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Aplastic Anemia

Aplastic anemia is a blood disorder in which bone marrow failure occurs and body stops producing enough new blood cells that is red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets which poses higher risk of infections and uncontrolled bleeding. A serious condition that can develop at any age, though it's most common in younger people.
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Antidiabetic medications

Anti diabetic medications are used effectively treats type 2 diabetes mellitus, allowing a good control over the sugar status. A good glycemic control will prevent microvascular complications like retinopathy or nephropathy.
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Cerebral Malaria

Cerebral malaria is an rapidly progressive, acute, potentially fatal widespread disease of the brain which is accompanied by fever and involves the clinical manifestations of Plasmodium falciparum malaria that induce changes in mental status and coma along with fever, chills, headache, vomiting and profuse sweating
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Complications and management of diabetes mellitus

Good control on blood glucose levels will prevent micro vascular complications, but to a lesser extent the macro vascular complications. Microvascular complications include retinopathy and nephropathy. Macrovascular complications include coronary heart disease, stroke, and hyerlipidemia.
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Tension Headache

Tension Headache is a chronic type of headache which may be as a result of stress or fatigue. Generally tension headache is due to physical problems, psychological issues, or depression. Both men and women are affected, but women are more commonly affected. Generally disease onsets between the age of 20 and 40, and any person can be affected.
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Types of cataract

A cataract is a clouding that develops in crystalline lens of the eye or its capsule. Cataract typically progress slowly to cause vision loss and finally blindness if not treated. Clinical types of cataract are based on etiology and location of opacity within lens structure.
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Types of Headache

Pain in any region of the head is termed as headache. Headaches may involve both sides of the head at the same time or it may be isolated to a certain location. It may radiate across the head and neck region also. Defining in terms of nature of pain headache may be a sharp pain, throbbing sensation or dull ache. Headaches appear gradually even suddenly the time the patient will suffer will vary from few minutes to several hours. Headache is one of the most common patient complaints.
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Medications for high cholesterol

Sometimes cholesterol medications are needed in addition to a low fat, cholesterol, and high fiber diet to lower cholesterol. The first line of drugs to reduce LDL cholesterol is Statins. The first line of drugs in reducing the triglycerides levels is fibrates.
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High Cholesterol

High cholesterol is the presence of high cholesterol in the blood. It?s not a disease but a metabolic disorder secondary to many diseases. It contributes coronary heart disease, hypertension, and stroke.
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Cholesterol Management

The triad in the management of high cholesterol is dietary life styles, exercise, and medications. Several diseases and drugs can cause high cholesterol, but for most people, a high-fat diet, obesity, a sedentary lifestyle, smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, or inherited risk factors are the main causes.
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