EXAMS AND ME

Monday, 26 October 2026

Miyagawa Bodies

Bacterial Inclusion Bodies

Chlamydia

Chlamydia Trachomatis is a STD

Lymphogranuloma Venerum (LGV)

LGV can be spread even when the infected person has no symptoms

LGV

Chlamydia Trachomatis attacks the lymph nodes

Stage 3 = Deformed Genitals

LGV = Genital Elephantiasis

Lymphogranuloma Venereum = Miyagawa Bodies

Miyagawa Bodies

Named after the Japanese bacteriologist Yoneji Miyagawa (1885–1959), who studied the organism and its pathology.

Historical significance: Miyagawa and colleagues described characteristic granulo-corpuscles in studies of LGV in the 1930s

Snapshot

LGV = Genital Elephantiasis

Blast From The Past: Accession Day

October 26 is commemorated as Accession Day in Jammu and Kashmir, marking the historic date in 1947 when Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession, joining the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir to the Dominion of India

Current Date And Time

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Ondines Curse

Breathing Patterns

The story of Ondine (or Undine) is a classic European myth about an elemental water nymph who can only gain a mortal human soul by marrying a human man.

Art To Medicine

Ondines Curse

Central Hypoventilation Syndrome

Brain Forgets To Breathe