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Our spinal cord travels through a canal in the middle of the vertebrae that make up our spine. Each vertebra has a small disc or cushion in between them, which serves as a shock absorber in our spine. From the spinal cord, nerve roots separate and travel between the vertebrae …

A dreaded disease with environmental, genetic, and immunologic factors playing a role, psoriasis is a disease that waxes and wanes with flare-ups, and it has no cure, as yet. Psoriasis is a complex, chronic, proliferative, and inflammatory disease of the skin. It involves hyperproliferation of the keratinocytes in the epidermis …

Case study A 42-year-old female presented at OPD due to muscle pain all over the body since the last 3-4 years. She had been visiting different clinics and hospitals many times for the same problem. All investigations were done; mostly routine blood tests, x-ray chest, ultrasound abdomen, and pelvis Rheumatoid …

Clinically, diarrhea is defined as three or more loose stools or watery bowel movements daily, or a frequent increase above an individual’s baseline. The normal diary stool can weigh as much as 300 g/mg when high fiber diet is consumed. Hence, the frequent passage of formed stool is not diarrhea. …

At some moment in our life, while walking on the road, we must have come across a person trying to walk with the help of either a stick in the non-paralyzed hand, or with an accompanying companion, but his/her gait is always different and unbalanced. They always seem to be …

Hair loss is an increasing complaint in Dermatology OPD, and more so after the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is a huge rise in number of cases we see that comes with hair loss problems, and not to mention, the psychological impact it has on the patients. While we …

Vision loss that cannot be corrected with conventional glasses, contacts, or surgery is termed as low vision. It interferes with the daily performance of the individual, so a person with low vision must learn how to adjust to it. According to the latest global estimate, 36 million were blind, 216•6 …

The thyroid gland (glandula thyreoidea) is a small, butterfly-shaped organ located at the base of our neck. It lies in the front, just under the voice box (larynx) and above our collar bone. It weighs about 20 to 60 grams on average in adults and is present in both women …

Squint is an eye condition where the eyes do not look in the same direction. This means that one eye may not focus on an object someone is looking at. While one eye looks forwards to focus on an object, the other eye turns either inwards, outwards, upwards, or downwards. …

What is diabetic foot? When a diabetic person develops an ulceration in his or her foot as a significant and devastating complication of the disease, it is known as a diabetic foot. Nearly 12 – 15% of the population with diabetes develop the foot ulcer in his/her lifetime, and is …