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HMPV, The virus spreading in China and India, Signs and Symptoms, Management
HMPV: Human metapneumovirus: Human metapneumovirus is a negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus of the family Pneumoviridae and is closely related to the Avian Metapneumoavirus. HMPV is a common respiratory virus that causes an upper respiratory infection (like a cold). HMPV is common – so common that most people will be Infected while they are still children and may experience several infections in their lifetimes. In countries with months of cold weather HMPV can have an annual season, much like the flu , while in place closer to the Equator it circulates at lower levels all year long. … Continue readingHMPV, The virus spreading in China and India, Signs and Symptoms, Management
Tuberculosis (Koch’s disease), Causes, Clinical manifestation, Treatment and prevention
Tuberculosis (TB): It is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis, a facultative intracellular parasite. Tuberculosis is communicable through the air when an infected person coughs or sneezes. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that only affects the lungs and can also affect any part of the body such as kidney, spine and brain. … Continue readingTuberculosis (Koch’s disease), Causes, Clinical manifestation, Treatment and prevention
Vitamin K Deficiency in Newborn (VKDB) by GS India Academy Lucknow
Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding (VKDB) previously known as Hemorrhage Disease of the Newborn (HDN), is a well-known clinical entity for over 100 years. Vitamin K is required for the synthesis of coagulation factors that prevent and control bleeding. All neonates have low levels of Vitamin K owing to poor transport of Vitamin K across placenta, low Vitamin K content in breast milk, and because gut colonization that is critical for its synthesis takes a few days to establish. There are three forms of VKDB. … Continue readingVitamin K Deficiency in Newborn (VKDB) by GS India Academy Lucknow
Malaria, Transmission, complication, incubation period, Stages of malaria fever, Diagnosis & Management
• Protozoal disease caused by malarial parasite (plasmodium).
•Plasmodium falciparum (P. falciparum)
•Plasmodium malariae (P. malariae)
•Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax)
•Plasmodium ovale (P. ovale) … Continue readingMalaria, Transmission, complication, incubation period, Stages of malaria fever, Diagnosis & Management
Anatomy And Physiology of Male Reproductive System
• Among the male reproductive structures only the scrotum and penis are external and other structures are internal. … Continue readingAnatomy And Physiology of Male Reproductive System