ABSTRACT
Scrub typhus usually presents as pyrexia with or without multiple organ involvement. Acute hearing loss occurs in about one third of cases and is a useful clue toward the diagnosis. We present two cases of scrub typhus with acute reversible hearing loss from an endemic area. The diagnosis was confirmed by nested PCR.
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Acute Disease , Adult , Animals , Ceftriaxone/therapeutic use , Doxycycline/therapeutic use , Female , Hearing Loss/microbiology , Humans , Insect Bites and Stings/microbiology , Male , Orientia tsutsugamushi/isolation & purification , Risk Factors , Scrub Typhus/complications , Trombiculidae/microbiologyABSTRACT
Acupuncture, though originated in oriental countries in the ancient times but, its philosophical understanding is amazingly wide open to the modern medical science. Historically, records are there regarding its Indian origin. However, acupuncture practised today in Indian sub-continent mainly shows Chinese origin and its introduction to India was pioneered by Dr. B.K. Basu, the first Indian who learned Chinese acupuncture from mainland China during 1959. It is interesting enough to note that though acupuncture is successfully practised in India in a rejuvenated form for the last few decades but due to lack of proper Governmental support this thereby suffers from under utilization and under development. While WHO suggested for its wider application and development through concerted Governmental efforts.