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Fever is not a disease by itself. It is the body’s mechanism that suggests something wrong is happening to your body. It is simply the body’s immune reaction to infection or insult of any kind. The normal body temperature for an adult is about 98.6 0F, and body temperature higher …

Close your eyes and imagine a patient with a neurological illness. The image that conjures up in your mind is that of an elderly person with a deformed face, who is unable to speak, who has one arm glued to the chest, and who is gradually dragging his/her weak but …

What is De Quervain Tenosynovitis? De Quervain’s tenosynovitis is a painful and inflammatory condition caused by tendons (mainly the extensor pollicis brevis and the abductor pollicis longus) on the side of the wrist at the base of the thumb. Males are rarely affected by this condition, which primarily affects women …

Immunotherapy is a treatment that uses certain parts of a person’s immune system to fight diseases like cancer. This is a most recent treatment option modality available for cancer patients with fantastic results. Immunotherapy can be done in two ways: i. Stimulating the patient’s own immune system to work harder …

It was during the 2015 earthquake of Nepal, when we felt the need for having open spaces around us. Entire locales used to gather together in the available open spaces when the disaster struck. People were quite afraid to go their houses due to the threat of reoccurring aftershocks. Nepal …

Botox is a drug prepared from botulinum toxin, which is a highly potent neurotoxin derived from the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Botox has been gaining immense popularity and interest in Nepal in recent years, and it has only been a handful of years that the general public has become largely aware …

With the advent of neurointervention services in Nepal, we are able to provide the most advanced endovascular treatment for the ailments of the blood vessels of brain without having to open the skull. This has revolutionized the treatment of the two common, yet life-threatening, neurological conditions—aneurysms and strokes. An aneurysm …

What causes UTI in children? Constipation: If the child has habit of holding of stool for long time and it keeps kids from delay emptying of bladder, pressure on the bladder from backed- up poop can cause urine to be trapped, resulting in urine infection. Constipated kids sometime experience poop-leak …

Rapid population and climate change have numerous effects on the environment, in land as well as water, water scarcity being one of them. Water scarcity leads to limitation of safe drinking water, it limits the practice of hygiene and effect health systems, brings lot of repercussions, especially on health, and …

Postpartum care (PNC) is a very important part of maternal care, because some truly life-threatening complications may occur during the postpartum period, even in women with normal pregnancy and childbirth. Postpartum care is also extremely important for finding and managing neonate problems. Postnatal care in Nepal is traditionally uncommon. Most …