Publications by authors named "Vaishali Kuchewar"

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  • Hansen's disease, caused by Mycobacterium leprae, leads to peripheral neuropathy, affecting nerve function and sensation in patients.
  • A study conducted on 30 leprosy patients in rural India measured the nerve conduction velocities (NCV) for sensory and motor nerves, revealing significant impairments in conduction velocity and increased latency.
  • The study suggests that nerve conduction studies are an effective, non-invasive method for early diagnosis and treatment of leprosy, recommending further research with larger, multicentric samples.
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Background: Stroke is ischemia and neurological dysfunction caused by acute brain circulation loss. It causes acute localized neurological abnormalities such as weakness, sensory deficit, or language issues that require long-term treatment. These deficiencies harm the patient and their family psychologically, socially, and economically.

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Objective: The objective of this umbrella review is to assess the effectiveness of mobile health (mHealth) interventions for improving health care attendance.

Introduction: Health attendance is a critical part of health service delivery and is considered a behavior influenced by personal characteristics, service availability, nature of the treatment and consultation, and social determinants. Various interventions are available to foster good health attendance behavior, and mHealth interventions are one of the common go-to solutions; however, there is ambiguity regarding their effectiveness.

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Necrotizing fasciitis is a soft-tissue infection that is rare but life-threatening. The early clinical presentation of necrotizing fasciitis is local erythema, pain, and fever. It occurs in any part of the body, but it is mainly found in the extremities, abdominal wall, and perineum.

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Introduction: The recent pandemic of COVID-19 is very challenging for each and every sector like health, economic, technology, agriculture, industries, and education. In the field of education, a teaching institute or a university is suffering in regard to syllabus completion, clinical postings, and examinations which eventually ends up in huge academic loss. Thus, to minimize the academic loss and facilitate the students in distance education, online learning was the solution; in spite of various challenges, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University) have implemented the online learning program for the undergraduate students within a week of lockdown.

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Reiter's syndrome is a clinical syndrome of arthritis, urethritis, conjunctivitis, and mucocutaneous lesions. Skin and mucosal involvement is observed in about 10% of the cases. A 34-year-old male was brought in severe condition.

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Background: It is increasingly being realized that many of today's diseases are due to "oxidative stress" that results from an imbalance between formation and neutralization of free radicals. Rasayana Chikitsa is a unique branch of Ayurveda. The word Rasayana means the way for attaining excellent Rasadi Dhatus.

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