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Difference, a point or way in which people or things are dissimilar.
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Asked: 6 years agoIn: Case taking, Disease, Pathology

What are the differences between the hypertrophy and hyperplasia?

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    1. Definition of Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia: Hypertrophy: Hypertrophy is an increase in the volume of a given tissue or organ due only to the enlargement of the cells. Hyperplasia: Hyperplasia is an increase in the amount of tissue, resulting from cell proliferation. 2. Genesis of Hypertrophy and HRead more

    1. Definition of Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia:
    Hypertrophy: Hypertrophy is an increase in the volume of a given tissue or organ due only to the enlargement of the cells.
    Hyperplasia: Hyperplasia is an increase in the amount of tissue, resulting from cell proliferation.

    2. Genesis of Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia:
    Hypertrophy: Hypertrophy is mainly provoked by increased demand.
    Hyperplasia: Hyperplasia is mainly provoked by excessive cell stimulation.

    3. Process of Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia:
    Hypertrophy: Hypertrophy is a result of cell enlargement.
    Hyperplasia: Hyperplasia is a result of cell proliferation.

    4. Mechanism of Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia:
    Hypertrophy: Hypertrophy is a result of increased protein production in the cells.
    Hyperplasia: Hyperplasia is a result of the proliferation of mature cells, driven by growth factors.

    5. Affected cells of Hypertrophy and Hyperplasia:
    Hypertrophy: Hypertrophy occurs in permanent cells (non-dividing, such as skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, etc.).
    Hyperplasia: Hyperplasia occurs in labile or stable dividing cells.

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Asked: 6 years agoIn: Case taking, Disease, Pathology

What are the differences between atrophy and hypertrophy?

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    1. Definition: Atrophy refers to the decrease in the size of a body part, cell, organ, or other tissue while hypertrophy refers to the enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in the size of its cells. 2. Cause: Moreover, atrophy occurs when organs or tissues are not used at all while hypRead more

    1. Definition:
    Atrophy refers to the decrease in the size of a body part, cell, organ, or other tissue while hypertrophy refers to the enlargement of an organ or tissue from the increase in the size of its cells.

    2. Cause:
    Moreover, atrophy occurs when organs or tissues are not used at all while hypertrophy occurs due to excess work.

    3. Results in:
    While atrophy results in a decrease in the size of the organ, hypertrophy results in an increase in the size of the organ.

    4. Physiological Importance:
    Senile atrophy, the atrophy in the thymus after puberty, and atrophy in ovaries and breasts during menopause are the physiological conditions of atrophy while the muscles of bodybuilders and the uterus in pregnant mothers are the physiological conditions of hypertrophy.

    5. Pathological Importance
    Chronic malnutrition and other chronic diseases cause atrophy, while hypertrophy can be either adaptive or compensatory.

    6. Conclusion
    Atrophy is the condition of decreasing the size of an organ or tissue when they are not used for a long time. Further, malnutrition, chronic diseases, and aging are the causes of atrophy. On the other hand, hypertrophy is the condition of increasing the size of an organ or tissue due to excess work. Generally, this is by increasing cell volume. As an example, muscle hypertrophy occurs in bodybuilders. Therefore, the main difference between atrophy and hypertrophy is the type of change in organs and tissues and its causes.

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Asked: 6 years agoIn: Disease, Pathology

What are the differences between necrosis and apoptosis?

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    Apoptosis and necrosis are both ways cells die. Apoptosis is the normal, healthy way cells die. They die naturally to maintain cellular balance in your body. Apoptosis is needed for your body to function normally. Apoptosis very rarely needs treatment. Cells die through necrosis accidentally due toRead more

    Apoptosis and necrosis are both ways cells die. Apoptosis is the normal, healthy way cells die. They die naturally to maintain cellular balance in your body. Apoptosis is needed for your body to function normally. Apoptosis very rarely needs treatment.

    Cells die through necrosis accidentally due to internal or external factors. These factors may include diseases, infections, injuries, or other conditions. These conditions lead to damage in your cell walls, which makes them unable to function normally. Necrosis generally needs treatment.

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Asked: 4 years agoIn: Miasma

What are the difference between suppression and palliation?

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    Difference between suppression and palliation: 1. Definition: • Suppression- An inhibition of physiological phenomena or removal of a diseases manifestation before the diseases itself is cured. • Palliation- Temporary relies of symptoms of diseases without actual curing of the diseases from which thRead more

    Difference between suppression and palliation:
    1. Definition:
    • Suppression- An inhibition of physiological phenomena or removal of a diseases manifestation before the diseases itself is cured.
    • Palliation- Temporary relies of symptoms of diseases without actual curing of the diseases from which they originated.

