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Background: Hypertension is a medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries increases. Hypertension is characterized by an increase in systolic pressure or a rise in diastolic pressure above the normal values. Aim: The aim of the study is to assess the effect of deep breathing exercises on blood pressure values among hypertensive persons in selected areas in district Mohali, Punjab. Subject and method: A quantitative research approach design has been adopted for the study. 80 hypertensive persons were selected through convenient sampling technique. Results: Results revealed that the mean score of systolic blood pressure values in pre-test and post-test among hypertensive persons in experimental group was 140 ± 8.929 and 123 ± 7.663 respectively whereas the mean score of systolic blood pressure values in pre-test and post-test among hypertensive persons in control group was 139.37 ± 8.101 and 137.50 ± 6.097 respectively. Findings depicted that the mean score of diastolic blood pressure values in pre-test and post-test among hypertensive persons in experimental group was 88.50 ± 5.089 and 77.13 ± 4.921 respectively. Whereas, the mean score of diastolic blood pressure values in pre-test and post-test among hypertensive persons in control group was 88.625 ± 5.062 and 87.50 ± 3.755 respectively. Conclusion: It has been concluded that deep breathing exercises are effective to reduce the blood pressure values among hypertensive persons in experimental group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background: - COVID-19 is the most important public health problem of recent time. Many people require hospitalization after infection. COVID vaccination is the most effective way to prevent the disease. Due to extensive negative publicity through social media channels/platforms,significant number of individuals are not coming forward for vaccination. Therefore, study is needed to evaluate adverse effects associated with different vaccines available in India. Objectives: - To assess the adverse effects associated with COVID-19 vaccination and compare the side effect of two most commonly used COVID vaccines in India. Methods:- In the current report, a cross sectional study was conducted among beneficiaries of COVID-19 vaccines at the vaccination center of the LLRM Medical college, India. After institutional ethical clearance and informed consent, patients were asked about the symptoms they experienced after vaccination. A very simple random sampling approach was used to select beneficiaries. Information was collected on predesigned Google form and total 391 patients submitted the responses. Results:- Out of total respondents 77 % individuals reported one or more symptoms. Fever was reported to be most common problem (59.3%) followed by body ache (57.5%). Out of total beneficiaries, 68.3% experienced mild symptoms while 23% remain asymptomatic. Only few subjects reported moderate adverse effects (8.7%). None of the respondent reported severe and serious adverse effect. Conclusions:- Vaccine associated adverse effects were found less than 3 days and of mild variety in most of the beneficiaries. There was no difference in adverse effect profile of two commonly used vaccines in India. People must come forward for vaccination in mass without fearing of adverse effects of vaccines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electrical discharges are the key mechanism to the generation of atmospheric pressure plasmas which are further classified as equilibrium and non-equilibrium plasmas, also referred to as thermal and non-thermal plasmas. The technological advancement of non-thermal plasma has extended its potential clinical non-invasive applications in a multitude of disciplines such as dermatology, ophthalmology and oncology, etc. to bolster tissue generation, refraction error correction and necrosis of the cancerous cells in the domain of plasma medicine, respectively. A fundamental on the various types of discharges and their mechanism is investigated. A perspective on the application of non-thermal plasmas in the domains such as sterilization and disinfection is presented in this review. We have focused on the plasma therapeutics and its significance as a clean and dry therapy to treat superficial skin diseases via the mechanism of proliferation of basal skin cells and prothrombin stimulation to cauterize the blood through Argon Plasma generated by Argon Plasma Coagulator. We propose to fabricate atmospheric pressure plasma devices and understanding of the associated plasma radicals that aids in the activation of biochemical and biomolecular reactions to treat the cutaneous and sub-cutaneous diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]