Intestinal or bowel obstruction is the stoppage of passage of the contents of the intestine. These bowel contents could be gas, food or digestive juices. You will learn how to take history of a patient with intestinal obstruction, examination of the patient with bowel obstruction, investigations and treatment; this is a prototype …
What is Hepatitis C? Hepatitis C is a serious infection affecting the liver that causes inflammation of the liver cells. Hepatitis C is also called Non A, Non B hepatitis. The Hepatitis C virus is an RNA virus and belongs to a group of viruses known as Flaviviridae Family. The Hepatitis C virus is infectious …
What is Hepatitis B? Hepatitis B is an infection of the liver caused by a Virus known as the Hepatitis B Virus. This infection is endemic in Southeast Asia, Africa and China but has a low prevalence in the United States, South America and Western Europe. There is an intermediate risk of …
What is Hepatitis A? Hepatitis A is caused by a virus known as the Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) that leads to inflammation of the liver cells; hence it is a virus that is the causative agent and not bacteria. Hepatitis A is the commonest form of Hepatitis in the world and it …
What is fibroid? Uterine Fibroid (also called Leiomyoma uteri –which means smooth muscles tumor of the uterus) is a tumor that grows in the uterus (womb) of a woman. It is also called Uterine Fibroid. It is not a cancer (malignant tumor); hence it grows slowly but can get very large when not treated. …
What are hemorrhoids? Hemorrhoids refer to bulging of the blood vessels around the anus that may protrude out of the rectum with accompanying bleeding. Hemorrhoids are the commonest cause of bleeding from the rectum (anus) and the bleeding mostly occurs as a result of prolapse of the hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids may occur within …
What is IVF? IVF means In-Vitro Fertilization. Vitro means glass, hence In-vitro Fertilization is the process of fertilizing an egg using sperm in a glass tube. Ever since the birth of the first baby in England in 1978 by IVF, and also in the United states of America in 1983, several fertility centers …
What is Prenatal Care? It is the medical care given to a pregnant woman to ensure that pregnancy is carried to time of delivery with the baby and mother being healthy, without developing complications. It is also called Antenatal care. Prenatal care helps to check that a baby in the womb is developing …