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TENSION OF THE TENSION....HYPERTENSION.

  Hello Everyone! Back with another complication. By reading the title, you must have understood that the topic is Hypertension. Well, let's get started!! DEFINITION:- Hypertension defines itself as "High Blood pressure" Well, what is high blood pressure? Let us start with blood pressure first Blood pressure is the pressure of circulating blood against the walls of blood vessels. Most of this pressure results from the heart pumping blood through the circulatory system. But when this pressure increases and is too high, then it increases the workload of the heart, causing "hypertension". I again repeat that "hypertension" is another name for high blood pressure. TYPES OF HYPERTENSION:-  There are two types of "hypertension".  Primary hypertension:-  This is also called essential hypertension. It is called this when there is no known cause for your high blood pressure. This is the most common type of hypertension. This type of blood pressure usu...

HIV/AIDS

  Hello everyone!! Today we will be discussing a disease that is contagious and is well-known in the world of today. Today we will be discussing HIV, its interrelation with AIDS, its causes, its symptoms, its side effects, and finally, the ratio of affecting and deaths globally. So let's get started!!!                                 Beginning with its initials. HIV stands for " H uman I mmunodeficiency V irus whereas, AIDS stands for " A cquired I mmunodeficiency S yndrome". HIV is a virus that affects a body by attacking its Immuno system and making it vulnerable to other harmful--- deadly, specifically diseases.  HIV infection in humans came from a type of chimpanzee in Central Africa.  The chimpanzee version of the virus (called simian immunodeficiency virus, or SIV) was probably passed to humans when humans hunted these chimpanzees for meat and came in contact with their infected b...

SCABIES....A NIGHTMARE!!!!

Hello everyone!! How are you all? I hope you are fine and I am good too.   Today, I would talk about a disease that is not so common, but it could get catastrophic if reported in one person. Yes, it is contagious. You might be thinking that I am talking of COVID-19 or Sars-Cov2, but you're incorrect there. Today I would be talking of a complication that is known by the pseudonym of Scabies. Scabies is a skin infestation. It is induced by a mite (a mite is a minute arachnid which has four sets of legs and is discovered in soil or germinates place as a saprophyte (parasite)). The mite is known as the Sarcoptes scabiei. It is infectious. The preeminent and most prevalent manifestation is itching. Let us now get to the intensities of this disease and uncover out further about its indications, antecedents, from where it had dawned, and how common it is. Scabies originated from China, being first reported in a dog. It is caused by a mite known as the Sarcoptes scabiei .   The mi...

MENTAL HEALTH.......A COMMON ISSUE

  Hello everyone!! How are you all? Hope that you are all fine. I am fine too. It had been a prolonged period of time since I had talked about any complexities with you people. So now, I am back with another intricacy that is usually encountered by people of all ages. I just presumed that it is very prevalent and I also recently studied it in PSHE. And one more thing. It is linked with Psychology. Well, I would not keep you in the dark any longer. It is about "Mental Health" and all the issues linked with it. First of all, what is mental health? The term "mental" refers to the term which means "Concerning the mind" whereas, the word "Health" means "a person's mental or physical condition." So all in all, mental health means the state of someone's Psychological condition. It is the state of someone who is "functioning at a satisfactory level of emotional and behavioral adjustment". Today our topic would be revolving a...