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  What to do if you are bitten by a snake? Snakes can be venomous or innocent nonvenomous. But for safety, it's better to get admitted to the nearest hospital. Before we talk about snake bite management will talk about background knowledge of snake bites.  Why do some snake bites become venomous?   Venomous snakes have specialized salivary glands that secret and store venom which is probably evolved to catch the prey. These venoms can cause life-threatening complications once they enter the bloodstream. Because of that, there are two types of snake bites.  1. Dry bites  Here the snake couldn't able to inject the venom into the bloodstream. Even though there is a snake bite there are no serious complications due to venom.  2. Venomous bites Here venom enters the bloodstream. This can cause serious complications. This process is called envenomation.  What are the types of venom?  1. Cytotoxins   These types of venom cause local tissue damage ma...

  Do you know what to do if your baby got a febrile fit? Today we'll discuss febrile fits / febrile convulsions in children.  What is febrile fit or convulsion ? Before we talk about febrile fits we will get to know about what is fit. Usually, our body movements are controlled by our brains. First, we think about some body movement and then our brain sends a message to the responsible muscle to work via nerves. What happens during a fitting episode is our brain functioning gets abnormal for a short period of time.  Then the brain sends messages to muscles without our knowledge. Then those muscles get contracted leading to visible jerky body movements. As brain functioning gets abnormal most of the time consciousness is also affected. These sometimes get resolved spontaneously. When this type of fitting episode occurs with the fever we call it a febrile convulsion. But most importantly there should not be any evidence of brain infection.  What are the common causes of...

  Be aware of arthritis, act before it's too late.😨 What is arthritis? Arthritis is inflammation of the joints of the body. In medicine word ''is'' indicates inflammation. For example, appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix, gastritis is inflammation of gastric(stomach) mucosa. Let's see what is mean by inflammation? inflammation is a process to protect the body from actual injuries or potential injuries. The body defense system is activated when there are foreign toxic particles in the body. Mainly white blood cells work hard to remove the toxic particles from the body. These toxic particles can be chemical compounds, bacteria, viruses, fungi. white blood cells secrete various chemicals that cause increased blood flow to the area affected by the injury. This will leads to redness and warmth in the area. These chemicals increase the permeability of the blood vessels resulting in the leaking of fluid from the blood vessels to the injured area. This causes ...

Before talking about the RARE types of the disease, let's get to know about common diabetes well.   WHAT IS DIABETES ? Diabetes is elevated blood glucose levels above the normal range for a longer duration. This can be due to mainly two reasons. 1. Insulin deficiency 2. Body cells become resistant to the action of insulin. But most of the time both of these reasons occur together. WHAT IS INSULIN?   Insulin is a protein secreted by the pancreas (the pancreas is an organ in your tummy) . this insulin is the main hormone that controls your blood sugar level.  WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF THE DIABETES? There are various classifications to classify diabetes. But diabetes can simply classify into three common categories.  Type 1 diabetes  Type 2 diabetes                                                               ...