Philosophical theory about the nature of human beings has far reaching consequences on our understanding of various issues faced by them. Once taken as self-evident, it becomes the foundation on which knowledge gets built. The cause of concern is that this theoretical framework rarely gets questioned despite its inherent limitations and self-defeating consequences, leading to crisis in the concerned field. The field, which is facing crisis today, is that of medicine, and the paradigmatic stance that is responsible for the crisis is Cartesian dualism—a view that mind and body are essentially separate entities. This paper discusses Cartesian dualism in the context of the practice of medicine. Focusing more closely on how disease, health and treatment are defined through this position, the paper builds up its critique by throwing light on its accomplishments, limitations and self-defeating consequences. The paper also seeks to understand why this dualism is still alive despite its disavowal from philosophers, health practitioners and lay people.
An increased level of ammonia in the bloodstream, or hyperammonemia, is a symptom associated with metabolic disorders referred to as inborn errors of metabolism. Urea cycle disorder is a congenital abnormality or absence of one of the six enzymes involved in the elimination of ammonia. Administration of certain medications, high protein diet, excessive exercise, surgical procedures, or trauma can precipitate symptoms of mental confusion, seizure-like activity, and ataxia. This paper reviews the literature with insight into current treatment and management options of the disorder and modification of treatment for the dental patient.
Key words:Maternal serum calcium,foetal birth weight. Abstract:Pregnancy is a period of physiological changes in body during which the nutritional needs of developing foetus depends on the mother.This study establishes the effects of maternal calcium on the neonatal birth weight in full term delivered babies. Method:A comparative study was performed on 60 antenatal women divided into 2groups.Group1 comprised of 30 antenatal women who received calcium supplements andGroup2 having 30 antenatal women who did not take calcium supplements.Permission from Dept.of OB&G,B.J.M.C and Civil Hospital,Ahmedabad obtained. Biochemical analysis of calcium was done.Birth weight of neonates born at full term was noted. Result:Women with normal serum calcium levels delivered full term babies with normal birth weight.Women with low serum calcium levels delivered full term babies with low birth weight Calcium levels were high in women who took regular calcium supplements in their antenatal period than the women who were not on calcium supplements. Conclusion:Calcium is an essential nutrient during pregnancy that supports the growth and development of the foetus,especially because of its maternal-foetaltransfer.Maternal calcium level thus can be responsible for determining the neonatal birth weight.Therefore,it is necessary to educate all pregnant women about the need for adequate calcium supplementation during pregnancy and thereafter.
INTRODUCTION: - Beta thalassemia (ẞ-thalassemia) is an inherited hematological disorder involving decreased amount of hemoglobin production. It is a major problem of concern causing high mortality rates in children. Thalassemia patients suffer from severe anemia due to which they need to get repeated blood transfusion after a regular period of time. Many studies have reported association of ABO blood group with diseases. AIM AND OBJECTIVES: - To study the relation between the ABO blood group and beta thalassemia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: - This was a cross sectional, observational survey-based on study conducted at Dept. of Physiology, A’bad with the help of Thalassemia Care Centre, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. The study was conducted on 300 registered beta thalassemia major patients during February 2019 to August 2019 over a period of 6 months. These patients visited the thalassemia care center for repeated blood transfusion. Blood group of the patient was determined by Slide Agglutination Method at Department of Physiology. Results were prepared & tabulated in Microsoft Excel 2013. RESULTS: - It is found that among the study that males were more affected than females. It is more prevalent in Rh positive individuals as compared to Rh negative. Frequency of blood groups affecting patients were O>B>A>AB. CONCLUSION: - Thalassemia is more prevalent in males than females. The most commonly affected blood group is O positive followed by B positive, A positive and last AB positive. Among the Rh blood group, Rh positive were more as compared to Rh negative but Rh-negative females were more common than Rh positive males.
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