Introduction:
COVID-19 has ensured that countries enforced complete lock down to prevent the spread of infection. Despite millions of people working from home during this pandemic situation, police personnel 'the front line workers' who deal with the general population to ensure their safety and wellbeing are at risk of stress and other mental health problems in addition to the risk of infection itself.
Aim:
The aim of this study is to explore the perception of police personnel towards the disease, factors influencing stress and coping abilities of them amid COVID-19.
Methods:
A cross-sectional qualitative study was conducted using in-depth interviews among randomly selected police personnel working in COVID-19 situation across the district of Karaikal, Puducherry.
Results:
Of the 32 police personnel, majority were of age group 36-45 (43.75%), followed by 25-35 (37.5%). More than half of them were married (78.12%). Around 62.5% had been in the present occupation for more than 5 years. The in depth interviews were group under 5 themes namely perception, practice they follow amid COVID-19, stress they go through, challenges faced, coping strategies used by them.
Conclusion:
It is the need of the hour to care for the well-being of frontline workers, especially police personals.
Polyglandular polyendocrine syndromes (PSs) are an assorted collection of infrequent ailments considered by autoimmune motion contrary to more than one endocrine organ, though non-endocrine organs can be affected. The deficiency of parathyroid is quite rare without surgery. This article summarises clinical, epidemiological, and serological, data of patients with PSs. Multifaceted diagnostic difficulties and treatment choices required that the patient be admitted to the hospital for a rather long period, namely for six weeks. Three diabetic patients with various thyroid disorders such as lymphocytic thyroiditis involving parathyroid glands manifesting with severe hypothyroid and hypo-parathyroid status were studied with an occurrence of dengue viral aetiology as a precipitating factor. Further, the patients were investigated for the determination of antibodies against thyroglobulin and microsomal antigens by chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay. They were also tested for Parathyroid Hormone and 25-hydroxy vitamin D. After three months, all the three hormonal status were brought to normal with substitution and maintenance therapy, and patients were reviewed after six months were found to maintain with the dose. To conclude, thyroiditis may progress during the progression of dengue fever and should be counted as a manifestation of expanded dengue syndrome.
BACKGROUNDThe clinical manifestations, imaging and pathological findings though typical are closely mimicking other specific granulomatous types like tuberculosis; mycotic the treatment for this condition needs to be carefully planned in the initial stage itself. This will resolve the psychological issues and prevent recurrence. The study includes 30 cases of granulomatous mastitis belonging to varying age groups, social status, parity and menopausal status. The diagnostic workup is mainly in the form of imaging and histopathological in close correlation with clinical findings, helped us to treat the patients effectively. The treatment modalities offered, results and followup are tabulated.The purpose of this study is to present the author's experience by their critical clinical analysis based on aetiopathological and imaging modalities and to formulate effective treatment modalities in granulomatous mastitis.
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