I have known about a woman who was working in a night club as a prostitute when a man offered her marriage. It was an offered that she accepted. They got married and after a year, the woman conceived a child. A few months before the child was born, her husband was killed. She had a nervous breakdown. She took painkillers to augment the pain of loss. The woman had undergone a stressful pregnancy.

When the woman gave birth, the child was surprisingly healthy. They lived in the slum area and the child was exposed early in a very hard living condition. At the age of five, the child showed a very shy attitude. The child was deprived from material possessions as well as mother’s attention. He started working at the age of seven and was exposed to harsh elements. At the age of fifteen, he was taken in as an apprentice by a watch repair owner. Later on his life, some changes have been evident from his behavior.

Until his behavior became uncontrollable at some point. He was confined in a hospital for observation and there he was diagnosed with a mental disorder called Schizophrenia. Schizophrenia develops as a result of interplay between biological predisposition and the kind of environment a person is exposed to. Environmental factors later in life (during early childhood and adolescence) can damage the brain further and thereby increase the risk of schizophrenia. The lifestyle of his mother and the environment he grew up with all contributed to his mental condition. Higher level of stress for a child while growing increases the Schizophrenia risk. Poor education, nutrition and social environments plays a big role in a child life and his risk of having a mental disorder.

My father had been complaining about stomachaches since last month. But he did not want to have a medical check up since the pain often subsides after a few minutes. But when he saw blood in his stool that when he had a check up. And he was diagnosed with a bleeding ulcer.

My father is a heavy caffeine drinker and he often misses a meal in a day due to his work. The doctor explained to us that the lining in my father’s stomach was damaged in one place and the acid and pepsin break it down as though digesting it. Hydrochloric acid and pepsin are the digestive juices that aids in breaking down of the food in the stomach. When the lining of the digestive system becomes impaired due to different factors it will be easily damaged by the acid and pepsin. My father undergone a endoscopy and x-ray examinations before he was scheduled for more examinations and a surgery.

When a person is hungry the stomach releases more acid that can weaken the lining of the stomach and when you miss a meal, the digestive juices will digest an empty stomach resulting to a damaged place in the stomach and ulcer. The thinning of the mucous coating of the stomach makes it more susceptible to the damaging effects if acid and pepsin. The most common types of surgery for ulcers are vagotomy which involve the cutting of of the vagus nerve that reduces the acid secretion through the brain. Other surgery than can be done are the antrectomy and pyloroplasty.