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2021-11-26 11:44:11 ##Walking corpse syndrome##

People with this syndrome believe that they are dying or parts of their body are missing. It is a symptom of another condition and not a disease by itself

The syndrome is rare(about 200 cases in the world)

Some people with this syndrome may not eat because they believe they are dead and see no point in doing so. Other symptoms include refusal to speak, withdrawal from social activities and severe depression

Causes
Dementia, encephalopathy, epilepsy, migraine, multiple sclerosis, parkinson's disease & others

Diagnosis- clinical

Treatment

-Treating the underlying cause
-Psychotherapy
-Antipsychotics,anti-anxiety drugs and anti-depressants

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2021-10-30 13:43:57 ##Alice in Wonderland syndrome##

This is also known as Todd's syndrome or lilluptian hallucinations and it impairs a person's perception of size.

Individuals with this syndrome can experience alteration of body image or their surrounding environment, whereby they perceive body parts or external objects to be bigger or smaller than they actually are. For instance, you may feel like your body is becoming larger and the room is shrinking in on you.

Such misconceptions most commonly occur at night

Epilepsy, brain tumors & use of psychoactive medications are believed to cause AIWS.

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2021-10-29 13:30:59 ##Promising drug for NASH##

Lanifibranor, a first in class pan-peroximase proliferator-activated receptor agonist has shown promise in the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.

Lanifibranor tackles drivers of the disease, most notably the adipose tissue dysfunction, as well as the mechanisms of inflammation and fibrogenesis inside the liver.

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2021-10-20 14:18:24 ##Water allergy(aquagenic urticaria)##

Some people develop red, itchy skin when they touch water

Water allergy affects about 1 in 230 million people

Symptoms
-small, raised bumps surrounded by larger, reddened areas
-The rash usually appears on the neck, upper arms and trunk and usually goes away in 30 to 60 minutes
-Sometimes, the person develops other symptoms such as headache, shortness of breath and fainting

Treatment
-Decreasing the frequency of bathing
-Staying inside on rainy days
-Antihistamines
-Barriers-creams that form a barrier between the water and skin

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2021-10-13 13:28:14 ##Nine step egg ladder to reintroduce egg based foods to kids with egg allergy##

According to the updated guideline from the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, step-wise reintroduction of foods that contain eggs can be intiated for kids who are allergic to eggs.

Reintroduction of eggs into the child's diet can be started at the age of 12 months or 6 months from the last reaction as long as past reactions have been mild to moderate and the child doesn't have asthma.

Reintroduction should begin slowly with small amounts of baked egg, starting with a pea sized piece of cake and should proceed gradually.

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2021-10-06 15:53:37 ## Adding statins to steroids in thyroid eye disease improves outcomes##

Results from a new RCT show that treatment of grave's orbitopathy with the combination of statins and glucocorticoids shows benefit even among people without high cholesterol

Adding statins to glucocorticoids potentiates the anti-inflammatory effects of the glucocorticoids

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2021-10-02 08:11:58 ## FDA approves new drug for the prevention of migraine ##

The FDA has approved atogepant(Qulipta) for the prevention of episodic migraine. The once daily medication will be available in doses of 10mg, 30mg and 60mg.

Atogepant is a calcitonin gene related peptide(CGRP) antagonist. It targets CGRP, which is involved in migraine development.

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2021-09-29 11:15:17 ##Apple devices can identify early parkinson's disease##

The WATCH-PD research shows that apple devices can differentiate between individuals with early, untreated parkinson's disease and healthy controls

Apple smart phones and smart watches showed clear differences in a finger tapping task and in gaits between the PD and control groups

The apple phone contained an application that could assess verbal, cognitive and other abilities. Both the apple watch and phone had motion sensors

Generally, the control group performed better than the PD group in motor and cognitive tasks

These research findings help to facilitate remote monitoring of parkinson's patients and reduce inter-rater variability in the assessment of movements by providing objective measurements

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