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03 Feb 2023 08:39

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None more durable than a human heart

The invention of pumps, some two hundred years back, brought a revolution in our lives. With pumps, piped water in our homes was no more a pipe dream. It is true that the Indus Valley Civilization was able to deliver piped water to every home to some extent making use of gravity where water flowed from a higher to lower elevation. With due respect to the technology available then (some 4700 years back), it was still very basic in nature compared to the modern ones we have these days. No matter the height of the building or location, with a pump you can deliver piped water to any height. Pumps these days have many uses. They are used to fill diesel, petrol in our cars. In an aircraft, numerous pumps precisely deliver fuel to the engine, so that the aircraft flies uninterruptedly. A pump in a refrigerator circulates the refrigerant to get the required cooling. However, even with many advances in pump technology and their numerous applications, they cannot match one pump we have in this world. That pump is all natural, not fabricated. It is the human heart or in that sense any animal heart. The most advanced of pumps cannot be as durable as the human heart, which 24x7, seven days a week, 365 days a year, for decades together pumps and circulates the blood inside our veins and arteries.

With an unmatchable performance, no doubt our heart is the most durable of pumps. It however requires a little bit of help from us to help it last long. All that we need to do is not lead a sedentary lifestyle and burden our heart by eating junk or oily food. A little exercise and our heart works like a champion. Fortunately, for those who have issues with their heart, our scientists and doctors have devised things like pacemakers that help make the heart work healthily to some extent. It is still a long way when a man-made object will be able to work as a true replacement for the human heart. Until then our heart is the strongest and most durable of all things that works non-stop in this world. No wonder, it does a world of good to us when we take care of it.

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#769256

03 Feb 2023 14:34

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I agree with the author. Among all the pumps we know the heart is the pump which works nonstop for about 100 years. So it is the most durable pump in this universe.
In fact, all the parts that are created by God are more durable than many other items. Trees live for more than 100 years also. So I can say that God-made items are definitely more durable than man-made items.
The man tried successfully in making artificial body parts for human beings except for an artificial heart. But man-made items are not equal to God-made items both quality-wise and longevity-wise.

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#769259

03 Feb 2023 17:22

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Basically, human being is intelligent and has discovered many items beneficial for health. In case, we face certain problems relating to health issues, either we are prescribed some medications or if needed, they would suggest us to go in for operation needing surgery to rectify the problem.
So is the case with the heart issues, if there is excess fat deposit inside the walls of the heart, blood flow mechanism will be disrupted causing minor chest pain. If the symptoms are ignored, the ultimate result will be rather serious. What we need is to avoid oily foods, curtailing the consumption of butter and ghee for the better functioning of heart. Though the other options are there such stent insertion within the heart system or bypass surgery but the original heart cannot be made. Hence we must be cautious with respect to our food pattern to allow the heart functioning healthy.

#769272

03 Feb 2023 21:40

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Human body is a living miracle. Every part of the body is important and works as per its function. Heart is definitely an important organ pumping the blood continuously day and night. It is amazing that it does that job so efficiently and precisely. It is obvious that we have to take care of our heart and keep a life style appropriate to maintain and keep it healthy.
An average human body contains about 5 litres of blood. And the heart on an average pumps about 7000 litres of blood per day. So it is amazing that so many times the same blood after getting oxygenated in lungs is pumped by heart continuously.

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#769274

03 Feb 2023 21:49

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Nature is still an enigma.
Our body is such a complex and precise built machine that we have still much to learn about it. God still is the best Engineer and Scientist.
Most of our body parts especially the vital ones like heart work from our birth to death. In fact the moment heat stops we are dead. So our heart is durable through out our life. Without knowing its intricacies we humans really torture our heart and other vital organs and affect their smooth functioning. Even then they try to cope up by nullifying the negative attacks to a great extent and survive making us survive.
Even though durability is enhanced by using best components, it also needs best user practice too. Our heart and other vital organs too need best practice by ourselves to extent their durability and healthy functioning.

#769277

03 Feb 2023 22:46

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Thanks, everyone for your valuable comments. It indeed needs proper care for our hearts to function properly. Any lackadaisical attitude on our part with respect to our lifestyle, diet, etc can be detrimental to the functioning of the heart, however, durable it may be.

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#769335

06 Feb 2023 11:50

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The heart, the amazing part of human anatomy has been not only durable but lovable too. This iconic, hollow muscular structure takes only the shape to be a symbol of love but with no abides as such, the mind being perplexed to love, be loved or not. Weighing not even a pound, this stylish creation has never been tired of pumping blood, making lub-dub rhythmic beats, and keeping humans alive unless they ignore taking care of this unique masterpiece designed by the Almighty. Its function seems to be wonderful in that the lub-dub beats continue even though being taken away from the body owing to give life to another human with a malfunctioning heart.

It is interesting to note that based on the 70-80 years life-span, heartbeats range over about three billion in a human's life, the pulse being 60-80 times per minute in a normal adult, a little bit faster in women than in men, much faster in newborn babies around 70-190 per minute.

The human heart weighs less than one pound, men are strong in heart weighing 2 ounces more than women, theoretically emphasized. Whatever it may be, human anatomy is a miracle and if we love and take care of ourselves, we are durable.

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07 Feb 2023 19:30

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What if a child dies in the next minute after he/she takes birth? What if a kid dies after a month or year? Can we still say that nothing is more durable than the heart? I don't think so.

If the heart is the only thing in this matter then what about a turtle heart? A human can live 80 to 90 years but normally a turtle has more than 100 years of lifespan or even more!

#769391

07 Feb 2023 22:00

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Yes, if proper care is taken then the animal heart is the most durable pump compared to the mechanical ones invented so far. Our body requires adequate rest but interestingly, when humans/animals are at rest then also the heart keeps pumping. As mentioned by most of the members, the functioning of the animal body is quite complex and cannot be compared to anything mechanical. While every piece of equipment needs maintenance and has to be switched off animal bodies have the in-built mechanism to perform their own maintenance and for that, some functions remain inactive for a certain period and some perform continuously without any break.

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None more durable than a human heart

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