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Recent PostsMyocardial bridgingNovember 6th 2009 20:44
Myocardial bridging where portion of coronary is buried in myocardium, causes narrowing of artery when heart muscle contracts during systoly leading to decreased blood flow and pain. Usually benign with mild symptoms. If severe significant symptoms are present deroofing of myocardial bridge segment or bypass grafting is required.
 Precautions & Treatment - Anti-depressentsOctober 27th 2009 11:44
Precautions
Some anti-depressant drugs should be used cautiously in the elderly as they give rise to dizziness, constipation, decrease of blood pressure in the erect posture. Persons requiring to be mentally alert (eg. those operating machinery or driving) should also be careful as some anti-depressants are sedative. Treatment Anti-depressant drugs are very effective and can bring about improvement in a large number of cases. The choice of the anti-depressant drug used depend on the age of the patient, presence of associated symptoms (like anxiety or excitement), need for sedatives and the side effects which are to be avoided. These drugs require a minimum of two to three weeks to start acting, and good recovery in most cases occurs within four to eight weeks. The treatment should be continued for eight to twelve months at least.
Indications for stress ECG testOctober 22nd 2009 05:43
Stress ECG Test is useful to detect any evidence of decreased myocardial blood flow when patient symptoms are not clear cut and when ECG and Echo are not suggestive of coronary artery disease. It is useful to assess severity and prognosis of coronary artery disease. Also useful in advising fitness and workload for patients during rehabilitation period.
Left ventricular hypertrophyOctober 15th 2009 05:35
Left ventricular hypertrophy is increased myocardial wall thickness due to increased load on the heart muscle due to high BP or left ventricular outflow obstruction. Increased muscle mass with fibrosis and inadequate myocardial capillary growth results in imbalance between myocardial blood supply and demand which may present like angina, arrhythmia and diastolic dysfunction which may cause abnormal filling pressures and failure in long term cases.
Whooping Cough - TreatmentOctober 8th 2009 03:52
Garlic is one of the most effective remedies for whooping cough. The syrup of garlic should be given in doses of five drops to a teaspoon, two or three times a day, to treat this condition. It should be given more often if the coughing spells are frequent and violent.
Ginger is another effective remedy for whooping cough. A teaspoon of fresh ginger juice, mixed with a cup of fenugreek decoction and honey to taste, is an excellent diaphoretic. The fenugreek decoction can be made by boiling one teaspoon of seeds in 250 ml of water till it is reduced to half. Syrup prepared by mixing a teaspoon of fresh radish juice with an equal quantity of honey and a little rock salt, is beneficial in the treatment. It should be given thrice daily
Computer VirusOctober 7th 2009 03:42
1) Viruses are small programs that are created to cause harm to the computer by deleting or corrupting the data in them.
2) These are spread through data carriers like floppy discs and CD and now more frequently through emails. The virus lodges itself in the computers in infects and begin to destroy its host either immediately or on a trigger like a specific date that it is programmed to activate. 3) Computers that are protected by anti-virus software and firewalls mostly manage to destroy the virus and remain unaffected. Those without these precautions may succumb to the virus and lose valuable data. Data carried from an affected PC to another usually harbor the virus as well
Sonet - Optical NetworkSeptember 26th 2009 06:26
Sonet (Synchronous Optical Network) is a high-speed, physical layer network designed to carry large volumes of traffic over relatively long distances on fiber optic cabling using lasers or light-emitting diodes (LEDs). It provides a standard interface for communications carriers to connect networks based on fiber optic cable to handle multiple data types (voice, video and so on). Sonet defines a technology for carrying many signals of different capacities through a synchronous, flexible, optical hierarchy. This is accomplished by means of a byte-interleaved multiplexing scheme. Byte-interleaving simplifies multiplexing and offers end-to-end network management. Sonet was proposed by Bellcore in the mid-80s and now an ANSI standard. It is a successor to other well-known communication technology implemented on fiber optics network called PDH (Plesiochronous Digital Hierarchy).
It possesses several characteristics that make it good for the internet today: It defines clear interoperability standards between different vendors products. It can carry nearly any higher-level protocol (including IP), and includes built-in support for ease of management and maintenance. Sonet has emerged as a powerful protocol which is extensively used for large and high performance networks
Breast Cancer - Detection, Treatment and PrecautionsSeptember 23rd 2009 21:00
Detection
Women aged 40 and above should go for digital mammogram every year
Breast Cancer - Cause, Risk Factors and SymptomsSeptember 17th 2009 05:57
What is breast cancer?
Uncontrolled growth of breast cells. It occurs in both men and women, although male breast cancer is rare
Babies develop bluish discoloration of lipsSeptember 11th 2009 03:59
This indicates usually serious birth defects of the heart, which are associated with low birth weight, and delayed milestones, failure to thrive. Such babies are prone for higher incidences of early mortality rate. This is usually due to mixing up of oxygenated blood with deoxygenated blood. ECG, X-Ray and echo color Doppler evaluation will reveal the diagnosis. It is also helpful in deciding whether surgical treatment is possible or not, and whether surgical treatment is totally or partially corrective or palliative procedure.
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