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Abstract Introduction Tuberculosis is a disease of diversified presentation. It affects almost all organs in the body, and otorhinolaryngological, head and neck involvement is not an exception. Objective To increase awareness about the different clinical presentations of otorhinolaryngological, head and neck tuberculosis, the techniques employed to diagnose it, and to assess the response to the treatment. Methods We conducted a prospective study of 114 patients who presented primarily with otorhinolaryngological, head and neck tuberculosis. Routine blood investigations, chest radiographs, the tuberculin test, and sputum examination for the presence of acid-fast bacilli were performed in all cases. Site-specific investigations were performed in relevant cases only. The patients were treated according to the antitubercular treatment (ATT) regimen recommended by the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's National Tuberculosis Elimination Program (NTEP), and they were followed up clinically two and six months after starting the ATT. Results Tubercular cervical lymphadenopathy was the most common clinical presentation (85.96%), followed by deep neck abscess (5.27%). Fine-needle aspiration cytology proved to be a reliable tool for the diagnosis of tubercular lymphadenopathy. Improvement at the end of 2 and 6 months of the ATT was observed in 90.35% and 96.50% of the cases respectively. Conclusion The diagnosis of otorhinolaryngological, head and neck tuberculosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion, and the ATT proved to be very effective in reducing the severity of the disease.
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Introduction: Rising crime rates (of sexual nature),contemporary lacunae in formal sex education and dearth ofIndian studies on this topic underlies as to why this study wasconceptualized. Current research aimed to study the strengthof religious faith, sexual knowledge in the college goingstudents in Ahmedabad city; and the bearing these variableshave on their attitude towards sex.Material and methods: Ours was a cross sectional,convenient sample based study in which the study sample(consenting subjects) comprised of 299 commerce and artsstudents. Subjects were given semi structured Performa withsex knowledge and attitude questionnaire (SKAQ) and SantaClara strength of religious faith Questionnaire (SCSRFQ).Descriptive analysis was done by SPSS 20.0.Result: Out of 299 subjects, 51.5% were males and 48.5%were females. On SKAQ, mean knowledge and attitudescore was 15.35 and 18.84 respectively. Males, those livingin joint families and those reporting of a history of sexualexposure before 15 years of age were found to have bettersexual knowledge. Subjects from joint families and those whoreported of a history of sexual exposure had liberal attitudetowards sex. Scores on SCSRFQ and SKAQ (both knowledgeand attitude scores) were found to be significantly correlated(p<0.05).Conclusion: Students who had a liberal attitude towards sexalso had better knowledge and a strong religious faith.