GRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM has the following salts in its composition

  1) Caprilic Capric Triglyceride  2) Petroleum jelly 3) Cetearyl Octanoate 4) Cyclopentasiloxane  5) Bees Wax 6) Sodium lactate 7) Lactic Acid  8) Glycerin

Uses Of GRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM

Uses Of Salt: Cetearyl Octanoate

Cetearyl octanoate (topical) is an ester of cetyl alcohol and caprylic acid is used in the manufacture of many cosmetic products like creams and lotions. It helps in even spreading of the cream or lotion, gives velvety softness, and offers waterproofing, which in turn conditions the skin, hydrates it, enhances the skin texture and replenish the same.

Uses Of Salt: Cyclopentasiloxane

Cyclopentasiloxane is used very commonly in skin care and hair care products. It gives smoothness to the skin, fights bad odor and used as a conditioner in hair care products.

Uses Of Salt: Sodium lactate

Sodium lactate is a natural salt derived from lactic acid.it has an important role in medicine and cosmetic industry as it:

• Prevents or controls mild to moderate metabolic acidosis
• Has good moisturizing nature hence used in liquid soaps, shampoos, and creams
• Treats arrhythmias (irregular heartbeat), hypertension due to pressor sympathomimetics (drugs used to treat cardiac problems)

Uses Of Salt: Lactic Acid

Lactic acid is used for reducing acne breakouts, appearance of wrinkles & other signs of aging.

Side Effects Of GRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM

Side Effects Of Salt: Cetearyl Octanoate

Cetearyl octanoate is usually safe, but in some cases, it may cause mild skin irritation, redness, itching or temporary burning sensation of the skin.

Please consult a physician if the symptoms are persistent.

Side Effects Of Salt: Cyclopentasiloxane

Cyclopentasiloxane is usually safe. Pl. observe any skin changes, especially during initial weeks of starting the usage of this salt.

Side Effects Of Salt: Sodium lactate

Some side effects that may be caused due to the administration of sodium lactate are:

• Skin irritation, eye irritation
• Lung irritation (respiratory tract irritation)

Please consult a physician if the symptoms are persistent.

Side Effects Of Salt: Lactic Acid

Some patients may experience the following symptoms till they get used to using the medicine:

• Black or brown spots or peeling
• Burning or itching
•  Scarring
• Redness 

Contraindications Of GRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM

Contraindications Of Salt: Cetearyl Octanoate

None.

Contraindications Of Salt: Cyclopentasiloxane

Please inform your doctor if you have any of the following conditions:

• Any skin allergies.

Contraindications Of Salt: Sodium lactate

Please inform your doctor if you have any of the following conditions:

• Hypersensitivity towards the drug sodium lactate or any other allergies.
• Hyperlactatemia (high levels of lactate in blood)
• Hypercalcaemia (high levels of calcium in blood)
• Metabolic alkalosis ascitic cirrhosis (chronic liver damage)
• Severe kidney problems

Contraindications Of Salt: Lactic Acid

People with sensitive skin should use it cautiously.

What Is Skin care

• Skin care is mutliple activities carried on to ensure healthy looking skin devoid of any diseases and deformities.

What Is Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm)

Arrhythmias means the heartbeat is not in rhythm. Also called dysrhythmia, this condition is characterized by irregularity in the heartbeats. Generally, it feels like the heart is beating too fast, or too slow, or skips a beat or flutters.

When the heart does not beat in sequence or beats erratically, it fails to pump blood to the vital organs like brain, lungs and other parts of the body. This damages the organs and can cause organ failure.

Arrhythmias can generally be harmless, but if the irregularities in the heartbeats are high or due to damaged heart conditions, then arrhythmias can be dangerous or can also be fatal.

