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Hypoglycaemia and Allergy
Hypoglycaemia is commonly found in people suffering from masked food allergies. It occurs when the body does not have enough blood sugar.
Krishan Bakhru
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Symptoms and Treatment for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis
The most dominant symptoms are persistent exhaustion, muscle weakness and impaired mental function. In some cases the disease can progress to a point where bed rest for a prolonged period is required.
Krishan Bakhru
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Things to Know About Benign Enlargement of the Prostate (BEP)
The prostate is a walnut-sized gland in males, located below the urinary bladder, and it encircles the upper part of the urethra. This part of the urethra is called the prostatic urethra. Urine from the urinary bladder passes out through this urethra.
Krishan Bakhru
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Things to Know About Poliomyelitis (Polio)
As the name of the disease indicates, there is an infection/ inflammation of the grey matter of the spinal cord (Polios, grey + myelos, marrow + itis, inflammation), causing paralysis of the muscles of the body, especially of the limbs. The disease is still common, although it can pe prevented by vaccination. The poliovirus is an enterovirus, i.
Krishan Bakhru
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Compulsive Drinking and Allergies
Many people need a drink to get through the day because they are addicted to the ingredients from which their favorite alcoholic beverage is made. Consequently it seems that alcoholism and food addiction are closely related, if not identical.
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Total Prevention of Chronic Renal (Kidney) Failure - CRF
Kidneys can be prevented from any damage, provided one is careful to prevent all those diseases, at least the common ones, which harm the kidneys. Since CRF usually occurs as a result of undetected/uncontrolled diabetes, high blood pressure, GN, UTI, especially the cases where there is an obstruction in the urinary tract, due to enlarged prostate, urinary stones, etc.
Krishan Bakhru
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Signs, Symptoms and Treatments of Acute Renal (Kidney) Failure - ARF
The clinical picture depends upon underlying causes, like acute GN (allergic disorder of kidneys), sudden acute rise in blood pressure (malignant hypertension), or it may be a case of acute infection of the kidneys (pyelonephritis), or an advanced case of dehydration (due to repeated vomiting, diarrhoea, etc.), or due to loss of blood as a result of sudden bleeding, or due to marked hypotension, i.e. fall in blood pressure in a case of heart attack, or acute kidney failure may...
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Acute Glomerulonephritis GN
A child may suddenly report the passing of a large amount of blood in the urine (as the blood leaks into the urine due to the involvement of the blood vessel walls of several glomeruli in the kidneys), which looks a dark-brown/coca-cola colour, and the urine passed is also small in quantity. There may be pain in both the flanks due to the pathology in the kidneys, which get enlarged/swollen. As a result of haemorrhage, the whole surface of the kidney shows tiny haemorrhagic...
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Allergies to Insects
Allergies to insects can be caused by bites, stings, cast off hairs or scales. By far the most serious are those caused by bee and wasp stings. In the United States they cause more deaths than bites from venomous animals.
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Preventive Measures for Chronic Renal Failure -CRF
There should be a regular/periodic check-up of the urine, for any infection/pus cells or growth of any bacteria. A CRF kidney is more prone to infection, and if infection is not prevented/ controlled, there is a danger of further kidney damage/failure.
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