Not to be confused with spondylitis, spondylolysis, or spondylolisthesis. Degenerative Osteoarthritis of the joints between the center o...

Pyruvate kinase (PK) deficiency is the most common cause of congenital non-spherocytic chronic hemolytic anemia. It is an autosomal recessi...

Things you should know about Cardiac markers for MI: 1) Myoglobin first comes and first goes (rises first, disappears first) 2) LDH is ca...

Libido (sex drive) is a person's overall sexual drive or desire for sexual activity. Sex drive is influenced by biological, psychologic...

It is a blockage of the lung's main artery or one of its branches by a substance that has traveled from elsewhere in the body through t...

 Sepsis is  a whole-body  inflammatory  response to an infection. Common signs and symptoms include fever,  increased heart rate, incre...

Classification of wounds : 1. Simple v/s Complex * Simple - Only skin is involved * Complex - Underlying structures like nerves, vessl...

Typhoid is a bacterial infection due to Salmonella typhi  Symptoms may vary from mild to severe and usually begin six to thirty days afte...

General approach to patient with hemolytic anemia ●Suspecting hemolysis – Suspecting the presence of hemolysis is not difficult in the cl...

Tachycardia, also called tachyarrhythmia, is a heart rate that exceeds the normal resting rate. In general, a resting heart rate over 100 b...