Clinical scenario: A 65-year-old lady presented with complaints of generalized body aches, arthralgia, loss of appetite and weight of 2 years duration.On examination, she was found to have pallor, severe malnutrition with BMI of 14kg/m2 , tenderness present over thoracic and lumbar vertebrae.
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Kussmaul’s sign : It is the paradoxical rise in jugular venous pressure with inspiration.
Decreased intrathoracic pressure during inspiration normally leads to an increase in venous return to the right side of the heart, with an associated decrease in jugular venous pressure. When there is impaired filling of the right ventricle, the jugular veins instead become engorged.
Causes of Kussmaul’s sign include right ventricular infarction, severe right ventricular failure, restrictive cardiomyopathy, constrictive pericarditis, and tricuspid stenosis .
He was wrongly diagnosed as celiac disease
Clinical scenario:
A 32 year old, male , building contractor by occupation presented with chief complaints of -Loose stools of 8 months duration .There was history of progressive weight loss generalised weakness and fatigue at work.
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He was wrongly diagnosed as chronic liver disease
Clinical scenario: A 19-year-old male was referred to our hospital with breathlessness on exertion and fatigue for 1 year and a history of gastrointestinal bleeding. Three months prior to this presentation, he had three episodes of painless hematemesis and was found to have variceal bleeding. He was transfused with four units of blood and was subjected to two sessions of variceal band ligation.
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Doc! I can not see, he suddenly cried!
Clinical scenario : A 48-year-old, obese, non-diabetic male presented to our clinic with history of abdominal distension and generalized edema of 1-month duration. He denied history of fever, jaundice, breathlessness or similar history in the past.
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Recurrent liver abscess
Clinical scenario : A 48 yr old male presented with h/o Fever and abdominal pain of 10 days duration On examination he was conscious oriented and had stable vitals , temp 38° C ,he had mild hepatomegaly , rest of clinical examination was unremarkable Investigation: WBC 12,0000 Liver function test normal. An ultrasound revealed Liver abscess .Patient was given Antibiotics and abscess was drained .He became a febrile and was discharged home.
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Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) signs MOU with Republic of Malawi, Africa
The Yenepoya (Deemed to be University) and High Commission of Malawi, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 22nd July 2019 for the purpose of educational cooperation, extending health services and strengthening of the relationship between two countries in terms of health, education and skill development.
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Exercise
Today we discuss about exercise, a wonderful medicine to take care of your body.
Benefits of exercise
It can reduce your risk of major illnesses, such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and cancer by up to 50% and lower your risk of early death by up to 30%. Exercise is the miracle cure we’ve always had, but for too long we’ve neglected to take our recommended dose. Our health is now suffering as a consequence.
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Yenepoya Varsity awarded the regions first Medical Technology and Rapid Prototyping Facility
In view of nurturing and creating a ecosystem for preparing countries technological and product development capabilities in biopharmaceuticals including vaccines, biologics, medical devices and diagnostics to a level that will be globally competitive over the next decade (under i3 programme), the National Biopharma Mission (NBM) with the Funding from Department of Biotechnology (DBT) (Program co-funded by World Bank loan) and the Implementing agency Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) has awarded a Medical technology and Rapid Prototyping facility to be established at Yenepoya (Deemed to be University).
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Bleeding from the bottom
A small amount of one-off bleeding from the bottom isn’t usually a serious problem. But never ignore it.
You might be bleeding from the bottom if you have:
- Blood on your toilet paper.
- Red streaks on the outside of your poo.
- Pink water in the toilet bowl.
- Blood in your poo or bloody diarrhea.
- Very dark, smelly poo (this can be blood mixed in poo).
A small amount of one-off bleeding can often go away on its own without needing treatment.
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