ABSTRACT Winter is the time for comfort, good food and warmth for the touch of a friendly hand and talk beside the fire: it is time for home”, perfectly lines written by British poet “Edith Sitwell” describing the nutshell of winter season. In Ayurveda, whole year is divided into 6 ritus i.e. Shishira (cold and dewy season), Vasanta (spring), Grishma…
Pyoderma gangrenosum does sound fancy. But what exactly is this?? This is a chronic recurrent skin disorder characterized by frequent eruption of small red blisters which later join together to form large sores and then ulcers. The legs are the common site for its formation, especially in the shins and ankles. It is also often seen around surgical sites. The…
ABSTRACT The cell phone is a technology that meshed perfectly with public demand. People like to talk, and cell phones let them do so from anywhere. But the mobile phones bring closure to the person far from you but take you away from the ones sitting next to you. Moreover, there is a list of side effects on our day…
Bakers cyst are the fluid filled cysts that form behind your knees and might induce a feeling of tightness and associated pain along with it. Baker’s cyst is also known as synovial cyst (synovial fluid is the lubricating fluid that is present in knee joint) and also as popliteal cyst( cavity behind your knee is known as popliteal fossa). This…
Abstract Tularemia is a highly infectious systemic disorder. It is characterized by focal suppurative and granulomatous inflammatory reactions in many sites of the body. The causative agent is a tiny gram negative bacteria called pleomorphic coccobacilli. Basically the organisms cause a disease of animals, occasionally transmitted to man by direct contact with the infected animals or arthropod vectors. The animal…
Abstract There are many different types of tick borne disease which affects both animals as well as human beings. It is not important that they spread from one person to the other but if it does then these ticks are the infectious agents. These are usually caused by the pathogens including protozoa, bacteria and viruses. There are chances that the…
Are you constantly troubled with stomach pain, nausea and frequent loss of appetite ?? If it is, you should read below. The term itis stands for inflammation. Thus gastritis refers to the condition of inflammation of the gastric mucosa or the swelling of the tissue lining your gut. This disease is chronic and occurs with gradual manifestation over years and…
If you have wandered about the thing that settles down in your head after having taken hours doing your rangoli, it’s nothing but your CSF. Cerebrospinal fluid or CSF is the clear fluid which supports the brain and spinal cord. It supports these vital organs from injury by acting as a shock absorber while also being the medium for nutrition…
Abstract The cells of our body need fuel to work properly and this is present in the form of glucose. Glucose is obtained by breaking down the food that we eat and it is stored in the body to be used later. The body uses glucose as much as the body needs and the rest of them are stored for…
Abstract Reactive hypoglycemia is a condition in which the body’s blood glucose level falls down after a meal. It is usually within four hours after taking a meal. This condition is different from low blood sugar that occurs while fasting. This is also called postprandial hypoglycemia or sugar crash and is a term used to describe recurrent episodes of symptomatic…