Effect of typhoid fever on thrombocytes

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of typhoid fever on platelet count. A total of 175 patients were admitted with suspected typhoid fever. We picked up only those 46 cases in which either blood culture was positive for Salmonella, or Widal test was positive in high titres. 29 percent of these patients showed a significant decrease in their platelet counts regardless of WBC count. This is important to remember since many viral and bacterial infections and also a number of drugs can cause thrombocytopaenia. The platelet count increased to normal values as the fever settled

Dental management of a patient with head and neck cancer

A cases of dental caries after radiation therapy of the oral regions for treatment of head and neck cancer is presented. Little attention is being paid to the dental tissues of the head and neck cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy. It is essential that dentists become more actively involved in the treatment of patients receiving irradiation and hence reduce the severity and number of complications such as rampant tooth caries and bone necrosis. Conservative procedures such as gentle scaling and polishing, filling cavities, restoring teeth with crowns and X-ray examinations are well tolerated by patients who have received irradiation. The patients can often wear prosthesis after therapy, proving the tissues have well healed, the prosthesis carefully constructed and patient followed up regularly