Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) is a rate at which red blood cells (RBC) sediments or settle down on its weight in a period of one hour. It is a common hematology test that measures how quickly RBCs settles at the bottom of a test tube. During physiological conditions, RBCs settle down slowly. A faster than…
Excess of uric acid in the blood is called hyperuricemia. Uric acid is a nitrogenous waste, excrete through urine mainly in lower vertebrates i.e birds. As uric acid is present in small quantity in human urine, its increased amount in urine indicates some pathological conditions like renal calculi, gout etc in the body. While gout…
Headache is a very common condition which results pain and discomfort in the head. In routine life almost everyone is familiar of it. Headache may occur on one side of the head or both sides. It is mainly divided into two broad categories. These are Primary headaches Secondary headaches PRIMARY HEADACHES: In primary headaches, there…
Before going to the detailed differences, the simple most and trade mark difference is that osteoporosis is always QUANTITATIVE disorder while osteomalacia is always QUALITATIVE. Osteoporosis is quantitatively inadequate bone mass, while osteomalacia is qualitatively inadequate mineralization. OSTEOPOROSIS: It is a disorder of loss in bone mass, generally seen in elder people especially in women…
FIRST AID AFTER ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURE TO HIV; The immediate actions after accidental exposure to HIV actually means for reducing contact time between infected fluid and host body tissues. So if someone got injury by infected needle, infected OT instruments and sharps, the management is as follow: Wash the place of exposure with soap and plenty…
Pyloric stenosis- olive-shaped mass Hyperthyroidism- exopthalmous Liver cirrhosis- spider angioma SLE- butterfly rashes Addison’s disease- bronze-like skin Leprosy- Leoninig face(contracted face) Cushing syndrome- buffalo hump Cholera- rice watery stool Bulimia nervosa- chipmunk face Asthma- wheezing inspiration Hyperpituitarism – carotenemia + xanthamia Down syndrome- single crease on palms COPD- barrel chest, blue boaters, pink puffers Hepatitis- Icteric sclera(yellowish discoloration) Pneumonia- greenish rusty sputum Thrombophlebitis- homan’s sign Pernicious anemia- beefy red tongue Appendicitis- rovsing sign…
A situation in which a drug, a procedure, or a surgery should not be used as it may be harmful to the person. In pregnancy contraindicated drugs are those drugs which cross placenta and creates harmful situations for fetus. Following are drugs strictly not suggested to a female during her pregnancy. CVS; Aspirin and warfarin…
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