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Causes and Treatment of Gall Stones

April 8th, 2009

Gall Stones Disease known as cholelithiasis.

 

Etiology of gall stones

basically there are 6 causes of gall stone formation.

 

  1. Metabolic causes: cholesterol is produced from liver, which give rise to bile acids, normally bile acids and cholesterols are present in ration of 25:1 when this ratio gets below 17:1 gall stones are developed.
  2. It may be due bile stasis
  3. Haemolytic Anaemia also causes gall stones, because of increased bilirubin production.
  4. Infection of E. Coli, proteus, streptococci etc are 80% causes of  gall stones
  5. Saint triad = gall stones+ diverticulosis of colon + hiatus hernia

Gall Stones, Kidney Diseases

Intravenous pyelography X-Ray

April 2nd, 2009

Intravenous pyelography X-Ray showing normal kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, as well as kidney stones, ureter stones, stones in urinary bladder, renal pelvis, you will also learn how to see position of kidney etc from this video presentation by Dr. Jaiswal Sir at Era’ s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital

Kidney Diseases, Renal Stones

Child wetting bed during night- SOLUTION

January 27th, 2009

bed-wetting

If your child less than or more than 5 years is wetting bed or clothes during night by passage of urine during sleep?

Like to know its complete solution and details …

Normal complete evacuation of urine during wrong time & wrong place twice a month is known as enuresis.

It is of 2 types

  1. Primary Enuresis: it is repeated passage of urine during night time of child > 5years of age who has never been dry through out.
  2. Secondary Enuresis: child has been dry for some time and again started wetting the bed.

Kidney Diseases