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Vicious Circle

Why do most of the practitioners in towns maintain medical records? Everybody knows that this is the most important document both to the patient and the doctor. For the patient this is not only going to record all his health problems, but also small details that will help avoid future troubles like tremors to Salbutamol [...]

Miracle cures – 1

Some of the diseases that present to us have instant cures. These pleasantly surprise the patient in that, it almost looks like magic, while it is just science.Hypoglycemia – this is one of the commonest presentation for magical cures. Diabetic brought in altered sensorium, sometimes unconscious, blood sugar shows sugar of 35 or 40mg/dL. (If [...]

Unsatified Patient

There are certain patients that irritate you. It may be because of their arrogant behavior, may be the negative comments for everything you do or may be because for some unknown reason you just dislike them. You hate it when they come. It is quiet understandable when they are really sick like running a high [...]

Compromise

I always used to feel whether i am giving the best possible care to the patients i am treating. Take for example a common disease like diabetes. The patient needs so many tests like HbA1C, microalbumin, lipid profile, electrocardiogram periodically other than the regular blood sugar checks. If the patient can afford, then there is [...]