Gout adalah sejenis penyakit ‘crystal arthropathy’ yang disebabkan oleh pembentukan asid urik (Uric Acid) yang berlebihan di dalam sistem badan manusia. Ia berlaku di dalam 1% daripada populasi manusia. Faktor penyebab utama gout di dalam 95% pesakit ialah faktor keturunan.…
Malaysian Medical Gazette (MMG) yang ditubuhkan di bawah naungan Persatuan Intergrasi Profesional Perubatan Malaysia (Malaysian Integrated Medical Professionals Association) (MIMPA), adalah laman web yang dicipta khas oleh pakar-pakar perubatan untuk perkongsian pendapat mengenai isu-isu semasa kesihatan. Ia juga merupakan platform…
Issues to ponder when using an enteral feeding tube to administer medication. Patients who are unable to swallow due to a debilitating condition are often placed on an enteral feeding tube both for their nutritional needs and for the administration…
An American Lung Association study in 2007 showed a worldwide increase in shisha use in recent years, mostly among youths and university students. Teenagers tend to think shisha is a herbal product with the belief that when they smoke shisha,…
Introduction Occupational exposures contribute to the morbidity and mortality of many diseases. Occupational diseases continue to be under- recognized even though they are responsible for an estimated 860,000 illnesses and 60,300 deaths each year (USA). In Malaysia, even though there…
We hear a lot about stress, but what is it? Stress is the result produced when a structure, system or organism is acted upon by forces that disrupt equilibrium or produce strain (Taber’s Medical Dictionary) . In simpler terms, stress is…