Disease and Treatment
Low back pain is one of the most ubiquitous of ailments. About 80°Io of people are so afflicted at some time during their lives, and of these, 1-2% become chronically impaired. Low back pain may be associated with a variety of causes. These patients are subjected to a large number of diagnostic procedures with ambiguous or unrevealing results. This reflects inadequate clinical evaluation and a...
Standard Antibiotics for Acute Otitis Media (AOM)
While many different antibiotics may be used to effectively treat otitis media, the physician needs to balance effectiveness, safety, and convenience, as well as try to minimize the emergence of resistance. To this end the CDC has made very clear recommendations about first and second line treatments
First Line of Therapy
Of note, about 15% of the...
Post primary tuberculosis is the term used to describe lung disease, the characteristic pathological feature of which is the tuberculous cavity formed when the caseated and liquified centre of tubercular pulmonary lesion is discharged into a bronchus.
This is the most important and the most frequent type of tuberculosis. It may arise as- -
Clinical features :
Onset is usually insidious
Cough is...
Dementia is a general term that includes specific disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, Vascular or Multi-infarct dementia, Pseudodementia, and others. Dementia is defined as a loss in at least two areas of complex behavior, such as language, memory, visual and spatial abilities, or judgment, that significantly interferes with a person's daily activities.
Dementia affects over 4 million...
First described by Sir Robert Graves in the early 19th century, Graves' disease is one of the most common of all thyroid problems. It is also the leading cause of hyperthyroidism, a condition marked by excessive production of thyroid hormones. Once the disorder has been correctly diagnosed, it is quite easy to treat. In some cases, Graves' disease goes into remission or disappears completely...
When healthy, the lining of the mouth (oral mucosa) is reddish pink, and the gums, which fit snugly around the teeth, are paler pink. The roof of the mouth (palate) is divided into two parts. The front part has ridges and is hard (hard palate); the back part is relatively smooth and soft (soft palate). The inside and outside surfaces of the lips are distinctly divided by a wet-dry border (the...
We already know very well that diabetes has many complications. Some take long time to develop, some are instantaneous. I am going to talk about one of those complications that actually do not give us time to think. A diabetic may need immediate hospitalization with these and there may be no other option. I think every diabetic person and their family members, even office colleagues should know...
Lots of people suffer from pain in anal canal. It is a distressing and annoying symptom. Fissure means an ulcer or a crack in anal canal. Anus means the passage through which we pass motion and wind. Anal fissure are of two types-Acute and chronic. Acute anal fissure causes severe pain during passing motion. In chronic anal fissure intensity of pain varies. It can occur at any age, I have seen...
Are your legs or feet swollen persistently, or swelling in the leg appears at the fag end of the day after office hours? Or did you have an episode of sudden appearance of swelling in one or both legs a few months or a few years back, but you find swelling reduced though, but still persisting. Do you suffer from recurrent swelling in leg as well as difficulty in walking and get tired early? Do...
Osteomyelitis is an inflammation of the bone,usually the long bones of the arms and legs, which is caused by a pyogenic organism. If left untreated, it may lead to bone destruction or stiffening of the joints due to spread of the infection. In extreme cases, where infection occurs before the end of the growth period and the growth center of the bone is destroyed, it results in shortening of the...
Interstitial lung diseases comprise a heterogeneous group of disorders that have in common the features of inflammation and fibrosis of the interalveolar septum, which represent a nonspecific reaction of the lung to injury of diverse cause. Some 130 disease entities share the manifestations of interstitial lung disease . In the majority of patients, no specific cause can be identified. In the...
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Many terms are used to describe asthma and asthma management. This chapter attempts to simplify the technical language by selecting key words that reflect our current understanding of asthma. Included in this glossary are those words that need to be defined precisely so that their meaning may be clearly understood and not.
Acute - Brief period (days to weeks).
Airflow limitation - A prolonged...
Following are the Most Commonly Used Medical Terms:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Abortion
the premature termination of a pregnancy; may be induced or spontaneous (miscarriage)
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
a fatal disease caused by a virus that destroys the immune system's ability to fight...
What Causes Asthma Episodes?
The exact etiology or causes of asthma is still unknown. The airways of the asthmatics are found to be inflamed, red and hypersensitive. It is known that some triggers induce an asthma attack if exposed to the inflamed airways. Therefore, the management plan for asthma is directed towards prevention of inflammation of the airway and avoidance of triggers for the...
General Principles
Delusions or Paranoia
Agitation or aggression
Depression
General Principles in Managing Behavioral Problems
Behavioral problems commonly coexist with cognitive deficits during the course of Alzheimer's and other dementing diseases. They cause significant morbidity, interfere with the performance of activities of daily living, and often have a greater impact on the quality of...
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the lung caused by infection with bacteria, viruses, and other organisms. Pneumonia is usually triggered when a patient's defense system is weakened, most often by a simple viral upper respiratory tract infection or a case of influenza. Such infections or other triggers do not cause pneumonia directly but they alter the mucous blanket, thus encouraging bacterial...
Bowel (intestinal) function varies greatly not only from one person to another but also for any one person at different times. It can be affected by diet, stress, drugs, disease, and even social and cultural patterns. In most Western societies, the normal number of bowel movements ranges from two or three a week to as many as two or three a day. Changes in the frequency, consistency, or volume of...
Why do we define asthma?
We define asthma to identify the disease correctly and to differentiate it from other diseases. To fulfill this goal, definition of asthma has been changing over last 40 years. The clinician, physiologist, immunologist, pathologist or epidemiologist - all have different perspective of asthma.
In the year 1997, the following working definition has been formulated by...
Scabies (Itch)
Scabies is a contagious disease due to infestation by the mite called the Acarus scabiei, which has its habitat in the human skin. The female, after fertilisation, burrows into the skin, while the smaller male soon dies. In the burrow the female lays her eggs at the rate of about 2 or 3 a day, which in their turn grow into adult mites and infest new areas. The adult is a small...
