It's FRIDAY!And boy am I glad.Last night I went for another singing practice and about 10 other friends were there to watch the practice.It went well.Cant wait till next weekend.
Today there's no morning posting since today is the Indian National Filariasis Day.And this means we are not seeing any patients today.Community medicine posting is fun but very tiring.But at least I have been doing quite a lot of practices doing the general examination and prescription writing.
Today I feel like mentioning something on edema.It means swelling.This swelling is not due to any bruise or bumps we seldom come across.But edema is usually associated with some very dangerous diseases like heart disease and kidney failure.Usually oedema occur in the legs where they are the more dependent parts of the body.The problem in oedema is that the heart is not able to pump the blood around the body as quickly as it should. This means there is a continual backlog of blood in the veins, and fluid seeps from the blood into the tissues,being concentrated by gravity in the lower legs.Some people may miss this and think that it is a normal thing or just you putting on weight and it is very important to look out for any signs of swellings on your body parts.
Oedema may be missed but it is very important that we all know a little about it.You might detetct some diseases at their early stages and this can prevent things from being too complicated at the end.
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