake' or maybe share them with your friend. (moderation)

4. Go for 'biskut raya' rather than calorie rich cake

5. Healthy option; nuts...and ....thats all i can think of...ha..ha..

6. Interact, talk more when you are in the house...to distract you from eating a feast...(not all can do that, I understand)...remember the reason we visit friends and relatives

7. You can skip your ordinary meal like lunch and dinner...but not the breakfast. Please take your breakfast before visiting so that you wont be feeling that hungry and do the uncontrolled things.

8. If you have this medicine called 'Xenical', you can take it before you feast on heavy sets of meal...the rendang, ayam masak merah, daging kurma or masak hitam...to name a few...(talk and ask your doctor first before taking it)

9. Be active...i know you will burn calorie less than what you take during raya visits...but still better than nothing...for example...park you car at the roadside and walk, walk and walk. If possible stationed your car at one site and cover all the houses in vicinity by just walking, carrying your child et cetera.

10. oh ya...you can use medical reason for excuse not to eat or drink unhealthy thing..for example...my doctor said i should control my eating because i have diabetes, if not i have to go for injection...ha..ha...everybody are scared of 'injection'...so as the house owner...believe me they will understand you..or you can create other medical excuse...'bohong sunat'...

okay guys...enjoy your holiday and hope this raya will bring more meaning to us spiritually and physically...

Maaf Zahir Batin.

Dr Redduan.

My Update

2009-09-07T22:08:00.000-07:00

Hi all...

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sorry again lama menyepi...busy gilak...and these H1N1 pandemic really slow me down as well.

Selamat Berpuasa...

Image of H1N1 virus, courtesy of CDC/WHO website

Lama sik Update!! Rasa bersalah...ajak...

2009-04-10T06:39:00.000-07:00

Okay, guys and girls....i just realized it, it has been more than 2 months that there is no update or news from me...
Deeply apologized for that....

wow...

It has been a busy time right now for me coz:

1. ada projek terbaru (new project) coming up...will be opening a new dialysis unit for kidney disease sufferers....soon...maybe late of May 09.

2. few travellings to attend free courses and signing of new contracts for the clinic.. really has delayed my managerial work.

3. management work has increased due to more client to clinics...thank you so much for the support...Syukur ke hadrat Allah S.W.T....yang menurunkan rezeki buat hambaNya yang lemah.

4. still looking for good topics to write...ha...I know a lot of you out there are info seekers..so whatever that i write maybe you have known them before...even I have to update myself about what general people have read and known about health issues in recent days so that when they ask me in the clinic, i am prepared to go for or against these opinion....mind you some of the things that you read on the net or on the printed materials may have some commercial issues behind them (i mean sponsored by )...so be careful to accept all the facts before analyzing them

5. my bad habits...procrastination..if i spelled the word wrongly...it means delaying your work or suka bertangguh kerja....nak tok lah ngaco gilak...

okay guys...i will speak on diet and foods issues from now on....in my next writing...

be nice to others..but more beutiful is to be nice to yourself too...

Am I going to depend on medicine for the rest of my life?

2009-02-06T05:43:00.000-08:00

Hi everybody...quite busy nowadays with my clinic admin work and promo...felt like to update my blog but do not have the quality time to think of my next topic that i would be very happy to share them with you....

I am frequently asked about these questions in clinic...

Yes the stigma is there ans sticks strong...

Once you start taking hypertension pill or diabetes pill, you will not able to stop taking it for the rest of your life!
Better delay taking medicine because you will depend on it forever!
Medicine will kill you by its side effects if you start them very early in your life!

These statements is very common, especially when friends or relatives get together to start discussing of their health. Furthermore, our eastern culture does have some ill feeling about modern medicine nowadays and thinks that they can rely completely with herbs and traditional medicine alone for every type of illness.

Do you want me to answer these questions for you...?
of course I will...

First
Most of us do not understand or not being informed that most of the disease that requires long term therapy are chronic disease.

What chronic means?...It means something that happens within long period of time...the starting of the chronic disease is slow maybe left unnoticed by us. In addition, it progress over a long period of time. They can be completely cured or occasonally having ups and downs. They can worsens over time and leads to severe complication if left untreated or poorly controlled. These means hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, kidney disease, chronic hepatitis (liver disease) and joints disease, for examples, are included as chronic disease.

