ABSTRACT
Lemon grass and Green tea are the herbal products, widely used, next to that of water. Because of their common use, it is so much necessary to find their effects on all the body functions. In the current study its effects of blood pressure and heart rate of human male has been evaluated. Observational study. This study was conducted at Pharmacy Department, University of Malakand. Seventy two male volunteers for each tea had been selected and the blood pressure before and after giving one cup of each tea to each individual was evaluated by using sphygmomanometer and stethoscope. A minor increase in blood pressure was noted in the volunteers taken green tea. On other hand a moderate decrease in the systolic blood pressure and mild increase in the diastolic blood pressure were noted in the case of lemon grass. Also, great decreases in the heart rate of individuals taken lemon grass, and a moderate increase in the heart rate of individuals taken green tea were observed. From the current study it can be concluded that the Male heart patients are on the high risk to the use of either type of tea, so they have to take care while using either type of tea in excess quantity
ABSTRACT
Tuberculosis remains the single highest contributor to the world's morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis and prompt treatment is essential to prevent its transmission. To see the treatment response of anti tuberculosis drugs in smear negative patients and study the predictors of culture positive among smear negative tuberculosis patients. This descriptive study was carried out at Chest Clinic, Sir Ganga Ram hospital in collaboration with PMRC TB Research Centre Mayo hospital, Lahore. Ninety four sputum smear negative patients clinically and radiologically suggestive of tuberculosis were selected. These patients were put on anti tuberculosis drugs without waiting for their culture results. They were then followed for 8 months to see their treatment outcome. A total of 94 smear negative patients were selected and given anti tuberculosis treatment. Of these 37 [39%] were culture positive and 57 [61%] were culture negative. Of the 37 culture positive patients 36 [97%] showed clinical or radiological improvement as compared to 46 [81%] out of 57 in culture negative cases. Symptoms of cough with sputum production was significantly associated with culture positivity. On x-ray chest moderate lesion with diffuse infiltration was more common finding in 64% while extensive and cavitatory lesion was seen in 24% of all cases. Association of extensive and cavitatory lesion were seen in culture positive group. Response to anti tuberculosis drugs in sputum smear negative tubercolosis suspects was found to be effective in majority of the patients. Cough, sputum and extensive cavitatory lung lesion were the predictors of culture positive cases. There is need to train physicians on the use of anti tuberculosis therapy in smear negative suspected pulmonary tuberculosis cases, especially if they have productive cough and cavitatory lung lesions