Monday, September 4, 2023

मलेरिया

           मलेरिया 

मलेरिया हा   1Plasmodium vivax 

                  2 P.ovale
                  3 P.malariae
                   4 P.falciparum
या प्रमुख 4 परोपजीवी (Parasite)
ने मलेरिया होतो

       हे परोपजीवी
प्रोटोझोआ  या गटात येतात plasmodium हे genus  आहे
आणि vivax हे त्या परोपजीवी चे species आहे .

हा परोपजीवी (Parasite ) यास Host याचा अर्थ
यजमान  ची गरज आहे  ते देखील दोन 1 डास
2 मनुष्य  
डास (मादी अनोफिलुस Anophilus)
मलेरिया चा प्रसार करते.जर तीला मलेरिया ची लागण झाली
असेल तर ,लागण होते जर Anopheles मादी ने
मलेरिया च्या रुग्णास चावल्यास  त्यानंतर तो डास कोणाला चावल्यास त्यास मले रिया होतो
    पुढील प्रवास रक्तातून  Plasmodium यकृतात
जातो  येथे त्याची संख्या वाढते आणि रक्तातील
तांबड्या पेशीत प्रवेश करते पुन्हा परोपजीवी ची
वाढ होते ती प्रचंड असते की तांबडी पेशी फुटते या वेळी
ताप वाढतो थंडी वाजते अश्या वेळी मादीडास दुसऱ्या
कोणास चावून 
मलेरियाचा प्रसार करतात.

 
  








Sunday, September 3, 2023

World war One & Malaria

 World War One &Malaria 

At least 1.5 million solders were infected 
With case fatality ranging from 0.24--5.0%
As more countries become engaged in the 
War ,the problem grew in size ,
Leading to major epidemics in Mesopotamia
Italy  Macedonia and Palestine. Trans--
Continental passages of parasite  and human
reservoirs of infection created ideal 
Circumstances for passive evolution.
 Clinical treatment primarily dependent 
On quinine although efficacy was poor as
relapsing P.vivax and recrudescent Plasmodium
falciparum infections were not distinguished
and managed appropriately .
       An unexpected adversary in the first 
World war was malaria .It attacked all 
combatant armies ,with adverse consequences
for vast number of troops ,and devasted large
Civilian populations as a result of the environmental civil and demographic efforts
Of troop dispersions and activities .
The world war malaria describes this
Paradigm.

       By 1914  parts of Europe had made considerable progress in malaria control,
Particularly in Italy and Greece which

was
a major achievement considering that around
1900 the anopheline mosquito cycle was only
Just becoming a accepted ,and the important
Vectors as the development cycle in the red
Cell, were only recently recognized  .

      Soldiers tended to burrow

Underground which is conducive to  

Water --logging and favourable to mosquito

Breeding.

            The lack of knowledge of the hepatic
Stage of development of the P.vivax malaria
which was described  in1948, compounded 
the situation and was instrumental in
recurrently ineffective treatment being
Prescribed ,and evacuations of vast number
Sick troops from combat zones.
             

     

 Malaria epidemics during the first

World war:Occurred in the regions 

of Macedonia ,Palestine ,and Egypt 

and  western Europe , Italy and elsewhere.

           An increased  in vectorial capacity
due to high production of  Anopheline
Mosquitoes was probably critical.
This could have resulted from more
Breading places (or deterioration of larval 
Control ),prolong  mosquito survival or
Increased man--vector contact .
In desert fringe regions rain fall and malaria
transmission are often  connected.
               The movement of infected persons,
as troops migrated from India and Sub  --
Saharan , combined with the immigration
Of non immune European soldiers further
Created ideal conditions for the explosive
Epidemics  which occurred .

Malaria control approaches ;

The greatest experience of preventive 
measures was derived from activities
in Macedonia ,and these were applicable
To all theatres of the war and could be classified
as drug  prophylaxis and treatment , mosquito
deterrents , personal protection ,or mosquito
Destruction .

      Personal prophylaxis with quinine 

Was chaotic with weak understanding of
medicines  in management ,problems in
drug delivery due to night operations ,enemy 
bombs and attacks .

