Category: Medical Forms

Blood pressure is one of the vital signs which tell us how the inner body is functioning. Homeostasis is a phenomenon that can be checked by checking the vital signs and blood pressure is the most important among them. Understanding the physiology of blood pressure Blood pressure is by definition the pressure maintained by our heart in the veins. However,...

The field of surgery has improved at an exponential rate. It began with very trivial initiatives, progressed with the untiring efforts of ancient and new surgeons, and now has taken on the face of the most recent and reliable advancements in surgery. There are surgical procedures with minimal to no cosmetic losses, and there are surgeries that are laparoscopic and...

Asthma is the most common disease of the respiratory tract. It is an inflammatory disease of the lungs. Mainly, the airways are affected as a result of a series of inflammatory reactions. Scientifically, asthma is defined based on a series of clinical symptoms and is diagnosed on the same basis. Asthma has many levels of severity. The most severe and...

Eye examination also termed ophthalmological examination is a set of very extensive steps which checks a number of abilities of our eyes. It involves checking the visual acuity, the field of vision, and a detailed examination of the eyes starting from eyelids, eyelashes, and glands of eyelids, nasolacrimal duct, and eyeball. Eyeball has a number of structures and chambers made...

What are seizures? A seizure is an uncontrolled, excessive, and haphazard neuronal activity of the brain. Seizures are commonly known as convulsions and are almost always associated with epilepsy. Seizure is, however, a vast term with many forms, manifestations, and, of course, diverse consequences and complications. Classification and clinical features of seizures As mentioned earlier, seizures are of many types,...

Weight is an important parameter in any physical examination. It helps in the assessment of the health of patients in any age group. We all agree that there is always a certain limit to normal weight for specific ages and heights. Excessive weight puts a man at risk of serious illnesses and health issues. Similarly, low weight or being underweight...

The third trimester of pregnancy marks the importance of regular antenatal visits. A pregnant woman with an uneventful pregnancy needs to go to her doctor every two weeks. All the symptoms and physiological changes appear to be exaggerated in the third trimester. A pregnant woman may feel more fatigue and pain in her legs and symphysis pubis, she may feel...

Pregnancy brings about a lot of changes in the body of an expecting mother. Her body’s natural physiology changes and prepares her to nurture a new life in her body. Naturally, there is a tendency to retain water in her body and this brings about a lot of other changes as a result. Ideal weight gain in pregnancy According to...

Our digestive system has several functions besides just digesting food and absorbing the nutrients from it to help other organs function properly. The human digestive system starts in the mouth cavity and ends in the anal canal. Every part of the digestive system participates in performing several important functions in the body. The glands from the oral cavity to the...

Pain is one of the sensations humans are bestowed with. Though it is an unpleasant sensation and is associated with perceived actual tissue damage, it is as useful of the sensations as is the sense of smell, sight, and hearing. Pain is a blessing they say. For example, when a child touches some hot object, he feels pain and immediately...

STDs, or sexually transmitted diseases, are those sets of infectious diseases that are transferred from one sexual partner to another. They are spread by sexual activity in any form and are sometimes very depressing for the couple. Hundreds of bacteria and viruses are responsible for sexually transmitted infections and manifest local and systemic symptoms. The quality of life is disturbed...

What is Allergy? Allergy or hypersensitivity is a type of immune response of the body against any foreign body. Different organs of the body respond to different allergens if their immune system is coded to act against certain chemicals. By Allergy, we mean type I hypersensitivity reaction and this is associated with an acute response to an allergen exposed to...

Breast cancer, as is well known, is the most common type of cancer in females and is responsible for the highest number of deaths in females every year. Breast cancer spreads very rapidly because of its extensive blood supply and a rich network of lymphatics. This is the very reason why a cancer of one breast spreads so quickly to...

TB, or tuberculosis, is an infectious disease mainly of the respiratory tract caused by an atypical bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Although it affects mainly the lungs and other parts of the respiratory tract, it can also affect other organs of the body. For example, tuberculosis of the spine and intestinal tuberculosis are other forms of tuberculosis. There was a time...

Physical therapy, or physiotherapy, is a form of paramedical science in which a patient is treated with certain physical exercises. It may also use electrotherapy in very rare cases, but the baseline is that patients are treated by mobility and mechanical forces. Physical therapy has gained immense importance in the last couple of years, and now all the medical universities...

Disability is a misery because it makes the affected person dependent on others sometimes for routine and sometimes for personal activities. World Health Organization has defined disability in a very comprehensive way. It says disability is a vast term that tells about impairments of life, activities, and causes of restriction. WHO has also defined the terms used. For instance, impairment...