Saturday, 11 February 2017

Supermom to the rescue! (By J. Francois)

Super mom to the rescue!

Ever see stories on the internet talking about supermom strength? You now like how a mother can seemingly become the incredible hulk and lift a 3,500-pound vehicle to save her children or other similar examples? Well, these stories aren’t that far from reality, in fact they are pretty close.
In 2006, in Ivujivik, Quebec resident Lydia Angiyou fought a polar bear when it approached one of her two sons. Spoiler alert; she won the fight (didn’t die). Lydia was able to wrestle with bear for long enough for help to arrive and the bear was eventually shot and killed. Not only did Lydia fight a Polar bear WITH HER FISTS, she only suffered a black eye and a few scratches. To read more, the article of the story can be found here.

Lydia Angiyou receiving the medal of “acts of good citizenship” for her heroic act in 2006.
















These seemingly superhuman bursts of strength are known as “Hysterical strength”, which is defined as: “a display of extreme strength by humans, beyond what is believed to be normal, usually occurring when people are in life and death situations.” How is it possible for the body to seemingly defy its capabilities? Well the culprits are two small pyramid shaped glands fitted like caps on the kidneys, the adrenal glands. They release hormones called “Epinephrine and norepinephrine” or as we know, adrenaline. Adrenaline is released when the body is stressed and in potential danger and causes us to go through what is called an “adrenaline rush”, or “fight or flight mode”

When released, adrenaline increases blood flow to the muscles, output of the heart, pupil dilation and blood sugar, basically for a moment you are in a heightened state and you are basically like an anime character. Another thing that adrenaline does is that it is able to nullify pain temporarily, which would allow us to put more strain on our muscles than we would be able to do normally, allowing our “supermoms” to seemingly summon superhuman strength. Some of you may be wondering “well if our body is capable of such feats, why can’t we do them all the time?” The answer is simple, while adrenaline does vastly increase the body’s performance it also places the body under a lot of stress. Remember it only nullifies the pain, it does not stop the muscles from tearing or straining, or the effects of the increased blood pressure and blood sugar which as we know is all sorts of bad. Think of it this way, your phone is able to run multiple apps in the background, right? But if you do that what’s gonna happen? Your battery will die quicker, the same applies to the body if the blood flow and heart rate is always high you will lose a lot of energy quickly, which is against one of the most basic functions of any organism, to be efficient. 
So, the next time a child is in Life-Threatening danger there’s no need to fear! With the help of adrenaline, supermom is to the rescue!

1 comment:

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