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Chikungunya  is an  infection  caused by the chikungunya  virus  (CHIKV). Symptoms include  fever  and  joint pain .These typically occur two to twelve days after exposure. Other symptoms may include headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, and a rash. Most people are better within a week; however, occasionally the joint pain may last for months. The  risk of death  is around 1 in 1,000.The very young, old, and those with other health problems are at risk of more severe disease. The virus is spread between people by two types of  mosquitos :  Aedes albopictus  and  Aedes aegypti . They mainly bite during the day. The  virus may circulate within a number of animals  including birds and  rodents .Diagnosis is by either testing the blood for the virus's  RNA  or  antibodies  to the virus. The symptoms can be mistaken for those of  dengue fever ...

Introduction: Back pain or Sciatica is one of the most familiar complaints and disorder that affect 70-80% of people worldwide at some time once in their lives. It is the pain in the back that commences and continues from the hip and buttocks to all the way along the leg which comes in many forms with more or less severe lower, middle or upper to low back pain. Common causes: There are too many causes for common back pain, which include nerve problems, muscular tribulations, degenerative disc disease and arthritis etc. The low back pain caused due to these reasons are not as much common as other reasons and causes that produce pain in the back example, intense sporting and forceful recreational activities, heavy labor, sitting and sleeping in wrong posture for long hours or any other musculoskeletal sprain or strain. They are commonly misdiagnosed and identified as sciatica. So this is an essential challenge for a physician to differentiate between radicular and referred pain. K...

*Squint (Strabismus )* It is a condition that arises because of an incorrect balance of the muscles that move the eye, faulty nerve signals to the eye muscles and focusing faults (usually long sight). It may be of 3 types 1. *Converge* - When the eye turn in 2. *Diverge* - when eye turn out. 3. Sometimes turn up or down, preventing the eyes from working properly together. *Age*. - It can be in age, A baby can be born with a squint or develop one soon after birth. *Causes*- The causes of squint are not always known, but some children are more likely to develop it than others. Among the possible causes are: *Congenital squint* In about half of such cases, there is a family history of squint. *Long sight* ( hypermetropia ) Long sightedness can sometimes lead to a squint developing as the eyes ‘over-focus’ The most common age for this type of squint to start is between 10 months and 2 years, but it can occur up to the age of 5 years. *Childhood illnesses* Sq...

▶Introduction ☑Leucorrhoea is flow of a whitish, yellowish, or greenish discharge from the vagina. ▶Causes ☑Some of the common causes of white vaginal discharge include: 📌Infections from bacteria (UTI, etc.), fungi or other parasites. Urinary tract infections are also very common. 📌Inflammation due to injuries or trauma to the vagina, the womb or the cervix, which is very common during pregnancy or irritation from objects like an intrauterine contraceptive device 📌The use of sprays, lubricants or jellies 📌Contraceptives used by men or women which could cause irritation 📌Following a diet that is low on nutrition 📌Lack of cleanliness or poor hygienic measures 📌Sexually transmitted diseases ▶Symptoms The following are some of the symptoms of leucorrhoea: ⚓White discharge in the undergarments Intense irritation and /or pain in the cervical region ⚓Headaches & irritability ⚓Fatigue ⚓Dark patches under the eyes ⚓Indigestion ⚓Constipatio...

Gout  is a form of  inflammatory arthritis  characterized by recurrent attacks of a red, tender, hot, and  swollen joint . Pain typically comes on rapidly in less than twelve hours. The  joint at the base of the big toe  is affected in about half of cases. It may also result in  tophi ,  kidney stones , or  urate nephropathy . Gout is due to persistently elevated levels of  uric acid  in the  blood .This occurs due to a combination of diet and  genetic factors.At high levels, uric acid crystallizes and the  crystals  deposit in joints,  tendons , and surrounding  tissues , resulting in an attack of gout.Gout occurs more commonly in those who regularly eat meat or seafood, drink beer, or are  overweight .Diagnosis of gout may be confirmed by the presence of crystals in the  joint fluid  or in a  deposit outside the joint .Blood uric acid levels may be normal during ...

Vertigo is one of the most common medical complaints. Vertigo is the feeling that you’re moving when you’re not. Or it might feel like things around you are moving when they aren’t. Vertigo can feel similar to motion sickness. People experiencing vertigo generally describe the sensation as “feeling dizzy” or feeling as if the room is spinning. Vertigo is not the same as lightheadedness. Some useful homeopathic remedies for vertigo with their indications are as follows, *Gelsemium 30* 1.  Vertigo with extreme dizziness and  dim vision and heaviness of eyelids. 2. Vertigo may pose a difficulty in walking with a loss of balance. 3.  Vertigo with cervical problems. 4. Vertigo starts from the back of the head and then spreads all over. 5. Heaviness of head, especially over the eyes, 6. There may be visual disturbance like dim vision or analysing one object as two (diplopia) 7. The person also complains of loss of balance while walking, resulting in staggering o...

Smoking  is a practice in which a substance is burned and the resulting smoke breathed in to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream. Most commonly the substance is the dried leaves of the tobacco plant which have been rolled into a small square of rice paper to create a small, round cylinder called a "cigarette". Smoking is primarily practiced as a route of administration for recreational drug use because the combustion of the dried plant leaves vaporizes and delivers active substances into the lungs where they are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream and reach bodily tissue. In the case of cigarette smoking these substances are contained in a mixture of aerosol particles and gasses and include the pharmacologically active alkaloid nicotine; the vaporization creates heated aerosol and gas to form that allows inhalation and deep penetration into the lungs where absorption into the bloodstream of the active substances oc...