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Paradoxes in medicine represent very interesting counter-intuitive clinical observations where outcomes or phenomena contradict conventional expectations from logical thinking. These paradoxes provide amazing insight into human physiology.
It was during my Neurology electives when I saw a young patient who had been doing well on treatment. His seizures had stopped, his liver was better, and things were stable. But recently, he had another seizure. When we talked to him, we discovered he had started eating more chocolate and nuts again โ easy-to-miss history, especially in younger patients.
Melatonin has got the name vampire hormone, not because it is sinister but simply because is released at night. Melatonin is the chemical through the suprachiasmatic nucleus (a part of the brain which receives the light input) and communicates to the body.
Lets talk about dopamine? People call it a chemical of want and desire.
Have you ever accused your friend of drinking, seeing their condition, and lab tests and your friend do not admit it? There is a few percent chance that he or she might be true. There is a syndrome called Auto-Brewery Syndrome.
In this syndrome, ethanol is literally produced inside your body, either your urinary tract, oral cavity, or any other part of the gastrointestinal tract. As to some of you, it might seem a boon, as the internal factory is set for alcohol, but it has serious consequences.