Sivakumar's Blog – August 2009 Archive (3)

Delirium is an acute and relatively sudden (developing over hours to days) decline in attention-focus, perception, and cognition. In medical usage it is not synonymous with drowsiness, and may occur without it. Delirium is not the same as dementia (the two entities have different diagnostic criteria), though it commonly occurs in demented patients.…

EPILEPSY

Epilepsy (from the Greek επιληψία /epili΄psia/ ) is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, with almost 90% of these people being in developing countries. Epilepsy is more likely to occur in young children or people over the age of 65 years; however it can occur at…

Psoriasis Vulgaris, Guttate Type



Definition:

Clinical variant of psoriasis vulgaris characterized by drop-like, erythematous, scaly plaques measuring from 3 to 10 mm in diameter distributed diffusely over the body, with accentuation of the truncal areas and the proximal extremities. It characteristically occurs after a streptococcal infection,…