Bipolar disorder: presentation and management
Bipolar disorder (formerly called manic-depressive illness or manic depression) is a mental disorder that causes unusual shifts in mood, energy,
Breast cancer: Causes, diagnosis and staging
Breast cancer is a malignancy originating from breast tissue. Disease confined to a localized breast lesion is referred to as early, primary,
Arrhythmias: types, presentation and treatment
Arrhythmia is loss of cardiac rhythm, especially irregularity of heartbeat. Supraventricular Arrhythmias Common supraventricular tachycardia requiring drug treatment are atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter, and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). Other arrhythmias that usually do not require drug therapy are not discussed here (e.g., premature atrial complexes, sinus arrhythmia, and sinus tachycardia). Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter AF has extremely rapid (400–600 […]
Urinary tract infections (UTI) | Treatment
Infections of the urinary tract represent a wide variety of clinical syndromes including urethritis, cystitis, prostatitis, and pyelonephritis
Pharmaceutical Management of anxiety disorders
In anxiety disorders the most prominent features are anxiety and avoidance which are irrational or impair functioning.
Thyroid disorders | Diagnosis and Treatment
Thyroid disorders involve thyroid hormone production or secretion and result in alterations in metabolic stability. Thyroid hormones; thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3) are formed on thyroglobulin
Venezuelan equine encephalitis
Humans become infected from the bite of infected mosquitoes. The major species of mosquito that transmit epidemic VEE are Psorophora confinnis….
Polymyalgia rheumatic (PMR) | Causes and Treatment
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory condition that usually affects the muscles in and around the shoulders and upper arms, the buttocks and the thighs
Psoriasis, inflammatory disease of the skin | causes and treatment
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disease that targets principally the skin and one that is possibly of autoimmune aetiology
Hemolytic anemia | causes, classification and characteristics
Hemolysis refers to the shortened survival of erythrocytes (red blood cells; RBCs) in the blood circulation before the normal expected lifespan of the RBC has been reached
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