When 50-year-old Nisha Bhosle started facing difficulty in breathing and experienced heavy breathlessness everytime she went for morning walks, she knew something was wrong.
Her colleague advised her to consult Dr Mayank Uppal, Consultant, General Medicine at Sitaram Bhartia Hospital when her condition became worse.
“I have been coughing and wheezing for days now.
Aashna Wadhwa was worried her 2-year-old son’s high fever and cough might be an indication of the flu.
“I had been reading about seasonal flu in children and I wanted to be better informed about the condition,” said Aashna.
Viraj’s condition worsened as he started having breathing difficulties and even noisy breathing at times.
Abhay Wadhwa (31) started experiencing excruciating pain on the left side of his lower abdomen and groin area. When he couldn’t even stand due to the pain, his wife rushed him to the Emergency at Sitaram Bhartia Hospital in South Delhi.
Abhay was constantly clutching his abdomen tightly as his wife described his condition to the consultants on call.
Amit Sharma, 35, grew extremely worried when he noticed over a few weeks that his frequency to urinate had increased. He also observed that he was unable to pass urine smoothly which caused a lot of discomfort.
“I decided to consult a urologist when the persistent urge to urinate started affecting my daily life.
When Kiran Chawla’s 5-year-old son was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome, she was unsure what it meant.
She visited the pediatrician after she noticed swelling on her son, Parth’s, eyes, face and arms every morning which tended to decrease towards the evening.
After the initial investigations, Parth was referred to Dr.
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a mental illness which affects millions of children. Nupur Khandelwal, however, was unaware of this developmental disorder until her 3-year old son Mohit was diagnosed with ADHD.
“Mohit has been an energetic kid from the start, jumping here and there all the time. He often has difficulty in paying attention to one thing for long but I had no idea that this could be a sign of something so serious,” said a distressed Nupur.
At Raghav’s birth, the pediatrician at Sitaram Bhartia noticed his feet were abnormally bent, which caused the parents – Jyoti and Akash – to worry about their son’s health.
“This is where we heard about CTEV or clubfoot for the first time,” recalled Jyoti.
CTEV (Congenital Talipes Equinovarus), more commonly known as clubfoot,
Gallbladder stone operation is a common procedure recommended for the treatment of gallstones.
Dr Bajaj says, “There are few medications but they may not work for everyone.”
“These medications may take years to dissolve gallstones but these stones might reappear when the medication is stopped.
When Ananya Mehrotra started to notice her 3-year-old son Dhruv displaying unusual behaviour,