Dysmenorrhea and heavy bleeding as complications in COVID-19-positive women: An observational study.

Unlabelled: Immunological dysregulation and inflammation may play a role in the nature of menstruation. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can produce a systemic inflammatory reaction that involves extrapulmonary organs and can also affect the immune system. This study aimed to analyze changes in the menstrual cycle in coronavirus (COVID)-positive women of reproductive age.

Role of steroid on management of limb swelling and local pain in haematotoxic snake bite.

Introduction: Local Pain and swelling in the biting area of haematotoxic snake bite victims are very common symptoms. This study was conducted to retrospectively observe the effect of oral Tab Prednisolone on a short-term basis as an add-on therapy of haematotoxic snake bite management in respect of Local Pain and swelling recovery.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective descriptive study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital in West Bengal among 36 haematotoxic snake bite victims, admitted from February 2020 to January 2021.

CO RADS grade of HRCT Thorax and RT PCR testing for the diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID 19): A descriptive hospital based study of asymptomatic planned surgery cases.

Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reporting and data system (CO-RADS) grade of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT)-thorax scan investigation is an innovative tool for the diagnosis of COVID-19 patients. By this tool, majority of moderate-to-severe COVID-19 patients are screened to detect lung pathologies. Hardly any study has explored its use vis-a-vis reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in asymptomatic patients.

Study of Vitamin B deficiency and peripheral neuropathy in metformin-treated early Type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Background: Long-term therapy with metformin was shown to decrease the Vitamin B level and manifested as peripheral neuropathy.

Aim: The aim of this study is to define the prevalence of Vitamin B deficiency in early Type 2 diabetic patients (duration ≤5 years or drug treatment ≤3 years) and the relationship among metformin exposure and levels of cobalamin (Cbl), folic acid, and homocysteine (Hcy) with severity of peripheral neuropathy.

Methodology: This is a cross-sectional study involving randomly selected ninety patients (male 56, female 34) between age groups of 35 and 70 years, comparing those who had received >6 months of metformin (Group A) ( = 35) with those without metformin (Group B) ( = 35) and patients taking metformin with other oral hypoglycemic agent (Group C) ( = 20).

Association of metabolic syndrome with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in an Indian population.

Background And Aims: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is thought to have increased association with metabolic syndrome (MS) which represents a cluster of factors that increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus. However, the extent of association of COPD with MS and its individual components are still an unsettled issue, and it is likely to vary from population to population. Under the above context, this study was undertaken to investigate the association of MS and its components with COPD.

Relevance of risk factors of breast cancer in women: An Eastern Indian scenario.

Aims And Objective: Incidence of breast cancer is on the rise in developed as well as in developing countries. In India it has superseded cervical cancer as the commonest malignancy in women in urban areas. A lot of risk factors have been proposed from time to time that play a causative role in the natural course of this disease.

Prevalence and determinants of metabolic syndrome among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic subjects according to different criteria.

Background And Aim: Metabolic syndrome (MS) is becoming a serious global public health problem. The prevalence of MS differs in different population by using different definitions. Present study aimed to find out the prevalence and determinants of MS among newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes (NDT2D) according to different criteria.

Risk factors of diabetic retinopathy in Bangladeshi type 2 diabetic patients.

Aims: To determine the risk factors associated with diabetic retinopathy (DR) in Bangladeshi type 2 diabetic subjects.

Methods: A cohort of 977 type-2 diabetic patients was recruited retrospectively based on hospital records in 2008, who were naïve type-2 diabetes during 1993. Data on diabetes and lipid profile with serum creatinine and biophysical measures were obtained at baseline, 5, 10 and 15 years.