Sultan Kösen - Tallest man in 2011

The 2010 edition of Guinness Book of World Records lists Sultan Kosen (born 10 December 1982) as the tallest living man as well as having the largest hands (11.22 inches) (28.5 centimeters) and largest feet (14.4 inches) (36.5 centimeters) when last measured on 8 February 2011.

According to Guinness, Sultan Kosen is the tallest living human reaching an average height of 8'1" (2,46.5 m) when measured by GWR in Ankara, Turkey, in February 2009. He takes over the title from China's Bao Xishun, who stands 'just' 2.36 metres (seven feet 8.95 inches). However, Sultan Kosen was still growing and at a more recent meeting with then tallest man of the U.S. George Bell, Sultan Kosen was measured at 8'2" tall. On 8 February 2011 Sultan Kosen was measured in Ankara, Turkey at 8 feet 3 inches (251.4 cm).

Personal details :

Sultan Kosen was unable to complete his schooling because of his extreme height, but works occasionally as a farmer to support his family. Sultan Kosen has three brothers and a sister, who are all normal-sized, but his rate of growth surged from the age of 10 because of a tumour which caused too much growth hormone to be released from his pituitary gland. The tumour was successfully removed in surgery and he was thought to have stopped growing last year (2008). He uses walking sticks and tires quickly if he is standing. Another pretender to the tallest title, Ukrainian Leonid Stadnyk, who claims to be 10.5 centimetres taller than Sultan Kosen, fails to qualify for the record because he refused to be measured by Guinness World Records officials. Guinness editor-in-chief Craig Glenday travelled to Turkey to personally validate Sultan Kosen's height under strict guidelines, measuring him three times in one day because bodies expand and shrink throughout the day.

Epileptic fit?

Epilepsy is a brain disorder in which people experience repeated seizures. Let’s start with the basics. Epilepsy is a neurological condition that causes the brain to produce sudden bursts of electrical energy. For the brain to function, there needs to be a balance between increased activity (excitation) and restraint (inhibition). When this balance is changed, a seizure may result.

Causes:
Epilepsy can result from a birth defect, birth or head injury, brain tumor, or an infection in the brain. It can also be inherited. But for half the people with epilepsy, a cause cannot be found. Epilepsy is not contagious.

Epilepsy can occur for the first time at any time, including during old age.

Seizure:
A seizure is the abnormal electrical release of cells, called neurons, in the brain. This can cause different symptoms based on the location of the seizure and where the abnormal electrical activity spreads. Not all seizures are the same. They can range from tingling in a finger to grand mal (generalized) seizures, during which people lose consciousness, become stiff, and jerk.

Not everything that looks like a seizure is a seizure. And not every seizure is an epileptic seizure. Fainting, collapsing, and confusion can also result from other disorders or even from emotional stress. Withdrawal from alcohol or addicting drugs can also cause seizures, but these will not continue if you avoid these situations.

Difference between seizures and epilepsy:
Seizures are a symptom of epilepsy. Epilepsy is the underlying tendency of the brain to release electrical energy that disrupts other brain functions. So the seizure is the symptom of this underlying condition. Having a single seizure does not necessarily mean a person has epilepsy.

Which doctors treat epilepsy?
Neurologists, pediatric neurologists, pediatricians, neurosurgeons, internists, and family physicians all provide treatment for epilepsy.

A neurologist is a physician who specializes in diseases of the brain, spinal cord, nerves, and muscles. A neurologist who specializes in the treatment of epilepsy is an epileptologist.

People whose seizures are difficult to control have many options and may seek treatment in large hospitals, medical centers, neurological clinics at universities, and from specialists in private practice.

Flu - Orthomyxovirus

Flu or Influenza is caused by an Orthomyxovirus (a type of RNA virus) which is discovered by Andrew and smith. Most of us think that Common cold and flu are same but they are not. Common Cold is caused by Rhinovirus but its affect the respiratory Tract as Flu.
Hemagglutinin and Neuraminidase are the "Spike" of Virus.
-Hemagglutinin helps in attachment of virus on epithelial cells of respiratory cell
-Neuraminidase helps to facilitate the passage of viral genetic material host into epithelial cell

Pathogenesis :
The RNA virus enter into respiratory portal as the route of entry and then enter into host-susceptible where the host's immune response triggers to secret mucus. In simple words, virus attacks the epithelial cells of respiratory tract.

Conditions :
You may ask why flu most of time affected us during cold season? This is due to the characteristics of flu which only can activate and multiply in cold condition of body. Because of this, doctors are not advised us to take cold or chills water at all for few days.

Sometime flu may be appear in pale yellow colour which is due to the bacterial infection of respiratory tract. And bloody flu is caused by the continuous sneezing or coughing will leads to the breakdown of capillaries.