NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION

NIPAH VIRUS INFECTION 

According to the World Health Organisation ,Nipah virus or NiV infection is a newly emerging zoonosis that cause severe disease in both animals and human beings .The natural host of the virus are fruit bats of the Pteropodidae Family ,Pteropus genus.
Niv first identified in 1998 during an outbreak in Malaysia.There is no vaccine for either humans or animals.The primary treatment for human cases is intensive medical care.

Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms and Treatment

What is Type 2 Diabetes  ?

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder where the body fails to utilize the ingested glucose properly. This could be due to lack of the hormone insulin or because the insulin that is available is not working effectively. Type 2 Diabetes is the most common type of diabetes which covers almost 90% of the total cases around the world. Obesity is thought to be the primary cause of type 2 diabetes. It is also known in other names like adult-onset diabetes or Diabetes mellitus type 2. It is basically a metabolic disorder caused by high blood glucose and relatively low insulin.