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The Texas Department of Health sampled for formaldehyde (HCHO) in 443 mobile homes between April, 1979, and May, 1982, at the request of the occupants. Colorimetric detector tubes were used most frequently for sample acquisition. HCHO concentrations ranged from below detectable limits (less than 0.5 ppm) to 8.0 ppm. Twenty-seven percent of homes one year of age or less had mean concentrations equal to or greater than 2.0 ppm while 11.5% of older homes had concentrations of 2.0 ppm or more. An inverse relationship is demonstrated between home age and HCHO level. The primary health complaints reported were headaches, respiratory discomfort, and ocular irritation. Evidence of a dose-response relationship was not present.
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PMID:Formaldehyde complaint investigations in mobile homes by the Texas Department of Health. 399 45

The Gardner-Diamond Syndrome is an infrequently diagnosed impressive psychosomatosis. The patients (exclusively female) suffering from this disorder are described as "angry young women". They are considered hysterical, masochistic, depressive, hostile and timid. Physically the syndrome is characterized by atypical, painful, apparently spontaneous skin bleeding in young women and these patients look like they have been beaten, injured or are seriously ill. Besides hematoma, renal hemorrhage, uterine hemorrhage, headaches or unconsciousness as well as numerous symptoms of conversion in the narrower sense of the word have been observed, e.g. loss speech, gait deviation, or feelings of discomfort. To this day the pathophysiological peculiarity that enables the patients to transform subconscious psychic events into the specific temporary alteration in the permeability of the capillary walls being a constitutional variant characteristic of females suffering from Gardner-Diamond Syndrome and activated by psychic stimuli. In the case history presented, the problem is the psychic working out of narcissistic injuries in the context of a borderline structure. These injuries turn into physical symptoms analogous to the process of conversion. Since, in this case, there is no question of a defense against oedipal fantasies one would prefer to speak of a "narcissistic conversion". Quite peculiar is the universally described resemblance of the patients to one another. The syndrome, together with the character and psychodynamic features, is repeated in almost a stereotypical manner. An explanation for this phenomenon cannot be expected even from the discovery of a pathophysiological detail in the blood vessels. Rather, we are confronted with one of those extremely rare syndromes where, in a limited field, physical and psychic events are completely blended. The physical events such as affects and defense mechanisms for which they can be substituted at random and without mutual interference. It is as though these disorders had retained a phylogenetically lost unity and primeval capability of interchanging psychic and somatic structures and, so to speak, preserved them in the manner of a museum. These syndromes make us surmise that in processes of somatization a recourse to ancient, long-faded psychosomatic relationships may play a certain role.
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PMID:[Borderline structure and painful skin hemorrhages: a case of Gardner-Diamond syndrome]. 400 87

Twenty-one patients with primary empty sella were studied with computed tomography iopamidol cisternography. Ten milliliters of iopamidol at a concentration of 200 mg I/mL was administered intrathecally via the lumbar route. Eleven patients had a partial and 10 a complete empty sella. In six cases the third ventricle had prolapsed to the level of the interclinoid plane. There was no relationship between the clinical presentation and the grade of empty sella. The quality of the images obtained was always good or excellent. Cisternographies were performed in all of the patients although in 13 of them the correct diagnosis could have been achieved with a standard contrast-medium-enhanced computed tomography scan. The overall complication rate was 29%. Four patients (19%) had mild headaches and nausea; two patients (10%) had more severe side effects: vomiting, discomfort, and meningism. Computed tomographic cisternography with low-concentration iopamidol is a safe diagnostic procedure that allows a definite visualization of the anatomic alterations that occur in patients with empty sella. We think that this procedure should always be employed in symptomatic patients.
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PMID:Computed tomographic cisternography with iopamidol in the diagnosis of primary empty sella. 401 53

Symptoms related to menstruation are reported in 140 Swiss girls according to postmenarcheal and chronological age. Premenstrual abdominal pains were present in 9-28% of the girls, depending on postmenarcheal age (i.e. years after menarche) (2-30% depending on chronological age). Dysmenorrhoea occurred in 44-64% of the girls according to postmenarcheal age (51-67% according to chronological age). Occasional severe dysmenorrhoea was the type most often reported, by 20-35% of the girls. Large intra-individual and inter-individual variabilities in the occurrence and severity of dysmenorrhoea were observed. The frequency of dysmenorrhoea increased in the first three postmenarcheal years and decreased thereafter. The prevalence of premenstrual headache was low, 0-5%. The frequency of headache during menstruation was 2-11% according to postmenarcheal age (2-19% by chronological age) which was low in comparison with other studies. Severe menstrual headache was more often reported than mild headache. Frequency of severe headache decreased in higher age groups. Other reported symptoms related to menstruation were general discomfort in 1-10% of the girls and premenstrual vaginal discharge in 10-22% according to postmenarcheal age (3-17% according to chronological age). Severe vaginal discharge was more frequent than mild discharge, 8-20% versus 0-3%. The frequency of vaginal discharge increased from the first to the fourth year after menarche.
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PMID:Symptoms related to menstruation in adolescent Swiss girls: a longitudinal study. 403 16

