Month: June 2023

  • Folic acid deficiency anemia

    Folic acid deficiency anemia

    What is Folic acid deficiency anemia how it occur. Deficiency of folic acid in our body not only causes the serious disease like anemia, but also causes malformed spinal tubes (neural tube defects) spina bifida, in the newborn baby whose mother has folic acid deficiency. Folic acid causes expression of genes that code for proteins…

  • Pernicious anemia

    Pernicious anemia

    Pernicious anemia: Pathophysiology of pernicious anemia and it’s treatment. Meaning of Pernicious is very dangerous or harmful. The pernicious anemia also known as Addison’s anaemia occurs because of deficiency of hemoglobin in the red blood cells. Deficiency of hemoglobin is caused by deficiency of Vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is responsible for formation of cell walls…

  • Anemia causes types of Anemia and treatment

    Anemia causes types of Anemia and treatment

    Anemia causes types of Anemia and treatment Anemia is a disease condition caused by reduced oxygen carrying capacity of blood. The oxygen carrying capacity of blood depends on the availability of hemoglobin.Before going to topic anemia causes types of Anemia and treatment, let’s understand what is role vitamins minarals in blood formation and hemoglobin formation.…

  • Gestational Diabetes Insulin Resistance

    Gestational Diabetes Insulin Resistance

    What is Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) ? When does gestational diabetes occur? Gestational Diabetes occurs when the body of a pregnant woman is not able to produce sufficient insulin to handle the increased blood glucose level. Beta Cells of Langerhans in the pancreas do not produce sufficient insulin. Whatever we eat gets converted into glucose…

  • Type 2 Diabetes Gestational Diabetes

    Type 2 Diabetes Gestational Diabetes

    What is Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes? There are three types of diabetes, type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational diabetes. Type 2 Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes is an endocrine disease, which occurs when a person’s endocrine system, that is, pancreas does not produce sufficient insulin, and the insulin produced by pancreases is not…

  • Diagnostic tests for diabetes Hemoglobin A1C  

    Diagnostic tests for diabetes Hemoglobin A1C  

    Diagnostic tests for diabetes details about Fasting glucose level glucose tolerance test and Hemoglobin A1C test and their relevance. In order to diagnose if a person is pre diabetes, or a diabetic his blood sugar level is measured, along with various other diagnostic tests for diabetes Fasting blood sugar level diagnostic tests for diabetes. Blood…

  • Type 1 Diabetes

    Type 1 Diabetes

    Type 1 Diabetes: What is type 1 Diabetes? The food we eat is converted in to glucose and absorbed in to the blood, high concentration of glucose or sugar damages the lining of the blood vessels, increase blood pressure and increase load on kideny.  Insulin is a hormone required for glucose mobilization from blood to…

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