The hydro - chemical and microbial analysis of ground water samples in two different districts of Madurai and Virudhunagar Districts, Tamil Nadu, India

Ground water samples of open well and bore wells collected from different places in Madurai and Virudhunagar Districts were analyzed for their hydro – chemical characteristics and microbial studies. The ground water samples were studied during the month July 2014 from different villages. The various constituents monitored include the hydro – chemical characters like pH, alkalinity, hardness, chloride, total dissolved solids, fluoride, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate and residual chlorine. Each parameter was compared with the standard permissible limit of the parameter as prescribed by World Health Organization (WHO). The water analysis reflected that out of 10 samples 2 are under acceptable quality. However in water samples from all the sites, microbial count exceeded the recommended permissible level of WHO. The study reveals that in few areas, water has high hardness, TDS, fluoride and nitrate content. Hence, ground water must be used for drinking after proper treatments viz., softening and defluoridation

Case report: laparoscopic management of a giant ovarian cyst

Ovarian cysts are of common occurrence in women but sometimes they acquire huge sizes and need to be differentiated meticulously from malignancy. Correct diagnosis can usually be made by clinical examination and use of diagnostic modalities like ultrasonography, CECT abdomen and biochemical markers. Management varies from case to case and includes both conservative and surgical modalities

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ANTIASTHMATIC POTENTIAL OF SOME MEDICINAL PLANTS

Despite progress made in modern medical science herbal drugs constitute a major share of all the officially recognized systems of health in India viz. Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy and Naturopathy. More than 70% of India’s 1.1 billion populations still use these non-allopathic systems of medicine. Asthma severity is the intrinsic intensity of the disease process and dictates which step to initiate treatment. Asthma is a most common chronic inflammatory syndrome characterized by airway narrowing, recurrent episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness and coughing, particularly at night and awaking in the morning. Ayurveda and other Indian literature mention the use of plants in various human ailments. Researchers conducted in the last few decades on the plants mentioned in ancient literature or used traditionally for anti-asthmatic activity. This article reveals that some plants and their extract have anti-asthmatic activity, which are helpful for researcher to develop new herbal formulations. In the recent years, interest in drugs of plant origin has been progressively increased

Determinants of dietary adequacy of nutrients consumption among rural school age children

Introduction: Good nutrition during school-age is critical to cover the deficits suffered during childhood. Dietary intake with respect to adequate availability of food in terms of quantity and quality, ability to digest, absorb and utilize food and the social discrimination against girls can greatly affect the adequate nutrition of these children. The present is an attempt to determine the dietary pattern of energy and protein consumption among rural school-age children in Aligarh district and the study will also highlight the causes of inadequacy in terms of energy and protein consumption.Material and Methods: The present cross-sectional study was undertaken in the rural field practice areas of Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, A.M.U. Aligarh under Rural Health Training Centre. A sample of 350 school-age children was selected for the purpose of present study. A self prepared structured interview schedule was used as a tool for data collection. 24 hr dietary recall method was adopted to get the information about the dietary pattern of children. Statistical analysis of the data was performed using the statistical package for social sciences for windows SPSS (Version 16.0). To test the significance of association between dependent and independent variables, chi-square test was used.Results and Discussion: In regard of energy and protein consumption pattern of school-going children, majority of them were having the inadequate energy (62%) and protein (72%) consumption pattern. Various determinants like gender of the child, social class, family type, mothers’ education level and working status of mothers’ were found significantly associated with energy and protein consumption pattern of rural school age children.Conclusion: In the present study low socio-economic status of the family, illiteracy of mothers, large family size and non working status of mothers were found to be the contributory factors for inadequate consumption of energy and protein consumption pattern of rural school age children

DISPLACEABLE TISSUE: A CLINICAL CHALLENGE FOR A PROSTHODONTIST

A fibrous or flabby ridge is a superficial area of mobile soft tissue affecting the maxillary or mandibular alveolar ridges. Restoration of such ridges often requires special consideration in impression making. Masticatory forces can displace this mobile denture-bearing tissue, leading to altered denture positioning and loss of peripheral seal. Forces exerted during the act of impression making can result in distortion of the mobile tissue. Unless managed appropriately by special impression techniques, such ‘flabby ridges’ adversely affect the support, retention and stability of complete dentures. This paper describes a technique especially applicable for mandibular edentulous flabby ridges. The choice of the impression material, as well as the design of the impression tray, focuses on preventing distortion of the displaceable residual ridges during impression making. The use of this technique helps in maintaining the contour and capturing the detail of the tissues, as well as in accurately determining the extent of the muccobuccal denture extensions