Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing

Sushma Kumari ¹, Vikash Ranjan Sharma ², Vinod Kumar Sinha ³, Vinod Kumar ⁴, Ashima ⁵

Affiliations
1 Department of Psychiatry, Pt. B. D. Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
2 Psychiatric Social Worker, State Institute of Mental Health,PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, IN
3 Department of Psychiatry, Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi, Jharkhand, IN
4 Department of Community Medicine Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, IN
5 Department of Anatomy SHKM, GMC, Mewat, Suman Sharma Department of Medicine PGIMER, Dr RML, New Delhi, IN

Abstract

Quality of Life (QOL) measures are useful methods to understand the impact of illness and outcome of treatment. The aim of any therapeutic intervention is not just symptom alleviation but overall improvement. The number of studies on the Quality of Life in bipolar affective disorder, especially in adolescent, is very less considering the prevalence rate of this disorder. Material and In the present study effort has been made to understand the QOL among adolescent patients with Bipolar Affective Disorder (BPAD) (N=30), skin diseases (N=30) and normal controls (N=30). They were rated on WHOQOL BREF. Results of statistical analysis indicates that patients with BPAD have been found to have poorer QOL than adolescent with skin diseases and normal controls. Understanding the quality of life of psychiatric illness like BPAD vis a vis other medical disorders like skin disease (which is usually a chronic disease and QOL is reported to be poor in it also) throws new light in terms of the impact of illness, course, out come and intervention strategies.

Keywords

Quality of Life,bipolar Affictive Disorders,adolescent

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Shesh Prakash Maurya ¹, Ashima ¹, Sibadatta Das ¹, Nimerpreet Kaur ¹, Indira Bairy ², Sumit Gupta ²

Affiliations
1 SHKM Government Medical College, Mewat, Haryana, IN
2 Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Madhav Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka, IN

Abstract

Bacterial diarrhoea is a major health problem in developing countries and travellers to these countries. Various herbal and traditional medicines have been tried to treat infectious diarrhoea, with variable success. Here, we screened different fruit juices for the possible anti-microbial activity against intestinal bacterial pathogens isolated from acute gastroenteritis cases. Seven fruit juices [apple, orange, pineapple, grape, pomegranate, sweet lime and lemon water] were tested against 11 bacterial enteropathogens including Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella spp. and Shigella spp. via agar diffusion method. Pomegranate juice showed the highest anti microbial activity against enteropathogens. The results with grape juice, orange juice and lemon water were also appreciable but variable with pH changes. Apple juice showed least and negligible activity. Pomegranate juice can provide a dual benefit of rehydration and anti bacterial therapy in infectious gastroenteritis.

Keywords

Diarrhoea, Fruit Juice, Pomegranate, Intestinal Pathogen.

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