Colchicine,a plant alkaloid, is used for the treatment of acute gouty arthritis. It is neither uricosuric nor an analgesic agent,but it relieves pain in acute…
Grey baby syndrome is a rare but serious condition occurring in infants and young children due to accumulation of Chloramphenicol(an antibiotic). Pathophysiology: Toxic levels of Chloramphenicol in…
Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy. Signs and symptoms: Despite their inherent differences in origin, opiate and opioid symptoms are often…
In retrograde amnesia, one doesn’t remember the events of the past that occurred before injury or before onset of disease. Retrograde amnesia (RA) is a…
Polycythemia(also known as polycythemia polyglobullia) is a disease state in which the hematocrit(the volume percentage of red blood cells in the blood is increased). Polycythemia…
Pneumonia is an infection in one or more lungs.It is caused by bacteria,viruses or fungi Symptoms of bacterial pneumonia? The most common symptoms of bacterial…