Onset of winters is a troublesome period all over India especially in the North for people of all ages - more so for the elderly, the children and the...
Inhalation of different aromatics, vapours and smokes had been popular since millennia as a life-style habit among people of all classes in different....
Breath is the essence of life. Any difficulty with breathing is fearsome. Rapid or difficult breathing following an exercise is common and non-threate...
Corticosteroids, also known simply as steroids constitute an important group of drugs used for a number of diseases especially of immunological or a...
Respiratory system is in direct contact with the atmosphere- the air. Therefore, many respiratory problems can occur due to air pollution, although se...
Pneumonia is an acute infection of lung parenchyma. It is a heterogeneous entity defined on the basis of the situation in which it is diagnosed, the...
Vaccination is an effective method to prevent an infection and/ or to reduce its severity and morbidity. Vaccination involves the administration of an...
Tuberculosis, a disease with which both the medical personnel and the lay are quite familiar perhaps tops the list of scourges in the history of man.....
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a disabling disorder which progressively impairs the lung functions turning an individual as a total...
There is an enormous amount of information on health problems related to travel of western tourists to the tropical countries, including to India.&nbs...
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) comprises of a group of several diseases of different causes but similar features. It is classified as either Primary...
In medical terminology, the chest (or the thorax) comprises of a bony-cage which contains the two lungs, the heart along with the other structures in...
The lungs are host to many diseases, like tuberculosis, cancer, pneumonia, asthma, etc. In order to treat them properly, specialized diagnostic test...
Diagnosis of a chronic disease is the first and almost an inevitable shock which one receives during the adult life. There is a stage of doubt and d...
Snoring is conceptually identified with deep sleep, even though we know that sleep need not be associated with snoring. Sleep is blissful but snorin...
The Indian Medical Association has released dengue guidelines and has asked citizens not to panic. Some of the important points to note are listed b...
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) comprises of a group of several diseases of different causes but similar features. It is classified as either Primar...
Endoscopic examination now available for more than 3-4 decades, has made it possible to visualize the organs such as the stomach, the colon and othe...
Asthma is a condition characterized by recurrent episodes of cough, breathlessness, wheezing and phlegm. There is inflammation and narrowing of airway...
Asthma is a common ailment especially in case of younger people. Unlike most other chronic diseases which do not commonly occur during the child-bea...
A 55 year old man came to our clinic with refractory cough and a nagging sensation of a prick in the middle of the chest for about 10 days. The troubl...
There has been a rapid change in recognition and spectrum of sarcoidosis in India in the last decade. This was considered a rare disease almost till...
IntroductionThe book, meant for general reading chronicles the stories of some of the patients seen by the author during a career of about half a cent...
Air is normally present in the lungs. On the other hand, the pleural cavities on the two sides (Right and left) formed by the two pleural membranes on...