Everyone wants to remain young and attractive. When wrinkles start appearing one fear about being old and unattractive. Lot of creams, lotions are available as anti wrinkle, anti aging creams, they work till a certain age and become ineffective. Plastic surgery, laser treatment are also available to remove the wrinkles. Now the actors, actresses, models and other beauty conscious men and women , want permanent method to get rid of wrinkles.
What is Botox-
Botox is a commercial name for Botulinum toxin produced by bacteria Calmodium botilinum. It is most potent poison known. When only 1 mg/kg body weight given by intravenous injection or 3 mg/kg inhaled can kill a person. These bacteria grow in absence of oxygen especially in improperly prepared, handled, stored meat products, tinned, bottled, packaged food can cause serious lethal food poisoning, because of poison produced by C.botilinum.
When botox injected into the muscles it obstruct the conduction of electrical impulses between nerves and muscles fibers, causing weakness or paralysis of the muscles. When it is injected in muscles of facial expression muscles are weakened and reduces the dynamic wrinkles of face such as horizontal fore head wrinkles of upper lips caused by repetitive facial expression in cheeks and around mouth.
Technique
To remove the wrinkles Botox is injected in very minute amount through a fine needle straight into the muscle or skin at site of wrinkles. It just take few minutes and don’t need anesthesia or any other preparation. Person may experience a little discomfort during injection. After injection person can get back to work normally within 24 hr., wrinkles start getting reduced and in next 5 to 6 days disappear.
Its effects last for 4 to 6 months and the treatment has to be repeated again. Cost of one course is between 5 to 8 thousand rupees. Treatment should be taken from dermatologist, cosmetologist or facial aesthetic specialists. Many celebrities, actors, actresses, model and other beauty conscious people are using botox treatment to get rid of wrinkles and find it easier and effective method than plastic surgery.
Side Effect’s
Botox treatment is usually safe and can be taken between the age of 18 to 65 years. But some times short term problems like eye lid drooping, nausea, double vision, squint, uneven smile, inability to close eye lids, facial pain, bruising and redness at injection site, headache, dysphagia, flu like symptoms, inability to chew solid food, allergy can be encountered. They gradually subside & disappear in 6 weeks. Pregnant women, people suffering from egg allergy and having neuromuscular problems should not be given Botox injections.
Other uses of Botulinum Toxin
Although it is most toxic substance known, it is used, beside to remove of facial wrinkles, for treatment of many other problems like blepharospasm (Excessive blinking) , squint, muscle spasm, muscle pain, intractable headache, migraine headache, asthma, spasticity due to upper motor neuron diseases, excessive under arm sweating, cervical dystonia, clonic facial painful neropathies, affecting limbs, face vocal cord, diabetic nerupathy, excessive salivation, vocal cord dysfunction like spasmodic dysphonia, tremor, achalasia etc. it can be used for weight reduction by obese people as it prolongs the empty time of stomach & reduces the appetite.
Botulinum Food Poisoning
Contamination of food with botulinum toxin causes one of the deadliest form of food poisoning. Calmodium spores can grow in improperly prepared, handled, stored meat or other food preparations and secret toxins. They are more likely to grow in tinned, bottle, packaged food. Consumption of food containing Botulinum toxin can cause severe weakness or paralysis of respiratory muscles.
Prevention of Botilinum Food Poisoning
People should take precaution in handling preparing and storing the food. Food should be kept in refrigerator at less than 3°C. After taking out the food from fridge, it should be heated properly, heating above 60°C Kills spores and destroy toxins. Tinning, canning, packaging, bottling of food preparation should be done taking all precautions, if an opening the can bottle, packet, air or froth comes out, with force then, it may be contaminated with botilinum bacteria. This food should be not eaten and disposed off properly.
Botulinum Toxin as Biological Warfare
Botilinum toxin has been recognized and feared as a potential bioterror weapon.
Some crazy person can spread the toxin in air or contaminate the water source causing death of thousands, millions of people.
Botilimum toxins, though a toxic substance, it has many medical uses.
It is wide used to remove the facial wrinkles successfully.
Thanks,
Health,Sep-2012.,
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