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'Holism' in Ayurveda by Prof. Dr. S. N. Gupta

Courtesy by Prof.Dr.S.N.Gupta Head, Kayacikitsa (PG) Department J.S.Ayurveda College, Nadiad 387001, Dist. Kheda, Gujarat, India www.nadiadayurveda.org Head, Academic Advisory Board European academy of Ayurveda, Birstein,Germany Recipient of IASTAM award for excellence in teaching in Ayurveda Recipient of 'Fellow of Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth', (Ministry of AYUSH, Govt. of India,) Uploaded by Dr.Surendra A. Soni M.D.,PhD (KC) Associate Professor Dept. of Kaya-chikitsa Govt. Ayurveda College Vadodara Gujarat, India. Email: surendraasoni@gmail.com Mobile No. +91 9408441150

Case presentations: THROMBOCYTOPAENIA AND LEUCOPAENIA OF DENGUE FEVER: A CASE SERIES by Prof. Ranjit Nimbalkar

Introduction:  Dengue fever, generally doesn’t cause much harm or is not fatal in normal adults. But of course there are chances of its landing into Dengue shock syndrome, where complications of hypotension & tissue edema are common. Dengue haemorrhagic fever is another dangerous condition, where due to bone marrow depression, there is considerable fall in white cells & platelets, causing a risk of secondary infections & bleeding disorders respectively. As per the studies, children are moresusceptible to thrombocytopaenia 1,2 . In this case series, 5 cases of post dengue thrombocytopenic patients have been included. All showed gradual fall of WBCs & Platelets will be presented. All the 5 patients were previously treated by their family doctors for symptoms like fever, headache & body ache 3 . Dengue NS1 was positive. They were relieved from these symptoms like fever, bodyache etc., but still showing gradual downfall in WBC & platelet counts. They...