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Dealing with Outbreak of Monkey Pox Virus in Iran
No full textIran has raised concerns about the new outbreak of monkeypox (MV), it’s a serious issue for our 85 million population. Iran has identified its first case of monkeypox reported 16, Aug, woman aged 34, in the city of Ahvaz. The outbreak of the Monkeypox virus increasing daily in many areas, and causes deaths are reported. This article deals with the ongoing outbreak of monkeypox virus (zoonotic) that belongs to the genus orthopoxvirus, which was confirmed in May, 2022 and has similar symptoms as of smallpox but is less contagious and less severe illness than smallpox. The article also deals with its signs and symptoms, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment
Carotenoids from marine bacteria: A natural antioxidant and UV protectant
No full textFor the cosmetics and pharmaceutical sectors, marine resources are a promising supply of organic substances. Marine organisms have evolved particular metabolites to combat threats to their survival, reproduction, and the easier storage, movement, and turnover of essential biological materials in habitats with extreme conditions like high salinity, low temperature, or intense pressure.Several newly conducted research studies on pigments, such as violacein, astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, zeaxanthin, rubrolone, and carotenoid derivatives of bacteria from marine sources, confirm their effective radical scavenging activity. Carotenoids are tetraterpene, lipophilic bioactive pigments synthesized by archaea, algae, photosynthetic bacteria, and plants. Carotenoids are divided into two categories, oxygenated carotenoids (xanthophylls) having oxygen as a functional group, and hydrocarbon carotenoids (carotene) made of carbon and hydrogen atoms Carotenoids are important because of their functional properties, which include their usage in the food industry as color additives and natural antioxidants, as well as chemotaxonomic markers and pharmaceuticals. The present review aims to describe 1) carotenoids from marine bacteria 2) the antioxidant properties of carotenoids 3) the Exposure consequences of ultraviolet radiation 4) the protective role of carotenoids. Photoaging, sunburn, and skin cancer are all possible side effects of excessive UV exposure. Carotenoids have potential use in the pharmaceuticals and cosmetic industry as anti-aging, photoprotective, skin-whitening, anticancer, and immunity boosters because of their antioxidant and UV protection properties
Need of Progressive Movement against Tobacco in India
No full textAs per my 35 years work experience in the communities and the rural areas of my job locations in Maharashtra state India, the consumption of tobacco is drastically increased in young generation and somewhere it’s to be stopped. These types of activities should be supporting by the govt. of India but the main goal to eradicate the tobacco from our community will be achieved by the involvement of the people from our society or directly saying that it starts from us
Epidemiological, Demographic Evaluation and Clinical Features of Scorpion Sting in Morocco
No full textScorpions play an important role in severe cases of human envenomation in Morocco. Scorpion sting is one of the most important clinical and medical issues in tropical developing countries in the world. There are 2723 species of venomous arthropods known as scorpions in the world, and the majority of the dangerous species are members of the Buthidae family. In spite of ratherly high prevalence of scorpion sting, there has not conducted any complete and comprehensive study in this province yet. So it is suggested to study of this topic in this province.
This study is kind of descriptive and retrospective which uses all inclusive sampling method and investigates about epidemiologic, clinical characteristics of patients from Jan, 2020 till Dec, 2021. All the information after extracting from the patient cases was coded and then analyzed by using Epi data software.
Total 65cases in which 40 cases (61.53%) occurred in males and 25 cases (38.46%) were related to females. The highest number of patients with 46.15% frequency was in the age group of 20-29 and the lowest was 1.5% in the age group above 70 years. Among all the subjects, 44 (68%) were less than 30 years old and only 16.92% of scorpion bites (11 cases) were in the age group of more than 40 years. The youngest was the 4-year-old child, and the oldest was a 70-year-old man.
The highest number of patients with 46.15% frequency was in the age group of 20-29 years and the lowest number was 1.5% in the age group above 70 years. Among all the subjects, 43 (60%) were under 30 years of age, and only 18% of the scorpion bites (13 cases) were in the age group above 40 years. bite pain, which was mentioned in 60 patients (92.30%) as one of the reasons for hospitalization, followed by topical edema at the site of the wound and Redness of the wound site, with involvement of 59 patients (90.76%) as the second most common causes of hospitalization. All the people in this study were cured and there have not seen any death. So it is suggested to teach required educations to the families and also related centers
Prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Infections and the Need for Outreach Programs to Improve Pregnancy Outcomes in Women without Antenatal Care
No full textDOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10701572
The study's findings would highlight the importance of complete prenatal care, which includes frequent STI testing and management. It would emphasize the importance of healthcare systems ensuring that all pregnant women have access to and can afford prenatal care. Furthermore, the findings may emphasize the necessity of public health efforts to raise knowledge about the impact of STIs on pregnancy outcomes and promote safer sexual behaviors. The study included data on the Sexually transmitted infections of 250 pregnant mothers without antenatal care who delivered in hospital, were 36% pregnant mothers infected with syphilis, were 50% pregnant mothers infected with Hepatitis B, were 8% pregnant mothers infected with genital ulcer and were 6% pregnant mothers infected with vaginal discharge.
