Health Sciences

Infections still cause about one-third of all deaths worldwide and are the leading cause of death, mainly because of disease in developing countries. Pimpinella candolleana Wight & Arnott belonging to the family Apiaceae and Shan kokkaya in Myanmar was collected from Pindaya Township, Southern Shan State in 2015. The phytochemical, physico-chemical properties of crude aerial parts and root powdered were determined by Raaman (2006) and WHO (2011). The elemental compositions of both crude powders were analyzed by the Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence.

Introduction: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The disease was first identified in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital of China's Hubei province, and has since spread globally, resulting in the ongoing2019-20 coronavirus pandemic. As of 4 May 2020, more than 3.5 million cases have been reported across 187 countries and territories, resulting in more than 247,000 deaths.

Background: The use of a child for sexual stimulation by an adult or older adolescent is referred to as child sexual abuse or assault or molestation. Apart from the physical scars, there are associated psychological consequences on the victim. It is an important social problem with paucity of local published scientific data. Aim: This case report is aimed at evaluating the characteristics of this victim of child sexual abuse who presented at the emergency unit of a private hospital and to suggest solutions on how to curb this social problem.

Introducción: La faringoamigdalitis recurrente en la actualidad constituye uno de los motivos más frecuentes en la consulta médica, siendo los niños menores de 5 años los más afectados con presentación del 37%,9 y en adultos del 5-15%, que según la Norma Oficial Mexicana (NOM) 024 forma parte de la estadística como principal causa de consulta en nuestro país, el agente bacteriano causal más frecuente es el Streptococco B hemolítico del grupo A (SBHGA) ó S. Pyogenes,2 37% en niños y adultos 10%, lo cual contribuye a que la amigdalectomía sea la cirugía más realizada en Otorrinolaringología.

La esterilización es un conjunto de operaciones destinadas a eliminar o matar todas las formas de seres vivientes, contenidos en un objeto o sustancia. Todo articulo crítico debe ser sometido a algún método de esterilización de acuerdo con su compatibilidad, este proceso es de suma importancia a nivel hospitalario especialmente en todo material y equipo para uso en diversos procedimientos para atención médica.

Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KD) is a rare and self-limiting disease. It is characterized by benign necrotizing lymphadenitis, which is accompanied by fever and lymphadenopathy, with or without extension to other organs, such as skin, eyes and bone marrow. The histopathological characteristics of this disease are nuclear debris surrounded by a histiocytic infiltrate with different degrees of lymphocytes and immunoblast.

Coronavirus outbreak has affected thousands of people in at least 186 countries which has impacted the cancer care delivery system apart from affecting the overall health system adversely. Cancer patients are more susceptible to coronavirus infection than individuals without cancer as they are in an immunosuppressive state because of the malignancy and anticancer treatment. Countries must contain the foci of infection, isolate, test, treat and trace to control the coronavirus pandemic.

Diarrhea is a condition, where watery stool are passed in excess, several times a day through rectum. This disease when untreated gradually leads to mild to severe dehydration, which in turn adversely affects children & is the major concern of mortality in children. In Ayurveda, it can be compared with a disease Atisara which is characterized by mala Atisarana through Guda is called as Atisara. This is a disease characterized by Atidrava Mala Pravritti due to Vimarga Gamana of Udaka from Udakavahasrotas to the Annavaha and Purishavaha Srotas.

Zakaria Mowafy Emam, Sherif Ahmed Swar, Ahmed Hassan Elthakaby, Hany Mohamed Elgohary and Sara Emad Mohamed Fawzy

Background and Aim: Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) is the main etiological bacteria present in the oral cavity that leads to dental caries. Different preceding studies have recognized green tea to have anti-inflammatory, antiviral, antifungal, antioxidant, protein-denaturing, anti-mutagenic, anti-diabetic, anticarcinogenic, and antibacterial characteristics. The aim of our study is to investigate the effects of rinsing with 2% green tea solution for 5 min. on S.mutans count in both saliva and plaque and Gingival Bleeding Index (GBI).