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Internal Medicine Clinic - Dr Dawood Banday

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Internal Medicine Clinic - Dr Dawood Banday

Deals with Study, Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention of Adult Diseases

This Broad Complex Evidence Based field deals with Study, Diagnosis, Treatment & Prevention of diseases affecting Internal organs of Adults with or without external manifestations

Specialists of this field have Holistic view of the disease process of a person, not limiting themselves to single organ system. Thus, Multi-system view helps them in attaining proper diagnosis wherever applicable

Its

specialists deal with Medical Emergency Care, Out-Patient OPDs, In-Patient admissions, Critical Care ICUs, Research and Medical Education

Aim of this group is to inculcate scientific know-how among populace so that they form an informed opinion and take recourse to appropriate shared health care decisions for themselves and their loved ones

26/01/2024

Hollowing out of bones, called OSTEOPOROSIS, is a disease in which bones are demineralised. Bones become weak and brittle, prone to easy fractures.

Serious fractures like spine and Hip can happen leading to a permanent bed ridden state.

Usually late postmenopausal women
Elderly males
Long standing steroid use
Long standing inflammation of any cause
Active Smoker and Alcohol use
Risk of Falls (due to brain, nerve or heart disease)
Malabsorption
Hormonal deficiencies

25/01/2024

Avoid sleeping pills in dementia (like age related memory loss) patients. It will worsen cognition(thought process) and may land into delirium.

20/01/2024

Type 2 Heart Attack:

When work load on heart muscle increases despite restricted or limited blood/oxygen supply causing demand/supply imbalance, heart muscle death ensues.

Almost 1/3 to 1/2 of all heart attack patients presenting to Emergency department

Precipitants:
Hypertension - load on heart muscle
Abnormally high heart rate - increased demand
Anemia - decreased oxygen supply
Surgery - increased demand
Heart failure - weak heart muscles
Infection - increased demand/decreased supply
Severe low BP

More chances of death if not picked up early.

19/01/2024

Heart awareness in easy language

Type 1 Heart Attack: Acute coronary syndrome

Immediate cause: Sudden blocking of blood supply to heart muscles due to clot formation

Underlying cause: Altered fat deposits in blood vessels causing narrowing of lumen

Consequences: Heart Muscle death leading to Pump failure and electric currents in heart go haywire.

Symptoms: Muscle death leads to chest painPump failure leads to back pressure in lungs causing Breathlessness (not the only cause)Disorderly currents lead to loss of contraction of normal remaining muscles→no blood to brain→Loss of consciousness/fainting/death

Treatment: Restore blood supply to heart muscles by;
1. Dissolving clot by urgent medication called Thrombolysis
2. Putting in stent (artificial tube) to remove obstruction
3. Bypassing obstruction by planting new blood vessel

18/01/2024

Forgetfulness: look for

Stress
Depression
Multitasking
Age related
Thyroid disorders
Vitamin deficiency
Brain Stroke
Chronic CNS infections
CNS trauma
Neurodegenerative diseases
Metabolic abnormalities

17/01/2024

Jaundice can be due to liver disease or blood disease

Doctors are trained to find the root cause
-Babas aren't.

16/01/2024

Sudden onset severe Headache- always seek consultation

It usually turns out to be a serious medical issue.

13/01/2024

Inability to control urine (incontinence) are of 4 types:

1. Stress incontinence: coughing or increased abdominal pressure causing urine flow

2. Urge incontinence: patient shows urgency to void, on short notice.

3. Overflow incontinence: continuous dribbling of urine with loss of bladder activity

4. Mixed incontinence: symptoms from 1st and 2nd type.

Each type needs appropriate evaluation and therapy.

12/01/2024

Anyone observed a color change of hands when exposed to cold water. Whitish/Bluish/Reddish discoloration with swelling of fingers accompanied by pain.

This phenomenon, called Raynaud's Phenomenon, could be a harbinger of Autoimmune Diseases.

11/01/2024

Rheumatoid arthritis (Reeh haar) can involve lungs causing irreversible damage if not treated early

10/01/2024

Rheumatoid arthritis is a type of autoimmune disease primarily involving joints.

Small joints of Hand and/or other joints get swollen and red, painful to move and touch.

Eyes, lungs, spine, nerves, skin and kidneys can also get involved.

Debilitating disability with crazy bent joints and inability to do basic life skills.

Treatment for most of them is easy and relief is quick. However, despite relief, disease doesn't magically vanish, it is still there and controlled or dormant at times.

Name 'Rheumatoid' means Rheumatic like. Rheumatic joints until recently were joint pain seen in Rheumatic fever, which is an immune sequelae of mis/untreated streptococcal throat infection.

09/01/2024

Autoimmune diseases are a group of diseases in which the Immune System gets programmed to attack the body's own tissues leading to inflammation.

Every normal fetal/child immune development involves recognition of 'Own' vs 'Other' tissues, usually in the Thymus gland. And the loss of a part of this tolerance to the body's own tissues leading to mounting an attack on them causes disease.

