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@nimmy Cetirizine is a second-generation antihistamine (H1 receptor antagonist) that binds competitively to histamine receptor sites to reduce swelling, itching, and vasodilation. Cetirizine, in approved oral formulations, has a well-characterized systemic efficacy and safety profile with world-wide exposure representing more than 300 million patient-years.

@nimmy Dry eye disease was more prevalent in the ophthalmology patients than in the allergy patients (51.6% vs 37.5%). However, allergy patients with concomitant dry eyes were more likely to have more severe disease — defined as having more than 4 symptoms — than ophthalmology patients (42.6% vs 15.8%).

@nimmy Treatment for psychosis involves a combination of antipsychotic medicines, psychological therapies, and social support. Your treatment is likely to involve a team of mental health professionals working together. If this is your first psychotic episode, you may be referred to an early intervention team. An early intervention team is a team of healthcare professionals set up specifically to work with people who have experienced their first episode of psychosis.
Depending on your care needs, early intervention teams aim to provide:
a full assessment of your needs
medicine
psychological therapies
social, occupational and educational interventions

@nimmy Typically when an atypical case in a patient (of Covid-19) is observed, the samples are sent for sequencing, just to see why it is behaving differently. It could be that the patient reacted very severely, there is a sudden spike in cases, or the patient may have some other illness and the symptoms are showing slightly different. One such variant that has been identified as Omicron. Theoretically vaccines in India like Covaxin and Covishield will be quite effective against omicron variant as well. In case of double vaccinated people, cases of serious infections and mortality should be low. In populations that are unvaccinated, there are chances that mortality might be high but based on what we know about Omicron, it only seems to be causing mild infections, so the chances of it (being as deadly as second wave) really are 50-50 in unvaccinated.

@nimmy Diabetics are often recommended bitter foods to regulate their blood sugar levels. According to experts, neem juice has a few active substances with anti-diabetic properties.

Boil about 20 neem leaves in half a liter of water for about 5 minutes. You would see that the leaves have begun to appear soft. The water will gradually turn deep green in color. Strain and store this water in a container. Drink this decoction at least twice a day

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Ulcerative colitis is an inflammatory disease of the lower gastrointestinal tract, which results in episodes of diarrhoea. There may also be extra intestinal symptoms, including anaemia, arthritis, dermatological problems and eye disorders.
The exact causes are unclear, although there are several theories, which include genetic, environmental and microbial factors, possibly associated with an inappropriate immune response.
Although anyone can develop ulcerative colitis it appears to be most common in developed countries, and the risk appears greater if a first-degree relative has the disease. Patients most commonly present at 20–40 years of age and some studies suggest that ulcerative colitis is slightly more common in women than men.
Predsol contains prednisolone, a corticosteroid.
Corticosteroids have anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects, which reduce the causes of the diarrhoea and thereby settle the disease.
The most significant adverse effect is adrenal suppression, which is most common with long-term, high-dose treatment.
Corticosteroids can also cause increased appetite, weight gain, insomnia, depression, osteoporosis, peptic ulceration and glucose intolerance, leading to diabetes. Immuno suppression caused by this type of treatment can lead to an increased susceptibility to infection. Therefore patients taking corticosteroids (usually in high doses) should not be given live vaccines.