Introduction: Immediate postpartum intrauterine contraceptive device insertion is an excellent family planning method which provided safe effective, long term and reversible contraception to women in the delivery setting. Hence, the present study was undertaken to assess the clinical outcome of immediate postpartum insertion of intrauterine contraceptive device in terms of safety and efficacy and to compare the two routes of insertion i.e. in vaginal deliveries and cesarean section.Objective: 1. To study awareness level of PPIUCD among parturient. 2. To study safety and efficacy of PPIUCD insertion. Materials and Methods: A cohort of 100 vaginal and 100 cesarean deliveries with PPIUCD insertion were studied over a period of 1 year and followed for three months in this prospective interventional study. Outcome measures of safety were perforation, irregular bleeding, unusual vaginal discharge and infection. Outcome measures of efficacy were pregnancy, expulsions, discontinuation and incidence of coiled up/ undescended strings. The data was compiled and analyzed. Results: In the present study only 34.5% (N=69) of the study sample were aware of the PPIUCD while the rest 65.5% were unaware. No serious complications such as pregnancy or perforation were encountered in our series. Most common complication reported in both the groups was excessive bleeding PV followed by pain in lower abdomen. Spontaneous expulsion of the device was noted in 3% of vaginal insertions and none in the cesarean insertion. Conclusion:PPIUCD is an excellent method to limit or space child births. It is offered to a woman in a setting when she is highly motivated and genuinely needs it.
In vitro rhizome production, encapsulation and cold storage of Acorus calamus were attempted for its propagation and 'true-to-type' conservation
Background [1-3, 10, 20]: When Dr. John Paterson (1890-1955) of United Kingdom read out his paper on ‘Bowel Nosodes’ to the Rodanienne homoeopathic society at the meeting of the International Homoeopathic League Council in August 1949 at Lyon, France, he actually brought out the relation between biochemistry and homoeopathy. He not only presented the clinical aspects of the ‘bowel nosodes’ but also the biochemical analysis of each of the nosodes. Although Dr. Jacob Moleschott (1832-1893) and Dr. Justus Von Liebig (1803-1873) were the motivators to lay the fundamentals of biochemistry, the motivation could lead to the introduction of Biochemic system of medicine into homoeopathic therapeutics by Dr. Wilhelm Heinrich Schussler (1821-1898) after 24 years of Dr. Paterson’s efforts i.e. in 1973. Dr. Schussler introduced more and more biodynamic explanations for therapeutics of mineral salts. The Biochemic system of medicine or the inorganic cell salt therapy is the oldest form of nutraceutical therapy approved and recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of the complementary therapies. Dr. Schussler developed the Schussler tissue remedies using an unique system of cellular therapy, biochemistry (the chemistry of living tissues) which continue to be popular in homoeopathic therapeutics in current times. As each & every drug in Homoeopathy is only proved on human beings, all the drugs have a mental component as it is only human beings who can express their physical & mental symptoms during proving of the drugs as per the guidelines set by the Homoeopathic Research Councils (HRC) of each nation. In India, Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, an autonomous body under the ministry of AYUSH lays out such guidelines. The article gains more relevance during the current COVID 19 pandemic which has precipitated the stress levels of population since March 2020 and most of them are more prone to physical and mental disorders during their life stage thus disturbing the biochemistry of the body. The biochemic system of in homoeopathic therapeutics tries to restore this disturbed biochemistry.
BACKGROUND Allergic conjunctivitis (AC) is a common eye condition that is frequent in childhood. The prevalence of allergic diseases in children aged 6 to 14 years varies significantly from 0.3 % to 20.5 %, and is gradually increasing.1 It is associated with several allergic diseases affecting the ocular surface and it is the most common ocular condition encountered in clinical practice. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence, ocular manifestations of allergic conjunctivitis, and associated comorbidities among school-going children in Western Odisha. METHODS A total of 1502 children from 10 schools of Burla, participated in this crosssectional observational study. Data collection started in September 2018 up to September 2019. All the children underwent meticulous history taking for symptoms of allergic conjunctivitis and any other associated comorbidities, a structured validated questionnaire was used to collect demographic and medical data. Visual assessment, and slit-lamp examination were done to look for signs of allergic conjunctivitis and any associated complications. Interpretation and data analysis was done using Epi Info Software and a chi-square test was used to analyse significant associations among categorical variables. RESULTS The prevalence of allergic conjunctivitis was found to be 29.16 % with a males to female ratio of 1.02: 1. Children aged 13 – 16 years recorded the highest number of cases which was 43.60 %. The commonest presenting symptom was itching (100 %), Papillae were the most frequent sign (97.71 %), Seasonal allergic conjunctivitis (SAC) was the most common type of AC reported (59.36 %), and allergic rhinitis (17.8 %) was the most common associated comorbidity. CONCLUSIONS The prevalence of Allergic conjunctivitis is high among children aged 5 - 16 yrs. There is a lack of treatment seeking behaviour inspite of such high frequency. Early identification & treatment of patients would help curb complications, improve the child’s quality of life and thus the ophthalmic health of the community. KEYWORDS Allergic Conjunctivitis, Ocular Comorbidities, SAC
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