Alpha-fetoprotein blood test-early detection of liver cancer Pilocarpine iontophoresis test– to diagnose cystic fibrosis Colonoscopy-colon cancer Schiller’s test-Carcinoma cervix Schilling’s test-B12 deficiency Kveim test-Sarcoidosis Mammography-breast cancer Schick test, Elek’s test -Diphtheria Dick test-Scarlet fever CA-125 test-ovarian camcer VDRL, FTA, TPAH tests,Khan test, Wasserman test -Syphilis […]
Allergic to dust, smoke,strong perfumes Histamine 1M weekly (3 Doses) Allergic to bread, acidic food Nat Mur 30 or 200, 4 hourly Allergic to beer, malt liquor Kali Bich 30, 4 hourly Allergic to dust(asthma), Pothos Foe 6X or 30, 4 hourly Allergic to warm […]
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BEWARE OF SELF DIAGNOSIS
Once a patient consulted me, and he said that “Please treat my swollen kidney”. What surprised me was, it was his first consultation, and he had not even done an ultra sound scanning to detect his swollen kidney. Still, I had to write the things […]
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GLANDULAR FEVER:MAIN POINTS
INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS is known as Glandular Fever ETIOLOGY OF GLANDULAR FEVER Causative organisms are Ebstein Barr virus it is a type of DNA virus,oncogenic virus SPREAD occur via droplet infection. rarely blood borne INCUBATION PERIOD OF GLANDULAR FEVER 1 -2 months. The virus infect the […]
Rabies (also called hydrophobia) Also read;Poliomyelitis:Cause symptom & prevention Pathogen : Rabies virus Animals that can transmit the rabies virus Any mammal (an animal that suckles its young) can spread the rabies virus. The animals most likely to spread the rabies virus to people include: […]
Poliomyelitis;Poliomyelitis (infantile paralysis) is a highly infectious viral disease, which mainly affects young children. The virus is transmitted through contaminated food and water, and multiplies in the intestine, from where it can invade the nervous system. Polioviruses attack the motor neurons of the anterior horns […]
Measles is a childhood infection caused by a virus. Once quite common, measles can now almost always be prevented with a vaccine.It is also known as rubeola, measles can be serious and even fatal for small children. While death rates have been falling worldwide as […]
It is an infection caused by a virus. It causes an itchy rash with small fluid-filled blisters. It is highly contagious to people who haven’t had the disease or been vaccinated against it.Th blister rash appears 10 to 21 days after exposure to the virus […]