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How easy is it to catch tonsillitis?

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TONSILLITIS   Definition :- Tonsillitis is an inflammatory disease of tonsil itself causes by various bacteria and viruses. Tonsillitis is most common diseases in children associated with common cold or flu.  LOCATION OF TONSIL  Tonsil is a pair of soft tissue mass located at the rear of the throat and each tonsil composed of tissue similar to a lymph node and covered by pink mucosa. As seen below image WHAT IS WORK OF TONSIL IN OUR BODY? Tonsil is part of the lymphatic system and swells in responses of any infection in our body. Tonsil is 1st line defense against illness because they produce white blood cells and help to fight against infection so tonsil is also exposed to the possibilty of being attacked by bacteria and virus.  CAUSES   As you know that tonsil is 1st line defense against bacterial or viral they are also susceptible to infection themselves. Most common cause of tonsillitis is a virus, but can sometime it ...

Typhoid Fever: Symptoms, treatment, causes, and prevention

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TYPHOID FEVER DEFINITION : - Typhoid fever is a systemic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi also known as s. typhi. Salmonella enterica serotype paratyphi( s. paratyphi) A, B, C cause the clinically similar condition known as paratyphoid. Typhoid and paratyphoid fever collectively referred to as enteric fever. The contagious nature of the disease and incriminated faecally contaminated water sources in transmission was described by William Budd in 1873. EPIDEMIOLOGY India the typhoid fever is a major public health problem because of poor sanitation, lack of safe drinking water supply and low socioeconomic condition. That’s why in India there is lots of case of typhoid fever. The typhoid fever is usually observed throughout the year. Age group: - mainly affect children and young adults Gender: - more common in a male. As female are chronic carriers. Socioeconomic factor: - Typhoid fever is a disease of poverty and associated with ...

The cause and treatment of Fever

The Cause In previous blog we discussed about FEVEF and how to detect and there symptoms in detail if you missed the blog here is link https://draminanjar.blogspot.com/2018/07/fever-simple-understanding.html So today topic is cause  Cause of fever is very big topic that if we discuss the one cause it can take two to three blogs to full discus about it so in this blog I take some of important causes in short and simplest way to understand Fever can be caused by a number of factors: ·         an infection, such as throat infection, flu, chickenpox , or pneumonia ·         rheumatoid arthritis ·         some medications ·         overexposure of skin to sunlight, or sunburn ·         heat stroke, resulting either by exposure to high temperatures or prolonged strenuous exercise · ...

FEVER A SIMPLE UNDERSTANDING

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FEVER Definition :- Although a  fever  could be considered any body temperature above the normal 98.6 F (37 C), medically, a person is not considered to have a significant  fever  until the temperature is above 100.4 F (38.0 C). Most  fever  is beneficial, causes no problems, and helps the body fight off infections . fever So when the body temperature increase in body that’s the sing of something wrong is happening in our body.   You can say that fever is result of immune response to foreign invader I;e   bacteria, viruses, fungi, drugs and toxins. What are the sing and symotoms of fever ? A fever can cause a person to feel very uncomfortable. Signs and symptoms of a fever include the following: Temperature greater than 100.4 F (38 C) in adults and children Shivering, shaking, and chills Aching muscles and joints or other body aches Headache Intermittent sweats   Rapid heart rate   Skin flushing or hot skin Feeling faint, ...