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I would recommend ScrubsGallery.com forĀ lab coats and new scrubs.

Their prices are very competitive, and the service after the order is very impressive.

Diabetes Symptoms

Posted in Diabetes, Endocrinology by Dr Ryan

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Common Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes

  • Polydipsia (excessive thirst)
  • Polyuria (frequent urination)
  • Nocturia (frequent night urination)
  • Unusual loss of weight
  • Recurrent sores or infections
  • Unexplained lethargy
  • Visual disturbances
  • Decreased sensations of toes/feet
  • Frequent hunger/food cravings

If you have one or more of the above symptoms, please consult your doctor!

Peptic Ulcer Disease Symptom

Posted in Upper GI Disorders, Gastrointestinal by Dr Ryan

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Common Peptic Ulcer Disease Symptoms

Pain

Epigastric pain (dyspepsia), is present in 80-90% of patients. However, this complaint is not sensitive nor specific enough to serve as a reliable diagnostic criterion for peptic ulcer disease. The clinical history cannot distinguish duodenal from gastric ulcers accurately. Less than 1/4 of patients with dyspepsia have ulcer disease at endoscopy. In patients with NSAID-induced ulcers, up to half are asymptomatic.

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Hyoscine Vs Metoclopramide

Posted in Medications, Gastrointestinal by Dr Ryan

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Interesting thing that I realised during my course (Graduate Diploma for Family Physician) is that we should not prescribe hyoscine (commonly known as buscopan) together with metoclopramide (maxalon). The reason is because hyoscine is an anti-spasmodic medication which stops abdominal cramps, and metoclopramide has prokinetic properties which helps with gastric emptying (therefore, prevents vomitting).

When you take both of them together, their properties are negated and none of them works! Or they might not work as well as if you take either one on its own!

Symptoms of Chicken Pox

Posted in Fever With Rash, Infectious Diseases, Paediatrics by Dr Ryan

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Chicken pox is also known as Varicella or third disease. It is a common and highly infectious disease, affecting mainly children (age 2 to 8 years), but no age group is exempted. The varicella virus is one of the human herpes viruses and is an extremely infectious exanthema.

The characteristic crops of small vesicles have a central distribution (face, scalp, trunk). The virus remains latent after initial infection and reactivate later in life as herpes zoster (shingles).

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