Comparative role of pregabalin and carbamazepine regarding efficacy in painful diabetic neuropathy.

Neuropathic pain is the most severe and resistant type of pain which has impact on quality of life and behaviour; it most commonly occurs at night causing disturbed sleep. Diabetes mellitus is a common cause of painful neuropathy. In this study, we are comparing the effectiveness of old treatment Carbamazepine with Pregabalin in painful diabetic neuropathy.

The effect of traffic noise on the hearing level of people on Karachi streets.

Objective: To study the effects of traffic noise on hearing ability of subjects prone to traffic noise exposure.

Method: A hospital based prospective study was performed comprising of 200 selected subjects significantly exposed to traffic noise. These included rickshaw drivers, traffic constables and shopkeepers in central business area.

An unusual foreign body in trachea.

We report a very unusual case of foreign body (FB) in the tracheo-bronchial tract of a male child, who presented to us in the Emergency Department at our tertiary care centre with the complaint of FB in throat, cough bouts and choking sensation with pain and difficulty in breathing for whom an emergency rigid endoscopy was carried out after appropriate investigations.

Carcinoma cheek: regional pattern and management.

Background: Oral cancer varies globally and regionally, and is closely linked with geographical, social, economical, biological, ethnic, dietary and environmental factors. In western countries it accounts for about 2-5% while in the south-east Asia for about 40% of all cancers. In Pakistan it is second commonest tumour after bronchogenic carcinoma in males and breast carcinoma in females.