The different types of arrhythmias which can be seen in people are:

• Premature atrial contractions: These are extra heartbeats which originate in the upper chambers of the heart called atria. These contractions are harmless and generally do not require any treatment.
• Premature ventricular contractions: These are the skipped heartbeats which we generally feel and are the most common type of arrhythmias. Stress, caffeine and nicotine are believed to cause these. Sometimes premature ventricular contractions are linked to heart disease.
• Atrial fibrillation: This is the condition when both the upper chambers of the heart beat in an irregular way and are not in synchronisation with the lower chambers.
• Atrial flutter: It happens in people with heart disease, mostly few days after surgery.
• Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia: Rapid heart rate which starts and ends suddenly.
• Accessory pathway tachycardias: A rapid heart rate due to an extra path between the atria (upper chambers) and the ventricles (lower chambers) of the heart. The impulses travel through the normal route as well as the extra pathway causing the heartbeats to travel unusually fast within the heart, thereby causing a very fast heart rate.
• AV nodal reentrant tachycardia: This is also another type of rapid heartbeat. It is caused by an extra pathway in the AV node of the heart. The patient suffers from palpitations, fainting or even heart failure.
• Ventricular tachycardia: A very fast heart rhythm originating from the lower chambers (ventricles) of the heart.
• Ventricular fibrillation: This is a serious problem and an emergency. It is caused because of the ventricles quiver and fails to pump blood to the different parts of the body.
• Bradyarrhythmias: Due to a problem in the heart’s electrical system, the heart rate becomes slow.
• Sinus node dysfunction: This is also a slow heart beat problem caused by problems in the sinus node of the heart.
• Long QT syndrome: Disorder in the heart’s rhythm characterized by fast and uncoordinated heart beats. This is a potentially dangerous condition.
• Heart block: In this condition, there can be a delay or entire blockage of the electrical impulse when it travels from the sinus node of the heart to the lower chambers. As a result, the heartbeat becomes irregular or may become slow.

What Is Hypertension

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure in common language, is a long term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. 

What Is Irregular heartbeat

The heart comprises valves, chambers, and nodes which control the pumping of the blood. If the functioning of the heart system is damaged, disturbed or compromised in some way, the way the heart beats changes.

Irregular heartbeat, also known as arrhythmia, is when the heart beats irregularly, very fast or too slow. This usually occurs when the electrical impulses which coordinate the heart beats do not work properly.

In an irregular heartbeat, one may feel as if the heart is racing or fluttering and can be quite harmless. Sometimes irregular heartbeats do not cause any symptoms or you may experience discomfort, pounding in your chest, pain or fluttering. However, sometimes heart arrhythmias can be dangerous and even life-threatening.

The most common types of irregular heartbeats are:

• Tachycardia: When the heart is beating to fast (around 60-100 beats per minute or BPM) and there are 3 types of tachycardias.

Ventricular Tachycardia: This occurs in the ventricles of the heart (lower chambers).

Supraventricular Tachycardia: This occurs in the atria or the upper chambers of the heart. 

Sinus Tachycardia: This is when the heartbeat gets elevated normally when you are excited or sick and which reverts to normal when you calm down.

• Atrial Fibrillation (AFib): Irregular heartbeat that happens in the upper chambers of the heart and the heartbeat can be elevated up to 100-200 BPM.
• Atrial Flutter: Usually occurs in the right or left atrium or upper chamber of the heart.
• Bradycardia: This is when the heart rate is very slow i.e. less than 60 BPM.
• Ventricular Fibrillation (VF): This is irregular heartbeat that occurs in the ventricles of the heart and can stop the heartbeat, resulting in a cardiac arrest. This is a very serious condition and if not treated immediately, can cause death.
• Premature Contractions: This is when it appears like the heart has skipped a beat when you take the pulse and occurs because the heartbeat that is skipped if so weak or faint that it is not felt or heard. Other types of premature contractions are early beats and extra beats and these can occur both in the upper or lower chambers of the heart. 

