RLS symptoms:
Urge to move legs
Symptoms begin with rest
Relief on movement
Associated with:
Anemia
Pregnancy
Renal failure
Peripheral neuropathy
Pathogenesis:
Disordered dopamine function in association with abnormal iron metabolism
Treatment:
Sleep hygiene
Pramipexole, ropinirole
Iron for IDA
That's all!
-IkaN
Pseudotumor cerebri
Associated with:
Obesity
Vitamin A toxicity
Signs and symptoms:
Headache
Sixth nerve palsy
Visual field defects
Pulsutile tinnitus
Diagnosis:
Papilledema
To rule out space occupying lesions - CT / MRI normal
Most accurate - Lumbar puncture with opening CSF pressure measurement
Treatment:
Weight loss
Acetazolamide
Surgery
Why does increased ICP cause 6th nerve (Abducens) palsy?
Increased ICP can result in downward displacement of the brainstem, causing stretching of the sixth nerve secondary to its location within Dorello's canal.
That's all!
-IkaN
Hey!
I was reading treatment for MS today.
Do you want to remember the disease modifying therapies for relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis?
Here's a mnemonic! "Ms is Nat (not) glad. All terrified by mighty ox with fuming fungus."
Multiple sclerosis (Ms)
Natalizumab (Nat)
Glatiramer acetate (Glad)
Alemtuzumab (All terrified)
INF beta (By)
Mitoxanthrane (Mighty ox)
Dimethyl fumarate (Fuming)
Fingolimod (Fungus)
Remember, for acute attacks, use Glucocorticoids.
That's all!
-IkaN
Hey!
So I needed another mnemonic for neurofibromatosis because my first mnemonic wasn't good enough xD
This time, the mnemonic is NODES!
That's all!
Merry Christmas everyone!
-IkaN
Neurofibromatosis type 1 old mnemonic: http://www.medicowesome.com/2014/10/neurofibromatosis-1-mnemonic.html
*Syndromic Management*📁📗🏳📘📕📒📓
Mnemonic :: *Great Girls Wont Buy Red Yellow Bags*
*Kit 1 - Grey*
*Kit 2 - Green*
*Kit 3 - White*
*Kit 4 - Blue*
*Kit 5 - Red*
*Kit 6 - Yellow*
*Kit 7 - Black*
*Kit 1 is GreaT*
Gonorrhea
C.Trachomatis
*Kit 2 is Green*
_*BV CA Green TV*_
Coz no self respectingan would buy a green TV...he'll buy it out of love for wife😜😜😜
Bacterial Vaginosis
Candida Albicans
Trichomonas Vaginalis
*Kit-3 is ABC*
Azithral
Benzathine penicillin
For Chancre and chancroid
Also notice C is 3rd letter and 3 letters ABC in the mnemonic for Kit 3
*Kit - 4 Remember that if you forget this then its BAD*
Blue
Azithral coz allergy to penicillin
Doxy
*Kit - 5 is Red as in Mnemonic*
Remember that Red is for love and love is *Her* eyes and smile
*Her*petic
*Kit - 6 is Yellow as in Mnemonic*
Yel *low* for *low*er abd pain
PID
*Kit - 7 is Black* coz last colour is the colour palate also BLAC
Bubo
LGV
Azithral
Chancroid
Hey here is exclusive classification of anticholinesterase drugs !,hopefully it will be useful.
~Ojas10 years ago,only a few would have thought that a device in our pockets would be good enough to access all the information of the world, would do social networking, calls, would calculate, act as a torch and what not.
We today are on a similar brink ofrevolution in genetic engineering, where the effects would be so magnificent that they would need to be measured on a Richter scale!
Enter CRISPR, which is an acronym for 'clustered regularly interspaced shortpalindromic repeats', a crispy new technology which promises to shrink the costs involved in genetic engineering by 90%, makes the procedure easier andshorter.
*What is it?
We have managed to hack an antibacteriophage mechanism in bacteria to our advantage.
Only a few bacteria survive bacteriophage invasion. To protect themselves from a further invasion, they store a part of the phage DNA into their archives.
When another attack does occur, an RNA copy of the archived phage DNA is presented to what is known as a CAS 9 protein.
CAS 9 compares the two copies, one from the foreign DNA and the other from the archives, and is very precise at that.
If it finds a 100% match, it cuts off thenew phage's DNA, thus rendering the attack a big embarrassment for the bacteriophage. :-p
*What can we do with it?
Oh, a lot of awesome things!
-Pissing off viruses
In 2015, scientists armed with CRISPR achieved a significant reduction of HIV load from patiens.
This year, in mice, they slashed off 51% HIV DNA from mice, just by a couple of shots in their tails!
*Making cancer re evaluate its careerchoice-
Malignant cell detection by the immune system can be enhanced.
*Designer babies-
A lot of desirable traits- super awesome eyesight, superman esque strength and so on, can be selected from a wide palette during embryogenesis.
*Bidding adieu to genetic diseases
*Making ourselves look hot at 120-
CRISPR holds the potential to slow and even reverse ageing! We can take a leaf off the books of certain aquatic species who already are doing that.
.. and a lot more.
*The last word
A few controversies sorround though.
- We don't know if any adverse
reactions may triggered, as our
knowledge is still just the tip of the
iceberg.
- Some powers like say dictators
might use it to gain precedence.
- The fear of genetic pollution.
Anyway, these are just hurdles which we need to plan and overcome for a glorious future for humanity!
Source- Kurzgesagt.
