Scurvy
Food provides the energy and nutrients you need to be healthy. If you don't get enough nutrients -- including proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals - you may suffer from malnutrition.Causes of malnutrition include:Lack of specific nutrients in your diet. Even the lack of one vitamin can lead to malnutrition.An unbalanced dietCertain medical problems, such as malabsorption syndromes and cancersSymptoms may include fatigue, dizziness, and weight loss. Or, you may have no symptoms. To diagnose the cause of the problem, your doctor may do blood tests and a nutritional assessment. Treatment may include replacing the missing nutrients and treating the underlying cause.
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May be because of Vit C Deficiency? Your diagnosis seems correct @Dr. Haji Nadaf sir Advise for Amla Murabba Swamla (Dhootpapeshwar) Lemon with diet Advise to add seasonal fruits in diet
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30 year male , had -FEVER 101 C -SEVERE JOINT PAIN for 3 days , And these rashes started to appeared on 2nd day of fever. Then on 3rd day post auricular lymphnodes & Inguinal lymph node got tender & swollen , On 4th day fever subsided. But these Rashes all over the body continues to itchy, severe pruritis present now. NS1 DENGUE test was negative , CBC ATTACHED.
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14 year old boy , presented with these lesions from past 2 years , he is lean (low body mass) , NO ITCHING PRESENT, ASYMPTOMATIC LESIONS I have Prescribed Topical Salicylic acid for this . Please guide me with the *Doses of VITAMIN A* to be given.
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30 year female having bloating and abdominal discomfort from few months. On USG whole abdomen , Left OVARIAN CYST of 30 cc + MILD SPLENOMEGALY+
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A female 50 years HAD UNDERWENT LAPROSCOPIC CHOLECYSTECTOMY 7 MONTHS BACK. POST OP NO COMPLICATIONS PRESENT. NOW ON ROUTINE CHECKUP, ALP +++ (high) GGT ++++ (high) SHE IS ASYMPTOMATIC , BIOPSY WAS NEGATIVE FOR MALIGNANCY, SUGGESTIVE OF ANY OBSTRUCTION ? HOW TO PROCEED FURTHER ? AGAIN ULTRASOUND WHOLE ABDOMEN SHOULD BE PERFORMED ?
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F.child,13yrs. Limping. Progressively worsening local pain and swelling at mid of dorsum of rt.foot. 4 months.
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