Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar
Banaras Hindu University | BHU · Department of Community Medicine

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Introduction A wound that has not healed in a timely and organized manner to maintain its anatomical and functional integrity is considered chronic. It can last anywhere from four weeks to over three months and could be caused by trauma, diabetes, vascular disease, infection, or pressure. The primary objective of the study was to determine the prev...
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Chronic wounds have long been a significant public health concern, but the true impact of these wounds is unknown since research designs and measuring techniques vary, leading to inconsistent estimates. The definition of a wound is a loss of epithelial continuity caused by damage to the tissue. The following conditions can cause chronic wounds: pan...
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210 210 CMYK T h i s P D F i s a v a i l a b l e f o r f r e e d o w n l o a d f r o m a s i t e h o s t e d b y M e d k n o w P u b l i c a t i o n s (w w w. m e d k n o w. c o m) .
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Background: Cancer disease is a dangerous illness that causes about12% of deaths throughout the world. Increasing to 54% of all deaths by the year 2025. Recent international data show that there were 10 million new cases, 6 million deaths, and 22 million people living with cancer in 2000. In addition to physiological problems, the patient faces at...
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Background: Cancer is one among the life threatening diseases in present days it has biological, psychological and sociological impact on individual's life. Cancer is a grave illness which has an effect on physical and emotional wellbeing of patients. Deaths from cancer worldwide are projected to continue to rise to over 11 million by 2030.Objectiv...
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Background: The Ganga River is a life-line, a symbol of purity and virtue for countless people of India. Nearly all the sewage, industrial effluent, runoff from chemical fertilizers and pesticides used in agriculture within the basin, and large quantities of solid waste, including thousands of animals carcasses and hundreds of human corpses are dum...
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Hypertension is a major public health problem and important area of research due to its high prevalence and being major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and other complications. Objectives . (1) To assess the prevalence of hypertension and its associated factors and (2) to estimate awareness, treatment, and adequacy of control of hypertensio...
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The social consequences of alcohol users at the individual level significantly impacts personal life, work-related areas and family relationships. The idea of quality of life (QoL) incorporates these dimensions and can be defined as “an individual’s perception of their position in life, and in the context of the culture and value systems in which t...
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To describe a newly discovered, previously unreported endemic focus of fasciolopsiasis in the Phulwaria village, under tehsil Sugauli, East Champaran, Bihar. A study was conducted at village Phulwaria, following diagnosis of fasciolopsiasis in three children from the village. A total of 120 individuals, including all the children and adults who gav...
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Background and Objectives: The quality of life (QoL) of substance abusers is known to be severely impaired. This study was carried out to assess the impact of opioid dependence on the QoL of subjects and compared it with the normal subjects. Materials and Methods: Based on specified inclusion criteria a total of 47 subjects were recruited from a t...
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This study aims to evaluate the performance of newly started surveillance system in term of completeness and timeliness of weekly reporting. Electronic reporting have important role in timely dissemination of data for early detection of outbreaks and quick response to that as well. Present study also found that lack of information technology reduce...
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After several years of infection with HIV, the immune system of a person gets gradually undermined due to reduction in CD4+T-cells in the body, resulting in various opportunistic infections. The present study was undertaken to identify the clinical signs /symptoms of HIV / AIDS and various opportunistic infections in patients. The study was carried...
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In order to assess the health problems of the elderly people and its relationship with advancement of age, a field based cross sectional study was carried out in two selected villages in the rural field practices area in Varanasi district. 88.8 % were found to suffer from one or more illness at the time of study. This resulted in the morbidity load...
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In developing countries like India, official information on private health care providers is scanty. This is an obstacle for effective health care planning and policy development. In this paper, we present a project aimed to enumerate, characterise and digitally map all private providers (PPs) using Geographical Information System (GIS) in a rural...

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