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In Britain the government is currently proposing legislation that will encourage welfare recipients to gain employment. A central tenet of this 'welfare to work' policy is that employment will not only reduce the poverty of welfare recipients, but also improve their health. This research assessed the extent to which the movement from 'welfare to work' is likely to benefit the mental and physical health of lone mothers with preschool children. The sample was 719 lone mothers and a comparison group of 8779 women with partners drawn from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ALSPAC). Data collected by self completion questionnaire at 33 months postpartum provided information about average weekly take home family income and the mother's employment status. The health outcomes measured were general well being, both minor and major depression (using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale), self report of respiratory symptoms (cough/cold, wheeze, influenza) from 18-33 months postpartum and self report of symptoms common in the childbearing years (backache, haemorrhoids) also from 18-33 months postpartum. Lone mothers who were not employed were the poorest group in the sample; 94% of this group (402) had a family income of less than pound sterling 200 per week, compared with 72% (188) of lone mothers who were employed, 25% (905) of partnered women who were not employed and 12% (466) of partnered women who were employed. Lone mothers were significantly more likely than women with partners to report poorer well being (chi2 = 11.7, df = 3, P = 0.01), to have a major depressive disorder (chi2 = 92.6, df = 1, P = 0.0001) and to report wheeze (chi2 = 31.1, df = 1, P = 0.0001), but significantly less likely to report cough/cold (chi2 = 9.9, df = 1, P = 0.0001) or haemorrhoids (chi2 = 16.6, df = 1, P = 0.0001). Lone mothers who were unemployed and living on less than pound sterling 100 per week were significantly more likely to be depressed (chi2 = 3.9, df = 1, P = 0.05) than those who were employed and living on pound sterling 200 or more per week, and significantly less likely to report cough/cold (chi2 = 3.8, df = 1, P = 0.05). Logistic regression analyses showed no significant independent association between employment and better health for lone mothers. Rather, when compared with lone mothers who were not working, those who were employed were more likely to report minor respiratory symptoms such as cough/cold (OR = 1.51, 95% CI = 1.00,2.31). Overall, the results suggested that the movement from 'welfare to work' is unlikely to improve the health of lone mothers.
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PMID:Does employment improve the health of lone mothers? The ALSPAC Study Team. Avon Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood. 1041 45

In February 1998, an outbreak of acute febrile illness was reported from the Kapalata military camp in Kisangani, the Democratic Republic of Congo. The illness was characterized by an acute onset of fever associated with severe headache, arthralgia, backache, neurologic signs, abdominal pain, and coughing. In 1 individual, hemorrhagic manifestations were observed. The neurologic signs included an altered level of consciousness, convulsions, and coma. Malaria was initially suspected, but the patients showed negative blood films and failed to respond to antimicrobial drugs. A total of 35 sera collected from the military patients in the acute phase were tested for the presence of IgM against vector-borne agents. Serum IgM antibodies against West Nile fever virus were found in 23 patients (66%), against Chikungunya virus in 12 patients (34%), against dengue virus in 1 patient (3%), and against Rickettsia typhi in 1 patient (3%). All sera were negative for IgM antibody against Rift Valley fever virus, Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus, and Sindbis virus. These data suggest that infections with West Nile fever virus have been the main cause of the outbreak.
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PMID:An outbreak of West Nile fever among migrants in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. 1067 64

Vascular hamartoma of the mediastinum is a rare benign vascular tumor. A 13-year-old girl presented with back pain, persistent coughing, palpitation, and angina pectoris. Preoperative investigations demonstrated an enlarging mass involving the superior mediastinum extending posteriorly (T6-T8). An encapsulated, 6x5x3 cm dark purplish mass adherent to the aortic wall was found. The main mediastinal mass was totally excised but limited resection was carried out in the paravertebral region. Microscopic examination revealed a vascular hamartoma.
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PMID:Vascular hamartoma of the mediastinum: a case report. 1077 Jun 89

We describe two cases of atypical carcinoid of the thymus. One was an 82-year-old woman with complaints of nonproductive cough and back pain, and the other a 64-year-old woman with no symptoms. Computed tomography scans of the chest in both cases revealed a large mass in the anterior mediastinum. Multiple metastases to bone and liver were also noted in the former case. Histological examination of their tumors revealed that the tumor cells were arranged in a nested, trabecular, or pseudorosette pattern, with increased numbers of mitoses, nuclear pleomorphism, and presence of necrosis. In addition, immunohistochemically, the cells stained for neuron-specific enolase, synaptophysin and chromogranin A. Combination chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin and etoposide was performed as initial chemotherapy in the former case and as adjuvant therapy in the latter. The former patient achieved a short-term partial response. It is important to differentiate atypical carcinoid from other thymic tumors, since such tumors including thymoma have a much better prognosis than does atypical carcinoid.
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PMID:Two cases of atypical carcinoid of the thymus. 1103 Feb 10

