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Ovulation detection is important in fertility control or promotion. This study compares 2 methods of ovulation detection, Basal Body Temperature (BBT) and calorimetric readings of urine by Sevag and Colton's method, in 70 healthy unmarried medical students (17 to 25 years old) from the G.S.V.M. Medical College, Kanpur. The girls were thoroughly instructed in BBT record maintenance, including a record of dates of occurrence of intermenstrual abdominal pain and appearance of vaginal discharge of clear slippery mucus. Sevag and Colton's method for detecting day of ovulation involved chemical examination of urine collected between 11 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. for successive nights. Ovulation day in all cycles fell within the 6th to 18th day range. Both methods gave similar results in range and distribution of ovulatory days and incidence of ovulatory/anovulatory cycles. Both methods found 88.6% of total cycles to be anovulatory. Occurrence of intermenstrual pain and appearance of characteristic vaginal mucus discharge occurred in 5.7% and 20% of ovulatory cycles, if these phenomena are taken as criteria for ovulation. Ovulation day occurred within the range of 8th to 15th day in 91.4% of ovulatory cycles in the chemical method and in 89.8% of ovulatory cycles in the BBT method. The study shows that ovulation detection by either chemical examination of urine or BBT record has some degree of reliability, but intermenstrual pain or characteristic vaginal mucus discharge have limited value.
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PMID:A comparative study of some methods of detecting ovulation. 443 40

In a paediatric surgical practice over a 10 year period, 59 children presenting with left sided abdominal pain, acute or chronic, were investigated and followed up to identify the cause. Only two were found to have an identifiable surgically significant cause, one being hydronephrosis and the other being congenital uterine abnormality. Other causes suspected were Mittelschmerz, faecal retention or gastroenteritis, functional, abdominal migraine and allergy. Two boys developed torsion of the testis within 2 years of an episode of left sided abdominal pain. This is considered significant and the examination of boys with left sided abdominal pain should include careful scrutiny of the testis and assessment of its disposition with the boy standing. In both sexes investigation should focus initially on the urinary tract.
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PMID:Left sided abdominal pain in childhood. 794 70