The term Cor Pulmonale was introduced by Stuart Harris (1952), Chronic Pulmonary Heart Disease (CPHD) or chronic cor pulmonale; is characterised by hypertrophy of the right ventricle, due to hypertension in the pulmonary circuit caused by chronic lung disease or pulmonary vascular pathology. But CPHD does not include cardiac damage due to pulmonary hypertension of mitral stenosis or congenital heart [...]
In this article we will discuss about the diseases caused by mosquitoes. The diseases are: 1. Yellow Fever 2. Dengue Fever 3. Chikungunya. Disease # 1. Yellow Fever: It is transmitted by Aedes and other mosquitoes and is an acute specific viral fever of short duration, varying in severity. The severe cases are characterised by toxic jaundice, albuminuria and haemorrhages [...]
Prognosis of Diseases means how we are expected to do after a disease is diagnosed. It is based on many things, including stage of disease, kind of disease, response to treatment, and our general state of health. 1. HIV/AIDS: The first drugs used to treat HIV, such as AZT (zidovudine) and ddI (didanosine), have reduced the numbers of opportunistic infections [...]