Carbamazepine an anticonvulsant drug
Carbamazepine is used to prevent and control seizures. This medication is known as an anticonvulsant or anti-epileptic drug. It is also used to relieve certain types of nerve pain (such as trigeminal neuralgia)
Month: July 2019
Disease Vector control
Vectors are living organisms that serve as vehicles to transmit a pathogen (a disease-causing agent like a virus or parasite) from a host to a human or to an animal or both.
Acute Viral Rhinosinusitis (Common Cold)
Coryza (common cold). Is caused by a number of viruses: Rhinovirus, Adenovirus, coxsackievirus, influenza virus, and parainfluenza. which are spread by droplets and by indirect transmission such as through freshly infected articles (handkerchiefs)
Identification of Patients with Ascariasis
Ascariasis is one of the commonest infections of the small intestine. Caused by a nematode called Ascaris lumbricoides ( round worm). Common ways of acquiring ascariasis include failure to adhere to hygienic practices such as washing hands before food preparation and proper storage of food.
Identification of Patients with Cholera
Cholera is acute diarrheal infection of the intestine caused by vibrio cholerae. The infection is often mild or without symptoms, but sometimes can be severe and fatal.
What is Anaemia, causes, symptoms and Treatment?
Anaemia is a pathological condition arising as a result of low level of haemoglobin in the body. Reduction of haemoglobin impairs oxygen transport to the tissues – the basis of the clinical features of anaemia.
Ciprofloxacin | indications | contraindications
Ciprofloxacin is an antibiotic used to treat a number of bacterial infections. This includes bone and joint infections, intra abdominal infections, certain type of infectious diarrhea, respiratory tract infections, skin infections, typhoid fever