This is a case scenario of a young female with upper right abdominal pain and jaundice. History of the patient, examination, and investigations are presented here. Viewers should try to diagnose this patient. This will be followed by a discussion of the case after a few days. Case presentation of the patient with upper right …
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How to lose weight fast, without medicines and surgeries, without a diet plan and without a dietition help? Here are simple but important steps to include in one’s dietary and daily schedule. Introduction: Obesity is the mother of all the diseases. Obese patients, apart from getting all the nasty diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cancers, joint …
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Testicular cancer affects the young adults when testosterone fluctuations are maximum. About 1% of all malignant tumors are testicular tumors. And 99% of the tumors are malignant. Testicular germ cell tumors comprise more than 90% of testicular cancers. These cancers are strongly associated with a psychological distress and infertility. However, among cancers, testicular cancer is …
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This is a case scenario of a young male patient with fever, flank pain, and swollen lymph nodes. This case scenario has a theme which will be discussed later. Case scenario of the patient with fever, and swollen lymph nodes… A 22 years old male patient, a laborer by profession, was admitted in our hospital …
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Nightmares and night terrors are two distinct but related sleep disorders. Both these conditions occur mostly in children but adults may be affected too. Nightmares are basically nothing more than bad dreams. It is an unpleasant dream that can cause a strong emotional response like fear, anxiety, and sadness. Where in the sleep cycle is …
Before you have sex with other people, you have sex with yourself. This is masturbation. Masturbation is the sexual stimulation of one’s own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm. Masturbation through the ages … All men and women masturbate. Babies start to masturbate at the age of 15 to 19 months of age. When you see …
Sexual disorders in men relate to any of the following three components: Diminished Libido, Erectile dysfunction, and Ejaculatory dysfunction. As age advances, sexual dysfunction becomes more common. Up to 40% of men above 40 years of age notice a decline in one or more of the following domains of sexual function: Sexual intercourse, erection frequency, …
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Being tired and weak all the time may be a symptom of an underlying serious disease. Fatigue is a subjective feeling of tiredness and lack of energy during or after physical activity or avoiding/ lack of interest in physical activity. Individuals must be evaluated for medical causes of tiredness and fatigue prior to associating it …
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Wegener’s granulomatosis is a rare autoimmune, multisystemic disease affecting the small vessels. It is characterized by granulomatous vasculitis of the upper and lower respiratory tracts together with glomerulonephritis. The disease is named after Friedrich Wegener, a German pathologist, who first described the full clinical picture of the disease. In 2006, two investigators from UK and US …
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Fever and joint pains are two common manifestations of a variety of underlying diseases. These diseases may range from simple viral infections to some very serious diseases like cancers. The following post is about a 22 years old male patient with fever and joint pains. He was investigated and managed at our Hospital. Here I …