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How do you treat yeast infection in men? Yeast infection can be eradicated. There are two aims of yeast therapy. 1.       Inhibition of growth of already present yeasts by limiting the available space and nutrients for their growth. 2.       Killing them by using fungicidal substances. Non-Pharmacological or Home treatment of Yeast Infection: i) Reduce the intake of sugar: Sugar (carbohydrates) is a favourite food of yeast and it accelerates its growth. Sugar based foods for example; Gluten-based foods, yeast foods, milk products, soy-foods, swordfish, tuna fish, shark, etc must be avoided. ii) Unsweetened Yogurt: Unsweetened Yogurt increases the number of good bacteria called lactobacillus. These bacteria inhibit the growth of yeast infection by occupying space and consuming the nutrients. Yeast is left with little space and nutrients and can’t be able to grow. iii) Drink plenty of water. Yeast makes the intestinal environment acidic w...

Difference between Amoebic and Bacillary Dysentery Amoebic Dysentery Bacillary Dysentery Causative Agents of Amoebic and Bacillary Dysentery Amoebic Dysentery is caused by Entamoeba histolytica Bacillary Dysentery is caused by Shigella species and Enterohemorrhagic E. coli Naked eye or Macroscopic Examination of Stool Frequency of stools in bacillary and amoebic dysentery In Amoebic dysentery patient usually, have 6-8 episodes of loose motions per day In bacillary dysentery patient usually complains of more than 10 episodes of bloody diarrhoea Amount of stools in amoebic and bacillary dysentery The amount of stool is copious in case of amoebic dysentery Patient complains of relatively small more frequent episodes of bloody diarrhoea in bacillary dysentery Colour of stools in bacillary and amoebic dysentery In Amoebic dysentery the colour of stool is dark red, that’s why we ask for the colour of stool while taki...

First Aid for Dog Bite Victim Victim of rabid dog, cat or bite of any other animal that can transmit rabies should be brought to the emergency room immediately. In the emergency room a doctor, nurse or health care attendant should follow the following steps. 1. Reassurance and Counseling The victims of an animal bite are often fearful and worried. Especially when they think or know that the animal which has bitten was infected with rabies. Rabies is a deadly disease indeed. So reassurance and counselling should be done. Handle them with care, soothe the child and show him care and gently ask him to allow you to handle his wound. Tell him that you are going to wash the wound and vaccinate him and the chance of getting rabies will be very low. 2. Assess the number, location and depth of the wound Adults are usually cooperative and will tell you the number and location of the wound with accuracy. In the case of children, you must be careful. They may not cooperate due to fear. U...

Animals that do and don’t transmit Rabies Rabies is a fatal disease and the cause of transmission of this disease is dog-bite in 96 per cent of cases. Several organisms other than a dog can also transmit Rabies and certain animals that are mistakenly known to be a cause of transmission of rabies but in fact, they are not, for example, Usually, it is thought that rat bite can also transmit rabies. But it is not true, rat bite doesn’t transmit disease. Following is the list of those animals that can transmit rabies to humans when they bite. Dog, dog-bite is found to be the cause of transmission of rabies in 96% of cases. Other organisms that may transmit rabies include; Bat Wolf Monkey Fox Cat Mongoose Mule Horse and Buffalo Now if any person is bitten by any of the above organisms, then prophylactic measures to prevent rabies should be started as soon as possible. Rabies is a fatal disease once its sign and symptoms appear, then nothing can be done and the person ultimatel...

Tuberculosis is a common disease in developing countries. Especially in those areas where sanitary conditions are not satisfactory and are overcrowded. The bacteria that are responsible for Tuberculosis lives inside the cells and is slow growing. It needs longer treatment duration. The duration of treatment is six months in developed countries and 9 months in developing countries including those where the incidence of resistance is high. This duration of treatment is for primary tuberculosis not for recurrent cases. For recurrent cases of tuberculosis or if Tuberculosis appears again after getting treatment then read the following article more details: Recurrent TB:- Got TB again after Treatment Now the drugs are taken for such a long duration of time. So there are high chances of getting side effects. Some of the side effects are normal and don’t need attention but other needs immediate consult of doctor. These include: If you develop sudden and severe vomiting, nausea, yellow ...

Myrin P Forte is used to treat tuberculosis . Patients of tuberculosis always try to know whether they should take the TB medicine before or after taking a meal. The answer to this question is that the patient should take the medicine 1 hour before taking breakfast. It is better to take the drug before breakfast because most of the people have fixed time of having breakfast and this drug is well-absorbed when taken empty stomach. Moreover, after taking the drug, if a person vomits then it is easy to recognize the unabsorbed drug in the vomitus if the stomach was empty. So Myrin-P Forte should be taken one hour before breakfast. Another the most important reason of taking Myrin P Forte before the meal is because, absorption of the two of the important ingredients (i.e, Isoniazid and Rifampicin) of Myrin P forte is decreased when taken with food. So the amount of the drug absorbed in blood decreases and this affects the treatment negatively. Some doctors restart the treatment of tubercu...