    2. Classification:
    • Suppression- It has two types-
    – Natural suppression.
    – Artificial suppression
    • Palliation- Not classified.
    3. Symptoms disappears:
    • Suppression-Permanently.
    • Palliation- Temporarily.
    4. Patients sensation:
    • Suppression- In general patient doses not feel better.
    • Palliation- Feels better gradually from suffering.
    5. Modalities:
    • Suppression- Physically improved but mentally and neurological symptoms worsen.
    • Palliation- No significant effects on mental or neurological conditions.
    6. Susceptibility:
    • Suppression- Become more susceptible to diseases.
    • Palliation- May or may not increase the susceptibility.
    7. Results of therapy:
    • Suppression- The patient may continue to have other symptoms which may not have been considered to be part of the original disease, after use of suppressive therapy.
    • Palliation- The disappeared symptoms return when the drug or medicine is discontinued.
    8. Permissibility in Homoeopathy:
    • Suppression- Suppression is impermissible in Homoeopathic system of treatment.
    • Palliation- Palliation is justifiable in Homoeopathic in following:
    – In case with advanced and irreversible tissue changes.
    – Patients lacking in any of vital organ.
    – Urgent case where danger to life and imminent death allow.
    – In poisoning.

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Asked: 6 years agoIn: Public Health

What are the difference between endemic and pandemic?

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    ENDEMIC: A disease outbreak is endemic when it is consistently present but limited to a particular region. This makes the disease spread and rates predictable. Malaria, for example, is considered endemic in certain countries and regions. PANDEMIC: The World Health Organization (WHO) declares a pandeRead more

    ENDEMIC: A disease outbreak is endemic when it is consistently present but limited to a particular region. This makes the disease spread and rates predictable. Malaria, for example, is considered endemic in certain countries and regions.

    PANDEMIC: The World Health Organization (WHO) declares a pandemic when a disease’s growth is exponential. This means the growth rate skyrockets, and each day cases grow more than the day prior. In being declared a pandemic, the virus has nothing to do with virology, population immunity, or disease severity. It means a virus covers a wide area, affecting several countries and populations.

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Asked: 4 years agoIn: Miasma

What is the need to distinguish between acute and chronic disease?

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    *** The need to distinguish between acute and chronic disease: **In disease diagnosis: Acute diseases have sudden onset & short lasting in nature. For this region, acute disease suddenly can make severe pathology and complication. Sometimes, this condition may be fatal for patients. On the otherRead more

    *** The need to distinguish between acute and chronic disease:

    **In disease diagnosis: Acute diseases have sudden onset & short lasting in nature. For this region, acute disease suddenly can make severe pathology and complication. Sometimes, this condition may be fatal for patients. On the other hand in chronic disease, Chronic disease is a disease that arises from chronic miasm having the following characteristics as Gradual, insidious, imperceptible beginning. Unlimited lifelong sufferings. Is not extinguished by vital force alone. No tendency to decline or recovery may continue through the next generations unless treated Homoeopathically. Destroys the organism in the long run if untreated. so, knowledge of the capacity difference between acute & chronic disease gives helps the physician to make the treatment diagram of the patients.

    ** In medicine selection: in our Materia Medica, there has some medicine in acute & short acting in nature. On the other hand, there has much more medicine that can make influence the constitution, miasm, and mind of the patients & can give long-lasting effects in nature. so, knowledge of the capacity difference between acute & chronic disease gives helps the physician for select the proper medicine for proper cases.

    ** To make a treatment diagram: the management procedure of acute & chronic disease is not equal. In acute disease, we should give rapid management for patients to save their life.

    **For an understanding of Posology & dose: in acute diseases, we should use lower to medium potency of the selected remedies; on the other hand, in chronic disease, we should use the medium to the high power of the selected remedies to avoid unwanted medicinal aggravation due to overdose or for reducing homeopathic aggravation.

    **Dealing with miasm: Acute disease is originated from the acute miasm; on the other hand, chronic disease is caused by the fundamental chronic miasm. So in acute disease, we should require administration of the symptomatic similimum with acute miasm. Whereas the treatment of chronic disease there required the administration of anti-miasmatic remedies. So to select the specific anti-miasmatic remedies physicians must be possessed knowledge of disease and their comparison.

    **Prognosis: To assess the prognostic value of a disease; the physician should detect the case whether it is acute or chronic. It helps to create a treatment plan to treat the case of the individual.

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Asked: 4 years agoIn: Miasma

What are the difference between acute and chronic disease?

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    Difference between Acute & Chronic disease: 1. Causes: • Acute: Due to exciting causes. ( sudden explosion of latent Psora) • Chronic: Due to Fundamental Miasm. ( Psora; Syphilis; Sycosis) 2. Onset: • Acute: Sudden. • Chronic: Insidious. 3. Progress: • Acute: Rapid. • Chronic: Gradual. 4. DuratiRead more

