Kampo Medicine: A Different Model for Integrating Health Care Practices
David R. Katerere, Wendy Applequist, Oluwaseyi M. Aboyade, Chamunorwa Togo in Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge for the Modern Era, 2019
The corresponding symptoms of these concepts are as follows: Yang: Feeling of heat inside, desire for thin clothes, sweating in the neck and head, desire for cooling and cold water, red face, hyperemic bulbar conjunctiva, increased natural temperature (high-grade fever), red tip of the tongue, tachycardia, diarrhea with burning sensation of the anus, burning sensation of the urethra on urination, hypertonic urine, strong smell of fecesYin: Feeling of cold inside, desire for warm clothes, desire for heating and hot water, pale face, decreased natural temperature, cold of the neck, back and lumbar region, coldness of extremities, bradycardia, diarrhea without burning sensation of the anus, pollakisuria, hypotonic urine, faint smell of feces
Venereal diseases
Dinesh Kumar Jain in Homeopathy, 2022
Gonorrhea is a bacterial infection caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a Gram-negative coccus. Gonorrhea in a male is characterized by purulent urethral discharge, dysuria, and frequent urination. Other local complications are inguinal lymphadenitis, edema of penis, and abscess. In homosexual men, anorectal and pharyngeal infections are common. In female dysuria, frequent urination, increased vaginal discharge, anorectal discomfort, midline low abdominal pain, and tenderness are common symptoms in gonorrhea. “Before antibiotic treatment became available, symptoms of urethritis persisted for an average of 8 weeks and unilateral epididymitis occurred in 5 to 10% untreated men” (Holmes, 1983a, p. 940). In homosexual men symptomatology of gonorrhea, “may subside without treatment, leaving a chronic asymptomatic carrier state” (Holmes, 1983a, p. 940). “Symptoms gradually resolve without treatment but it is not known how long patients remain infectious, the longer patients remain without treatment the more likely they are to develop complications” (Griffin et al., 1999, p. 187). “Acute symptoms of gonococcal urethritis in the female may subside spontaneously” (Holmes, 1983a, p. 941).
Endocrine Disorders
Praveen S. Goday, Cassandra L. S. Walia in Pediatric Nutrition for Dietitians, 2022
Diabetes insipidus is rare in children but can occur due to a genetic abnormality or secondary to hypothalamic or pituitary tumors or following neurosurgery. Unlike diabetes mellitus, blood glucose concentrations are normal in diabetes insipidus. Rather, common symptoms for both conditions are frequent urination (polyuria) and constant thirst (polydipsia). In the case of diabetes insipidus, the urine is dilute and odorless while for diabetes mellitus, the urine is concentrated with glucose. The etiology of diabetes insipidus involves disruption of hormonal regulation of water balance, most often due to abnormal production or function of vasopressin. Vasopressin (also called anti-diuretic hormone) is made in the hypothalamus and its function is to increase fluid balance by reducing the excretion of water from the kidney. Thus, a main complication of diabetes insipidus is dehydration that results from water loss through excessive urination. Treatment of diabetes insipidus aims to address the primary cause, whether a tumor or hormonal. Treatment also focuses on drinking sufficient water to avoid dehydration.
Clinical and biochemical differences between hantavirus infection and leptospirosis: a retrospective analysis of a patient series in Belgium
Published in Acta Clinica Belgica, 2020
Emma Bakelants, Willy Peetermans, Katrien Lagrou, Wouter Meersseman
All patients complained about general malaise and fever. The mean, measured body temperature was 38.9°C, within a range of 38.3°C–40.0°C. Myalgia was mentioned 13 times. Seven patients complained about a dry cough and dyspnea, another seven patients had a headache without photo- or sonophobia. Four patients vomited, six patients had loose stools without blood loss. One patient experienced dysuria and pollakisuria. Multiple symptoms could be found in one patient. Figure 1 shows the complaints per person in more detail. Clinical examination was normal in nine cases. Two patients had malleolar edemas. One patient had conjunctivitis. Three patients had a tender right hemi abdomen. Lung auscultation was abnormal in one patient, revealing basal crackles. None of them were icteric.
Prevalence of autoimmune disorders among bladder pain syndrome patients’ relatives
Published in Scandinavian Journal of Urology, 2021
Minna M. Kujala, Teuvo L. Tammela, Antti Pöyhönen, Tapio Forsell, Susanna Pasanen, Ilkka Paananen, Antero Horte, Mikael Leppilahti, Jukka Sairanen
Eventually, 334 (80%) of 420 family members returned the questionnaire, of which 95 (28%) were from Hunner’s lesion positive patients’ families, 230 (69%) from Hunner negative. Nine of the replies were from relatives of the two probands with unknown Hunner lesion status. The demographics of the study cohort are shown in Table 2. Two of the probands were siblings. Four (0.95%) of the relatives (all women, all first-degree relatives) indicated themselves having a diagnosis of BPS. After checking their medical records, only one of these diagnoses was confirmed. Other conditions were confirmed as recurrent UTIs (n = 1), urinary incontinence (n = 1) and pollakisuria with normal finding in cystoscopy (n = 1). Moreover, none of these relatives scored ≥7 points in the O’Leary–Sant symptom score at the time of filling the questionnaires.
Musculoskeletal and anthropometric factors associated with urinary incontinence in pregnancy
Published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2022
Emine Baran, Türkan Akbayrak, Serap Özgül, Gülbala Nakip, Gamze Nalan Çinar, Esra Üzelpasacı, Ceren Gursen, Kemal Beksaç, Emine Aydin, Murat Çağan, Mehmet Sinan Beksaç
It is known that the prevalence of UI increases progressively with hormonal changes during pregnancy and increased load on pelvic floor structures (Balik et al., 2016). Endocrine and metabolic changes with fetal growth and enlargement of uteroplacental structures may cause lower urinary tract symptoms such as UI, frequent urination, and sudden urge (Wijma et al., 2001). Previous studies have reported that age, BMI, and parity are a risk factor for UI in pregnancy. However, it is stated that the contribution of these factors to pregnancy UI is lower in pregnant women than in non-pregnant women because pregnancy is reported to be a more important risk factor for UI due to changes in pregnancy (Hvidman, Foldspang, Mommsen, and Nielsen, 2002; Wesnes, Rortveit, Bø, and Hunskaar, 2007). Pregnancy may increase the risk of UI, but further prognostic studies are warranted in this regard.
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