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Junrey Balawing: New Shortest Living man in the World

Administrator — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:32:05 +0000

A man from Philippines has been declared the shortest man in the World, as he turned 18 today. Guinness World Records presented Mr Junrey Balawing, from Phillipines who is only 59.93cm or 23.6 inches tall. He was awarded with the Guinness record certificate at his birthday party.

Mr Balawing stopped growing when he was 2 yr, according to his father, He has difficulty in walking. He is more than 7cm shorter than Mr Khagendra Thapa Magar from Nepal, who had held the record since last October.

According to BBC – “Officially he is the world’s shortest man,” declared Guinness World Records official Craig Glenday in front of cheering relatives and friends at his birthday party in the rural town of Sindangan on Mindanao island in the southern Philippines.

His father said he had been a sickly child and doctors had not been able to say why he stopped growing. His three siblings are all of normal size.

Mr Khagendra Thapa Magar who was previously crowned as ” Shortest man” is now second to Junrey. But World has once again seen a new, record shortest man and this time its from Philippines.

However, he just misses out on beating the record for the shortest living man in history – a record that was set by Gul Mohammed (India, 1957–97), who was found to be 22.5 inches tall.

Junrey, who weighs only 5kg, became eligible for the record today as he celebrated his 18th birthday.

Source:- BBC, Youtube Guinness Book channel.

10 Diseases likely to Threaten Human Race in near future

Dr. Sujit — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:06:57 +0000

Humans are losing the war with Microbes. Antibiotics have started failing and new ones aren’t being produced while drug resistant organisms have started raising their heads and will cause a huge loss to human race if in time, something miracle is not discovered. “ An ideal Drug” with best patient compliance, minimal side-effects, broad spectrum of coverage, no resistance, cheap and easy to manufacture.

1. Tuberculosis- The development of Drug resistance and failure to develop a New Effective drug had left a huge gap in case of Tuberculosis. Mycobacteria have now become resistant to 1st line drugs like Isoniazid, Rifampicin which are the two most effective drugs for TB. MDR TB and XDR TB have arised making Tuberculosis an old disease but a new challenge. Moreover the rapid spread of HIV has made it even more prevalent and more challenging. If no new drugs are developed, it is very likely that TB will seriously trouble the human race.Severe form Miliary TB

Miliary Tuberculosis of Lung : Typical "millet seed" lesions

2. VRSA and MRSA infections- The Notorious Staphylococcus aureus has always been a headache to a doctor. Rapid development of resistance to new antibiotics has left doctors with few expensive options. Methicillin resistant Staph and Vancomycin resistant Staph are common in settings of ICU patients and have been cause of mortality. The antibiotics effective against them are too expensive and you know the reason why they need to be kept expensive.

3. Influenza : The wonder virus is known to change its antigens frequently and every three years interval there is a risk of Pandemic. Swine flu and Bird flu have haunted People in the last few years. With high infectivity rate and shortage of vaccines if Flu becomes pandemic ( air borne) Human race might be at trouble once more.

4. Small pox- Although it has been declared to be eradicated if by change it has been hidden for use as biological weapon…… It will be a Epidemic and then Pandemic becauseThere is no herd immunity to protect its spread today.There are no vaccines available anymore. Highly infective and will take no time to spread.Mortality and morbidity associated with it is very high.

5. Hepatitis- Unlike HIV , Hepatitis can be transmitted from body secretions like Sweat. Yes, Hepatitis B, C, D cases are likely to go up this decade even more. With ineffective treatment and high chance of transmission it has become a higher risk tha HIV for medical professionals. Chronic cases may end in Cirrhosis and cancer. Fulminant hepatitis is a dreaded sequel.

6. Dengue and Viral Encephalitis- These caused a serious problem in South Indian region in last few years and is likely to trouble more in near future. Since mortality and morbidity related to them is high they can endanger population. Arthopod borne virus are likely tp trouble humans more in coming decade. Read about Virus

7. Hospital Acquired Infections- Specially, Gram negative bacteria causing Pneumonia, Urinary tract infection and wound infection including sepsis in hospitalized patient is likely to become more hazardous in near future. With development of antibiotic resitance like MRSA,VRSA gram negative organisms will be a headache for humans.

8. Pychiatric disorders- The prevalence of mental illness in human population is more than we can imagine. Only tip of iceberg is revealed but more remains hidden due to social stigma and misconception. Depression, Hypertension and Anxiety disorders are likely to rise as more cities get urbanized. Alcoholism and Drug abuse is not likely to spare humans in near future.

9. Technology Induced health hazards- Lead batteries, Mobile frequencies, mercury instruments, Radiation hazards from Nuclear reactors, X rays, CT scans, Hospital wastes, Industry byproducts, air pollutants, water pollutants all are likely to cause more problem than we are expecting in near future. If Nukes go off , its another story or an end of a story.

10. A new Disease- With news of people commonly coming in contact with space, Meteors that enter earth, mutations can bring new disease never heard of never learnt by human race. If deadly enough can risk the entire human kind. One theory for 2012 hypothesis is spread of new disease so if 2012 apocalypse is likely this might be the cause.

List by Sujit Shrestha

HIV/AIDS situation in Nepal

Administrator — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 04:20:15 +0000

Cumulative HIV Situation of Nepal Newer data:-

Total HIV infection reported as of 15 December, 2010	Male	Female	Total	Case reported in this month
Total HIV infection reported as of 15 December, 2010	11,061	5,997	17,058	155

Data As per Ashwin 2066 reports, HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) to be:

HIV AIDS data:

AIDS data Nepal 2066

Condition

Male

Female

Total

HIV +ve (Including AIDS)

9,701

5,086

14,787

AIDS (Out of Total HIV)

1,850

777

2,627

Source: http://www.ncasc.gov.np/

Medchrome has completed One Year Successfully

Administrator — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 17:14:23 +0000

It all started on October 30,2009 ,a Dream came true, A dream shared by 10 people , which now you can find in a real shape of Medchrome: Online Medical and Health Magazine. We would like to thank all our keen readers for constant support which encouraged us to keep our Website – Blog Alive.