Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, […]

Have you ever noticed the appearance of leprosy patients in old movies? They are usually represented wearing filthy clothes indicating a low socioeconomic status. Apart from that, they are portrayed with multiple wounds over the body with deformed limbs and faces. Due to late diagnosis and lack of treatment options, patients often present with late […]

Cholecystitis is a disease that commonly occurs as a complication of cholelithiasis (stones in the gallbladder). Cholecystitis originated from the Greek word cholecyst, which means gallbladder, and the suffix “itis” denotes inflammation. In short, we can tell Cholecystitis is inflammation of the gallbladder.Cholecystitis is mainly of two types, acute and…

Hypertension is a common disease we all are aware of. Portal hypertension is slightly different from systemic hypertension. For ensuring blood supply to the major organs, our body forms collateral circulation, in a simple way, the connection between veins and capillaries is known as portal circulation. In the human body, portal…