Showing posts with label Medicine and surgery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Medicine and surgery. Show all posts
April 07, 2023

PREMATURE RAPTURE OF MEMBRANES

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INTRODUCTION: Rapture of membranes is associated with loss from the uterus of amniotic fluids. Amniotic fluid is normally produced contin...
March 10, 2023

CERVICAL CANCER

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INTRODUCTION: Cancer of the cervix is predominantly squamous cell cancer and also includes adenocarcinomas. It is less common than it once ...
March 08, 2023

ESOPHAGEAL VERICES

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INTRODUCTION: Bleeding or hemorrhage from esophageal varices is one of the major causes of death in patients with cirrhosis. Esophageal var...
March 05, 2023

IMPETIGO

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  INTRODUCTION:   Impetigo is a superficial infection of the skin caused by staphylococci, streptococci, or multiple bacteria. Exposed areas...
March 03, 2023

CANDIDIASIS

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INTRODUCTION:   This is a fungal infection that is common especially in immunocompromised patients.  Usually fungi microbes are not a big bu...
January 17, 2023

HEPATIC FAILURE

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  INTRODUCTION:   hepatic failure is the clinical syndrome of sudden and severely impaired liver function in a previously healthy person. It...
January 15, 2023

GLAUCOMA

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  INTRODUCTION:   The presence of aqueous humor in the anterior cavity of the eye creates a pressure called intraocular pressure. An increas...
December 01, 2022

EDEMA

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  Objectives of the discussion:  By the end of this discussion, the learner/medical student will be able to; 1.  Explain the cause of the s...
November 01, 2022

INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

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  INTRODUCTION: Infective endocarditis is a microbial infection of the endothelial surface of the heart. A deformity or injury of the endo...
October 23, 2022

THROMBOCYTOPENIA

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  INTRODUCTION: Thrombocytopenia which is a condition of low platelet count, is the most common cause of abnormal bleeding. PATHOPHYSIOL...
October 19, 2022

MEASLES

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  INTRODUCTION: Measles is a highly contagious, acute, febrile illness. In the developing countries it has the highest morbidity and morta...
October 01, 2022

SALMONELLA (GASTROENTERITIS, TYPHOID FEVER, PARATYPHOID FEVER)

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  INTRODUCTION: All salmonellae are classified in the species Salmonella enterica with seven subspecies. Nearly all human pathogen salmone...
September 25, 2022

ALLERGY

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  INTRODUCTION: An allergy is a hypersensitivity to a particular foreign antigen, called an allergen. Allergens include plant pollens, fo...
September 23, 2022

DYNAMICS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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INTRODUCTION: For an infectious disease to perpetuate there has to be a reservoir of microorganism from where the causative agent should b...