Publications by authors named "Parshika Panwar"

Context: The global COVID-19 pandemic has universally impacted individuals, with lactating women being uniquely susceptible to severe infection. Vaccination plays a critical role in building population immunity, mitigating severe illness and curtailing the health crisis. However, data on adverse effects and vaccine safety in lactating women remains scarce.

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Envenoming and deaths resulting from snake bite are a particularly important public health problem in the tropical world, with the highest burden in rural areas of South East Asia and Africa. Snake bite is one of the most severe "Neglected Tropical Diseases" in the world and more importantly in this part of India. We present a case of hemotoxic snake bite where the coagulation parameters remained deranged for a longer time without any active bleeding manifestations, despite treatment with Anti-Snake Venom (ASV) as per the National Treatment Guidelines.

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Introduction: Diabetes adversely affects sexual health with its negative consequences on well-being in both males and females. Literature is scanty regarding female sexual dysfunction (FSD) in diabetic women, furthermore reported literature is lacking regarding the differential impact on different domains of sexual health, especially in Indian females. In the present analysis, we aim to study the prevalence of sexual dysfunctions in diabetic women as well as different domains affected by diabetes.

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Background: Malaria is a major public health problem in India. Malaria is commonly associated with thrombocytopenia, but its significance is not well established. A prospective study was conducted to correlate the presence and severity of thrombocytopenia with types and severity of malaria.

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Unlabelled: Infectious diseases with the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) can be linked to various microbial and fungal coinfections. Mucormycosis is an invasive opportunistic infection that enters as inhalation of fungal spores through the nose or paranasal sinuses in diabetic and immunocompromised patients. We present our experience of managing seven cases of recent COVID-19 infection with uncontrolled diabetes who developed rhino-orbital mucormycosis.

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