           The British questioned the use of 
quinine for prevention and place more 
emphasis on preventing contact with 
mosquitoes.
           Personal anti --mosquito ointments
were messy and head nets and Gloves were
Very restrictive especially in active combat.

         In the UK during 1916 the total

Issue of  quinine exceeds 25tons or

66million 5-gr doses.

         Quinine prophylaxis was  defined 
BY Ross as treatment of persons who have
not yet shown signs of illness but may possibly
Become infected.
Ref Malaria J 2014 :13 :497
Published on line 2014 Dec
16doi :10.1186/1475-2875-13-497










 





            
     















 

Monday, August 28, 2023

Malaria

            Malaria

Malaria caused by mosquitoes is incorrect .
It is host for parasite.
So mosquito is host for malarial parasite.
Malarial parasite a protozoan Plasmodium
Vivax. P. falciparm. P.ovale
This parasite needs two hosts mosquito
And humans .

Plasmodium vivax is the most geographically
Wide spread human malaria parasite.
Global malaria efforts have been less 
Successful at reducing the burden of P.vivax
Compare to p.falciparum.
          P.vivax is now the dominant malaria
Parasite through out the Asia --Pacific and
America causing up to 14million clinical
Cases every year and is considered a
Major obstacle to malaria elimination.
Key features Circumventing  existing 
Malaria control tools are the transmissibility
Of asymptomatic ,low density circulating
Infections and reservoirs of persistent 
dormant  liver stages (hypnozoites)
That are unreachable but reactive to cause
replacing infections and sustain transmission.

      In tropical regions the risk of early
relapses is high greater than 80 %
With subsequent relapses occurring every
3-4 weeks .In temperate regions and some
Subtropical areas the risk of relapse is lower
With longer incubation or latency periods 
Between the initial illness and relapse,
Lasting 8--12.onths.

Concluding Remarks 

For the past two decades the  focus
Of malaria control and elimination has
been on early diagnosis , treatment,and
Vector control .P.vivax the key challange
In achieving in elimination ,is not only
better diagnosis (Parasite and G6PD)
G6PD and effective radical cure of people
acutely slick with malaria ,but is the 
Effective treatment of all people who are
Chronically infected and  infectious to
. Mosquitoes ,whether acutely asymptomatic
Or not with P.vivax the dominant malaria
In 31 countries and  disproportionate 
burden of P.vivax  being experienced 
by rural populations.

Field deployable tools and community
Based public health strategies that are
Safe , acceptable and feasible to implement
are required to target hidden reservoirs .
  
  Ref Parasitology International
         Vol 87,April 2022 ,   102526
        Fiona Angrisano ,Leanne Robinson 


 












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Saturday, August 26, 2023

सुपर ए जर्स आणि नॉर्मल एजर्स

 सुपर एजर्स आणि

नॉर्मल  एजर्स


नॉर्मली वृद्धत्वात cognitive (विचार करणे,तर्क करणे
गोष्टी लक्ष्यात ठेवणे होते) प्रक्रिया घटते.
तरी ही सुपर एजर्स मध्ये लक्षणिय रीतीने मेमोरीचे काम
चालते.
हे कसे चालते याचा अभ्यास Arjentine चे काही लोकांचा
समावेश होता.  40 लोक या स्टडी साठी निवडले 80 वर्षाहून
मोठी 
20 नॉर्मल एजर्स आणि 20 सुपर एजर्स  निवड
नॉर्थ वेस्टर्न  aging criteria नुसार.

खलील तक्ता पहा यात तीन

प्रमुख घटक किंवा factors आहेत
व्यक्तिगत घटक 
कौटुंबिक घटक
राहणीमान घटक
त्याच्यातील significance value
जर 0.05हुन कमी किंवा 0.05 असेल तर
त्याचा निष्कर्ष काढू शकतो की सुपर एजर्स
चे कारण कळेल

             व्यक्तीगत घटक

             नॉर्मल         सुपर    signifi  

                एजर्स       एजर्स    

1. वय          83.29    82.45     0.65

 सरासरी

2 शिक्षण          16.29    15.85  0.306      सरासरी        

3 एका हुन          81.30      80    0.631

अधिक भाषा

%%

4 cognative      12.63   13.3, 0.501

राखीव

5 Hypertension

 उच्च रक्तदाब%       25         35  ,0.391

6 Dysli

pidemia%          31.30     15 ,0223   0.223

7 धूमपान%.    12.50.      5,  0.415

8 Diabetes%   12.50      5,    0.415

9 Absence.       43.80.     50,  .481

  CV Risk

हृदय रोग आणि
रक्त वाहिन्यास
धोका

    Factors

10  अवघड       54.50  33.30  0.23

     ऑपरेशन्स



            Family Factors

                 कौटूंबिक घटक

                             NA                       SA         sig

 1 आईचे             76.27                  84.45     0.045
                .       

