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Introduction: Dermatoglyphics deal with the study of papillary ridge patterns on the skin of fingers, palms, toes and soles. Each pattern is a unique anatomical marker, and their development is strongly affected by genetic and environmental factors. Aim: To determine whether essential hypertensive patients have significant dermatoglyphic pattern association as compared to non hypertensive participants in the study population. Materials and Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was carried out in 228 patients (114 diagnosed essential hypertensive patients and 114 non hypertensive patients) attending the Department of Medicine at Sree Mookambika Institute of Medical Sciences, Kulasekharam, Tamil Nadu, India, of both the sexes and belonging to different age groups. Informed consent was obtained from each individual. Palmar and fingertip prints of the patients and the controls were taken on the white crystal bond paper by modified Purvis-Smith method and the following parameters were analysed: i) Fingertip pattern frequency; ii) Total and Absolute Finger Ridge Count (AFRC); iii) a-b ridge count; and iv) ‘atd’ angle. The statistical contents like arithmetic mean and standard deviation were calculated and the t-test and chi-square test were applied wherever necessary. Results: There were more loop pattern in digit 2 of left hand of female hypertensives than controls. There was increased Total Finger Ridge Counts (TFRC) in both males (134.14±19.560; p-value=0.038) and females (131.42±27.777; p-value=0.001) hypertensives and significantly higher AFRC (187.65±67.806; p-value=0.001) in female hypertensives, There was decreased ‘a-b’ ridge count in both hands of male (Right: 24.19±4.36; p-value=0.001left:24.54±3.586;p-value=0.001)andfemale(right: 23.65±3.43; p-value=0.001 left:24.16±3.321; p-value=0.001) patients and decreased ‘atd’ angle in both hands of male (right: 38.86±4.001; P=0.003 left: 38.51±4.428; p-value=0.001) and right hand of female (40.70±4.476; p-value=0.009) hypertensive patients, as compared to that of controls. Conclusion: As the parameters showed significant association, they can be used as dermatoglyphic markers for early detection of essential hypertension.

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The Covid 19 outbreak has turned the world upside down by affecting from individual's life style to a country's economy. It doesn't leave medical sector too. The corona outbreak reshaped the medical systems all over the world as this pandemic proved the fragility of medical systems and the necessity for reconstruction of medical sector and to improvise the facilities and care provided to the patients.This article throws light on the impact of Covid - 19 on medical sector.The pandemic has deeply affected the live styles of health care workers.The increase in work pressure,changes in work time, inadequacy of personal protective equipments, higher risk of exposure to infection, treating the stigmatized patients have profoundly increased their stress levels.The fact is that the infection rate is more among the medical professionals than the common public. Hence health care workers are affected physically as well as psychologically due to this pandemic.Being away from family and friends made them to lose their personal connectivity with the society and has affected their social well being. Though pharmaceutical industries are benefitted by the pandemic due to the increased production of aprons, gloves, sanitizers, they are also stressed due to the process of continuous research to discover vaccines to overcome this outbreak.Unlike other sectors,private health providers are having major drawback financially with lesser patients and low number of surgeries than before.Patients with non Covid diseases suffer greatly as their periodic consultations with their physicians were not possible.This caused a dilemma in taking medicines and is unable to know the prognosis of the disease. So the patients are physically affected and also stressed. Thus the impact of Covid 19 on medical industry is that it is going to revolutionize the medical industry thoroughly