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Presented here is our own experience acquired in the course of one war-year in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovnia. Numerous factors that have altered the picture of a number of diseases, their frequency, character and intensity, and as a result, their diagnostica and therapy, have been noticed. Most frequent factors are the following: poorer personal and general states of hygiene, lower standard of living with general lack of food of all kinds, physical strains, exposure to psychotraumas, temperature and climatic changes, life in collective centres and siege, constant migrations of the population, captivity molesting and stay in prisoners camps. The problems, that the health service has, and that are greater than those of the population, have been pointed out. The following diseases have been registered: "common colds" which affect respiratory tract, peptic ulcers, dyspeption, gastritis, malnutrition, enterocolytis and TBC. The most frequent diseases of endocrine glands are: diabetes mellitus, thyreotoxicosis and hypertension. The prolonged hospital stay of the wounded and the patients, as long as 6-7 months, because of their waiting to be transported abroad, or to their homes, is criticized, because as a result of that hospitalisation of the acute patients has been impossible.
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PMID:[Internal diseases with special emphasis on endocrine disorders during war conditions]. 775 95

Gastropathy on the basis of mesenteric arterial ischemia can be masked in presentation as the typically more benign entities of gastritis, gastric ulceration, or gastric atony. Gastritis and ulceration are commonly associated with stress, hyperacidity, Helicobacter pylori infection, or medication injury. Gastric atony is less commonly seen and usually attributable to diabetes mellitus, vagotomy, or mechanical gastric outlet obstruction. Gastric ischemia as a cause of gastropathy is an underappreciated phenomenon with a particularly poor prognosis in which early diagnosis is essential to potentially successful intervention. Seven patients with ischemic gastropathy are described; all are women, aged 41 to 71 years, smokers, with hypertension. Nausea, vomiting, weight loss, and gastrointestinal bleeding were the common presenting symptoms. All patients had endoscopic or autopsy-proven gastric ulcerations or necrosis, and two patients had proven gastroparesis. Four of five patients with ischemic gastritis died within 3 months of diagnosis despite vascular reconstruction. The two patients with gastroparesis underwent aorto-celiac bypass and are well 9 and 20 months, respectively, after operation. Treatment results were distressingly unsatisfactory, especially in those patients in whom gastritis rather than gastroparesis was the presenting problem. Although the high mortality of mesenteric ischemia is well described, little documentation of gastric ischemia exists in the literature. This entity is generally not considered in the differential diagnosis of gastritis, ulceration, or gastroparesis. Empirically, an early diagnosis and treatment may improve the survival in this select patient group.
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PMID:Lethal nature of ischemic gastropathy. 848 53

It was shown that in patients with hypertension, duodenal and gastric ulcers and erosive gastritis leukopenia and lymphopenia are seen. At the same time contents of T- and B-lymphocytes are decreased and contents of C- lymphocytes are increased in circulation blood. Peroral daily intake of 20 mg of beta-carotene during 3-4 weeks caused increasing the contents of B- and T-cells and decreasing contents of C-lymphocytes in blood of patients.
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PMID:[Study of immunomodulating properties of beta-carotene in patients]. 856 Aug 70

This study was conducted to clarify the features of complications attending spinal cord injury (SCI). A comparison was made of the prevalence of disease among patients with SCI (SCIP) with that in the general population in Japan (National Livelihood Basic Survey). For this purpose, a survey was conducted on 244 males at 8 Rosai Rehabilitation Centers (Workman's Accident Compensation Rehabilitation Workshops). The average age was 49.6 years. To eliminate age effects on this parameter, the prevalence rates were expressed as standardized outpatient morbidity ratios (SOMRs), with the value for the general population set at 100. The SOMR data for cystitis were particularly high (16,278, p < 0.01). The SOMRs for other diseases were also high: renal diseases, 2,642; disorders of the skin, 361; gastritis, 339; and hepatic disorders, 381 (p < 0.01). These disorders may be regarded as primary or secondary lesions associated with SCI. SCIP with diseases associated with aging, such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus, are on the increase in Japan. The SOMR for hypertension was 250 (p < 0.01), and for diabetes mellitus it was 323 (p < 0.01).
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PMID:Problems in the health management of persons with spinal cord injury. 863 23

