Dr R K Sanghavi

      # RKS: 💤 SLEEP (III) PROMOTE HEALTHY SLEEP - DRIVE AWAY INSOMNIA RKS / 2025-2026 / Ser 7 / Blog 3 1st June 2025 ENSURING OPTIMAL SLEEP ... NATURALLY Dear Reader, In yesteryears sleep therapy was pharmacologically defined as successful inducing sleep for 20 hours in a day for an extended period, say 2 weeks. But in today's context the same is neither acceptable nor practical. Various drugs are available which claim to mimic the physiological sleep pattern. But since drugs are besieged with their own shortcomings in terms of side effects, alternative sleep aids have become very popular and widely accepted. Fig:  Worldwide usage of sleeping aids. In the context of usage of aids for sleeping disturbances the top 10 countries by rank include: Sweden Norway Denmark Singapore New Zealand United States of America (USA) France Canada United Kingdom (UK) Czechia This last blog of a series of 3 pertaining to sleep and its disturbances claims to unfold various options ava...

     # RKS: 💤 SLEEP (II) INSOMNIA aka SLEEPLESSNESS RKS / 2025-2026 / Ser 7 / Blog 2 1st May 2025 INSOMNIA - A PAIN OR A GAIN? THE INSOMNIA OUTBURSTS Dear Reader, The word "insomnia" is derived from the Latin words "in-" meaning "not" and "somnus" meaning "sleep". There are 237 million (mn) insomniacs in the world today and there is a widespread consumption of medication for sleep disturbances including sleeping aids. In the context of global prevalence of insomnia, the top 10 countries by rank include: Brazil (31%) China (24%) South Korea (24%) France (22%) Germany (15%) United States of America (USA) (13%) United Kingdom (UK) (11%) Australia (11%) Japan (10%) Netherlands (5%) One in 4 Indian is suffering from India and 1 in 20 people awake even at 4 a.m. is an Indian! Is the poor sleep voluntary or involuntary is indeed intriguing and makes an interesting study particularly with respect to our country folks. INSOMNIA CLASSIFICATIONS ...

    # RKS: 💤 SLEEP (I) NO SLEEP AND ALL 'PLAY' MAKES 'JACK' A DULL BOY! RKS / 2025-2026 / Ser 7 / Blog 1 1st April 2025 SLEEP - IS IT AN ENIGMA? THE SLEEP BASICS Dear Reader, Sleep is a natural, reversible state of reduced mental and physical activity, where consciousness is altered and sensory activity is inhibited, which is crucial for overall health and well-being. The average person spends about 26 years sleeping in their life, which equates to 9,496 days or 227,916 hours. That's one-third of our entire lives spent asleep in bed. Surprisingly, one also spends 7 years trying to get to sleep - a total of 33 years or 12,053 days! The longest medically verified time a person has slept was 11 days, achieved by a 7-year-old boy named Wyatt Shaw (US). On the other hand, the longest period one  has been awake is for 11 days straight - 264 hours - a new Guinness World Record in the name Randy Gardner (US) achieved on January 8, 1964. World Sleep Day, celebrated on the 2...

   # RKS: SUPERBUGS (IV) THE REAL REASONS vs PERCEIVED CAUSES RKS / 2024-2025 / Ser 6 / Blog 6 1st March 2025 BUGS BECOME SUPERBUGS THANKS TO DOCTORS & PATIENTS & DRUG REGULATORS Dear Reader, Antimicrobials have revolutionized patient cure prospects. On an average, 30-50% of patients visiting a general practitioner are prescribed an antibiotic. Why? There are 3 reasons why someone, who is apparently healthy, thinks he / she is unwell enough to visit a doctor: Headache Cold and cough Loose motions  Two of the above 3 are caused by infections. Then how can antimicrobials be blamed for being unnecessarily prescribed by the medical professionals? And why would Drs prescribe antibiotics unnecessarily if their intent is to treat patients based on their clinical evaluation and diagnostic skills? If one suspects the abilities of their doctor to best treat their disease, the perception is subjective and there is every freedom for the patient to switch the expert as in any ...