Articles for Respiratory Distress

Why there are no consistent guidelines for gestational diabetes
1 month ago

Why there are no consistent guidelines for gestational diabetes

ABC  

Tegan Taylor: So I'm guessing, Norman, you've never had a gestational diabetes test, but I have. Norman Swan: Yeah, because if you've got gestational diabetes prior to the 24 to 28 weeks when you have that glucose tolerance test, then that's a long time to be going with a higher blood sugar which can affect the baby. So that's the …

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Protect pets from bad air
1 year ago

Protect pets from bad air

Live Mint  

Given the poor to severe air quality in parts of the country, especially in north India, pet owners should heighten their awareness of respiratory tract illnesses in pets and take preventive measures. While cats can suffer from conditions like asthma, among dogs, flat-faced breeds like bulldogs and pugs are predisposed to respiratory difficulties, marked by laboured breathing, snoring, and intolerance …

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Nipah virus outbreak: Watch out for these 3 risk factors
1 year, 3 months ago

Nipah virus outbreak: Watch out for these 3 risk factors

Hindustan Times  

For the third time in five years, the brain-damaging Nipah virus has surfaced again in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, leading the state health department to declare a health alert after two “unnatural” deaths were reported, followed by four high-risk contact cases with a 9-year-old on ventilator support. Nipah virus outbreak: Watch out for these 3 risk factors In an …

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Coronavirus's complications and health problems are being studied by scientists
4 years, 6 months ago

Coronavirus's complications and health problems are being studied by scientists

ABC  

It's a lung condition first and foremost, but scientists are uncovering evidence coronavirus can also attack a patient's blood, liver, brain and kidneys. Key points: In addition to respiratory distress, patients with COVID-19 can experience blood clotting disorders that can lead to strokes In addition to respiratory distress, patients with COVID-19 can experience blood clotting disorders that can lead to …

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Youth dies in Maharashtra's Melghat as doctors suspect COVID-19, shunt him from one hospital to another
4 years, 9 months ago

Youth dies in Maharashtra's Melghat as doctors suspect COVID-19, shunt him from one hospital to another

The Hindu  

In a recent case of panic brought on by the lack of testing facilities in Melghat, a tribal area in Amravati district, a 25-year-old labourer who had symptoms similar to COVID-19 was shunted from one hospital to another, before he died in Amravati. “If his corona-negative status could have been diagnosed in Melghat, he would have received ICCU care in …

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Coronavirus | 51 private labs will soon be allowed to conduct tests
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | 51 private labs will soon be allowed to conduct tests

The Hindu  

The “test, test, test” prescription of the World Health Organisation is not for India, Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Balram Bhargava said on Tuesday, stressing that community transmission of COVID-19 has not yet occurred. Dr. Bhargava, however, also announced that 51 private laboratories will soon be allowed to test for COVID-19 to enhance capacity for diagnosis and …

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Officials confirm that a sixth migrant child died in US custody last year
5 years, 7 months ago

Officials confirm that a sixth migrant child died in US custody last year

Daily Mail  

U.S. authorities have said that a 10-year-old girl from El Salvador died last year after being detained by border authorities in a previously unreported case, marking the sixth known case in the last year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said Wednesday that the unidentified girl died on September 29 at an Omaha, Nebraska, hospital of fever and …

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