Both epidural and spinal anesthesia have advantages and disadvantages for cesarean section. Compared to general anesthesia, regional offers reduced maternal mortality, the ability to use fewer drugs, more direct experience of childbirth and the capability to decrease blood loss and provide excellent postoperative pain control. The disadvantages of regional anesthesia include hypotension, intraoperative discomfort, post-lumbar-puncture headache and the potential for neurologic and cardiac toxicity from local anesthetics. The choice of which anesthetic technique to employ must depend on maternal preference, the experience and skills of the anesthesiologist, and the obstetric indication for the cesarean section.
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PMID:Advantages and disadvantages of regional anesthesia for cesarean section. A review. 407 16

Subjective symptoms and discomfort were evaluated by means of a questionnaire and compared between approximately 400 video display terminal (VDT) operators and 150 selected referents. Previous and current illnesses, educational status, and smoking and drinking habits were also studied. The results showed the VDT operators to have more eye discomfort and possibly also more musculoskeletal discomfort in the shoulders, neck, and back than the referents. The VDT group also reported more skin disorders. In addition, women reported consistently more disorders than men, regardless of whether or not they were employed in VDT work. Women in general displayed greater morbidity than men. Eye discomfort, musculoskeletal discomfort, headache, and skin disorders were found to be significantly correlated in the material. The results also indicated that total daily workhours and time spent looking at the VDT screen were related to the degree of discomfort. Even when the subjects were divided into subgroups with reference to the various enterprises, the types of work and the makes of VDT, the differences obtained in the degree of discomfort appeared to be due to variations in the length of workhours.
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PMID:Work with video display terminals among office employees. I. Subjective symptoms and discomfort. 409 24

This is the second report in a major epidemiologic health investigation on work with a video display terminal (VDT). The first study showed that VDT operators reported more eye discomfort than a reference group not employed in VDT work and that women reported more eye discomfort, musculoskeletal complaints, headache, and skin disorders than men, regardless of whether they worked with a VDT or not. The present report contains the results of the occupational hygiene measurements (indoor climate, lighting and electrostatic conditions). Considerable differences were found between VDT operators and referents and also between sexes. Indications were obtained of a possible relationship between eye discomfort and luminance ratios in the working field of vision. Otherwise, no association could be established between occupational exposure factors and subjective eye discomfort, musculoskeletal complaints, headache, or skin disorders.
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PMID:Work with video display terminals among office employees. II. Physical exposure factors. 409 25

The present study is the fourth of a major epidemiologic health investigation on work with a video display terminal (VDT). The other studies showed that VDT operators replying to questionnaires have more eye discomfort than a reference group of office employees not employed in VDT work and that women have more eye discomfort, musculoskeletal complaints, headache, and skin disorders than men. Routine ophthalmologic examinations failed to establish any appreciable differences between the groups; for example, the prevalence of myopia was the same. In the present study, the VDT operators and referents were examined before and at the end of work sessions for changes in refraction, accommodation, convergence capacity, and binocular vision such as heterophoria and fusion range. No differences could be established between the VDT operators and the referents.
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PMID:Work with video display terminals among office employees. IV. Refraction, accommodation, convergence and binocular vision. 409 26

Recent European literature on the frequency of side effects of ovulation inhibitors is reviewed. Libido changes, gastrointestinal symptoms, weight gain, headache, breast discomfort, amenorrhea, premenstrual syndrome, jaundice, and breakthrough bleeding were commonly reported. Although these side effects are quite frequent, the author points out that they are mostly minor, and that ovulation inhibitors are relatively harmless.
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PMID:[Side effects of ovulation inhibitors]. 589 81

The present paper introduces the Tension Mannequin, a self-report questionnaire on which tension levels of various muscle groups are rated. In Experiment 1 this instrument was administered to 44 normal adults preceding and following relaxation training. Questionnaire results revealed that subjects used three tension level ratings across muscles. Only 14% of the sample rated all muscle groups identically. Pre-training correlations between the individual muscle ratings and a general rating of tension suggested that the general rating was made by averaging tension in various muscle sites. The questionnaire appeared to be sensitive to the effects of relaxation training since pre- and post-comparisons of all muscle groups were significantly different. Experiment 2 investigated whether the questionnaire would differentiate subjects suffering at least three tension headaches per week from those reporting less than three. Results revealed that the frequent headache group had greater subjective tension in the forehead and neck. A case example illustrates how the Tension Mannequin revealed the importance of back discomfort to a patient's experience of tension headaches and general tension.
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PMID:The assessment of subjective tension levels among several muscle groups: the tension mannequin. 624 Dec 1


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