New surgery posting! =D

Hey guys, so,  how's ur day today? ;D hope it was great, mine was boring, but at least it wasnt busy or stressful. i just kinda slacked off today and gave myself a threat. ;/

Tomoro, i;m gonna start with a new posting, SURGERY! =) , previously i'm in O&G posting (obstetrics and gynaecology) - i delivered 2 cute babies (blog bout it next time) and previous in Internal Medicine and Paediatrics!(So loving paeds!! ). Surgery will be my last posting for third year.  Other ppl might not like sch.. but honestly, i really like my course, which is why i dun really find it hard..haha (i dun mean to boast) Looking forward to sch tomoro ;) and i'm going to OT first >.< it's always so cold inside..brr and it's easy to get tinea pedis( fungal infection) by wearing other's ppl crocs..

Maybe i'll see some interesting case tomoro, and if got, i'll definitely blog bout it!

Anyway it 1am, and i need to be at hospital by 830, so yea, time to hit the sack! Goodnight world =D

First blog, first post- schizophrenia

This is my first time ever writing a blog. >.< haha. Someone ask me y the sudden interest about blogging, hmm thinking bout it, i have no idea as well, maybe, perhaps, as an alternative channel to express myself, my emotion, curiosities, joy, sorrow? But some how, i want to leave footsteps of those important moments in my life so that as i browse thru them in the future, i'll able to cherish them and declare life definitely has its ups and downs but on the other hand it can be indeed really amazing and awesome. Also, i wish to share about those wonderful people who have shared and touched a part of my life and share amazing stories with u guys =). So, ever heard of schizophrenia??

FYI, I'm currently a 3rd year medical student in UCSI, Malaysia. Psychiatry will only be taught in 4th year, so my knowledge bout this condition is as superficial as other layman. It just happpened that, last night, out of no where, an old secondary school mate just suddenly chatted me up in FB, she, I cant say i'm close with her in class, she was one of the top student and me, a mere "muggle" last time, seldom mix with her and she herself was from my perspective, quite reserved and "guai guai" so yea, we weren't close. Secondary sch ended and it was fate that we met again in my University, though different course so yea we didnt really catch up. Last night, she told she had quitted her course in UK given by JPA ( government scholarship). i was dumbstrucked. i was like " is she out of her mind, such waste" Until... she told me she was diagnosed with schizophrenia with depression. So,It wasnt her choice that she wanted to quit, it was because of her condition that forced her to quit. I'm really shocked because it just happened that an ex classmate of mine just quitted my medical course because of the same condition..

So a bit bout Schizophrenia as that u will know y they have to quit;

1..  The symptoms of schizophrenia may be divided into the following 4 domains:

a) Positive symptoms: These include psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations, which are usually auditory; delusions; and disorganized speech and behavior.

b) Negative symptoms: These include a decrease in emotional range, poverty of speech, loss of interests, and loss of drive. The person with schizophrenia has tremendous inertia.

c) Cognitive symptoms: These include neurocognitive deficits, such as deficits in working memory and attention and executive functions such as the ability to organize and abstract. Patients also have difficulty understanding nuances and subtleties of interpersonal cues and relationships. A new initiative from the National Institutes of Mental Health, known as Measurement and Treatment Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS), is a collaboration between various programs to develop tools for measuring cognition in clinical trials and aiding drug development that is targeted at these symptoms.

d) Mood symptoms: Schizophrenia patients often seem cheerful or sad in a way that does not make sense to others. They often are depressed. 

Often, this condition starts in adolescent (applies both to my friends), positive family history( one of my fren, her parents both are schizo, as well as 2 of her siblings and 1 depressed sister..fyi, if boths parents are schizo, the chance of getting this disease is as high as 40%.. )...y so.. i searched for it and found out it's because of their abnormal brain formation..so, it runs in the family, also at the same time, environmental factors apply as well, because children of schizo parents tend to live in a very "expressive" environment..sooner of later they themselves will be affected by others' violent mood and behaviours. However, if u save tat kid from tat environment, he or she might have a higher chance of not getting it...

Both my friends, they were both very bright students before they got this condition, so if it's because of brain malformation, y does it strikes suddenly, y isnt it congenital (from birth)?? It happens tat both of my frens, before they got this condition, they were bombarded with tons of problems and because of ineffective stress management, it just suddenly develop..mainly, because their brain is structurally more prone to developing schizo..

I'm really sad for both of them.. it was like a total 180 degree change of their life.. one currently  incapable of studying, another struggling.. they just could not cope with the stress which were considered normal or minor for us.. However both of them were grateful that they have passed through the worst for now...because of their hallucinations and abnormal aggressive behaviour, some people thought they were possessed or something.. so yea..

So, just the thought for the "night" we should really appreciate out current life, be it stressful because of an upcoming exam, endless homework, stressful work and colleagues or bad relationship or whatever.. compared to them... just the mere ability to study and do work and not needing to take medications everyday is a blessing .. so yea, i better stop here and sleep early and "enjoy" my study tomoro morning. Goodnight world . ;D