Author: Saima Andrabi, MS, Clinical Biochemistry

Saima Andrabi is a clinical biochemist and is passionate about driving knowledge platforms for creating health awareness in the general public. She pursued her master’s degree in clinical biochemistry from University of Kashmir, Srinagar followed by an internship from National Institute of pathology, New Delhi. Her areas of interest include molecular biology, immunology, medical physiology and forensic medicine. Saima is very much interested in writing medical content and wants to create awareness in public through this platform. Currently, Saima Andrabi is working at Maxinov Solutions Private LTD as a research associate and is associated with DiseaseFix as a medical content writer.

Diabetic neuropathy is a type of nerve damage that can occur in diabetics due to the presence of high blood sugar (glucose) levels. The exact cause behind diabetic neuropathy progression is still unknown. Prolonged high blood sugar levels seem to be one of the major causes. The nerve damage caused by diabetes often gets worse over time especially in people with chronic diabetes.

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The signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s develop progressively over a period of time. Anybody in his or her life can forget names and things but if this incident of dementia and memory loss worsens and affects the daily life of a person and creates clinical manifestations, we can say the person is developing Alzheimer’s disease.The rate of progression of symptoms is different for different people so it is hard to predict how the disease worsens over a period of time in an individual. The causes of memory loss and dementia in any person may vary as it happens because of…

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Glaucoma is an eye disease that damages your eye’s optic nerve. It mostly happens when fluid builds up in the front part of your eye. That extra fluid increases the pressure in your eye (intra-ocular pressure), damaging the optic nerve. This can cause permanent blindness within a few years, if not treated.

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