I recently graduated in medicine from Townsville, Australia, and I still enjoy writing blogs on medicine and pharmacy-related topics. I appreciate writing about my experience on different placements or topics I'm interested in. As English is my second language, writing blogs is a hobby and a fun challenge!
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Pathophysiology is a full-on and heavy subject to learn in medical school, and with so much going on during the clinical years, it is essential to create a streamlined and efficient way to describe diseases/conditions. By the end of the year, you may have a long list of diseases to learn and remember: hence, I recommend keeping it brief, succinct and easy to explain.
Sheryl and Tom live in Townsville, a sunny city residing on the coast in North of Queensland, Australia. Having lived her whole life mostly asymptomatically, it wasn’t until in 1998 that Sheryl has been diagnosed with Haemochromatosis, and upon doing the genetic test, was found to be homozygous C282Y.
The first description of haemochromatosis was done in 1865 by Dr Trousseau written in the French pathology literature. Later in 1889, it was described by the German pathologist von Recklinghausen who first used the term haemochromatosis meaning pigmentation/colour ‘chrom’ and ‘heam’ which is a prefix referring to the blood.
In 2017, the healthcare staff made a commitment to turn the tide of the impact of chronic Kidney disease and to provide the Indigenous community in Palm Island with the tools they need to take ownership of their kidney health.
Nearly all of us and every child by the age of 5, would have experienced otitis media. However; on Palm island, 75% of children suffer hearing loss from this condition. I wanted to learn more about how this situation has occurred.
I am sure we have all walked up castle hill as the sun is rising and looked out at the breathtaking view to see a number of islands surrounding our city. If we look towards the horizon we may be able to catch a glimpse of Palm Island. It may only be 65km from Townsville but the discrepancies between the two places are far further apart.
The further I researched Palm Island, the more I discovered how different it is to Australia. Palm Island could be described almost like a third world country. Palm Island has a lot of issues that needs to be addressed which is difficult when the socio-economic status is very low.
