Showing posts with label Internal medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Internal medicine. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

- Mesothelioma Treatment Options.

Mesothelioma Treatment Options.
Dr. Michael Milano, consulting oncologist, discusses the various treatment options available to an asbestos cancer patient..

Monday, February 8, 2010

- What are the symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma?

What are the symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma?
Mary Hesdorffer, MS, APRN, nurse practitioner with the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation discusses the symptoms of peritoneal mesothelioma.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

-Sites of esophageal constrictions.


Sites of esophageal constrictions are
collected in the word "Dial" at

Diaphragm (15 inches from incisor).
Inlet of the esophagus(6 inches from incisor).
Aortic arch crosses it(9 inches from incisor).
Left main bronchus crosses it (12 inches from incisor).

Importance :-

  • During passage of insturments (gastroscope) along the esophagus.
  • Lodging of swollen foreign bodies.


Dr Ibrahim

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

- Metabolic cuases of Impotence.

Metabolic cuases of Impotence (erectile dysfunction).

"Rash"


Renal Failure.
Alcoholism.
Sickle cell disease
Hoemochromatosis.
Hepatic failure.
Hyperglycemia (D.M).

Dr Ibrahim