Dirofilariasis of Breast Mimicking Malignancy - A Rare Entity.

Human dirofilarial infection usually presents as pulmonary coin lesion or as subcutaneous nodule. We report the case of a 60-year-old female presented clinically with swelling in the lower-outer quadrant of the right breast for 2 weeks. Ultrasound reported as atypical lesion suggest fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) correlation and follow-up.

Level of Health Literacy Among Type 2 Diabetic Persons and its Relation to Glycemic Control.

Introduction: Health literacy is the degree to which an individual can obtain, process, understand and communicate about health related information to make informed health decisions. Our aim was to study the influence of Diabetic health literacy in affecting the glycemic control in Diabetic patients.

Methodology: This is a Cross sectional Analytical study in 200 diabetic patients.