Awareness of plastic pollution is poor among the general population and medical professionals. It impossible to understand detrimental effects plastics without knowing basic facts about their additives sorbents. As topic vast, it difficult grasp by a physician. So, I have tried first concise in this article, followed detailing its impacts on health ecosystem. plants, animals, humans are interdependent, impact one group affects others. healthy balance all components essential. For controlling...

<b>Introduction:</b> Nonadherence to cardiovascular medicines is a major concern. It increases the morbidity and mortality of patients. The work was conducted evaluate adherence in patients rural India. <br><b>Methods:</b> study Department Medicine involving with essential hypertension (HTN), congestive cardiac failure (CCF), ischemic heart disease (IHD) over 12 months period. Patients were prescribed at initial visit assessed subsequent visit. Four items Morisky's Medication Adherence Scale...

Introduction: Growing evidences of the health benefits yoga are available in literature. But physicians not aware it. Methodology: Databases like PubMed, PubMed Central, Google Scholar, and Scopus searched for articles on preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitation potential yoga. Scientific analyzed incorporated into article. Result: Yoga provides relief from stress, anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts. It promotes better sleep. relieves psychosomatic disorders. helps to cope with...

Context: Hypothyroidism is a common public health problem in India. With iodine sufficiency, autoimmune thyroiditis becoming the most important etiology of hypothyroidism. Often, associated with other systemic diseases. Aims: We undertook thisobservational study to find prevalence lupus erythematosus (SLE) amongst hypothyroid patients at our Institution. Settings and Design: This probably first its kind from Materials Methods: 185 diagnosed hypothyroidism were included screening for SLE was...

International Journal of Medicine and Public Health,2015,5,2,169-172.DOI:10.4103/2230-8598.153830Published:April 2015Type:Original ArticleUsefulness examination palmar creases for assessing severity anemia in Indian perspective: A study from a tertiary care centerGouranga Santra Gouranga Department Medicine, Midnapore Medical College, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India Abstract:Background Objectives: Palmar may become as pale the surrounding skin severe anemia. However, its sensitivity is...

Awareness regarding the etiological spectrum of tetany is poor among physicians. Because awareness, underdiagnosed and undertreated.Databases like PubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, Google Scholar are searched to identify peer-reviewed articles on tetany. Case reports, case series, original analyzed different causes prevalent in community. Different found tabulated, finally, a flowchart made approach for diagnosing underlying pathologies tetany.Both metabolic respiratory alkalosis important...

A 14-year-old girl without diabetes presented with recurrent attacks of generalised tonic–clonic seizures for the past 3 years which had partially been controlled phenytoin and not sodium valproate or levetiracetam. detailed history revealed that each those episodes was probably related to spontaneous hypoglycaemia. She severely obese (body mass index: 36.54 kg/m2) acanthosis nigricans (AN), facial acne hirsutism (figure 1). During her hospital stay she developed hypoglycaemia (plasma...

A girl aged 11½ years was referred to the endocrinology clinic with a provisional diagnosis of short stature secondary juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Born consanguineous union, she had presented her primary care physician progressive stiffness and swelling small joints hands both ankles for preceding 4 years. Her postnatal early childhood periods were uneventful normal developmental milestones. She (height SD score (SDS) −3.8 mid-parental height SDS −2.3) an upper:lower segment ratio...

γ-Benzene hexachloride is a commonly used insecticide of organochlorine group. Notable toxic effects include seizures, ataxia, confusion and other central nervous system dysfunction. A 30-year-old male farmer with suicidal ingestion γ-benzene poison developed acute intrinsic renal failure azotaemia diminished urine output along features fulminate liver failure. Renal function recovered haemodialysis parameters gradually normalised time. As per our knowledge simultaneous hepatic kidney injury...

A 57-year-old woman was referred for preoperative fitness before planned laparotomy left adrenal cystic space-occupying lesion (SOL). She had been suffering from ill-defined epigastric pain the preceding 6 months and found to have a well-defined rounded suprarenal SOL (11.6 cm×9.4 cm×9 cm) seen on abdominal ultrasonography. contrast-enhanced CT scan revealed purely (12.1 cm(CC)×11.3 cm(TR)×10 cm(AP)) with hyperdense enhancing thin wall in area non-visualisation of gland (figure 1). elevated...