The success of outreach programs is highly dependent on several factors, and tailoring interventions to the specific needs of the community is essential. Here are some additional considerations regarding the factors that can influence the success of outreach programs targeting women without antenatal care: Therefore, while designing a health program for people living in rural regions without access to a large health facility, both the use of mass media and on-site small group education should be taken into account
Use of Omega3 (PUFA) as a major Complementary and alternative Medicine (CAM) and Mind-body therapies to fight against the Breast Cancer in Ethiopian Women. A Case study
No full textIn our study the participants mean age was 44.5 ± 6.4, the breast cancer history of the participants are 21 (14%), the breast cancer in married women is high total 125(83.33), Ethiopian breast cancer patients most education is STD 12th is 75 (50%), most of the patients having the occupation is housework 70(46.66, smoker was 10(6.66), alcoholic were 7(4.66) the most interesting observation is the total 133(88.66) were having no addiction.
Complementary medicines PUFA had been taken by the participants were total 110 (73.33), antioxidants taken by patients were 100(66.66), Vitamin Supplement taken by patients was total 109(72.66), DHA taken by patients were total 118 (78.66).
These complementary medicines and mind-body therapies can be coupled with therapeutic strategies that collectively enhance breast cancer treatment efficacy and improve the prognosis for long term survival
Need of Improved teaching and learning methods in medical education in India
No full textDOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10253547
In Indian medical education, it’s crucial need to develop curriculum and teaching methodology to produce skilled medical graduates which will helpful in delivering better healthcare service to the society. To improve the new technologies in teaching and learning in medical education that moves beyond replacing or amplifying traditional teaching. Collaborative institutional learning activity is much beneficial to the students with data and knowledge sharing to improve the skills of future medical experts. Institutional policies will encourage the positivity in faculty member to teach effectively. Traditional curriculum can be transformed to new-aged curriculum using the integration of new technologies in teaching methods towards standardization in medical education in our country
Association of CTLA-4 gene 49 G/A polymorphism in breast cancer patients with invasive ductal carcinoma
No full textBackground: Weak immunity surveillance has been the main reason for progression and rapid development of various cancers reported. Though the association between cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) gene 49 G/A polymorphism and breast cancer has been widely assessed, a definitive conclusion remains elusive and still focused by scientific community. The present study aims to evaluate the potential influences of CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms on breast cancer risk in invasive ductal carcinoma of tumor tissue and healthy tissues.Results: Tumor tissue of forty confirmed breast cancer patients were included as cases. The same forty patients’ adjacent non-tumor tissue samples were considered as controls. The prevalence of AA, GG and AG genotypes was 42.1. %, 15.8.2% and 42.8% in the tumor tissue and non-tumor tissues respectively. Individuals containing tumor and non-tumor tissue samples showed significance in breast cancer, in which homozygous A/A and heterozygote G/A found to be more significant than G/G genotype.Conclusion: The study confirmed that the presence of at least one ‘A’ allele may increase the risk of breast cancer when compared to the presence of ‘G’ allele in same patient
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice about Hypertension among adult Population of Letang Municipality, Morang District, Eastern Nepal
No full texthttps://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7835009
Introduction: Hypertension has been identified as one of the major public health and medical challenges with 1/4 adults worldwide estimated to have high blood pressure (BP). Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude and practices regarding hypertension and to measure the association between socio-demographic characteristics with knowledge, attitude and practice regarding hypertension among adult population. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted among the 335 adult populations in Letang Municipality of Nepal. Semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Chi-square test was applied to measure the association between socio-demographic characteristics with knowledge, attitude and practice regarding hypertension. Results: Majority of the respondents (67.2) have knowledge about the meaning of hypertension and symptoms of hypertension (52.2%). Most of the respondents think that regular physical activity (83.9%) and reduce salt intake (84.2%) can be prevent hypertension. Almost 73.4% of respondents didn’t know their blood pressure and never checked their BP regularly (66.6%). Almost 12.8% of the study population suffering from hypertension. The adult Population with age group of 41-60 years (62.6%) was seen significantly good knowledge in comparison to other age groups. The study population having educational level SLC and above was seen significantly good knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention of hypertension in comparison to below SLC and illiterate. The study population belong to above poverty line had significantly good knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention of hypertension in comparison to below poverty line. Conclusions: We conclude that majority of the study population of Letang Municipality had higher knowledge and positive attitude toward prevention of hypertension but the level of practices was poor
Neonatal Tetanus: demographics, clinical management and outcomes of A Study of 7 Cases in Afghanistan
No full textThis study aims to study the demographics, treatment and outcome of neonatal tetanus patients managed at Nangarhar Regional Hospital Afghanistan from June 2019-January 2021. Seventeen neonates were studied. All presented with fever, poor sucking and limb stiffness, with a history of unsterile delivery and uncertain maternal tetanus immunity status. Low-resource settings continue to report high mortality from neonatal tetanus, due to lack of sophisticated management modalities like neuromuscular blockade and invasive ventilation [20-23].
The age group of mothers 21-25 of admitted neonates shows high frequency i.e 42.85%. Education of mother of admitted neonates was Primary education i.e 57.14%. 71.42 % (5) mothers not vaccinated. The vaccination awareness should be implemented in community by organising various awareness camp town wise. Government should implement the education mandatory and free for below poverty class and females