Irritable Hip: From 1 Different Sources
(transient synovitis of the hip) a self-limiting condition, affecting children between 3 and 10 years of age, due to inflammation of the synovium of the hip joint capsule. It is a common cause of sudden hip pain and limping in young children. Treatment is with NSAIDs and by limiting weight bearing. It usually resolves in 7–10 days, although in some cases symptoms may persist for several weeks.
An oath once (but no longer) taken by doctors on quali?cation, setting out the moral precepts of their profession and binding them to a code of behaviour and practice aimed at protecting the interests of their patients. The oath is named after HIPPOCRATES (460–377 BC), the Greek ‘father of medicine’. Almost half of British medical students and 98 per cent of American ones make a ceremonial commitment to assume the responsibilities and obligations of the medical profession, but not by reciting this oath.... hippocratic oath
(IBS) This is a common and generally benign condition of the colon, taking different forms but usually characterized by alternating constipation and diarrhea. There is often some pain accompanying the diarrhea phase. The bowel equivalent of spasmodic asthma, its main cause is stress, often accompanied by a history of GI infections. Adrenalin stress slows the colon and causes constipation, followed by a cholinergic rebound overstimulation of the colon. It is also called spastic colon, colon syndrome, mucous colitis, even chronic colitis. True colitis is a potentially or actually serious pathology.... irritable bowel syndrome
Hippus is a tremor of the iris which produces alternating contraction and dilatation of the pupil (see EYE).... hippus
A structure in the limbic system of the brain. The hippocampus, consisting of a band of grey matter, is involved with some learning processes and long-term memory storage.... hippocampus
(Greek) Feminine form of Hippolytus; one who frees the horses; in mythology, the queen of the Amazons Hippolyta, Hippolite, Hippothoe... hippolyte
Linn.
Family: Elaeagnaceae.
Habitat: North-west Himalayas at 2,350-5,000 m.
English: Seabuckthorn, Sand Thorn.
Folk: Dhurchuk, Chumaa, Tarwaa (Uttar Pradesh), Sirmaa (Punjab, Ladakh).
Action: Fruit—astringent, anti- diarrhoeal, stomachic, antitussive, antihaemorrhagic.
Sea Buckthorn preparations are used internally for stomach ulcer, duodenal ulcer and other illnesses of the alimentary organs; externally in cases of burns, bedsores and other skin complications induced by the treatment with X-rays and other radiations.
The berries contain polyphenols, 3,4-dihydroxy benzoic acid and p- coumaric acid. They are an important source of vitamins for people living in cold, long winter regions; contain high concentration of vitamin A (carotene 30-40 mg), B1, B2, B6, C (50-600 mg) and E (160 mg/100 g).
The plant is an effective antioxidant and shows protective effect on smooth muscles of rabbits in vitro. The methanolic extract of the berry showed scavenging activity on chemically generated superoxide radicals.
The leaves contain flavonoids, iso- rhamnetin and astragalin; the bark gave serotonin.... hippophae rhamnoides
See irritable bowel syndrome.... colon, irritable
Intermittent, uncontrolled contractions of the muscles in the bladder wall that may cause urge incontinence (see incontinence, urinary). It can occur temporarily if there is a urinary tract infection (see cystitis); a catheter present within the bladder; a bladder stone (see calculus, urinary tract); or an obstruction to the outflow of urine by an enlarged prostate gland. In some cases, symptoms may be relieved by antispasmodic drugs; other treatment is directed at any underlying cause. Bladder training may also be used.... irritable bladder
n. a genus of small flies. The adults of H. pallipes are suspected of transmitting *yaws in the West Indies. Other species of Hippelates may be involved in the transmission of conjunctivitis.... hippelates
a curved band of cortex lying within each cerebral hemisphere: in evolutionary terms one of the brain’s most primitive parts. It forms a portion of the *limbic system and is involved in the complex physical aspects of behaviour governed by emotion and instinct.... hippocampal formation
n. trade name for sodium iodohippurate, used as a contrast medium in radiology of the urinary tract. Labelled with iodine-131, it can be used to measure renal function, although it has now largely been replaced by other agents.... hippuran
an inherited syndrome in which *haemangioblastomas, particularly in the cerebellum, are associated with renal and pancreatic cysts, *angiomas in the retina (causing blindness), cancer of the kidney cells, and red birthmarks. [E. von Hippel (1867–1939), German ophthalmologist; A. Lindau (1892–1958), Swedish pathologist]... von hippel–lindau disease
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