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Overcome Seasonal Allergies for COPD Patients
Overcome Seasonal Allergies for COPD Patients

COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that can cause obstructed airflow from the lungs. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, mucous production and fatigue often causing serious breathing difficulties.

Majority of people are affected by allergies caused by the change of season. Allergens such as dust, pollen, moulds and pet dander may cause allergic rhinitis, commonly called hay fever.

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COPD stands for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that can cause obstructed airflow from the lungs. Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, mucous production and fatigue often causing serious...

The Increasing risk of obstructive sleep apnea in India
The Increasing risk of obstructive sleep apnea in India

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep related breathing disorder where the person’s breathing stops and starts involuntarily. It occurs when throat muscles intermittently relax and block the airway and disrupt the breathing for 10 seconds or longer.

Brain detects this obstructed breathing and briefly awakens the person from sleep, so that the air passage may be cleared. This awakening is of such a short interval that the person doesn’t remember.

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Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is the most common sleep related breathing disorder where the person’s breathing stops and starts involuntarily. It occurs when throat muscles intermittently relax and block...

Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAIs) & Types
Healthcare Acquired Infections (HAIs) & Types

Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are infections that patients get while receiving treatment for a separate condition in a healthcare facility. They are also known as “nosocomial infections”. It has been observed that over 1.4 million patients suffer from healthcare associated infections (HAIs) globally at any time.

HAIs can be associated with procedures (surgery) and the devices used in medical procedures (catheters or ventilators).

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Healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs) are infections that patients get while receiving treatment for a separate condition in a healthcare facility. They are also known as “nosocomial infections”. It has...

Infections & their types
Infections & their types

The microbes are ubiquitous and are found in water, air and soil. The fact is that not all microbes or germs are harmful, but some of them are good as well. The microbes cause illness only when they enter the part of the body where they are not supposed to be.

Thank God we are blessed with a defence system –immune system, which acts as a barrier against these germs, but surpassing this immune barrier causes infections.

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The microbes are ubiquitous and are found in water, air and soil. The fact is that not all microbes or germs are harmful, but some of them are...

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