Chronic disease needs long term management plans and follow up.

Second point,
When we are on long term medicine like hypertension pills or diabetes medication, we always thinks that we are already fully protected....So we tend to forget that we need to maintain and practise healthy lifestyle like eating healthily, exercise regularly, try to have enough rest and clears ourselves from high tension surroundings or situations. Stop smoking or excessive alcohol consumption will help definitely.
I have come across many times that losing weight healthily will improve a lot of things...
Again...some of us will think that....oh i am on medication...strong and expensive one...why worry?
Then in that case you will definitely never improve your health and please accepts that you need the medicine forever now to somehow counter or balance the ill effects of all the unhealthy lifestyle that you involves in. Do you think this is a good idea?

Yes some client tell me that they have followed all the healthy lifestyle tips and rules, but still there is no end to their medicine.

To explain this...i am very sorry to say that..somehow after we reach a certain age, the bad genetics from our family tree will have more influences. But never give up please my friends...you never know God will answer our prayers and make things easier for us mentally or physically to go about this life. I keep reminding myself, every pain that we endure in this life hopefully is part of returns that we get for our wrong doings in the past so that our afterlife will hopefully be a lighter journey....(just a personal opinion)

Third points,
Why delay your medication if your body is already taking all the ill effects of the disease.
Yes it is now very common that young people already have hypertension and heart disease.
Of course, please support your friends when you know that they have to take medicine for chronic disease at young age. Do not discourage them because delay of receiving treatment can be too late at times.

Yes maybe we are too worried of side effects.

But my friends...some doctors will tell you this

If you try to balance between the mild tolerable expected side effects that we can observe and intervene when necessary WITH the complications that may arise from delaying to receive medication....the result is very obvious. For example; HEART ATTACK and STROKE as compared to leg swelling, bodyache, thinning of blood, dizziness....what will be your answer.
Of course your doctor will be aware of the side effects and will folow you up for that reason and intervenes when necessary. But do not underestimate the serious major complications especially if you have family history of the deadly complications. Mind you, some of the complications is irreversible or not able to be treated if we present late for treatment, for example heart failure where your heart swells and loss its normal funtion to pump blood effectively through out your body. Or Kidney Failure follows after uncontrolled diabetes or long standing hypertension in which if no organ donors available, we will have to sit on the dialysis chair for 4 hours receiving needle and tube on our arm and letting the machine purify your blood on every alternate days.

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I am not to scare you my friends but please discuss these further with your doctors okay.

Again point no 4,
All medicines have side effects, even taking Panadol, if your body is allergic to it, you will easily land in ICU bed for a week.
Again not my intention to frightened you...talk with your doctors about side effects of the medicine you are taking. Your doctor will guide you of what to observe for and discuss of ways and means to modify the treatment.
Beware....do not think that medical medicine are the only one that have side effects. Nowadays we start to discover that even herbs and supplements are having similar problem.
Last time scientist do not bother to do research on herbs and supplements so we assume that everything is safe. And instead, medicine that undergo extensive scientific reserch worldwide are obliged to report of any side effects to the public. As for herbs and supplements, due to lack of research we are not adequately informed of possible side effects or if we overdose the amount what will happens to us.

Just imagine one afternoon you go to pick up roots in the jungle to prepare for health remedy soups for your friends...but DO you know how much amount of them you suppose to use...will you overdosing your ill friends...Are there any side effects of them that you are not aware of.....Just something to think about...I will elaborate further in my next writings then.

Okay...so much things for tired minds..huh...

Take home the message if there is anything related to you
Feel free to ask any question as well....

By the way...take care.

Spoiled Medicine

2009-01-27T06:01:00.000-08:00

Hi,

It has been a while that this blog of mine ...not updated!! sorry for that...

But thanks to the followers...you kept me going, so I want to continue blogging on behalf of Klinik Cahaya and my life..Thank you...not so much of my life for now....

Topic for this time is preventing your medicine from damages while keeping them at home

Yes i know probably topics in this blog can be quite boring but my intention is to give and share whatever good information that i know to you... in keeping with good health..

