वृद्ध लोगों के लिए वार्षिक फ्लू शॉट (टीकाकरण) लेना क्यों ज़रूरी है
इन्फ्लूएंजा सबसे आम वायरल संक्रमणों में से एक है और ऊपरी श्वसन पथ के संक्रमण का कारण बनता है। आमतौर पर यह बुखार, ठंड लगना, नाक बहना और खांसी के साथ होता है। कुल मिलाकर हम इसे “फ्लू जैसे लक्षण” कहते हैं। युवा प्रतिरक्षा-सक्षम व्यक्तियों में ये लक्षण अपने आप ठीक हो जाते हैं और […]
Why it’s important to have annual flu shots (vaccination) for elderly population
influenza is one of the most common viral infections and causes Upper respiratory tract infection. Typically, it presents with fever, chills, running nose and cough. Put together we call it “flu like symptoms”. In young immunocompetent individuals these symptoms are self resolving and in the vast majority of patients don’t require any treatment. However things […]
How long an oxygen cylinder would last?
Jairam Respiratory Health mission. Many patients would require oxygen supplementation during acute illness and hospitalization. Those suffering with advance disease may require oxygen supplementation even after discharge. We have various way of delivering oxygen to the patients. oxygen cylinders are the most commonly used for this purpose. Oxygen cylinders are also used for patients’ transportation […]
Thoracoscopy
Thoracoscopy is minimally invasive diagnostic procedure done for the evaluation and diagnosis of pleural effusion. Pleural effusion is collection of fluid in pleural cavity. Pleural effusion can be because of wide variety of systemic or lung disorder. Very often despite fluid examination etiology of pleural effusion is not confirmed which is needed for correct treatment. […]
Bronchoscopy
Bronchoscopy is minimally invasive techniques for evaluation of various lung pathology. Procedure is usually done as day case procedure under conscious sedation and local anesthesia. In this procedure a small tube with mounted camera (Bronchoscope) is passed through nostril. Scope is further passed through larynx, trachea and both right & left bronchial tree is systematically […]
What do pulmonologist do?
Pulmonology is branch of medicine which is concerned with study of various disease and disorders involving lung and respiratory tract. Pulmonologists are doctors, who specialized in diagnosis and management of diseases affecting lungs and respiratory tract. Lungs are one of the most important and vital organ in body. Every time we breathe in, we inhale […]
