Relationship affects health A summary of the lecture of Dr.Badar Sabir Ali, Family medicine Aga Khan Univeristy Karachi

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Dr.Mohammad Mataro Hingorjo
Resident Year 04
Family Medicine Aga Khan University Karachi Sindh.

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Disclaimer
No Conflict of Interest
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 To determine & understand superficially
 The science of mind body medicine
 Evidence for effect of relationship on health
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Objective

4.  Bond/connection between any two individuals or
a group of individuals
 The relationship theory
 Psychoneuroimmunology
 Mind-Body Relationship
 Functions of Amygdala
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Relationship?
• Fear/flight/fight
• Memory, attention
• Interpretation of emotional significance of
sensory events and the production of
appropriate responses
• Perception of body movements
• Generation of emotional aspects of dreams

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Lee Lipsenthal Memorial Lecture: Integrative Holistic Medicine:
The Science of Connection
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Psychoneuroimmunology

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Lee Lipsenthal Memorial Lecture: Integrative Holistic Medicine:
The Science of Connection
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Maternal Relationship and
its Effect on the Child
 Relationship with Mother:
 Consistently warm and
caring
 Ambiguous
 Consistently negligent or
abusive
 Effect on the child
 Self confident, develops
warm relationships
 Low self esteem and
confidence, ambiguous
relationships
 Impulsive, with criminal
tendencies
A study done on 126 male
Harvard students regarding
anxiety and related issues &
their relationships with their
parents revealed:
Strained - 100% incidence of
significant health issue
Warm and close - 47% had
a significant health issue

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Marital/ Social Relationships
Marital Relationship
 Unhappy marriages led
to 34% more coronary
events
 The higher the degree
of perceived love and
support in married
couples, lower were
the number of
blockages found on
angiograms
Social Relationships
 Overall death rate 3.1
times > who did have
close/social contacts
 Being well-integrated
socially reduced all-cause
age-adjusted mortality 2-
fold
 Those who gave love and
support to others had
fewer health issues
Lee Lipsenthal Memorial Lecture: Integrative Holistic Medicine:
The Science of Connection
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 Human heart radiates an electromagnetic field that
extends at least 15 feet from the body
 One persons EKG can affect another persons EKG
 Most dramatic in couples who sleep together over
many years
 Similar illnesses in Romantic/Marital relationships
especially cardiac diseases
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The Cause Of Effect On Others

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 Affect on Environment
 Vibes? (Electromagnetic waves)
 People begin to affect each other's physiologic
function, and this can have health ramifications
 We are affected by others’ moods, attitudes and
feelings
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The Cause Of Effect On Others

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 Lee Lipsenthal Memorial Lecture: Integrative
Holistic Medicine:
The Science of Connection: (Mimi Guarneri, MD, FACC, ABIHM)
 Acknowledgment:
 Dr.Badar Sabir Ali
Associate Professor (r)
Family Medicine Aga Khan University Karachi Sindh
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References/ Acknowledgments

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Q/A
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