"COMMON DISEASES MISTAKEN OR MISTREATED."

Emergency Management of Common Diseases in Children

Acute respiratory infections, diarrhea and fever are very common in children below the age of five years. All children suffer from these illnesses several times each year. However, during natural disasters like floods children are even more vulnerable to these diseases and death. Pneumonia, diarrhea, measles and malaria, and associated malnutrition, are responsible for over 60% deaths in childr...

Hepatobiliary Cystadenoma with Mesenchy-mal Stroma Mistaken for Common Bile Duct Stone

A 65-year-old female presenting with hepatobiliary cystadenoma (HC) comprised of multiple cysts in the liver and a non-specific epigastric pain is reported herein.  Ultrasound study demonstrated dilated common bile duct (CBD) and intrahepatic bile ducts, plus two spherical stone-like bodies filling defects in the proximal CBD. Sphincterotomy and basket performed for the patient were not success...

Common respiratory diseases.

The self-medication phenomenon in upper respiratory tract infections, rhinosinusitis, asthma, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are significant and will continue to increase. Current level of evidence is poor because of the small number of good quality studies, small sample size, short duration, and variation in the composition of the herbal interventions or therapies. The current revie...

Common Skin Diseases

Common Skin Diseases

A point on pseudo-chancre redux raised by the reviewer in the last edition has been settled in consonance with the modern opinion in this edition. Among the rare diseases are included pemphigus and under it the Senear-Usher type of it. Concerning the non-essential, this edition compares very unfavourably with the last. The binding has been done badly. Stitches crumple nearly every leaf and cut ...