Introduction So what is an echocardiogram? To the general public, this form of examination is simply put, a non-invasive medical procedure that allows the doctors or the cardiac technicians to look into your heart in a real time imaging motion.…
Having a tube down your throat is something people don’t take lightly. The nightmarish thought of inserting a long tube from the mouth down to the early portions of the small intestine is not only scary but utterly outrageous for…
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) is a common disease in Malaysia. However, the prevalence of this condition varies between less than 1% to about 10% depending on the ethnicity. It is higher among the Chinese population. Compared to people without hepatitis…
You don’t know what you have till you lose them. This common saying is true enough for most things, bits of the body included. We take our kidneys for granted; we believe that it will be the one organ that…
Apa itu penyakit berkaitan kepanasan (PBK)? PBK merangkumi pelbagai masalah kesihatan yang boleh timbul akibat terdedah kepada cuaca panas. Antaranya, masalah ringan seperti rasa tidak selesa atau penyakit kulit seperti ruam panas (heat rash), kelesuan dan pitam akibat panas…
Serangan jantung (Sindrom Akut Koronari atau myocardium infarction) adalah satu kecemasan perubatan yang boleh membawa kepada komplikasi yang serius dan juga maut. Ia disebabkan oleh kekurangan bekalan darah ke jantung, saluran darah yang sempit disebabkan oleh plak kolestrol. Plak-plak yang…
Sebagai seorang pegawai perubatan yang bekerja di klinik, saya seringkali berhadapan dengan situasi sebegini. Senario ini tidak asing bagi kami yang berhadapan dengan pesakit terutamanya pesakit kronik/ penyakit tidak berjangkit. Pesakit kronik/ penyakit tidak berjangkit ( NCD) Penyakit ini lazimnya…
Non-communicable disease is the current epidemic affecting Malaysia. It is the current health burden of the country. But do we all know what it is? According to the World Health Organization, non-communicable diseases (NCDs), are mostly chronic diseases which cannot…
Apakah itu TB (Tuberkulosis)? TB (Tuberkulosis) ataupun batuk kering adalah penyakit yang disebabkan oleh bakteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Bakteria ini sering menyerang bahagian paru-paru, tetapi kadang-kala ia juga boleh menyerang bahagian otak, jantung, tulang belakang, nodus limfa, kelenjar adrenal dan bahagian…
What is Peritoneal Dialysis? Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is a dialysis treatment that is used as an alternative to haemodialysis (HD) for patients with severe kidney disease. In peritoneal dialysis, the patient’s peritoneum which is located in the abdomen acts as…