Symptoms Treated With GRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM

What Are The Symptoms Of Skin care

Everybody wants to look beautiful and skin is the most important part of not only beauty but also a healthy body. Your skin shows how healthy your body is. However, skin is also the most easily affected part of the body if proper care is not taken. Some of the symptoms of poor skin are:

• Acne, chapped lips, moles, warts
• Early wrinkles
• Uneven texture, patches, dryness on the skin, blotchiness.
• Dark spots or hyperpigmentation
• Flaky/ scaly skin, rashes 

What Are The Symptoms Of Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm)

Some people having arrhythmia may not experience any symptoms at all. In such cases, arrhythmia can be diagnosed by a physical examination, by checking the pulse or by conducting an electro cardiogram (ECG).

Others have symptoms like:

• Breathlessness.
• Chest pain.
• Fatigue.
• Feeling dizzy.
• Fainting.
• Feeling light headed.
• A rapid pounding in the chest.
• Palpitations – feels like the heart is fluttering; skipping a beat or running away.
• Weakness in the chest.

In some complicated cases, patient may suffer sudden cardiac arrest.

What Are The Symptoms Of Hypertension

High blood pressure in itself usually does not cause symptoms, but long term high blood pressure is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, vision loss, stroke, heart failure, and chronic kidney disease.

What Are The Symptoms Of Irregular heartbeat

Some of the noticeable symptoms are:

• Tachycardia (racing heartbeat)
• Fluttering in the chest
• Bradycardia (slow heartbeat)
• Shortness of breath, chest pain
• Dizziness or lightheadedness
• Sweating, paleness of skin
• Feeling faint or fainting, heart palpitations or irregular pulse

Causes of diseases where GRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM is used

What Are The Causes Of Skin care

Skin problems are mostly symptoms of the problem within the body. Some of the causes of poor skin health are:

• Drinking less water (leading to dehydrated body)
• Poor diet, eating too much of junk food
• Too much of sun exposure, smoking, drinking alcohol
• Stress, less physical rest
• Pollution, not washing your face frequently
• Using too much of make-up, using poor quality of makeup products, not removing makeup before sleeping
• Any skin disease, any problem like imbalance of hormones

What Are The Causes Of Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm)

Whenever there is an interruption in the electric impulses travelling across the heart and hence causes the heart to contract, it can result in arrhythmia.  

There are many reasons  which can make the heart to dysfunction:

• Diabetes.
• Hyper tension (High BP), heart disease.
• Hyperthyroidism.
• Stress.
• Excessive alcohol consumption, drug abuse, heavy smoking.
• Excessive caffeine.
• Imbalance of electrolytes like sodium and potassium in the blood.
• Scarring or injury to heart after a heart attack.
• Changes in the structure of the heart.
• Post surgery healing.

People with a normal and healthy heart may also experience an arrhythmia. 

What Are The Causes Of Hypertension

• Wrong life style, lack of physical activity
• Eating disorders
• Old age, over weight
• Smoking
• Too much of salt in diet, alcohol
• Obesity 

What Are The Causes Of Irregular heartbeat

Causes of irregular heartbeat are:

• Heart attack, scarring of the heart tissue due to an earlier heart attack.
• Coronary heart disease (blocked arteries), changes in the structure of the heart (due to cardiomyopathy, injury or illness)
• Hyperthyroidism (overactive thyroid)
• Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
• High blood pressure, healing post-surgery of heart
• Low electrolytes and potassium
• Heart abnormalities
• Smoking, drug abuse
• Excessive caffeine or alcohol consumption
• Sleep apnea, diabetes, stress
• Certain supplements and medications (amphetamines, beta-blockers, etc)
• Being overweight
• Leading a sedentary life, unhealthy diet

Worst Foods With GRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM

What Are The Worst Foods For Skin care

• Reduce sugar intake.
• Fast food, junk food.
• Cow’s milk (Sometimes cow’s milk is taken from pregnant cows. It has increased levels of hormones, which in turn can cause acne). 

What Are The Worst Foods For Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm)

Caffeinated drinks and beverages may trigger abnormal heart rhythm. So people who already have arrhythmia should try to avoid caffeine.

