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TAKAYASU ARTERITIS - The Pulseless Disease

Posted by Dr_Aarti_Singh on Fri, 06 Nov 2015

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We all know how our Bollywood doctors check the 'Pulse' of a woman to confirm her pregnancy. Urinary beta-HCG levels are trivial markers of gestation for our white coat adorned, serious looking, bespectacled, on-screen doctors. But what if the lady has no pulse? How will our Doctor say, "We have good news for you"? They will now have to concentrate on a more serious condition - Takayasu's Arteritis. What is Takayasu's Arteritis? It is a progressive inflammation ( arteritis= artery + itis[inflamm... Read More

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