SUPER INFECTION

Super infection, according to Dorland’s illustrated is a condition produced by sudden growth of a type of bacteria, different from the original offenders in a wound or lesion under treatment.

In virology, super infection is the process by which a cell that has previously been infected by one virus gets confected with another virus at a later point in time. In medicine, super infection is an infection, especially

DRUG RESISTANCE

Drug resistance is the reduction in effective of a drug in curing a disease or improving a patient’s symptoms when the drug is not intended to kill or inhibit a pathogen then the term is equivalent to dosage failure or drug tolerance. More commonly the term is used in the context of diseases caused by pathogens.

Pathogens are said to be drug resistant when drug meant to neutralize then have reduced effect.

CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC INDEX

Chemotherapeutic agents need to act at a concentration that can be tolerated by the tissues of the host and therefore they must have a selective toxicity for micro organism compared with the host.

This selective toxicity expressed in terms of the “Chemotherapeutic Index” that compress the maximum dose that can be tolerated by the host without causing death (The maximum tolerated dose) with the minimum

NON PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY OF HYPERTENSION

Weight reduction and regular aerobic exercise (E.g: Jogging) are recommended as the first step in treating mild to moderate hypertension.

Regular mild exercise improves blood flow and helps to reduce resting heart rate and blood pressure.

These steps are highly effective in reducing B.P.