Health Archives - Dr.Sohail Akhtar https://www.drsohailakhtar.com/category/health/ Professor of Medicine and Consultant Chest Physician Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:20:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.drsohailakhtar.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Health Archives - Dr.Sohail Akhtar https://www.drsohailakhtar.com/category/health/ 32 32 The Typhidot test https://www.drsohailakhtar.com/the-typhidot-test/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-typhidot-test Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:20:56 +0000 http://www.drsohailakhtar.com/?p=552 The smaller lesion, on left, in September progressed to the larger abscess, on the right, in two months. Why? Because the physician treating this young lady kept on changing her antibiotics because of an initial positive TYPHIDOT test, while the fever didn't settle. (Eventually genexpert in sputum came out as positive and ATT was commenced). […]

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]]> تمباکو اور چھالیا جیسی چیزوں سے پرہیز کریں https://www.drsohailakhtar.com/%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%a8%d8%a7%da%a9%d9%88-%d8%a7%d9%88%d8%b1-%da%86%da%be%d8%a7%d9%84%db%8c%d8%a7-%d8%ac%db%8c%d8%b3%db%8c-%da%86%db%8c%d8%b2%d9%88-%d8%b3%db%92-%d9%be%d8%b1%db%81%db%8c%d8%b2-%da%a9%d8%b1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=%25d8%25aa%25d9%2585%25d8%25a8%25d8%25a7%25da%25a9%25d9%2588-%25d8%25a7%25d9%2588%25d8%25b1-%25da%2586%25da%25be%25d8%25a7%25d9%2584%25db%258c%25d8%25a7-%25d8%25ac%25db%258c%25d8%25b3%25db%258c-%25da%2586%25db%258c%25d8%25b2%25d9%2588-%25d8%25b3%25db%2592-%25d9%25be%25d8%25b1%25db%2581%25db%258c%25d8%25b2-%25da%25a9%25d8%25b1 Tue, 07 Jan 2020 11:59:35 +0000 http://www.drsohailakhtar.com/?p=378 پان، تمباکو، چھالیا اور کٹکا سے اندرونی جان لیوا بیماریاں چاہے نظر نہ آئیں، منہ اور دانتوں کی گندگی تو واضح ہے.. اسلام کا شعار صفائی، پاکیزگی، مسواک اور خوشبو ہے.. اللہ کی نعمت کی ناقدری سے بچیں، چہرے اور دانتوں کو تمباکو سے آلودہ نہ کریں..  

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]]> پان، تمباکو، چھالیا اور کٹکا سے اندرونی جان لیوا بیماریاں چاہے نظر نہ آئیں، منہ اور دانتوں کی گندگی تو واضح ہے..

اسلام کا شعار صفائی، پاکیزگی، مسواک اور خوشبو ہے.. اللہ کی نعمت کی ناقدری سے بچیں، چہرے اور دانتوں کو تمباکو سے آلودہ نہ کریں..

 

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]]> Bell’s phenomenon: one of Allah’s countless miracles. https://www.drsohailakhtar.com/bells-phenomenon-one-of-allahs-countless-miracles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bells-phenomenon-one-of-allahs-countless-miracles Wed, 04 Oct 2017 08:09:37 +0000 https://www.drsohailakhtar.com/?p=40 Our eyelids are moved with the help of facial nerve. If it is paralyzed, the eyelid cannot be closed fully. Result? A partially opened eye, day n night, with risks of infection to cornea (the center 'screen' through which we all see), often leading to it's opacification, even loss of vision. Facial (nerve) paralysis, called […]

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]]> Our eyelids are moved with the help of facial nerve. If it is paralyzed, the eyelid cannot be closed fully. Result? A partially opened eye, day n night, with risks of infection to cornea (the center 'screen' through which we all see), often leading to it's opacification, even loss of vision.

Facial (nerve) paralysis, called as Bell's paralysis, ('laqva' لقوہ in Urdu) is quite common, usually recovers naturally, but may take weeks or months. Now, during this period if cornea is constantly exposed, imagine how many eyes will lose sight! But..... SubhanAllah, the Creator has provided an automatic mechanism to protect the cornea, and hence vision. It's called Bell's phenomenon. So when facial nerve is paralyzed, on closing the eyes the eyeball automatically rolls upwards thereby 'shielding' the cornea beneath the upper eyelid!! SubhanAllah! Alhamdolillah!! Allah o Akbar!!! How ingenious, how caring, how merciful is the Creator, that He still protects us even when He takes away one of His blessings. SubhanAllah! Alhamdolillah!! Allah o Akbar!!! How ingenious, how caring, how merciful is the Creator, that He still protects us even when He takes away one of His blessings. SubhanAllah! Alhamdolillah!! Allah o Akbar!!! In every apparent loss, there is a mercy, often not obvious to us. It's us, the humans who fail to identify it.

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