Let’s check some important notes of GERD including clinical features, diagnosis and treatment Factors preventing gastro-oesophageal reflux Etiology: Incompetence of the lower oesophageal sphincter(LES) causes gastro-esophageal reflux. Important notes of Clinical features in GERD Diagnosis 1.Endoscopy – may show reflux esophagitis, pepticstricture or Barrett’s esophagus. […]
Chemical names of vitamin Vit A-RetinolVit C-Ascorbic acidVit D-CalciferolVit E-TocopherolVit K-PhylloquinoneVit B1-ThiamineVit B2-RiboflavinVit B3-NiacinVit B5-Pantothenic acidVit B6-PyridoxineVit B7-BiotinVit B9-Folic acid functions of vitamin VITAMIN A:keeps your skin glowing, wardsoff illness and infection andmaintains healthy visionVITAMIN B12:boosts energy levels,promotes DNA production andoptimizes brain healthVITAMIN C:aids in […]
Hand foot mouth disease is a common viral infection in kids younger than 5 years old, but it can also affect older children and adults who have never had the infection. HOW TO SPREAD A HFMD It is easily spread from person to person through […]
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 […]
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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 […]
Rose sign – DVT. Rose spot – typhoid. Rose Waller test- rheumatoid factor. Rose pink rash- erysipelas. Rose thorn ulcer- Crohn disease. Rose Bengal stain- Sjogren syndrome( eye Rose Bengal card test- Brucella. Rose garder’s disease- sporothrix scheinki. Rose position- adenoidectomy / tonsillectomy. Rosewater syndrome-a […]