Status Epilepticus Definition Status Epilepticus is characterized by a series of seizures occurring without the patient regaining awareness between periods of attacks; it is a life threatening medical condition needs urgent intervention. Status Epilepticus presents with recurrent tonic clonic seizures (Major status) without regaining consciousness and it is different from Epilepsia partialis continua which …
The key to a healthy pregnancy is without a doubt a healthy lifestyle and a nutritious diet that allows for proper growth and development of the baby. This is crucial in making sure that her body is healthy and ready to welcome the ongoing changes. You have to be ready to fine-tune …
Pectoralis Major is a muscle that forms part of the pectoral girdle and also helps in its movement. There are other pectoral muscles that form the pectoral girdle and these muscles (pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, subclavius, and serratus anterior) will be discussed individually; these four (4) muscles form the anterior axioappendicular (thoracoappendicular or pectoral) …
Pectoralis minor is also called P. minor and it is a triangular muscle that lies in the anterior wall of the axilla and is almost completely covered by the pectoralis major. Pectoralis minor attachments and boundaries Pectoralis minor is origin is from the 3rd to 5th ribs near their costal cartilages, while its insertion is …
Subclavius is a small muscle that arises from the costochondral junction of the first rib and is inserted into the subclavian groove on the inferior surface of the clavicle. Together with the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor, the subclavius form the anterior wall of the axilla. Subclavius Origin and Insertion The subclavius muscle originates by …
Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS) is also called Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic Nonketotic Coma (HHNC), Hyperosmolar Hyperglycemic State (HHS), Hyperosmolar Coma, Hyperosmolar Non Ketotic Coma (HONK), or Nonketotic Hyperosmolar Coma. Whatever name you decide to call it, Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State is a metabolic complication of uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus and usually occurs in elderly …
Schistosomiasis is also called Bilharziasis or Bilharzia or Snail fever; Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by a parasitic worm called Schistosoma which is a blood fluke. Schistosomiasis is a serious parasitic disease that is regarded as second in the scale of its impact on human populations only to malaria; the disease is one of the most important …
Schistosoma mansoni is a blood fluke that causes a disease commonly called Schistosomiasis or Bilharzia. There are many species of schistosoma parasites but schistosoma mansoni affects the gastrointestinal tract, hence it mainly causes intestinal Schistosomiasis. Schistosoma Mansoni Epidemiology Schistosoma mansoni is most common in Africa (Nile delta, Libya, southern Sudan, Senegal, Gambia, Cameroon …