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  Hello everyone! Today I would talk of a complexity that is termed as a no.1 killer in the world. Yes! it is "stroke". Let us commence without wasting a second. GENERAL INTRODUCTION Let me at first clear that stroke is also known as a brain relapse. It was discovered in the 1660s by a doctor named Jacob Wepfer. Hippocrates, the “father of medicine,” first identified stroke more than 2,400 years ago. He called the condition apoplexy, which is a Greek term that stands for “struck down by violence.”  BRIEF HISTORY In the decades that followed, medical science continued to make advances concerning the causes, symptoms, and treatment of apoplexy. Jacob Wepfer discovered that something disrupted the blood supply in the brains of people who died from apoplexy. In some of these cases, there was massive bleeding in the brain. In others, the arteries were blocked. After certain developments that followed, now apoplexy is known as cerebrovascular accident or CVA. Jacob Wepfer discovere...

  Hello everyone! I hope you are all fine and I am fine too. Today, I would discuss a disease that is very rare and is highly contagious. Yes! I am talking of leprosy. Let us get started! GENERAL INTRODUCTION Leprosy is a chronic, progressive bacterial infection caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy is also known as Hansen's disease. It was named after a scientist Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen who discovered the "Mycobacterium leprae (M. leprae)". TYPES OF LEPROSY There are 3 types of leprosy:- Tuberculoid Leprosy Lepromatous Leprosy Borderline Leprosy CAUSES Let me here by clear that Leprosy or Hansen's disease is ONLY caused by a slow-growing type of bacteria called"Mycobacterium leprae". But it can also be caused by a person who is already infected by Leprosy because it is contagious. SYMPTOMS Following are the symptoms of Hansen's disease:- Early  symptoms begin in cooler areas of the body and include loss of sensation Discolored pat...

Hello everyone! Today I am back with a different topic and, my today's blog orbits around "Rabies" It is a very general condition that is developed by an animal  bite.  Well, let us get into the intensities of this complication and explore a bit about it. Let's get started!! GENERAL INTRODUCTION:- The first thing you need to know about it is Rabies is contagious and, the second one is it is caused by an animal bite. CAUSES:- Let us get properly to it. Rabies infection is caused by the rabies virus. The virus is spread through the saliva of infected animals. Infected animals can spread the virus by biting another animal or a huma n. In rare cases, rabies can be spread when infected saliva gets into an open wound or the mucous membrane , such as the mouth or eyes. Scars by claws of infected animals are also vulnerable because these creatures lick their claws. HOW IT IS TRANSFERRED? But the question that sparks up here is how it is transferred on to human beings? Well, t...