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It is a prospective study was done in the department of surgery of Sher-E-Bangla Medical College hospital from September 2004 to June 2005. Twenty cases selected for the study. Among 20 cases 16 is female & 4 is male. The age range of the patient was between 20 years to 65 years. Ultrasonography is the main tool of diagnosis. ERCP is not available in this regional hospital. CT scan not done because it is expensive for the poor patient who are the mainly the subject in this study. Eighty percent (16) of the cases present with recurrent upper abdominal pain. Thirty percent (6) with acute Cholecystitis, 25% (5) with obstructive jaundice, 25% (5) with Cholangitis 5% (1) with mild pancreatitis, 5% (1) with perforation of hollow viscus and 5% (1) with hepatolithiasis. Seventy percent (14) of the cases treated conservatively 25% (5) cases have under gone routine elective operation and 5% (1) cases have under gone emergency operation. Females are the common victims (M:F-1:4). Provision of safe drinking water, regular deworming and improvement of personal hygiene can largely reduces the dreadful consequences due to infestation by worm.
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Adult , Aged , Animals , Ascariasis/diagnosis , Bangladesh/epidemiology , Biliary Tract Diseases/diagnosis , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prospective StudiesABSTRACT
HIV infection has profound effects on a patient's nutritional status because it can modulate appetite, nutrient absorption and basal metabolic rate. In addition, HIV infection can lead to the depletion of a variety of vitamins and micronutrients including vitamins A, D, B2, B6, B12, L-carnitine, iron, zinc and selenium. This review article summarizes existing data regarding nutritional defects in HIV-infected patients and the results of clinical studies addressing the effects of nutritional supplementation in infected patients.
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Child , Child Nutrition Disorders/diagnosis , Child, Preschool , Female , HIV Infections/diagnosis , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , PregnancyABSTRACT
To provide background data for an investigation of biological interrelationships between Argas (Persicargas) robertsi Hoogstraal, Kaiser and Kohls and 3 arboviruses (Kao Shuan, Pathum Thani, and Nyamanini) isolated from this tick species, domestic pigeons were used as experimental hosts to study the life cycle of population samples from Taiwan (TA), Thailand (TH), Indonesia (IN), Sri Lanka (SR), and Australia (AU). The life cycle (at 28-30 degrees C and 75% RH) required 2-10 months. Biological data for the different population samples varied possibly owing to atavistic retention of seasonally adjusted properties associated with diapause and the migratory habits or breeding cycles of wild hosts, or to different rearing times of the various samples. There were 2-4 nymphal instars in SR and AU samples and 2-5 instars in TA, TH, and IN samples. Nymphs and adults fed within a few days after molting or oviposition and usually emitted coxal fluid while feeding. Males molted from earlier nymphal instars than females.