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		<title>Tuberculosis &#8211; Treatment, Counseling and Motivation of The Patient</title>
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 Though age old stigma with tuberculosis has educed but people still have misconceptions about the disease, its contagiousness and the way it can affect others.
Clear communication is the keystone of patient diagnosis and it begins with telling the correct diagnosis and counseling the patient and family.
It is preferable to counsel the family together to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural killer Cells, Immune Response and MHC</title>
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Natural killer cells are sonamed because they are potent cytotoxic cells whose targets are not restricted i.e., they are not antigen-specific. They make up 5-10 percent of the  lymphocyte population.
They are activated by IL-15.
They have the appearance on light microscopy of large lymphocytes with numerous cytoplasmic granules and are sometimes called large granular lymphocytes. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medcaretips.com/anatomy-physiology-pathology/natural-killer-cells-immune-response-mhc</link>
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		<title>Mantoux Test In  Tuberculosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Mantoux test is very widely used test for tuberculosis. Its interpretation however complex. It is also called tuberculin test.
Tuberculin is a glycerol extract of the tubercle bacillus. Purified protein derivative (PPD) tuberculin is a precipitate of non-species-specific molecules obtained from filtrates of sterilized, concentrated cultures.
The test is named after Charles Mantoux, a French physician [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medcaretips.com/diseases-and-condition/mantoux-test-in-tuberculosis</link>
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		<title>Chest Xray and Computed Tomography in Tuberculosis of Lungs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Chest Xray
The radiological opacities in a chest x-ray are a result of the pathological processes taking place in the lungs. TB causes alveolar consolidation, necrosis, cavitation and fibrosis, features, which it shares with a variety of lung diseases.
TB also shares its radiological features with many other pulmonary diseases. There is no radiological feature that is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medcaretips.com/diseases-and-condition/chest-xray-and-computed-tomography-in-tuberculosis-of-lungs</link>
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		<title>Treatment of Esophageal Variceal Bleeding</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Sclerotherapy: Sclerosing agents like sodium tetradocyl sulphate and 3 percent phenol in water are injected through upper GI endoscopy, around the varices. They obliterate the blood vessels and prevent future bleeds.
It stops variceal bleed in 80 percent of patients and can be repeated if bleeding recurs. However, if there is active bleeding, sclerotherapy is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medcaretips.com/diseases-and-condition/treatment-of-esophageal-variceal-bleeding</link>
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		<title>Side Effects of Drugs During Treatment of Tuberculosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Isoniazid
Common side effects: Hepatitis, peripheral neuropathy
Uncommon side effects: Cutaneous reactions, arthralgia, drug induced lupus, optic neuritis, convulsions, mental symptoms aplastic anaemia, haemolytic anaemia agranulocytosis, gynaecomastia.

Rifampicin
Common side effects: Anorexia, nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, hepatitis
Uncommon side effects: Anaemia, cutaneous reaction, flue like syndrome, shortness of breath, acute renal failure, shock, thrombocytopaenic purpura, haemolytic anaemia.
 Pyrazinamide
Common side effects: [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medcaretips.com/diseases-and-condition/side-effects-of-drugs-during-treatment-of-tuberculosis</link>
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		<title>Need For Family Contact Survey In Tuberculosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mycobacterium tuberculosis can survive or a long time in darkness, away from sunlight.Those persons who stay indoors for prolonged periods with a patient of pulmonary TB are most likely to get infected.
A patient of tuberculosis is likely to have infected some of his own family members prior to reporting to you.
Of those infected, some may [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medcaretips.com/diseases-and-condition/need-for-family-contact-survey-in-tuberculosis</link>
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		<title>Investigations That Aid In Diagnosis of Pulmonary Tuberculosis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Routine blood and urine examinations in pulmonary tuberculosis are as non-specific as those of physical examination. The patient may be found to be anaemic with a normal or raised WBC count.
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
ESR is o a non-specific investigation which may become rapid in a large variety of clinical conditions ranging from anaemia to any [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medcaretips.com/diseases-and-condition/investigations-that-aid-in-diagnosis-of-pulmonary-tuberculosis</link>
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		<title>Role of Complement In The Immune Response?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Complement components have immunologic activity both individually and in an activation cascade leading to a polymer formed by C5, C6, C7, C8, and C9 (the membrane attack complex, or MAC), which results in lysis of target cell membrane.
Early classic complement components (especially C3 products) act as opsonins and assist in the phagocytosis of bacterial particles [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://medcaretips.com/anatomy-physiology-pathology/role-of-complement-in-the-immune-response</link>
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		<title>Neutrophils and Eosinophils In Immune Response</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Neutrophil granulocytes, generally referred to as neutrophils, are the most abundant type of white blood cells in mammals and form an essential part of the immune system. Neutrophils are important in phagocytosing and digesting foreign particles at sites of inflammation and antigen entry. Neutrophils kill and dissolve microbes by

 Release of enzymes and bactericidal products [...]]]></description>
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