    Difference between Acute & Chronic disease:
    1. Causes:
    • Acute: Due to exciting causes. ( sudden explosion of latent Psora)
    • Chronic: Due to Fundamental Miasm. ( Psora; Syphilis; Sycosis)
    2. Onset:
    • Acute: Sudden.
    • Chronic: Insidious.
    3. Progress:
    • Acute: Rapid.
    • Chronic: Gradual.
    4. Duration:
    • Acute: Moderate but fixed, more or less quickly.
    • Chronic: Always long if not appropriately treated with Homoeopathy; it continues until the patient’s last day.
    5. Fate:
    • Acute: Without medicine it leads either to recovery or death.
    • Chronic: The vital force itself cannot drive away the diseases but helplessly suffer more and more by being progressively deranged until the organism is destroyed at length.
    6. Varieties:
    • Acute: Individual; sporadic; epidemic.
    • Chronic: Pseudo- Chronic diseases; Artificial Chronic diseases; True Chronic diseases.
    7. Symptoms:
    • Acute: A combination of characteristic symptoms is always found.
    • Chronic: Suppression is commonly found.
    8. Changes:
    • Acute: Superficial.
    • Chronic: Deeper.
    9. Recovery:
    • Acute: Complete recovery is possible.
    • Chronic: Without Homoeopathic Anti-Miasmatic treatment complete recovery may not be possible.
    10. Treatment:
    • Acute: Require common Homoeopathic remedies.
    • Chronic: Required Homoeopathic anti-miasmatic treatment.

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Asked: 6 years agoIn: Pathology

What are the differences between B cells and T cells?

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    T cells vs B Cells T cells and B cells are the two types of lymphocytes that are involved in triggering the immune response in the body. Both T cells and B cells are produced in the bone marrow. The T cells migrate to the thymus for maturation. Both T cells and B cells are involved in recognizing paRead more

    T cells vs B Cells T cells and B cells are the two types of lymphocytes that are involved in triggering the immune response in the body. Both T cells and B cells are produced in the bone marrow. The T cells migrate to the thymus for maturation. Both T cells and B cells are involved in recognizing pathogens and other harmful, foreign materials inside the body such as bacteria, viruses, parasites, and dead cells. The two types of T cells are helper T cells and cytotoxic T cells. The major function of the helper T cells is to activate cytotoxic T cells and B cells. The cytotoxic T cells destroy pathogens by phagocytosis. B cells produce and secrete antibodies, activating the immune system to destroy the pathogens. The main difference between T cells and B cells is that T cells can only recognize viral antigens outside the infected cells whereas B cells can recognize the surface antigens of bacteria and viruses.

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Asked: 6 years agoIn: Public Health, Research Methodology

What are the difference between cohot studies and case control?

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    Case-control: 1. Proceed from effect to cause. 2. Start with the disease. 3. Test whether the suspected causes occur more frequently in those with the diseases than among those without the disease. 4.Usually the first approach to the testing of a hypothesis. 5. Involve a fewer number of subjects. 6.Read more

    Case-control:
    1. Proceed from effect to cause.
    2. Start with the disease.
    3. Test whether the suspected causes occur more frequently in those with the diseases than among those without the disease.
    4.Usually the first approach to the testing of a hypothesis.
    5. Involve a fewer number of subjects.
    6. Quick result.
    7. Suitable for rare diseases.
    8. Only for odds ratio.
    9. Can’t yield information about the diseases.
    10. Temporal association is never proven.
    11. Recall bias is a potential problem.
    12. Relatively inexpensive.
    Cohort study:
    1. Proceed from cause to effect.
    2. Start with people exposed to risk factors or suspected cause.
    3. Test whether diseases occur more frequently than in those not similarly exposed.
    4. Reserved for testing or preciously formulated hypothesis.
    5. Involve a larger number of subjects.
    6. Long follow-up period.
    7. Not suitable for rare diseases.
    8. Relative and attributive risk.
    9. Can yield information about more than one disease outcome.
    10. Temporal association is proven.
    11. Recall bias is not an issue.
    12. Expensive.

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Asked: 6 years agoIn: Case taking, Disease, Homoeopathic philosophy, Miasma, Microbiology, Organon, Pathology, Public Health

What are the differences between epidemiology and clinical medicine?

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    Epidemiology: 1. Focus on the group (community population). 2. Use quantitative tools for community diagnosis. 3. Take into account all factors which cause diseases. 4. Can form assumptions and hypotheses. 5. Help in public health policy formulation. 6. Quantitative and qualitative science. 7. Can iRead more

    Epidemiology:
    1. Focus on the group (community population).
    2. Use quantitative tools for community diagnosis.
    3. Take into account all factors which cause diseases.
    4. Can form assumptions and hypotheses.
    5. Help in public health policy formulation.
    6. Quantitative and qualitative science.
    7. Can identify the souse or source of the outbreak.
    8. Basic prevention: Primary.
    9. Observation.
    Clinical Medicine:
    1. Focus on an individual (hospital, clinic, etc).
    2. Use lab tools for individual diagnosis.
    3. Does not take other factors into account.
    4. Dose not form an assumption.
    5. Can form treatment individual diagram.
    6. Not a qualitative science.
    7. Can evolute methods.
    8. Basic prevention: Secondary and tertiary.
    9. Experimental.

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