MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'falciparum'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:32:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4272249&cid=t_196118_83_f&fid=34856&url=http%3A%2F%2Finsidesurgery.com%2F2010%2F12%2Fmalaria%2F Pathophysiology 1) due to infection with protozoa Plasmodium (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, P. malariae) 2) vector is bite of Anopheles mosquito 3) infection with P. falciparum causes most severe disease 4) P. ovale and P. vivax can stay dormant in body for years and cause disease relapses even after apparent cure. Signs and Symptoms 1) malaise 2) fatigue 3) headache 4) chest and abdominal pain 5) muscle aches 6) fever 7) nausea and vomiting 8) orthostatic hypotension 9) jaundice 10) palpable spleen 11) pulmonary edema 12) renal failure 13) mental status changes (including coma) 14) seizures (P. falciparum) Characteristic Test Findings Laboratory – 1) increased bilirubin 2) mild anemia and thrombocytopenia 3) hypoglycemia 4) lactic acidosis 5) diagnosis is by visualizing asexual... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4272249 Sun, 19 Dec 2010 03:13:50 +0100 4272249 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3581395&cid=t_196118_139_f&fid=38879&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FVirologyBlog%2F%7E3%2F2B01okBKtqI%2F Hosts: Vincent Racaniello and Dickson Despommier On episode 10 of the podcast “This Week in Parasitism”, Vincent and Dickson trace the life cycle of Plasmodium in a mosquito and in a human host. TWiP is brought to you by the American Society for Microbiology at Microbeworld.org. Links for this episode: Mosquito cycle – sporogany (jpg) Plasmodium falciparum cycle (jpg) Plasmodium vivax cycle (jpg) Plasmodium falciparum ring forms and gametocytes in blood (jpg) Plasmodium stages (jpg) Letters read on TWiP 10 Download TWiP #10 (62 MB .mp3, 86 minutes) Subscribe to TWiP (free) in iTunes, at the Zune Marketplace, by the RSS feed or by email Send your questions and comments to twip@twiv.tv (Source: virology blog) virology blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3581395 Thu, 20 May 2010 13:00:07 +0100 3581395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1683012&cid=t_196118_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D3992 The natives of Sarawak have recently been plagued by outbreaks of malaria. Now the bad news is that in Sarawak, a Fast-growing malaria strain has been discovered. Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan Hong Nam said teams of malaria experts from the State Health and Medical Services Department discovered this rapidly-spreading mosquito-borne disease when investigating the malaria outbreak in the Bario highlands deep in interior northern Sarawak. “The outbreak in Bario was caused by a fast-growing strain that multiplies rapidly within 24 hours instead of the usual 48 hours or 72 hours. I am not sure which species is implicated in this Sarawak outbreak (can’t find any updates in the Public Health Department website, not surprised!) Generally virulence and severity of malaria ... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1683012 Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +0100 1683012 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1602990&cid=t_196118_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2008%2F7%2F10%2Fwhat-makes-humans-unique.html By Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.D“What makes the human superior to field animals”? So mused King Solomon, the wisest man of his times (10th century BCE), in Proverbs. Since then this question has occupied the best minds of the human race, from Plato in the 5th century BCE to the molecular biologists, neurobiologists, neuropsychologists and philosophers of the 21st century. For a long while we thought that intelligence set us apart. We now know better; whales, dolphins, crows, parrots, and apes, to name a few, have been shown to possess a high level of intelligence. Is it our self-awareness that makes us unique? Not quite. Apes are showing various degrees of self-awareness. Is it our communication skills? They are indeed highly developed, but they are not unique; whales and dolphins, bir... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1602990 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 03:45:08 +0100 1602990 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1414901&cid=t_196118_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2008%2F5%2F2%2Fco-evolution-a-case-of-biological-warfare.html By Dov Michaeli MD, Ph.DOne of the more fascinating aspects of evolution is the continuous “battle of the species”; one species trying to fend off the attack of another, parasitic species. It is a classic warfare of measure/counter-measure, not unlike modern warfare. But unlike human warfare, a successful parasite is not the one that kills its host—that would spell  the demise of the parasite; that would be self defeating, won't it? Success is defined as the capacity to live off the host, and efficiently spread to other individuals. The host, on the other hand, is successful if it can avoid being killed by the attack and keep the attacker in check. And so we can see a battle of adaptations: a parasite honing its “skills” so as to attack, but not kill... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1414901 Fri, 02 May 2008 03:46:12 +0100 1414901 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1148204&cid=t_196118_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Frussian-roulette.html Many people consider a diagnoses of autism to be a curse, a curse more dire than cancer. My knowledge of medical matters is minute, but I now know for certain, that there are many other diagnoses that make autism pale into insignificance. One diagnoses that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy, assuming I had one, an enemy that it to say, would be Malaria. So lets say that a great being from on high offers me one wish, wipe out autism or eradicate Malaria, mine to choose. Malaria is a disease that steals children away from their parents in their thousands, in a hearse or a funeral pyre, a permanent solution.Family members gather from the four corners of the globe to celebrate the wedding, a blissful oasis of sanity in torrential British Rain. Less than 24 hours later, I awaken at 2:55 a.m. ... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1148204 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 03:44:00 +0100 1148204