Giardiasis: A cause of Chronic diarrhea and malabsorption
Introduction- Giardiasis is the Infection of the upper small intestine caused by a Flagellate Protozoan , Giardia lamblia ( aka G. intestinalis or G. duodenalis). […]
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I’m Legend : Cure for Cancer goes Wrong
I’m Legend is a Sci-fi Movie based on a Medical theme. How a mutated airborne infective virus can cause unimaginable casualty has been shown. In […]
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Renal Artery Stenosis
Patient with RA stenosis presents with: A.Hypertension when it affects single kidney and as Renal failure when it affects bilateral kidneys. It is often a […]
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Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease or CKD
Anemia in context of CRF usually correlates with the severity of Renal failure. Deficiency of erythropoietin is the primary cause of anemia in chronic renal […]
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Miliary Tuberculosis: Short information
Chest X-ray of a 35 year male with Pulmonary Tuberculosis who is under Anti-tubercular Treatment CATEGORY II.He had pyopneumothorax on the right -side with collapsed […]
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Acute Coronary Syndrome or ACS
Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) consists of spectrum of illness which includes: Unstable angina NSTEMI or Acute Non Q web MI Acute MI Conventionally ACS refers […]
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Paroxysmal Nocturnal Dyspnea or PND : Classical attack
Describing the attack of PND Normally after 30 minutes to 2 hours of lying in bed for sleep, the patient wakes up with feeling of […]
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: ACR Criteria Diagnosis
The American College of Rheumatology ( ACR ) established 11 criteria in 1982, which were revised in 1997 as a classificatory instrument to operationalise the […]
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Parkinson’s Disease and Parkinsonism : Summary
Parkinson’s Disease: Epidemiology, Causes, Features, Diagnosis and Management “ Akinetic Rigid Syndrome’ or Idiopathic Parkinson Disease-Are a number of degenerative diseases affecting Basal Ganglia which […]
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