Nowadays COVID underestimates the other suspects

tHe USual Suspects

A 72-year-old man presented with a short history of headaches with reduced visual acuity in his right eye. His general practitioner then referred him to the ophthalmologist who found Grade IV hypertensive retinopathy with bilateral papilloedema on fundoscopy. He was referred to a medical team for further assessment. Eleven months prior to this current presentation, the patient developed painles...

Identifying the “Usual Suspects”

Psoriatic Disease and Tuberculosis Nowadays

Psoriasis is a chronic, relapsing and remitting inflammatory skin and joint disease that has a prevalence of 2-3% in the world's population, whereas of 1-2% in Europe. The traditional concept of psoriasis as the "healthy people's" disease has been recently revised because of ever-increasing reports of associations with various pathological conditions (hypertension, Crohn's disease, type II diab...

THE UNIQUE BRAIN DIPEPTIDE KYOTORPHIN – FROM DISCOVERY TO NOWADAYS Isolation

Endogenous opioid peptides take part in various functions as hormones or neuromodulators. In 1979, Takagi and his co-workers identified a new morphine-like substance “kyotorphin” (Kyo) a dipeptide synthesized in specific brain regions. The highest levels were found in the lower brain stem and dorsal spinal cord areas closely associated with the pain regulatory system. The peptide binds to a spe...

COVID-19 epidemic: What happens to other routine patients admitted in the emergency department?

Four weeks have passed from the first reported case of covid-19 in Iran. During the past month, thousands of patients ran to emergency departments (EDs) due to respiratory complaints. From the beginning of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, EDs have become particular units for admitting patients with respiratory complaints. The question is “what happens to other routine patients of ED?”