INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE Dr. Vinod K. Jangid What is interstitial lung disease? Interstitial lung disease is a large group of disorders, in which there is inflammation of interstitium of lung that is progressive in nature and can further leads to scarring. Interstitium is lung tissue between the airsacs (alveoli) and involved in oxygen and carbon …
SLEEP APNEA Dr Rajesh Swarnakar What is Obstructive sleep Apnea in Adults? Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a common problem that affects a person’s breathing during sleep. A person with OSA has times during sleep in which air cannot flow normally into the lungs. The block in airflow (obstruction) is usually caused by the collapse …
KNOW SWINE FLU Dr Surya Kant,MD (On June 11, 2009, the World Health Organization raised the worldwide pandemic alert level to Phase 6 for swine flu which is the highest alert level. This alert level means that the swine flu had spread worldwide and there were cases of people with the virus in most countries. …
Tuberculosis and Its Diagnosis Dr. Surya Kant Tuberculosis (TB) has been known to mankind since ancient times. TB is one of the oldest recorded and main causes of death of human beings. Earlier this disease has been called by numerous names including consumption (because of the severe weight loss and the way the infection appeared …
From Editor’s Desk Dr. Sabir Tuberculosis is a chronic debilitating disease, if timely not detected and not treated adequately it can cause incapacitation, decrease in earning capacity and ultimately patient become burden on the family. It is highly prevalent in our country. India is the highest tuberculosis (TB)-burdened country in the world, accounting for about …
Chairperson West Zone, Indian Chest Society Dr.Neeraj Gupta World is facing pandemic with Corona Virus Disease, originated in the year 2019, popularly named as CoVID 19. Government of India has taken sincere efforts to contain the spread of this virus in the communities. In this effort, all the gatherings including schools, colleges, conferences, meetings, cinema …
Dr.Vijayalakshmi Thanasekaraan Dr. Lingadevi Thanasekaran Introduction Covid 19 is caused by the new coronavirus which spreads rapidly among people of different age groups right from adults to children and elderly population. As the pandemic continues , we have learnt that people affected by Covid 19 can present with a variety of symptoms such as fever, …
WHO Declares International Health Emergency Dr. G. C. Khilnani, New Delhi
WHO Declares International Health Emergency Dr. G. C. Khilnani, New Delhi What is Corona Virus? Corona virus is a common microorganism which causes infections of upper respiratory tract and Pneumonia. These are enveloped RNA viruses which are distributed among human, animals as well as birds. Two serious corona viruses have been SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV which …
Dr Atul Luhadia INTRODUCTION The most common way to immunise a person against an infection is through a vaccine. Vaccination works by giving a person a substance that contains very small parts of or a weakened form of an infectious agent like a virus or bacterium. This is usually delivered through an injection. The virus …
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