by Ketan Dhatariya | Sep 25, 2020 | Eastern Daily Press
EDP column by Professor Ketan Dhatariya When the heart is deprived of oxygen the nerve supply to it may be damaged. This lack of oxygen is caused by an imbalance between the demand for oxygen by the heart and the ability of the arteries to provide an adequate oxygen...
by Ketan Dhatariya | Sep 25, 2020 | Eastern Daily Press
EDP column by Professor Ketan Dhatariya Most people will have heard of this condition. It is a cause of dementia, which is associated with deteriorations in intellectual function – namely memory, concentration and judgement. Alois Alzhemier was born in Bavaria in June...
by Ketan Dhatariya | Sep 25, 2020 | Eastern Daily Press
EDP column by Professor Ketan Dhatariya Anaemia is a lack of blood – or, to be more precise, a diminished ability to carry oxygen in the blood due to a lack of the oxygen carrying molecule, haemoglobin. There are lots of different types of anaemia, but in Norfolk the...
by Ketan Dhatariya | Sep 25, 2020 | Eastern Daily Press
EDP column by Professor Ketan Dhatariya “I have been getting chest pains when I climb my stairs. My GP tells me it is angina. What is this?” Angina is Latin for pain. More correctly what you describe is angina pectoris – chest pain. It sounds as though you have...
by Ketan Dhatariya | Sep 25, 2020 | Eastern Daily Press
EDP column by Professor Ketan Dhatariya “My brother has been told by his GP to start taking a baby aspirin a day to ‘help his heart’. I always thought that aspirin can cause stomach upset. Am I wrong?” Aspirin is derived from the bark of a willow tree. It is...
by Ketan Dhatariya | Sep 25, 2020 | Eastern Daily Press
EDP column by Professor Ketan Dhatariya “My son has got eczema and I have hayfever. My doctor tells me we are ‘atopic’. What does that mean?” To be ‘atopic’ means that you and your family have a genetic tendency to develop allergic diseases, such as asthma,...
