Medicines Used in Peptic Ulcers
Posted on December 22, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Lansoprazole (Lanzol, Lanzap)
It acts rapidly and for a longer time than omeprazole. It is given in doses of 30 mg per day for 4 to 12 weeks. Its dose should be decreased in liver disease.
Pentoprazole (Pantocid, Pantodac 40 mg tab, 40 mg inj.) It is similar to omeprazole in action but is available as injectable IV preparation to be used in bleeding peptic ulcers and acute stress ulcers.
Rabeprazole (Tazo, Veloz, 10 mg, 20 mg)
It is the quickest and longer acting drug. It also increases mucus formation in the stomach.
Hemochromatosis
Posted on October 9, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Hemochromatosis is the most common form of iron overload disease.
Hemochromatosis is characterized by excessive absorption of dietary iron resulting in a pathological increase in total body iron stores. The excess iron is stored in the body’s tissues and organs, particularly the skin, heart, liver, pancreas, and joints. Hereditary hemochromatosis is mainly caused by a defect in a gene called HFE, which helps regulate the amount of iron absorbed from food.
Galactosemia Detailed Information
Posted on October 6, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Galactosemia is also very common in the Irish Traveller population. This is attributed to consanguinity within a relatively small gene pool.
Galactosemia is the lack of ability of the body to employ (metabolize) the simple sugar galactose, causing the buildup of galactose 1-phosphate in the body. It arises in about 1 out of every 60,000 births among Caucasians, while the rate is dissimilar for other groups. There are three forms of the disease include galactose-1 phosphate uridyl transferase lack (classic galactosemia, the most common and most severe form), deficiency of galactose kinase, and deficiency of galactose-6-phosphate epimerase. People with galactosemia are unable to completely break down the simple sugar galactose.
Group B Strep Infection
Posted on September 29, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Group B strep is the most common cause of life-threatening infections in newborns.
Group B strep (GBS) is a bacterium also known as Streptococcus agalactiae. This type of bacteria that causes disease in newborn babies, pregnant women, the old, and adults with other poor health, such as diabetes or liver disease. Group B strep can normally be found in 10%-35% of all healthy adult women. It can commonly be found in the intestine, vagina, and/or rectal part. The majority of GBS infections are detected in pregnant women. In pregnant women, the bacteria may cause urinary tract infection, infection of the womb and stillbirth.
Vitamins C as the key ingredient for Healthy life
Posted on July 4, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Vitamins are required by the body in tiny amounts (hundredths of a gram in many cases) as the key ingredient for Healthy life.
We get vitamins from three sources viz. Foods, Beverages and Our own bodies – vitamin K comes from bacteria within our intestines and vitamin D is produced with the help of ultraviolet radiation on the skin. Some important key benefites of Vitamin C in our body are as follows:
Complete Information on Banti’s syndrome
Posted on June 4, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Banti’s Syndrome, also known as Banti’s disease, is an illness characterized by an enlargement of the spleen with anemia. These terms were actually used more in the past then they are today.
Banti’s Syndrome actually covers a variety of disorders. Korovnokov’s syndrome, a special form of Banti’s disease characterised by splenomegaly with subthrombocytosis and gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Banti’s syndrome is a chronic congestive enlargement of the spleen resulting in premature destruction of the red blood cells by the spleen. It is most frequently in females under 35 years of age, and affects either sex.