मृत्यू समयी

सरासरी                        

    

2    वडिलांचे               67.14.          73.39.       0.231

मृत्यू समयीं वय   

3    भावाचे                    0.526.         0.389.        0.432

80  वयाहून
  अधिक

                             राहणी मान                                       घटक

                                  NA.              SA.        Sign 
1संध्या                     11.8%.          15%.      0.58
काम करतात
2निवृत्त                      71.6.           70.95      0.875

3 सध्या.                    56.30.%        65%.        0.423
शारीरिक
व्यायाम

4                          58.80. %       47.40.  %    0.363
  
जोडपे राहते

वरील स्टडीआपणास

       कोणते घटक cognitive घट पासून Super agers
ना

रोखतात हे कळेल. एक  variable (चल)
आहे सुपर एजर्स च्या आईचे दीर्घ आयुष्य

ह्याची कारणे
1 यात ज्यांची निवड केली त्याच्या वडिलांना
राहिली दोन महायुध्द काळात
2 cardiovascular diseases ना औषधे नव्हती.

  Ref   Dementia Neuropsychology
           2020 Dec : 14(4) :345-349
     
          Ismael Luis Calamari
          Lucia Crivelli
           Maria Eugenia Martin
           Novelia Egido 
           Nahuel  Magrath Guimet and
            Ricardo Francisco. Allegri

             





                               


   

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Superagers & Normal agers Study

Superagers  & Normal

Agers  Study

Normal aging usually brings cognitive
Decline . However , there is a group
Of aged individuals who have an exceptional
  memory performance : the Superagers
Aim of this study to indentify the environmental factors that could influence exceptional 
memory performance in a cohort Argentine
Individuals .
  

Results


 Individual Factors 


No gender or age differences were found

Both groups were equally educated

(NA =16.3+- 3years : SA 15.85 +- 2.6 p=0.6)

High frequency of Bilingualism was found


(NA =81.3 %   , SA =80% p=0.631)

Cognitive reserve inventory  NA 12.63


For SA 13.3  significance 0.501

Hypertension% NA group. 25 and SA group


35
Significance 0.391


Smoker % NA group 12.50

SA group 
Significance 0.415

Diabetes %     NA 12.50

SA 5
Significance 0.415

Dyslipidemia %.   NA group 31.30

SA group 15 
Significance 0.223

 SA group Superagers 
NA group normally ager group
Significant value means p =less than or equal
To .05 

Family and Life style factors

Mother's age of death 

NA group 76.27 years
SA group 84.45 years
 Significance 0.045 This is significant

Father's age of death 

NA group 67.14 years
SA group 73.79years 
Significance 0.231

Siblings over 80 years

(Percent)

NA group  0.526
SA group 0.389

Significance.  0.432


                            Life style factors


Currently working

NA group.  11.8%
SA group. 15%

Signjficance 0.58


Retirement age  NA group.  71.6


SA group.   70.95
Significance 0.875


Social net work size

NA 22 53
SA 24.5

Significance 0.647



Living as a couple

NA group.     58 80%
SA group        47.40%

Significance 0.363
 
     
        Discussion  The aim of this study was to
Assess the potential role of the presence of
Series if well known protective factors

Against cognitive decline and  dementia .

