I have been receiving phone calls from my relatives and concerned patients regarding the recent news about COVISHIELD vaccine being withdrawn from market due to blood clots. ( Since AstraZeneca has accepted a link between the vaccine and rare side effect of Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome -TTS). Concerned calls are mostly from people who have previously taken COVISHIELD vaccine.
Alcohol consumption is a causal factor in more than 200 diseases like behavioral disorders, liver cirrhosis, cancers, cardiovascular diseases, disability and Death
Pacemakers are pulse generators used to treat deadly heart diseases known as arrythmias. But unfortunately some patients cannot afford to buy one.
Fatty liver can happen in both alcoholics and non alcoholics.
When it happen in non alcoholics it is commonly called as Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ( NAFLD). But recently since 2020, the term NAFLD have been revised as Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD), as studies have shown that there are many other reasons like overweight, obesity, drugs, diabetes etc which can cause fatty liver.
Spinning sensation of head or vertigo occurs when there is a pathology affecting the vestibular apparatus or its connections like- fibers from cerebellum or ascending tracts from vestibular apparatus to brain through brain stem.
Management of hyperthyroidism is challenging and confusing than hypothyroidism. Graves disease require proper follow-up and a team work.
After the 3rd wave of COVID it has been around a year that the world remained calm without spurts of COVID related threats. But since December 2023 Indians are been on alert for the new variant of Corona virus- namely COVID JN1 virus.
It is currently a concern and is considered as a variant of interest by World Health Organization because globally there are significant number of people infected with COVID JN1 virus.
IV site associated infection is a very common thing in inpatient management. These serious infections are associated with increased morbidity, mortality and healthcare cost.
Dr. Sanoop Kumar Sherin Sabu M.D.,(Int Med), FCPM View the PDF below to get detailed guidelines on diagnosis and management of ABPA
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