By the way.........Gong Xi Fa Chai for our chinese friends and let the new year ahead be a prosperous one to all of you and you..........................as healthy as an ox...

OK...simple truth is medicine can get spoiled easily, by extreme heat, sunlight and humidity.

Tips no 1

Most of medicine must be stored in a room temperature below 30 degrees. Watch out your house room temperature. If your house is airconditioned every daytime, then it should not be a problem. If not, especially if your house is a double storey house without hot air ventilation and not airconditioned at noon, the medicine that you store in your bedroom upstairs probably next to your bed might be destroyed by afternoon heat. Usually the upper storey is hotter than the lower one as the hot air always travels up.

Yes we know that keeping it near us in bed especially the vitamins, contraceptive pills or the anticholesterol pills, is very convenient but taking spoiled medicine can be hazardous to our health instead. So keep them at lower ground or in your fridge as some people have a mini fridge in their bedroom.

In short, heat can destroy our medicine and we should keep them at the temperature below 30 degrees. Having said that, leaving your medicine in your car that you park under direct sun at noon during your lunch break is not a good idea also.

Tips no 2

Do not keep your medicine in bathroom medicine cabinet. Maybe this is more common in the western countries because they do have a small cabinet behind the face mirrors. Why? Because the air in the bathroom is too humid...not good for the medicine. Mold and fungus can grow on the them in such environment. So what about the fridge? Yes we have to control the humidity of our fridge as well. If you are not too sure about how safe or how humid your fridge is, then do not store them there.

Tips no 3

Keep your medicine or vitamins in their original bottles. This is important because the bottles that is usually used are amber glass bottle is the best protection for your medicines against sunlight.

So extreme temperature, exposure to sunlight and humid environment does no good to your pills.

Below is a typical way of some of us put their medicine or vitamins.

Near our bed ...of course.

Those are part of my medicine and vitamins...Recognize them?

My bedroom is on the lower ground so it is okay for me to do that...he..he..

Bye for now..

Eat in moderation during this festive season...

Tighten our ties with others that we call them friends and the special one.

Watch out for the bugs on your hand on this durian season

2008-11-11T00:58:00.000-08:00

Yes, it is true that we can be down with various form of illness during fruit season, particularly the durian season.

Do you know that we can get food poisoining, throat infection and worsening of diabetes from consuming durian in a wrong way....?

But before knowing that let me fills you with good nutritious facts about durian. A medium size durian fruit was measured only for its flesh by nutritionist and they found out that durian is rich in potassium, calories (around 800 kcal per medium size whole fruit), minerals and vitamins. No cholesterol content fo sure. However, it contains considerable amount of fat as well.

First let me tell you how we can get food poisoining and throat infection from durian, yes it applies for other fruits too, which have outer shell for us to peel them off before we feast on its delicious flesh...for example rambutans, langsat. emmm.

You can tell for now that by peeling the shell with our bare hands and directly spoon out the fruit also whith the same hands...will directly transfers the germs from the shell to our body through the fruits....as simple as that.

So take precaution. you can either open all the durian shell first and wash your hands before touching the fruits or spoon it out with a clean big spoon into a clean plate...then enjoy

For rambutans and langsat...i think i dont have to explain that...you easily know it already. Just imagine.... a rambutan or langsat that was laid on dirty grounds and most of the time we pluck the skin out with our TEETH, and your dirty hands help to peel out the flesh before munching on it directly....so ...think over it of the outcomes.

SO Wash hands before eating, our mother always say that....

Yes, having said that, some peolpe are blessed with good immune response but for those who are not, they can contract disease easily from improper and unhygienic way of eating these fruits.

In addition, consuming durian in large amount is also not advisable for uncontrolled diabetics and people who are on low potassioum diet.

Its a bunch of durian flowers, are they pretty?

Take care

2008-11-09T09:01:00.001-08:00

Assalamualaikum and Good Health to my readers!
I would like to try the blog to share my views and experiences from my life and my practise.
I sincerely hope that every one of you, including myself, will benefit from this small blog of mine.

Wish you all a very good health and balanced life ahead.
I am willing to learn from your views and comments as well. So please feel free to participate.
I will try my very best to answer your questions based from my personal opinion and my readings. Smile always.

Dr Redduan