Skin, joints, kidneys, heart, nerves are commonly affected.

Most common of them are;
Rheumatoid arthritis
SLE (called Lupus- from resemblance to wolf bite)
Sjogrens syndrome
Celiac disease

Many of them are organ and life threatening if not diagnosed and treated properly.

08/01/2024

Streptococcal infections (a type of bacteria) of throat or skin can involve kidney via immunological phenomenon called Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis

Develops a few weeks after infection

Presents with swelling of body/face, high BP, decrease urine output, protein and blood loss in urine, which if progresses unchecked can lead to need for dialysis and transplant.

So, via few scoring systems available and rapid antigen test, we should diagnose and treat streptococcal infections with appropriate dose and duration of antibiotics.

04/01/2024

Inability to gain weight can be due to:

Malnutrition
Malabsorption
Hormonal abnormalities
Organ dysfunction
Chronic Infections
Psychiatric
Genetic predisposition

Need to assess as per clinical cues

03/01/2024

There is no treatment yet for 'Tetanus' or 'Rabies' once the disease sets in.

Both diseases pass through a very painful end.

02/01/2024

Viruses (usually Herpes virus) can infect the brain and cause life threatening syndrome of Encephalitis

Symptoms of high grade fever, headache, vomiting, irrelevant talking, behavioural disturbances are clues.

Decreased immunity and increasing age are usual risk factors

29/12/2023

Urine test isn't just pus cells or urine sugar. It has a wealth of info for the one who knows how to interpret.

There can be:
•Blood in urine
•Protein loss in urine
•pH value
•Specific gravity
•Cast of Various cellular structures as per pathology
•Pus cells due to inflammation other than an infection
•Crystals due to various crystallopathies
•Few tests like nitrite etc to gauge bacterial activity
•Pathogenic organisms
•Many other minor tests ordered as per specific need

Indeed, it is precious enough fluid to be labelled as Liquid Biopsy of Kidney

03/06/2023

5 White poisons:
Refined Sugar, Polished Rice, Refined Flour, Salt and Processed Milk.

16/05/2023

Obesity is graded based on BMI. Higher end obesity can be managed with Lifestyle Changes, followed by Medications +/- Surgery

13/05/2023

H. pylori is the most common cancer causing germ known in Humans and may lead to Stomach cancers
So get yourself treated early

29/04/2023

Long term abnormal posture can lead to neck bone damage, which can lead to pressure on local nerves leading to nerve pain.

29/04/2023

Drugs cause the body to get dependent on it. Howsoever the person wishes to leave, he ain't able to.
Avoid the Peer pressure just to look cool.

28/04/2023

Some vitamin excesses can cause Brain, Nerve or Kidney damage.

So take them under medical supervision

25/02/2023

kidney stones, if ignored, can cause infection in kidney which is a very dangerous thing to have. That infection can eat up kidney or decrease its function, particularly in diabetics.

20/02/2023

Clots in deep veins is a big scary thing. Presents as Swelling of involved limb.
Can travel to heart & then Death surprises us

14/02/2023

Ventilator is a machine that provides air/oxygen to a person who can't breathe adequately on its own due to any cause.

Broadly two types:

Invasive:- via tube pushed into wind pipe through mouth

Noninvasive:- via tight fitting special mask

A single machine has multiple modes and can be used as per necessity for both of them.

Both have their own pros and cons.

An expert Critical Medicine/Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine or Intensivist can guide the treatment team during patient care.

06/02/2023

Jaundice is a general term for yellowish discoloration of eye-white due to increased Bilirubin- a yellow pigment usually produced in liver.
Always take it seriously to prevent lasting damage to the body.

It can be due to Blood disorders or Liver disorders.

Toxic herbs/medications, Viruses, Bacteria, gallstones, autoimmune diseases, and others are involved.

Different causes need different treatment.

Avoid Dangerous Herb intake from some Baba that can lead to permanent Liver Failure needing transplant. Also avoid self-medication of unnecessary antibiotics to prevent liver damage.

03/02/2023

Asthma presents usually in young persons with prolonged dry cough or unexplained breathlessness, some with history of an Allergy

28/01/2023

Dryness of mouth and dry eyes with a feeling of sand in eyes, particularly in females, is to be taken seriously as it is one of the common manifestation of Sjogren's syndrome - a type of autoimmune disease/Reeh Haar.

20/01/2023

Low Blood Sugar in Diabetes Mellitus can cause unconsciousness and even death if not treated early.

Usual symptoms are Shaking, Sweating, Feeling weak/dizzy, Fast Heartbeat, Hunger etc. alone or in combination.

Test by glucometer if you have one. Eat sugary thing until one feels normal.

Multiple Low Sugar episodes can wear out nerves which arrange symptoms, thus causing severe low glucose without any symptoms...which can cause seizures and even death

So consult doctor for low blood sugar to prevent recurrence.

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Srinagar

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+917006754969

Website

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