To compare the conjunctival flora of diabetic individuals and non-diabetic individuals and assess their antibiotic sensitivity pattern. Materials and Methods: A hospital based cross-sectional and descriptive study was carried out from September 2016 to August 2018 with 92 patients of age group from 40-70 years, to assess the conjunctival flora and antibiotic sensitivity pattern in diabetic and non-diabetic individuals without any pre-existing ocular diseases and adnexal disease. Result: The rate of positive culture in Group A (Diabetics) was significantly higher as compared to Group B (Non-Diabetics) (21.7% vs. 4.3% respectively) (p<0.05). It was noted that there was a significantly higher incidence of the bacteria, Staphylococcus epidermidis in Group A (Diabetics) as compared to Group B (Non-Diabetics) (p<0.05). The antibiotic sensitivity of bacteria isolated in patients in Group A (Diabetics) showed the following observations -in Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphlococcusaureus maximum sensitivity was seen with Gentamicin. Conclusion: A higher positive culture rate was seen in diabetic individuals as compared to non-diabetic individuals. It was then concluded that, as gentamicin shows maximum sensitivity to gram-posit ive and gram-negative organisms, Gentamicin is the drug of choice which takes cares of gram positive as well as gram negative bacteria and can be considered as routine pre-operative topical medication. Pre-operative cataract work up.
Aim: The aim of study is to study the prevalence of headache and its various facets among 200 medical students of SBKSMI & RC. Objectives: 1) To find out the common causes of headache among medical students. 2) To find out gender difference in prevalence of headaches among medical student. 3) To determine the severity and frequency of headache. 4) To find out various relieving factors used by medical students for headache Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional study was carried out among 200 medical students of SBKS MI & RC. The questionnaire forms were distributed among 200 medical students studying in 2 nd year, 3 rd year or Final year MBBS. They were asked to fill up the forms with their consent and then were collected. Data analysis was done and results and conclusions were reported in the report. Results: Our study demonstrated headache prevalence among 200 medical students of which 110 were male and 90 were female. Prevalence of headache was at least 2 days per month in 37.5% students (75 students). From these students 55.5% (111 students) take medications for relieving. Most common type of headache seen among medical students was Tension type headache in 55% students (110 students) due to exams. Conclusion: The result in this study demonstrate that most common type of headache among medical students of SBKSMI & RC was Tension type headache due to exams and more than half of the students take medications to relieve headache and most of the students suffer headache at least 2 days a month.
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