Blastomycosis is an unusual fungal infection in children. It is often a chronic infection characterized by granulomatous and suppurative lesions. Clinical manifestations include either pulmonary findings or disseminated disease. Disseminated blastomycosis usually begins with a lung infection that spreads to the skin, bones, and central nervous system. This is a case report of a child with chronic blastomycosis presenting with chronic paronychia, fever, cough, malaise, and back pain. The child underwent surgical drainage of a paravertebral abscess and administration of intravenous amphotericin B. He was discharged in good condition on oral therapy with ketoconazole. The literature on blastomycosis, with particular emphasis on clinical presentations and management, is reviewed. When the history and physical examination suggest a chronic granulomatous or disseminated disease, such as tuberculosis, the physician must include blastomycosis in the differential.
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PMID:Chronic paronychia, osteomyelitis, and paravertebral abscess in a child with blastomycosis. 1103 69

The aim of the study was to identify factors that predict low-back pain outcome at 12 months and thus to identify patients at risk for poor long-term outcomes. One hundred-eighty patients, all disabled by acute low-back pain, were included. Outcome (dependent) variables were Oswestry disability score, recurrences during the study year, and chronicity defined as 90 or more days off work for low-back pain during the study year, or a disease-specific sick-leave rate (a variable created by the authors) of more than 25%. Stepwise logistic regression analysis was performed. Thirty-three percent of the patients had an Oswestry score greater than 25, indicating moderate disability at the 1-year follow-up evaluation. Pain on coughing at study entry predicted a high likelihood of disability at 1 year, with a threefold risk. Many work days missed as a result of low-back pain in the past 2 years and lack of stimulating work tasks predicted recurrences during the year. A high Oswestry score assessed at study entry was the only factor that predicted chronicity. The factors revealed in the current study should help the clinician to identify patients at risk. The authors propose that the revealed predictors should be investigated extensively at the patient's first visit for acute low-back pain.
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PMID:Prediction of functional disability, recurrences, and chronicity after 1 year in 180 patients who required sick leave for acute low-back pain. 1113 77

A 32yr-old nonsmoking male, diagnosed as having X-linked agamma-globulinemia, presented with fever, cough with purulent sputum, a very intense back pain and a mass of 10 centimetres in lower left lobe. Diagnostic evaluation revealed a squamous cell carcinoma with very aggressive metastases at L3. Malignancies are the second leading cause of death in children and adults with congenital immunodeficiency disorders, mostly non-Hodgkin lymphomas and gastric and colon adenocarcinomas, but this is the first report of lung cancer in a patient with X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Lung cancer incidence has been reported to be higher in patients with other diseases of the lung, however, there is no clear evidence of the role of bronchiectasis in developing lung cancer. It is possible that a longer survival for patients with X-LA recently diagnosed, and an association of chronic bronchial infection, could favour the development of pulmonary neoplasm.
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PMID:X-linked agammaglobulinaemia and squamous lung cancer. 1140 38

We report our experience of segmental bronchial atresia managed with segmental resection under video-assisted thoracic surgery. A 23-year-old woman reporting a cough, dyspnea, and back pain underwent segmental resection in which a stapling device was used under video-assisted thoracic surgery. Her postoperative course was uneventful with minimal pain and a disappearance of preoperative symptoms after surgery. Once an accurate preoperative diagnosis can be established, video-assisted thoracic segmentectomy together with the use of a stapling device is considered to be feasible.
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PMID:Segmental bronchial atresia of the left upper lobe treated with segmental resection under video-assisted thoracic surgery. 1144 58

We report successful repair of a ruptured chronic aortic dissection in a 63-year-old female who had undergone end-to-end anastomosis for acute type A dissection 8 years before. The patient had hypotension with back pain and cough. A computed tomogram revealed a large chronic aortic dissection (Stanford type A) and complete atelectasis of the left lung due to hemothorax. The brachiocephalic artery was also dissected and aneurysmal. Emergency surgery was performed. Subtotal thoracic aortic replacement with reconstruction of 4 cervical vessels was carried out using hypothermic circulatory arrest with selective cerebral perfusion via a redo-sternotomy and a left anterolateral thoracotomy. The patient was discharged from the hospital without any sequelae.
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PMID:Subtotal thoracic aortic replacement as reoperation for ruptured aortic dissection: report of a case. 1174 63

In this paper, recipes for 41 herbal remedies used for treating 25 illnesses in traditional medicine in Swaziland are reported. Preparation of the herbal remedies involved the use of different parts of 47 species from 32 families, some of which have never been described previously in the flora of Swaziland. Descriptions of the plants used, the preparation of each remedy, dosage, route of administration and medical uses are reported. Some of the diseases the remedies are used to treat include asthma, backache, candidiasis, cardiac problems, cough, diarrhoea, dizziness, eye problems, constipation, menorrhagia, painful shoulders, scabies, threatened abortion, toothache, ulcers and vomiting among others. The remedies were obtained from traditional medical practitioners (TMPs) in an ethnomedical survey carried out in the Manzini region of Swaziland. Voucher samples of the plants used for the remedies were collected, identified and deposited in the National Herbarium of Swaziland.
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PMID:Some herbal remedies from Manzini region of Swaziland. 1174 3


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