Category: Medical Forms

In medical practice, it is quite common that patients are shifted from one medical facility to another. This especially depends upon the nature of the health facility and the level of the expertise of the doctor. When does a patient need to be referred? For example, a midwife sitting in a far off remote area of the country when encounters...

Health care is the basic right of every individual residing on the planet earth. People belong to different backgrounds, different ethnic and racial groups, different cultural and religious beliefs and an entirely different world sometimes. None of these things change the fact that healthcare is the right of each and every individual. Then there are some people who are unable...

Blood pressure is one of the vital signs which tell us how the inner body is functioning. Homeostasis is the phenomenon that can be checked by checking the vital signs and blood pressure is the most important among them. Understanding the physiology of blood pressure Blood pressure is by definition the pressure maintained by our heart in the veins. However,...

Field of surgery has improved at an exponential rate. It began with very trivial initiatives, progressed with untiring efforts of the ancient and new surgeons and now has taken the face of most recent and reliable advancements in surgery. There are surgical procedures with minimal to no cosmetic losses and there are surgeries which are laparoscopic and robotic minimizing human...

Eye examination also termed as ophthalmological examination is a set of very extensive steps which checks a number of abilities of our eyes. It involves checking the visual acuity, field of vision, and detailed examination of the eyes starting from eye lids, eyelashes, and glands of eye lids, nasolacrimal duct, and eyeball. Eyeball has number of structures and chambers made...

What are seizures? By definition, a seizure is an uncontrolled, excessive and haphazard neuronal activity of the brain. Seizures are commonly known as convulsions and almost always associated with epilepsy. Seizure is however a very vast term with many forms, manifestations and of course diverse consequences and complications. Classification and clinical features of seizures Seizures are of many types as...

School going children need to stay healthy so that there is less number of absentees from the school. If a child stays sick and suffers from one thing or the other, this results in increased absence from school and ultimately poor performance of the student. So, a regular checkup and physician’s report is required for knowing the health status and...

Weight is an important parameter in any physical examination. It helps in assessment of the health of patient for any age group. We all agree that there is always a certain limit to normal weight for specific age and height. Excessive weight puts a man into risk of serious illnesses and health issues. Similarly, low weight or being underweight is...

Third trimester of pregnancy marks the importance of regular antenatal visits. A pregnant woman with an uneventful pregnancy needs to go to her doctor every fortnight. All the symptoms and physiological changes appear to be exaggerated in third trimester. A pregnant woman may feel more fatigue and pain her legs and symphysis pubis, she may feel breathlessness and palpitations and...

Pregnancy brings about a lot of changes in the body of expecting mother. Her body’s natural physiology changes and prepares her to nurture a new life in her body. Naturally there is a tendency to retain water in her body and this brings about a lot of other changes in result. Ideal weight gain in pregnancy According to RCOG guidelines,...

Human digestive system Our digestive system has got a number of functions besides just digesting the food and absorbing the nutrients from it to help other organs function properly. Human digestive system starts from the mouth cavity and ends at the anal canal. Each and every part of the digestive system is participating to perform a number of important functions...

Pain is one of the sensations humans are bestowed with. Though it is an unpleasant sensation and is associated with perceived of actual tissue damage, it is as useful of the sensations as is the sense of smell, sight and hearing. Pain is a blessing they say. For example, when a child touches some hot object, he feels pain and...

STDs or sexually transmitted diseases are those set of infectious diseases which are transferred from one sexual partner to another. They are spread by sexual activity in any form and are sometimes very depressing for the couple. There are hundreds of bacteria and viruses which are responsible for sexually transmitted infections and manifest local and systemic symptoms. The quality of...

What is Allergy? Allergy or hypersensitivity is a type of immune response of the body against any foreign body. Different organs of the body respond to different allergens if their immune system is coded to act against certain chemicals. By Allergy we mean type I hypersensitivity reaction and this is associated with an acute response to allergen exposed to blood,...

Immunization in simple words is a process in which a person is made immune or resistant to certain infectious agent. Human beings have been blessed with a natural immune system that fights against all the foreign invaders and especially those which are harmful for the body. Immunization or vaccination is the process of inducing or boosting the immune system against...

Breast cancer as well know is the most common type of cancer in females and is responsible for most number of deaths in females every year. Breast cancer spreads very rapidly because of its extensive blood supply and a rich network of lymphatics. This is the very reason why a cancer of one breast spreads so quickly to other that...