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  Hello everyone! How are you all? I hope that you are fine and I am fine too. Today's blog, as you would have understood by reading the topic, is typhoid. So, without losing a moment, let us get started!! GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY:- Typhoid is also known as Enteric Fever. So, first of all, what is typhoid? Typhoid is a bacterial infection that can be fatal. The bacteria "Salmonella Typhi" is the cause of this infection. The gastrointestinal tract is more severely affected including the liver, spleen, and muscles. Through the bloodstream, bacteria can also reach the gallbladder, lungs, and kidneys. Let me here by clear this point that Typhoid  is  contagious. Karl Joseph Eberth was the first to describe the bacterium that was suspected to be the cause of typhoid in 1880. Four years later, Georg Gaffky, a pathologist, confirmed this link, naming the bacterium "Eberthella typhi", which is known as Salmonella enterica today. CAUSES:- As I have told you befo...

  Hello Everyone! Welcome back! It's been a long time since I posted a blog. So, today I am back with another topic. Today's topic revolves around diabetes. I would thoroughly discuss type 2 diabetes. (I have also discussed type 1. For more information, visit my blog and follow me to get the latest notifications to your email!!) Let's get started!!! GENERAL INTRODUCTION:- Type 2 diabetes is a diagnosis of exclusion, i.e. it is made when Type 1 Diabetes and other types of diabetes are ruled out, and it is highly heterogeneous. It is characterized by resistance to the action of "Insulin". NATURAL HISTORY OF TYPE 2 DIABETES:- In the early stage of the disorder, response to progressive insulin resistance is an increase in insulin secretion by pancreatic cells causing hyperinsulinemia. Eventually, the β Cells are unable to compensate adequately and blood glucose rises, producing hyperglycemia( Note that β cells are beta cells, cells that make insulin. Insulin is a ho...

Greetings Everyone! I hope that you are all fine and I am fine too. Today I would discuss a complication that is very common worldwide. Today, we will discuss diabetes. Let us get begin!   GENERAL INTRODUCTION:- Diabetes is also known as" Diabetes Mellitus. It is a clinical syndrome characterized by accession in plasma blood glucose(hyperglycemia). In easy words, it is a disease in which the sugar or glucose levels of someone reach an alarming state. When someone's sugar level is too high, we can say that the person has diabetes. Diabetes has two types, known as type 1 and type 2. In this blog, I will generally discuss type 1. (I will discuss type 2 in my next blog. So don't forget to follow and subscribe to my blog to get the latest updates!!!)  TYPE 1 DIABETES:-  Type 1 diabetes is caused by autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing cells(β cells) in the pancreas, resulting in absolute insulin deficiency.  CAUSES:- Type 1 diabetes is often passed on from parents...