July 16, 2010 # 7:27 pm # Gynae/Obstr, Womens health and pregnancy # No Comment
Puerperal Pyrexia : Short Summary and Causes
Peurperium
Puerperium is a period following child birth during which body tissues especially the pelvic organs revert back approximately to pre-pregnant state both anatomically and physiologically. Normally, it lasts for 6 weeks after delivery.
What is puerperal pyrexia?
also called childbed fever, is a rise of temperature reaching 100.4 degree Fahrenheit or 38 degree celcius measured orally on 2 …
July 13, 2010 # 7:05 pm # Disease Awareness # No Comment
Malaria : Awareness Effort by Nepal Government
Introduction
Malaria is a communicable disease transmitted from one person to another through mosquito bite. 2 species of plasmodium has been identified to cause this disease at present in Nepal:
a. Plasmodium falciparum
b. Plasmodium vivax
Among these two, plasmodium falciparum is more dangerous which is the primary cause of death due to malaria.
How is …
July 9, 2010 # 6:50 pm # Disease Awareness # One Comment
Public Awareness Program by Nepal Government
What is Respiratory Disease?
When microbial organism infect the Respiratory system and hampers the system like production of sputum, difficulty in breathing, cough etc. it is called respiratory disease. Mostly the lungs are affected. Others are nose and ears.
Problem due to Respiratory Disease
Usually children catch common cold. But Sometime a disease called ‘ Pneumonia’ that is …
July 3, 2010 # 12:23 pm # Living with Disease, Movies/serials # No Comment
This movie is based on Brad Cohen’s best-selling and award-winning autobiographical book, “Front of the Class: How Tourette Syndrome Made Me the Teacher I Never Had“, co-authored with Lisa Wysocky which describes Cohen’s experiences of growing up with tourette syndrome (TS).
About the movie
Starring Characters
Jimmy Wolk as present-day Brad Cohen
Dominic Scott Cohen as Young Brad Cohen
Treat Williams as Norman Cohen
Sarah Drew as …