The only variable that was Significantly
Different between the groups was higher
Longevity on mother of SA  (Superagerrs)

 Fact that longevity results apply only to
Maternal affiliation may be explained by
The fact that the parents of these subjects 
Lived during a particularly aggressive
Historical movement with the male population 
(That is two world  wars  and cardio vascular 
Diseases without treatment)


Ref Dementia Neuropsychologjia
       2020 Dec :14(4):345-349
      Ismael Luis Calandri, Lucia Crivelli
      Maria Eugenia Martin , Noelia  Egido
      Nahuel Magrath Guimet and
       Ricardo Francisco Allegri









                     
          



Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Superagers Memory

Superagers Memory 

Cognitive (Thinking Reasoning 
Remembering) abilities , particularly 
Memory , normally decline with age .
However some individuals ,often designated
As superagers (Age 80+)can reach late life 
With the memory function of individuals 
30 years younger .
 Study included 64 Superagers  mean age81.9
Years. Women 38 and men 26.
And
  55 Typical older adults mean age 82.4
35 women and 20 men.

               Superagers :

          Exhibited higher grey matter volume

(Meaning of Gray matter :essential type

Of tissue in your brain and spinal cord
Functions memory emotions and movement
Grey matter can be affected in stroke
Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.)
  Cross
Sectionally in Medial Temporal  lobe.

(Meaning  Medial Temporal Lobe:
Includess  1 Hipocampus 2 Amygdala
3 Para Hypocampal region
Medical Temporal Lobe  crucial
For Episodic and spatial memory)

Cholinergic fore brain and motor
Thalamus
Longitudinally  superagers also showed

Slower total grey matter atrophy 
Particularly within the medial Temporal
Lobe than did typically older adults.

Let us know the meaning of

1 Cholinergic :nerve cells in which 

   Acetylcholine acts as neurotransmitter

2 Fore Brain  : complex cognitive activities

    Composed of Mid Brain and hind brain.

3 Motor Thalamus : movement and 

    Sensory information from  body to your
     Brain.

4 Atrophy : decrease in size or wasting

Away of a body part or tissue.
          

       A machine learning  classification including 

89 demographic lifestyle ,and clinical
Predictors showed that faster movement
Speed and better mental health were 
The most differentiating factors for
Superagers .
              Similar concentrations of  dementia

(Impaired ability to remember think or
Make decision)
Blood biomarkers in superagers and typical
Older adults group suggest that group 
Differences reflect inherent superagers
resistance to typical age related memory
loss.

                    Episodic memory (is the memory 
Of everyday events ),the memory of personal
Life experiences,  is one of cognitive domains
That is most vulnerable to age-related 
Deterioration .Whereas neurodegenerative
Disease such as 
(Alzheimer's Parkinson's most common)
Alzheimer's disease are often accompanied
By a severe decline in episodic memory 
Some reduction in episodic memory 
Performance is also expected as a part of
Normal ageing .
           However some older adults often
termed superagers appear to resist this 

age-associated decline and instead show
an episodic memory that is as good as that
Of healthy adults 20 -30 years younger .
     Neuroimaging studies have shown that 
  Superagers have higher hippocampal
Volumes .
Thicker anterior cingulate cortices and
Slower cortical atrophy than that do typical 
older adults .
     One possible explanation for preserved
Brain structure in the superager  phenotype
Is that these individuals are born with 
Larger brains ,which results in age related 
Atrophy that is less evident than that of
Typical older adults.
However superagers  show a reduced 
Atrophy in the entire brain cortex and
Circumscribed memory related areas
Such as the anterior hippocampus and
The cholinergic basal fore brain.
Superagers show better mental health
Than do the typical older adults.
         Superagers are faster in both 
Gait speed and finger tapping than a control
Group.

Let us know meaning of

1 Neuroimaging MRI study focuses on Brain
    Health
2 Hippocampal volume MRI study
   Hippocampus : Region of the brain
     That is associated  primarily with memory
    Learning and encoding memory 

3  Anterior cingulate cortices  is extensive
   area of
   Limbic system implicated in pain processing
    Limbic system the part of the brain 
   Involved in our behavioural and emotio  nal 
   Responses.

4 Phenotype individuals observable traits
    Genotype a set of genes .

5 Cholinergic Basal acetylcholine originates
   In basal fore brain 
6 Gate speed walking without assistance
  
7 Finger tapping : Quantitative tool
Used to motor to measure motor 
Performance in upper extremities 
     


Ref The Lancet Healthy longevity 
        Vol 4 Issue E 374-E385 August 2023
         Garo - Pascual ,Marta
           Gaser Christian
            Zhang  Linda 
            Tohka.  Jussi
           Strange.   ,Bryan A