Sleep Disorders Disturbed sleep is one of the most common health problems. Average requirement of sleep is 7-8 hours per night. States and stages of sleep are defined by characteristic patterns in EEG (electro-encephalogram), EOG (Electrooculogram), EMG (Electromyogram) measured on the chin and neck. Polysomnography The continuous recording of...
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Viral Diseases: Introduction This section discusses viral diseases caused by many type of viruses, those preventable by vaccines, and others causing distinct type of syndromes. Rickettsial illnesses and Kawasaki disease are also included. Disorders caused by hepatotropic viruses , €€papillomaviruses , and HIV (see Gynecology and Infectious Diseases: HIV ,...
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Infective Endocarditis CLINICAL FEATURES of infective Endocarditis (IE) causes the Infective Endocarditis With TREATMENT of infective Endocarditis (IE) Proliferation of microorganisms on the endothelium of heart results in infective endocarditis. The typical feature–of the· disease is vegetation. Endocarditis may be caused by any microorganism; of streptococci or staphylococci; Haemophilus...
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ARKA Calotropis procera Arka consists of dried leaves of Calotropis procera ,(Fam. Asclepiadaceae), Ayurvedic Medicine for piles and Anal Fistula ,found wild more or less throughout India. Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Asclepiadaceae Genus: Calotropis Species: C. procera Binomial name...
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Bijaka ASANA (Heart wood) Asana consists of heart-wood of Pterocarpus marsupium Roxb. (Fam. Leguminosae); a moderate to large sized, deciduous tree, upto 30 m high and 2.5 m in girth, with straight clear bole, Brown to chocolate colour, under microscope shows vessels with bordered pits, fibre tracheids, tracheids, fragments...
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SUCHI ATROPA BELLADONA MAADAK (NARCOTIC) local anaesthetic and analgesic Local uses in eye dilatation FAMILY– SOLANACEAE LATIN NAME— ATROPA BELLADONA SANSKRIT NAME— SUCHI HINDI NAME– SAAGANGUR ANGURSHAFA CHEMICAL COMPOSITION– ATROPINE HYOSCYMINE– 0.81-0.5 % GUNA GUNA- LAGHU, RUKSH RASA- TIKTA,...
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HYOSCYAMUS NIGER or PARSEEK YAVANI VEDNASTHAPAN( ANALGESIC ) and a little MAADAK( NARCOTIC ) works on CNS FAMILY– SOLANACEAE LATIN NAME– HYOSCYAMUS NIGER SANSKRIT NAME– PARSEEK YAVANI YAAVNI TURUSHKA MADKARINI HINDI NAME- KHURASANI AJWAIN COMMONLY KNOWN AS HENBANE ...
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Definition of Toxoplasmosis (Toxoplasma Infection)- Toxoplasmosis is caused by a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii. Description of Toxoplasmosis. The parasite Toxoplasma gondii multiplies in the intestine of the cat and is shed in cat feces, mainly into litter boxes and garden soil. Infection with the protozoan Toxoplasma gondii. Approx. 25% of...
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Schistosomiasis Flat Worms Signs and Symptoms Clinical features with Diagnosis Treatment These are flat worms which can cause morbidity and mortality. They are also called adult flukes and invade blood, intestine, lungs and biliary tree. Schistosomiasis Flat Worms Man is the definitive host and snails are intermediate hosts. One...
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Ayurveda Drugs USTUKHUDUS LAVANDULA STOECHAS Specifically work on the CNS and GIT Disorders EPILESY,PARALYTIC CONDITIONS, NEURALGIA, CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION, FLATULENCE,STOMACHACHE USTUKHUDUS Its paste can be applied in case of OEDEMA. It has an ANTICONVULSIVE action and can also be given in paralytic conditions. Stimulates heart and blood circulation...
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