In lieu of a regular post today on the blog, The Infectious Doctor would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a health and happy Christmas celebration this year. We will all eat a bit more than usual, but we still have to be mindful of our health. Related post: 6 tips for preventing […]

Can you imagine a ‘lost’ gallstone causing infection in the abdomen, a decade after gallbladder removal surgery? Well…it’s not a common occurrence, but it happens! I’ve seen 2 such cases so far in my career. The one case I remember clearly, is of an elderly patient who presented to the hospital with right sided pain […]

I SOMETIMES have to remind patients, that the most important thing is how they feel in general, as a whole person, rather than an abnormal blood test result in isolation. Occasionally I get a referral in clinic to see a patient with an increased white blood cell (WBC) count. WBCs are those cells that form […]

Today, December 1st, is World AIDS Day, and in commemoration, today’s post will be about issues related to HIV/AIDS that make me a bit unhappy. We have come a very long way over the past three and a half decades, since the first cases of AIDS were reported. There have been vast improvements in diagnosis, […]