An ascitic tap allows fluid in the abdomen to be removed if it is infected, causing pain or if it requires laboratory analysis to diagnose a disease. An ascitic tap is quicker, easier and safer than other methods that can be used to remove fluid from the abdomen. It also leaves a smaller scar and allows for quicker recovery afterwards.

2 litre ascitic fluid tapping was done and it should be done by experienced health care professional.

On World Lung Day, 25 September 2022, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies (FIRS), of which GOLD is a founding member, calls on governments worldwide to address stark global inequalities in respiratory health.

The COVID-19 pandemic may have subsided, but its impact highlights a global lung health crisis that has not gone away.

Respiratory illnesses affect people in all countries, but disproportionally in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where resources for research, prevention, and management are scarce. To address such inequity, we must look beyond medical care to the social and environmental determinants of health such as tobacco use, air pollution, climate change and poverty.

Five respiratory diseases are the commonest causes of illness and death worldwide – chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, acute respiratory tract infection or pneumonia, tuberculosis (TB) and lung cancer.

Characteristically occurring at rest, the classic slow, rhythmic tremor of Parkinson’s disease typically starts in one hand, foot, or leg and can eventually affect both sides of the body. The resting tremor of Parkinson’s disease can also occur in the jaw, chin, mouth, or tongue. In addition, some people with Parkinson’s disease can experience a feeling of internal tremor, which is not necessarily noticeable to others. Tremor is very common in Parkinson’s. It affects about 80% of people with Parkinson’s. Although many lay people, and even those with Parkinson’s disease themselves, think of tremor as being the main problem in Parkinson’s, it isn’t for most. For most people with Parkinson’s, tremor is not debilitating. However, a tremor is annoying. It also attracts attention, so that people tend to keep their bad hand in a pocket, or to sit on it during conferences. Since it disappears with movement, it turns out that tremor does not interfere severely with activities of daily living.