Sugar not only causes an  inflammation, but also has the ability to cause palpitations in the heart. So limit your intake of sugar.

Too much salt is also bad for the heart. Salt causes irregularities in blood pressure levels which in turn affects heart activity. Hence reduce consumption of salt. A large amount of salt is used as the preservative in processed food. Read labels before you stock your kitchen cabinets with processed food.

Fatty food, junk food and food which is deep fried are all bad for the heart. They increase cholesterol and clog arteries, thereby increasing the chances of heart stroke.

What Are The Worst Foods For Hypertension

• Limit your sodium intake to 1500 milligrams (less than one tablespoon) per day. Avoid foods like:
• Pizza
• Canned juices, processed foods
• Fatty food, oily food
• Pickle
• The more an item stays in food, the more sodium it accumulates. Canned foods need to stay longer and need preservatives. Salt is a good preservative, used in most of the canned foods. However, the longer a vegetable stays in salt, the more sodium it accumulates. Hence, it is always suggested to eat freshly cooked food, then frozen or pre-cooked food.
• Sugar
• Coffee: People who have low blood pressure are recommended coffee as it increases blood pressure. Those with high BP should immediately stop drinking coffee as it contains caffeine, the main culprit of hypertension.
• Alcohol: Having 3 drinks at a time can increase your blood pressure for a short while. Regularly drinking alcohol can result in long term hypertension.

What Are The Worst Foods For Irregular heartbeat

• Reduce or eliminate salt from your diet.
• Avoid foods full of saturated fats like chips, French fries, bacon, baked products, etc. from your diet.
• Avoid foods and drinks that contain caffeine such as coffee, tea, colas, energy drinks, etc. as they worsen the condition of irregular heartbeat.
• Avoid sugar and sugary foods.
• Avoid red meat, as it is bad for heart health. 

Do's With Usage of GRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM

What Are The Things One Should Do To Manage Skin care

• Drink lots of water.
• Whether you have acne or not, keep your face clean. Cleanse at least twice a day.
• Use natural cleansers to clean your face.
• Exercise and relax.
• Use only good quality skin care products.
• Find out the exact cause of your skin problem as skin problems can be caused due to hormonal changes, taking contraceptive pills, stress, smoking, over exposure to sun etc. Identify the root cause and make your treatment plan accordingly. 

What Are The Things One Should Do To Manage Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm)

Since the heart is a vital organ of the body, it is very important that we take care of it. For people having an arrhythmia, it becomes all the more important to have a healthy heart. The following suggestions will help to keep the heart healthy and strong:

• Healthy lifestyle choices play a key role in maintaining the heart’s health. A well -balanced diet, physical exercise and a stress-free life are key factors.
• Keep weight under control.
• Control your cholesterol level.
• Maintain blood pressure.
• Include omega 3 fatty acids in your diet as research shows that it may prevent sudden cardiac death.
• Family members have to be familiar with CPR in the case of an emergency like a stroke or heart failure.

What Are The Things One Should Do To Manage Hypertension

• 30 minutes of yoga every day can help you reduce high blood pressure. Pranayama is the best yoga for controlling high BP.
• Do conscious breathing for 3o minutes every day.
• End your exercise with 5 minutes of Shavasana.
• Do the brisk walk for 30 minutes a day.

What Are The Things One Should Do To Manage Irregular heartbeat

• Making healthy changes to your lifestyle can help to reduce the risk of heart disease and irregular arrhythmia.
• Follow a healthy diet.
• Have a regular exercise routine and increase physical activity.
• Maintain a healthy weight.
• Sleep well and aim to get around 7-9 hours of good sleep.
• Stay hydrated and drink plenty of water and fluids, as dehydration causes the blood to become thicker and the heart needs to work extra hard to pump the blood through the veins and this can cause heart palpitations.

