Amanpulo Palawan Amanpulo Pamalican Island Amanpulo is a marvelous private island where velvet like white sand is caressed by the crystal water, where the sea and sky meet as one, where nature’s hand strokes the sun’s brilliance on its unbridled canvass, where the night skies are admired beside the sound of the “teepee” beach fire, […]
Diabetes Mellitus
What is Diabetes Diabetes mellitus (DM), or simply known as diabetes, is a chronic, lifelong, medical condition characterized by high blood sugar levels that result from an inherited or acquired defect in the ability of the pancreas to produce insulin or ineffectiveness of the insulin produced or unresponsiveness of the cells in your body to […]
Diabetic Foot
Diabetic Foot Ulcer What is diabetic foot? Diabetic foot ulcer is one of the most common complications seen in patients with chronic or long term uncontrolled diabetes mellitus. Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes can cause foot infections as these individuals have compromised blood supply secondary to high blood glucose levels. In addition to […]
Hypertensive Emergency
Hypertensive Emergency Guidelines Hypertensive emergency, which is formerly referred as malignant hypertension, is a medical emergency wherein the blood pressure is so high to the point that it is actually causing damage to one or more organ system, particularly the cardiovascular system, nervous system, renal system and/or the eyes. Hypertensive emergency is more uncommon and […]
Diabetic Nephropathy
Diabetic Nephropathy Definition What is Diabetic Nephropathy? Diabetic nephropathy also know called as diabetic kidney disease is a chronic progressive kidney disease characterized by diffuse scarring of the glomeruli and nephrotic syndrome secondary to longstanding uncontrolled diabetes accounting 30-40% of all end stage renal disease cases in the United States and one of the top […]
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