Early Diagnosis

There are a various number of diseases of the heart. These diseases if not diagnosed early and with the maximum precision, can prove to be fatal. The diagnosis to be made in the diseases related to the heart are also numerous. The fast and the early diagnosis of any kind of disease can firstly be made by some of the routine check ups like that of the measurement of the pulse and that of the blood pressure by an instrument called the sphygmomanometer. The pulse which is seen is regarded on the facts of its rate, rhythm, volume and also its tension exerted.  The blood pressure on the other hand is the lateral pressure exerted on the walls of the vessels while they are flowing through it. more...

Blood Group Hazards

After discussing the normal and abnormal physiology and pathology of the blood as a whole now we move on to a greater aspect of blood that is known as the blood grouping systems that are the ABO system ad RH system. The people all over the world have mainly four different types of blood groups which are again of various types. These main four types of the blood groups may include the A, B, O, and AB groups. Earlier it was believed that the transfusion of blood was to be done by the checking of the compatibilities of these only factors and if matched the possibility of the transfusion of blood was possible. However later a new factor was discovered which was found after various experiments on the Rhesus monkey and hence was named after it as the Rh factor. This added to the fact that apart from the ABO system the blood will only be transfused when the donor and the recipient also match this Rh factor. more...