Dont's With Usage Of GRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM

What Are The Things One Should Avoid To Manage Skin care

• Use make-up sparingly.
• Avoid using fragrances, pomades, or gels on your hair. If they get on your face, they can block your skin's pores and irritate your skin. 
• Avoid touching your skin part which has acne, rashes. It can spread the bacteria, and also irritate the already inflamed facial skin.
• Do not sleep with make-up on.

What Are The Things One Should Avoid To Manage Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm)

If a person has a certain type of arrhythmias, he is at risk of cardiac arrest, stroke or heart failure. To keep the heart strong, follow these suggestions:

• Do not smoke. Also, do not be around other people who are smoking (passive smoking).
• Do not drink excessive alcohol.
• Avoid caffeine and nicotine.
• Do not take illegal drugs.
• Avoid fatty and spicy food.
• Some cold and cough medicines promote arrhythmia. A health worker may guide you regarding the medicines.
• Avoid unnecessary tensions in life. Anger, stress, anxiety, nervousness, etc. lead to abnormal heart rhythm. Beat stress through techniques like meditation, yoga and mindfulness and lead a peaceful life.
• You might have difficulty in driving if you have irregular heart rhythm. Avoid driving at such times and inform your colleagues about your condition.
• Sometimes arrhythmia causes sudden loss of control. If your job involves being on top of a building, doing heavy machinery work or being constantly alert, try to avoid such situations until the issue of loss of control has been resolved.
• If certain activities like running, or any particular exercise increases your heart rate, try to avoid those.

What Are The Things One Should Avoid To Manage Hypertension

• Do not stay awake till long. Have adequate sleep.
• Reduce stress, avoid stressful situations.
• Reduce weight, if you are obese.
• Smoking 

What Are The Things One Should Avoid To Manage Irregular heartbeat

• Avoid smoking.
• Avoid alcohol and caffeine or try and reduce their consumption.
• Avoid anger, anxiety, and stress.
• Avoid too much of usage it OTC drugs, as they contain stimulants which cause irregular heartbeat, such as medicines for cold and cough, etc.
• Avoid appetite suppressants and illegal drugs such as speed, cocaine, etc. 

Other Useful Tips With Usage OfGRAVIDERM CREAM 50GM

What Are The Tips For Skin care

• Exfoliate your face with scrub made for face.
• De-germ your cell phone. 

What Are The Tips For Arrhythmias (abnormal heart rhythm)

• Generally, arrhythmia is harmless. But people with abnormal irregularities in heart rate have to take of themselves. Whenever you feel dizzy, remember to lie down.
• Even complicated and serious arrhythmias can be effectively treated with medical treatment coupled with an active lifestyle and healthy nutrition. 

What Are The Tips For Irregular heartbeat

• Acupuncture can be used to treat irregular heartbeat.
• Anger or stress raise the blood pressure, increase cortisol levels and cause an irregular heartbeat. Try relaxation techniques such as yoga, biofeedback, guided imagery, meditation, tai chi and breathing techniques to avoid stress and preventing irregular heartbeat.
• Supplements like vitamin D3, vitamin E, fish oil, magnesium, Coenzyme 10 and Hawthorn berry extract can help to prevent irregular heartbeat.
• Using the vagal manoeuvre,  i.e. sustained, forceful coughing or sticking your fingers down your throat and making yourself gag stimulates the vagus nerve and helps to prevent irregular heartbeat.

Some home remedies for irregular heartbeat are:

• Iodine and selenium are vital in treating an irregular heartbeat and the best way to get these by consuming coral calcium. 
• Himalayan rock salt contains over 70 essential trace elements and can help to prevent irregular heartbeat.
• Apple cider vinegar helps to remove chemicals and toxins that cause irregular heartbeat by increasing the blood flow to the heart. You can add 2 tablespoons of organic apple cider vinegar with warm water or add a teaspoon of blackstrap molasses to the mixture helps to prevent irregular heartbeat.
• Cayenne pepper helps to increase the blood flow throughout the body and is good for the proper functioning of the heart. Adding a teaspoon of cayenne pepper to a cup of warm water can help to prevent arrhythmias.