INFORMATION & IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD DONATION The earliest documentation of blood transfusion is found in the religious text of many civilizations. Karl Landsteener discovered the ABO blood grouping system in 1901, which is one of the most important landmark discoveries in the transfusion medicine. In the 1970s voluntary donors were accepted as blood donors. Blood […]
One of the common problems patients, or people in general face nowadays is that they need to consult a doctor repeatedly for the same medical issues they may have…they present with the question that heads this article: “why isn’t my medication working???” I as a medical doctor would like to give a brief overview of
Just about everyone has had moments when we get nervous breakdowns especially when we need to rise up to the occasion. School students sometimes exhibit this kind of tension during exams; actors get stage fright before an audience and sportsmen may get the yips when competition is high. The yips refer to unintentional muscle movements
Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that involves cartilage destruction. It usually presents with joint pain, joint swelling due to effusion, limitation on the range of movement and joint deformity. It increases with age, worsened by weight gain and overuse of certain joints like in athletes. History of bone fractures across a joint predisposes
Introduction Many times in Medical practice we come across patients who often complain of “Typhoid fever”. These patients have also been on treatment previously at peripheral centres for this diagnosis, commonly by unqualified personnel, or on a basis of non specific laboratory tests and often on clinical suspicion. This kind of practice has led to Overtreatment
Introduction There are hundreds of thousands of bacteria that live on our hands. We keep on adding and removing them with our hand washing methods. We keep adding some from the things we handle, the greetings we get and many more. Most bacteria are harmless but gain entry to the body after a small weakness
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My son was unwell for several days and for the first time I felt like a mechanic who couldn’t fix his own car. Every time I thought ah! I have this figured out something else came up. Until I met a Doctor friend who said sometimes kids get bugs that are unexplained. During this period
Many diseases are caused by germs (microorganisms) which invade the body and alter the normal body functioning. These germs differ from one another and are thus grouped as viruses, bacteria or fungi. The most devastating and difficult diseases to treat are those caused by viruses, due to their uniqueness from other microorganisms. Viruses are very
The definition of a good athlete, a good prosecutor, or a good artiste is fairly easy. It’s the one who scores most goals, the one who puts most criminals behind bars, and the one who sells millions of albums. The best soccer team is the one that takes home the most trophies. Having said that
