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What is Coronavirus

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CORONAVIRUS The 2019 novel coronavirus is a global health emergency.   Since they began using the designation in 2005, the World Health Organization has declared global health emergencies only 5 times before.   The first case was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan on New Year's Eve.   Now over 30,000 people in at least 26 countries have contracted the coronavirus.   The vast majority of confirmed cases are in mainland China where the numbers continued to skyrocket and were more than 600 people have died as a result. Border closings, suspended flights, a citywide evacuation, and quarantine. So what is it we're really talking about when we talk about the coronavirus and what can we do to protect ourselves.  C ommon signs of a Coronavirus infection include fever, cough, and difficulty breathing; in more severe cases, it can lead to pneumonia, kidney failure, and even death. Corona viruses are a family of virus that cause the common cold and are named for th...
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Hand muscles

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Muscles of the legs

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome

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A condition characterized by gastrointestinal signs and symptoms including constipation, diarrhea, gas, and bloating, all in the absence of organic pathology. Associated with uncoordinated and inefficient contractions of the large intestine.
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Sickle Cell Anemia

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An autosomal recessive anemia characterized by crescent- or sickle-shaped erythrocytes and accelerated hemolysis, due to substitution of a single amino acid (valine for glutamic acid) in the sixth position of the * -chain of hemoglobin, the gene of which is on chromosome 11; affected homozygotes have 85–95% hemoglobin (Hb) S and severe anemia, whereas heterozygotes (said to have sickle cell trait) have 40–45% Hb S, the rest being normal Hb A; low oxygen tension causes polymerization of the abnormal * -chains, thus distorting the shape of the red blood cells to the sickle form. Homozygotes develop "crisis" episodes of severe pain due to microvascular occlusions, bone infarcts, leg ulcers, and atrophy of the spleen associated with increased susceptibility to bacterial infections, especially streptococcal pneumonia. Occurs most commonly in people of African descent.
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Osteoarthritis

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                                                        DISEASE CONDITION:  Osteoarthritis Osteoarthritis is a disease that affects the joints in your body, while it can affect any joint.  Osteoarthritis most commonly occurs in hands, hips, knees, neck and lower back.  To understand how osteoarthritis develop, you need to know how normal joint work.  Let’s focus on the knees, the place where the ends of two or more bones meet is called a joint.  In a healthy joint the ends of the bones are encased in smooth cartilage.  The cartilage covers and cushions the bones, allowing the joints to move smoothly and easily.  The joint is surrounded by a fibrous envelope called the joint capsule.  The synovium lines the joint capsule and produces a fluid that helps to reduce friction and wear in a joint.  Muscles a...
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Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome

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The clinical constellation of findings with or without symptoms due to prolapse of the mitral valve: a nonejection systolic click accentuated in the standing posture, sometimes multiple, sometimes with mitral regurgitation occurring relatively late in systole, and accompanied by echocardiographic evidence of the mitral valve prolapse, usually with thickened leaflets of the valve. Symptoms are nonspecific and may include vague chest pains and dyspnea on exertion. See Images.......
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Babinski Sign

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1. Extension of the great toe and abduction of the other toes instead of the normal flexion reflex to plantar stimulation, considered indicative of pyramidal tract involvement (“positive” Babinski); 2. In hemiplegia, weakness of the platysma muscle on the affected side, as is evident in such actions as blowing or opening the mouth; 3. When the patient is lying supine, with arms crossed on the front of the chest, and attempts to assume the sitting posture, the thigh on the side of an organic paralysis is flexed and the heel raised, whereas the limb on the sound side remains flat; 4. In hemiplegia, the forearm on the affected side turns to a pronated position when placed in a position of supination.
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