Introduction: Anemia is a most common public health problem affecting around 1.9 billion population of the world. It is a severe public health problem in India. Medical students are vulnerable to develop anemia due to irregular eating habits due to hectic study schedule. Anemia among this age group has significant health consequences resulting in poor cognition, decreased attention span and memory affecting the performance, depressed immunity, repeated infections, increased fatigue, and shortness of breath, dizziness, blurred vision, low endurance and irregular menstruation. Material and Methods: This study is conducted among 100 students of both gender taking admission in MBBS first year at MAMC, Agroha. Hemoglobin values and other relevant details of the students were taken from academic section submitted at time of admission. World Health Organization criteria were taken to determine the severity of anemia. Modified B.G. Prasad scale was used to assess the socioeconomic status of the family. Data was first entered into MS excel sheet and then was exported to SPSS version 20.0 for appropriate analysis. Results: Prevalence of anemia came out to be 54% among study subjects. Difference between the mean levels of hemoglobin across the genders came out be statistically significant (P=<0.001). Conclusion: Prevalence of anemia is high among the study subjects with more prevalence among females study subjects. There is a need to accelerate efforts for achieving control of anemia by strengthening multi-sectoral partnership involving government departments, academic institutions, bilateral agencies and food industry.
BACKGROUND About 190 million people all over the world consume one drug or the other. Drug abuse causes immense human distress and the illegal production and distribution of drugs have spawned crime and violence worldwide. Today, there is no part of the world that is free from the curse of drug trafficking and drug abuse. Drug abuse and drug dependence is showing an increasing trend worldwide. Keeping these points in view, this study was conducted with following objectives: a) To find out the prevalence of cannabis abuse in a rural area of Punjab; b) To assess pattern of cannabis abuse in a rural area of Punjab.
ABSTRACT:The physiological properties of nerve and muscle are usually modified due to patho physiological changes resulting from many diseases like diabetes. Impaired mobility and compromised dexterity leading to difficulties in daily life. Hand function in diabetes is affected mainly due to involvement of median nerve. Diabetic neuropathy the common complication of diabetes can be assessed electro physiologically by nerve conduction studies. Therefore, we analyzed both motor and sensory nerve conduction on upper limb nerves. Distal latency, Amplitude and conduction velocity were measured in both upper limbs by using RMS EMG EP II machine with surface and ring electrodes. It was found that distal latencies of both nerves were higher in diabetics than nondiabetics. The difference was statistically significant. Motor responses are more reduced below normal as compared with sensory responses in diabetics. Our study also revealed decreased amplitude and conduction velocity among cases. Our findings conclude that the nerve conduction studies are important in early detection of peripheral neuropathy so that prevention and management can be done in earliest possible way.
Context: Blood Pressure guidelines to pre-hypertension defines it as systolic blood pressure of 120-139mmHg or diastolic blood pressure of 80-89mmHg in adults. Aim: To estimate the burden of prehypertension among MBBS Students admitted at Tertiary care centre in India. Methods: A cross sectional study conducted at tertiary care centre in India, among 350 MBBS students (academic year 2015-2018) and 50 interns (academic year 2014) of Maharaja Agrasen Medical College (MAMC), Agroha, Hisar, Haryana. Blood pressure of all subjects was measured. A total of three readings were recorded and the lowest of three readings was taken. Statistical analysis: Data was entered into MS excel sheet and prevalence was calculated accordingly. Results: The overall prevalence of prehypertension among MBBS students came out to be 44.25%, while none of the study subject was hypertensive in this study. The students hailed from urban and rural background. It was seen that maximum prevalence (52%) of prehypertension was among third year MBBS students. Conclusion: Subjects at risk of pre hypertension need proper evaluation and appropriate management to prevent serious, long term complications. If the rise in BP with age could be prevented or diminished, much of hypertension, cardiovascular, renal diseases and stroke might be prevented.
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