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Anthrax Vaccine
Vaccines are available to treat anthrax and some of its forms can be treated with proper administration of antibiotic.The term ‘anthrax’ is derived from a Greek word meaning coal indicating the black lesions developed on the skin by a victim. In case of inhalation anthrax flu-like symptoms can be found and the patient may suffer from meningitis.
Vaccines are available to treat anthrax and some of its forms can be treated with proper administration of antibiotic.The term ‘anthrax’ is derived from a Greek word meaning coal indicating the black lesions developed on the skin by a victim. In case ... More
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Persistent coughing
Persistent cough since last 1 year. Keeps coughing slightly twice in between while talking and otherwise. But doesn't cough during sleep. Consulted pulmonologist and ENT specialist. But no medication is helping. Pl suggest
Black stain
I have completed TB treatment but in morning mild black stain showing in sputum. Doctor done bronchoscopy report negative. Fungal report negative. Then why it's happened.
Chest pain during deep breath
Sometimes chest pains on both the sides while taking deep breath, bending down or lifting weights.also, I feel like stomach is bloated and keep releasing gases frequently. Is this something to worry ? In the recent full body checkup, it was found that i have grade 1 fatty liver and other values are normal..
Breathing issue
2 days ago I had bloating and it lead to a deep breath coming every 5 mins please advise I got my ecg done normal and also got my x ray which is attached please help to read the x ray
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Vaccination in Chronic Lung Diseases
Chronic Respiratory diseases like Bronchial Asthma,Bronchiectasis,COPD, Sarcoidosis and Interstitial Lung Disease are vulnerable to repeated infections and multiple hospital visits or admission.The main reasons for the increased susceptibility is altered lung defence, use of steroids in various ...
Asthma – Misdiagnosed or Mistreated?
According to recent statistics 6% children and 12% of adults in India have asthma. It is estimated 1 out of every 10 patients of asthma in the world is from India.While these figures may be alarming, what really is dreadful is that INDIA contributes to 42 percent of global asthma ...
Post-Covid Lung Damage: Occurrence, Indicators & Treatment
After facing the challenge of recovering from the covid-19 infection, the most common problem faced is Post Covid Lung Damage, also known as Lung Fibrosis. How does it occur? When the lungs get affected in covid-19, it presents as viral pneumonitis which is the ...
Retesting After Covid Recovery?
According to new reports as per CDC the RT PCR test detects RNA of dead virus also that sheds in respiratory epithelium upto 1.5 monthsHence Retesting is no longer recommended as the report of RT PCR can be false positive due to dead virus detection. Once a patient is ...
Facts About Rt Pcr Covid Test and Rapid Antigen Test
Tests to detect Covid gold standard or most accurate test is 1) RT PCR nasopharyngeal and oral swab. Test amplifies 3 genes of the covid virus.Test takes 48 hours usually to come. The most important thing to see is CT value means cycle threshold is number of times it takes for ...
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