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ROLE OF LITHIUM IN OUR LIFE

Lithium Carbonate is the mainstay in the management of manic depressive psychosis. It shifts the mood of a very depressed person or the mood of a very manic person back to the middle ground. Lithium also acts to prevent recurrent attacks.
The down side of Lithium therapy relates to the fact that the therapeutic dose lies in close proximity to the dose required to produce toxicity. Early signs of Lithium toxicity include nausea and mild diarrhea.
As serum levels of Lithium rise tremor, drowsiness, giddiness, clumsiness, ringing in the ears, blurred vision and difficulty with speech, all begin to occur. A severely toxic patient becomes unconscious and dangerous irregularities of the cardiac rhythm quickly eventuate.
The use of Lithium beyond three to five years can cause thyroid disease and kidney damage. Toxicity is exaggerated by excessive perspiration, fluid tablets, diarrhea, vomiting and kidney disease.

Home Remedies
Regular serum Lithium tests are very important. With a change of season from winter to summer, close scrutiny of the effects of perspiration are indicated. Annual measurements of thyroid and kidney function are also obligatory when Lithium is taken perennially. Aspirin like arthritis tablets (NSAIDs), Fluid Tablets and other major tranquillizers enhance the effect of Lithium and doctors should be carefully quizzed as to the necessity for taking these medications in combination with Lithium.

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GENERAL HEALTH

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