Biomedical subjects
B S Prashar
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Recurrent oculomotor nerve palsy: a rare presentation of neurocysticercosis.
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Stroke at moderate altitude.
OBJECTIVE: To know the clinical profile, presence of various risk factors for stroke at moderate altitude and to study its relationship with hypertension and polycythemia at moderate altitude. METHODS: We analyzed the data of 100 patients, consecutively admitted to a hospital situated at an moderate altitude of 2200 meters MSL of Sub-Himalayan ranges and studied the age, gender, geographical distribution, clinical features and presence of various risk factors in relation to stroke. This is not only the first study conducted in Himachal Pradesh but also first study in India to be conducted at moderate altitude (2000-3000 meters MSL). RESULTS: Males outnumbered females (66% males, 34% females) with rural predominance (73% rural, 27% urban). Cerebral infarction (69%) was more common but primary intracerebral haemorrhage (26%) was more common than found in the West. Hypertension (62%) and smoking (60%) were most common risk factors present and polycythemia was not a significant risk factor at this altitude. CONCLUSION: Incidence of stroke was found to be lower than the study conducted at low altitude. incidence of various types of stroke was similar to other Indian studies. The combination of opposite effects of decreased hypertension and increased haematocrit could not be demonstrated at this altitude and smoking was more common than in other studies and other risk factors prevalent were same as that for low altitude.
Superstition and fatal diabetic foot.
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Electrocardiographic manifestations of healthy residents of a tribal Himalayan village.
Electrocardiograms of 984 healthy subjects residing in village Kalpa at the height of 9000 feet above sea level were studied. Right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH) was observed in 9 (0.914%) subjects. Electrocardiographic evidence of ischaemic heart disease was found in 6 (0.609%) subjects.
Control of hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia by plant product.
A herbal powder consisting of Guargum, Methi, Tundika and Meshasringi was administered to thirty control and thirty NIDDM patients twice daily before principal meals for four weeks. Oral GTT showed improvement in both control and patient groups. Serum total and LDL cholesterol also fell significantly in both the groups after the trial period. Test meal of the herbal powder with D-Xylose excretion was otherwise normal. Follow up for upto two years did not reveal any long term side effect of the powder. This powder, therefore, can be effectively used to reduce postprandial blood glucose and LDL cholesterol in NIDDM patients as a long term measure.
Dopamine infusion--poor alternative as stress test.
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Effective reduction of LDL cholesterol by indigenous plant product.
A herbal powder containing guar gum, methi, tundika and meshasringi was administered to 30 control and 30 type 2 (non-insulin dependent) diabetes mellitus patients for a month. Total serum cholesterol and its fractions eg, high density lipoprotein, low density lipoproteins, very low density lipoproteins and serum triglyceride were determined before and after the trial period. Total and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterols were reduced significantly after the therapy. There were no significant changes in high density lipoproteins (HDL), very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) or triglyceride levels. Side-effects eg, mild flatulence and looseness of bowel were noticed in less than 40% cases.
Tropical myositis: complicated by arrhythmias and pleuritis.
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Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome--with unusual eye manifestations.
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