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D C Jain

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PubMed1981

Intracranial internal carotid artery aneurysm as a cause of Raeder's paratrigeminal syndrome.

A 26-year-old woman was first seen with severe facial pain, partial Horner's syndrome, and restriction of ocular movements on the right side--all features of Raeder's paratrigeminal syndrome. Right carotid angiogram revealed an aneurysm of the internal carotid artery. This is the second reported case of Raeder's syndrome due to an aneurysm of the intracranial portion of the internal carotid artery. The mechanism of facial pain and sympathetic involvement are discussed.

Adult↗
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Evaluation of pulse polio and routine immunisation coverage: Alwar District, Rajasthan.

During the last decade, India achieved 88% reduction in reported poliomyelitis incidence. However, absolute number of reported cases still remains high. As an added effort to eradicate the disease, the country observed its first National Immunisation Days (NIDs) on 9.12.95 and 20.1.96. The present study evaluates the performance of Alwar district, Rajasthan. Modified 30 cluster technique was used to collect information. Overall coverage in rural and urban areas was 89% and 91% respectively. Main source of information was television in urban and health staff in rural areas. Most of the respondents knew about the usefulness of such special activity and had favourable opinion about the facilities provided. Urban Alwar had 80% OPV3 coverage but, in rural area it was almost half. The reported coverage of NIDs and UIP was found to be conflicting with the study results. The existing "dose enumeration method" of calculating reported coverage was attributed to be the cause. The study emphasises the need to incorporate an in-built community-based evaluation of future NIDs and utilisation of such results for planning.

Child, Preschool↗
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A survey on community perceptions of jaundice in east Delhi: implications for the prevention and control of viral hepatitis.

Using senior health professionals as interviewers, a 30-cluster sampling survey was carried out to investigate community perceptions of pilia (the local word for jaundice) in east Delhi (India). Of 416 persons (mostly mothers of children aged < 2 years) interviewed, 339 (81%) were aware of pilia as an illness. Only 322 (77%), 164 (39%), 73 (18%) and 71 (17%) people knew about correct symptoms, dangers, causes and prevention of pilia. Most of the correct responses were related to the faeco-orally transmitted viral hepatitis. Literate respondents were significantly more aware of pilia (chi 2 52.81, P < 0.0001), its symptoms (chi 2 48.88, P < 0.0001), causes (chi 2 39.34, P < 0.0001), dangers (chi 2 19.3, P = 0.0007), and prevention (chi 2 60.8, P < 0.0001). However, age of the respondents had no significant bearing (P > or = 0.05) on the correctness of responses. About 293 (70%) subjects considered pilia as a treatable illness; of them, 193 (66%) and 77 (26%) respectively expressed their preference for the 'modern' and indigenous systems of medicine for its treatment. In contrast, 110 (38%) respondents said that they would prefer faith healers for the treatment of pilia. Although only 31 (7%) persons were aware of a vaccine against pilia (hepatitis B vaccine), virtually all agreed to have their children immunized if such a vaccine were made available. The study underscores the usefulness of pilia in lay-reporting of viral hepatitis and epidemiological studies on jaundice-associated illnesses and the need for educating the community about its causes and prevention to increase people's participation in controlling viral hepatitis and other diseases that mainly manifest as jaundice.

Adolescent↗
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A study of oro-dental disorder in the area of Rural Health Training Centre, Naila (Jaipur).

A door to door survey on oro-dental disorders was carried out in four villages of the field practice area of Rural Health Training Centre, Naila (Jaipur), covering a population of 1384 in the age group of 6 years and above. A total of 81 (5.85 per cent) of the examined population had malocclusion, and its relationship with age was found to be significant (P less than 0.01). A highly significant (P less than 0.001) increase was observed in oral-mucosal and dental disorder with advance in age. Among the dental disorders, dental caries was most common, affecting 15.32 per cent of the total population followed by fluorosis (1.66 per cent), attrition of teeth (0.94) per cent) and supernumerary (0.58 per cent). A statistically highly significant (p less than 0.001) difference was observed in prevalence of attrition, dental fluorosis and caries with age. The facts accumulated during the survey bring out vividly the need to apply the growing knowledge on orodental health. The need is not only for treatment, but also prevention and education about oral hygiene.

Adolescent↗