Author: Dr. Adil Ramzan Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan Bannu Medical College, Bannu, Pakistan Typhoid fever also known as enteric fever is one of the world’s most common diseases. Typhoid fever affects More than 20 million people each year of which 0.7 million people die. In the 1980s the treatment of typhoid fever was started with chloramphenicol, ampicillin and TMP/SMX. But today, most of the bacterial strains that cause typhoid fever are resistant to both ampicillin and TMP/SMX. Resistant strains to chloramphenicol are now emerging. Nowadays third-generation cephalosporin and Floroquinolones are considered first-line agents for the treatment of typhoid fever. In a study, conducted by Department of Paediatrics and Child Health and Faculty of Medicine of the University of Natal (situated in Durban, Republic of South Africa) compared the efficacy of chloramphenicol and ceftriaxone for the treatment of typhoid fever. They included 59 children in the study. All ch...

Diphtheria Diphtheria is an acute infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae that usually attacks the respiratory tract but may involve any mucous membrane or skin wound. It Spreads by respiratory secretions. Age : although it is considered as a disease of childhood, it is increasingly affecting adults due to non- immunization in childhood. Local manifestations are due to pseudo-membrane while the systemic manifestations are due to the formation of exotoxin. However, the presence of pseudo-membrane is not essential for diagnosis. Exotoxin produced by the organism is responsible for myocarditis and neuropathy. Nasal diphtheria It is characterized by the presence of unilateral, serosanguineous nasal discharge that crusts around the external nares. Pharyngeal diphtheria It is the most common type of diphtheria and is associated with the greatest toxicity. It is characterized by marked tonsillar and pharyngeal inflammation and the presence of pseudo-membrane. This tough ...

The appearance of Blisters around lips is the most common condition experienced by almost every person a few times in his/her lifetime. Most of the people get this disease when they reach the age of 20. This is a Highly contagious infection and transfers from one person to another through intimate contact, sharing towels and other articles. Once it infects somebody, a tendency of recurrent infection always remains there. It is very difficult to eliminate this virus completely. But in the normal healthy individual, this virus doesn’t cause serious complications. It causes serious complication in only immuno-deficient person ( eg., AIDS ). The Causative virus has two subtypes, Herpes simplex type I and Herpes simplex type II. Herpes simplex type 1 causes herpes labialis and it is more common. The Herpes Simplex type II virus causes genital herpes ( see an article about genital herpes, causes and treatment )but it may cause herpes labialis as well. After the first infection, the herp...

It is a systemic mycosis whose causal agent fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. It is the most common mycosis in South America, and Brazil predominates in the South and Southeast. Contamination occurs through the skin or aspiration. To be inhaled, fungi reach the alveoli, where they are transformed into yeast, which are the infective forms. Resistance to infection is determined by the host's ability to slow the spread fungal, and cellular immune response to the primary defence mechanism. Signs and Symptoms: The most affected patients are white males with a history of work in the field. Pulmonary involvement is often chronic, localized or generalized. Besides the lungs, other organs can be affected, such as skin, mucous membranes, bones, lymph nodes, larynx, brain, digestive, urogenital and adrenal. Clinically, patients present with dyspnea (shortness of breath), dry or productive cough, expectoration, hemoptysis (blood) and chest pain. Some patients also report weight los...

Urinary infection  Many women have the habit of going to the bathroom to take. And that's a problem, because when you retain urine in the bladder for a long time, bacteria are also there, which increases the risk of them adhere to the wall of the organ and cause urinary tract infection, drink at least 1.5 litres of water a day is essential to avoid the problem. Using pants that tighten and choke the genital region is a habit that can facilitate genital infections. And these, in turn, can also cause urinary infections. When you have an inflammation of the vagina, there are changes that eventually PH facilitating the creation of an enabling environment for bacteria that can cause a urinary problem, "he explains. According to doctors, men can also have the problem, but it is more common among women. This is because they have the urethra - raceway urine, leaving the bladder and ends in sex organ - shorter than that of men. In women, the bacteria in the vagina and per...

Torch Infection An Overview: TORCH complex (also known as STORCH, TORCHES or the TORCH infections) is a medical acronym for a set of perinatal infections(i.e. infections that are passed from a pregnant woman to her fetus). TORCH infections can lead to severe fetal anomalies or even fetal loss. They are a group of viral, bacterial, and protozoan infections that gain access to the fetal bloodstream transplacentally via the chorionic villi. Hematogenous transmission may occur at any time during gestation or occasionally at the time of delivery via maternal-to-fetal transfusion. the acronym is spelt out as follows: 1. T – Toxoplasmosis / Toxoplasma gondii 2. O – Other infections (see below) 3. R – Rubella 4. C – Cytomegalovirus 5. H – Herpes simplex virus-2 The "other agents" included under O are Coxsackievirus, Syphilis,( Syphilis in Pregnancy and Neonate Read here  ) Varicella-Zoster Virus, HIV( HIV and Its diagnosis an Overview) , and Parvovirus B1...

Herpes Simplex (HSV) •            There are two forms of HSV, HSV1 or HSV2 •            Primarily transmitted through the infected maternal genital tract •            The rationale for C-section delivery prior to membrane rupture •            Primary infection with greater transmission risk than reactivation Clinical Manifestations: •            Most are asymptomatic at birth •            3 patterns of ~ equal frequency with symptoms between birth and 4wks: •            Skin, eyes, mouth (SEM) •            CNS disease •       ...