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Most people may call this WHITLOW infection (My 2nd, a Pharmacist also thought it was) BUT it isn't.
This is acute #PARONYCHIA (a thread) 👇👇👇👇
DIFFERENCE between Whitlow & Parochynia
#WHITLOW is a contagious infection that forms lesions on a finger.
A Thread (1/cont...)
This is acute #PARONYCHIA (a thread) 👇👇👇👇
DIFFERENCE between Whitlow & Parochynia
#WHITLOW is a contagious infection that forms lesions on a finger.
A Thread (1/cont...)
It is caused by HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS and is usually very PAINFUL.
Infection occurs on the toes or on the nail cuticle atimes.
TREATMENT involves certain Topical Antiviral medication & NSAIDs
#PAROCHYNIA is a bacterial or fungal nail infection of the hand or foot,
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Infection occurs on the toes or on the nail cuticle atimes.
TREATMENT involves certain Topical Antiviral medication & NSAIDs
#PAROCHYNIA is a bacterial or fungal nail infection of the hand or foot,
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where d NAIL and SKIN meet at the side or the base of a finger or toenail.
Parochynia infection can either be Acute OR Chronic.
ACUTE Parochynia is a BACTERIA INFECTION & usually last less than 6 Wks whereas
CHRONIC Parochynia is a #FUNGAL INFECTION (plus bacteria atimes)
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Parochynia infection can either be Acute OR Chronic.
ACUTE Parochynia is a BACTERIA INFECTION & usually last less than 6 Wks whereas
CHRONIC Parochynia is a #FUNGAL INFECTION (plus bacteria atimes)
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43yr chronic #alcohol user on Liv.52 #Herbal supplement for 1yr. Believes Liv52='hepatoprotective'. Consumes along with to cancel alcohol-toxicity. Diabetes uncontrolled on #Ayurveda. Comes with #jaundice, severe #headache, eyes 'bulged' 2 days, nasal discharge #livertwitter
43yr chronic #alcohol user on Liv.52 #Herbal supplement for 1yr. Believes Liv52='hepatoprotective'. Consumes along with to cancel alcohol-toxicity. Diabetes uncontrolled on #Ayurveda. Comes with #jaundice, severe #headache, eyes 'bulged' 2 days, nasal discharge #livertwitter
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At admission, #seizures, uncontrolled, put on #ventilator. Deep jaundice, comatose. Investigations=acute on #chronic liver failure #aclf
#MRI Brain Part 1👇
Extensive hemorrhagic infarcts, almost all of anterior and mid #brain.
#medicine #MedTwitter #radiology
At admission, #seizures, uncontrolled, put on #ventilator. Deep jaundice, comatose. Investigations=acute on #chronic liver failure #aclf
#MRI Brain Part 1👇
Extensive hemorrhagic infarcts, almost all of anterior and mid #brain.
#medicine #MedTwitter #radiology
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MRI Brain Part 2👇
Both sides cortical venous thrombosis and anterior third of superior saggitsl sinus thrombus.
#imaging #stroke #NeuroTwitter #neurology #NeuroTwitterNetwork
MRI Brain Part 2👇
Both sides cortical venous thrombosis and anterior third of superior saggitsl sinus thrombus.
#imaging #stroke #NeuroTwitter #neurology #NeuroTwitterNetwork
Just published: Team uses mNGS + culture-based techniques + negative controls 👉 Identify fungi + bacteria in complex communities in the first pass meconium (stool) of infants☝️Indicates that the neonatal gut microbiome starts to form in the womb: biorxiv.org/content/10.110…
2/2 The organisms they identified colonizing the fetal #intestine prior to birth 👉 were identified in the meconium of both term-born and #preterm newborns☝️And machine learning suggested that #fungal gut communities develop in complexity w/ advancing gestational age at birth.
3/3 Quote from paper 👉 “The demonstration of live #microorganisms in the #newborn gut represents a monumental shift from the sterile #womb hypothesis that dominated perinatal biology for the last century...”