Our purpose in conducting this descriptive study was to assess the health-related concerns and experiences of a sample of employed perimenopausal women in Alexandria, Egypt. In addition, we explored their help-seeking behavior and their perception of symptoms. We interviewed two hundred working women ages 40-60 years, 42% of whom were nurses, using a semistructured interview form as well as Koos's list of symptoms. The commonly mentioned concerns, in order of frequency, were chronic headaches, chronic fatigue, transportation and phone communication problems, financial problems, job dissatisfaction, backaches, hypertension, kidney disease and gall bladder disease, gastritis/indigestion, menstrual disturbances, arthritis, AIDS, and hepatitis B. With respect to the problems experienced by the women in the past 6 months, there was a high self-reported prevalence of headaches, fatigue, transportation and communication problems, backaches, job dissatisfaction, dissatisfaction with health insurance, financial problems, menstrual disturbances, gastritis/indigestion, gall bladder disease, anxiety, disturbed sleep, and hypertension. Women attempted to manage their problems mainly by taking over-the-counter drugs and self-prescribing (75.5%), doing nothing or using traditional remedies (56.5%), and going to a doctor or health insurance office (40%). Symptoms perceived by the majority of the women as not needing medical attention included loss of appetite, persistent backache, bleeding gums, chronic fatigue, persistent headaches, and loss of weight. The influence of education and occupation on women's perceptions and practices is discussed.
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PMID:Health-related concerns and experiences of employed perimenopausal women in Alexandria, Egypt. 885 19

A total of 39 patients with chronic calculi-free cholecystopancreatitis were evaluated for the reoccurring motility (ROM) of the stomach and duodenum using the method of ionoballoonotensiocinesiography. All patients presented with different types ROM disturbances accompanied in most cases by duodenal hypertension, duodenogastric reflux and reflux-gastritis. The ROM state should be considered in prescribing pathogenetic combined conservative treatment. Principles allowing some judgement about the ROM state have been determined.
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PMID:[The significance of periodic gastric and duodenal motor activity in the clinical picture and combined treatment of patients with chronic acalculous cholecystopancreatitis]. 903 85

The article presents summarized results of treatment and examinations of 216 patients with gastro-intestinal bleedings due to acute errosive hemorrhagic gastritis and gastroduodenitis, cancer and polyposis of the stomach, liver cirrhosis and portal hypertension, hemorrhage against the background of atherosclerosis and arterial hypertension by administration of hemostatic medicine into the lymphatic system for activation and reinforcement of the reserve monocyte-macrophage mechanism of hemocoagulation. The results obtained confirm the expedience of this method of influencing the monocyte-macrophage hemostasis, having no complications and giving better medical effects.
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PMID:[Hemostatic therapy of gastroduodenal hemorrhage of non-ulcer genesis by the use of reserve mechanisms of hemostasis]. 961 18

Helicobacter pylori infection has been associated with acute and chronic gastritis, peptic ulcer disease, hypertension, and possibly gastric carcinoma and coronary artery disease. The prevalence of H pylori infection is more than 50% in people older than 60 years; however, the prevalence is not known in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI) or cerebrovascular accidents who are treated in inpatient rehabilitation services. This report describes 10 symptomatic patients with TBI and strokes who were diagnosed with and treated for H pylori infection after transfer to a neurorehabilitation unit during a 12-month period. Physicians who treat patients with TBI and stroke need to be aware of the possible high prevalence of H pylori infection in their patients. The authors recommend H pylori screening for symptomatic patients in neurorehabilitation units and providing definitive treatment to prevent recurrent gastrointestinal bleeding, peptic ulcer disease, and gastritis.
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PMID:Symptomatic Helicobacter pylori infection in a neurorehabilitation population. 977 87

In order to study the health status of 3,333 old people (over 60) in Chengdu city, a survey was carried out from May 1996 to Nov. 1996. Results revealed that 79.4% of old people had a history of chronic diseases. The first ten common chronic diseases were stated as follows: rheumatic arthritis, hypertension, benign prostatic hypertrophy, chronic bronchitis, cataract, chronic gastritis, osteoarthrosis, asthma and diabetes mellitus. There were significant differences of body weight index, vision and auditus disorder among old people according to their age (P < 0.01). As ageing grows, old people's physical condition and daily-life-capacity decline. In order to improve the quality of life among the aged, following aspects as popularizing health education on self care, strengthening programs on prevention and care of chronic diseases, expanding the medical and nursing services in community and easier access to hospitalization etc should be promoted.
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PMID:[Study on health status of 3,333 old people in Chengdu City, Sichuan Province]. 1032 99

A primary mucosa associated lymphoid tissue tumor (MALT) of the kidney in a 50-year-old man who suffered from on therapy resistant high blood pressure over 15 years period is presented. A mass in the right kidney (6x5x3 cm) during routine check up was discovered on ultrasonography and confirmed on CT scan and NMR. The patient was submitted to nephrectomy. A mass involving kidney, pyelon and upper part of the ureter was found. Histology showed low grade non-Hodgkin B-cell lymphoma of MALT type. The neoplastic cells were positive for monoclonal antibodies CD20, CD79alpha, surface and cytoplasmic and IgM immunoglobulins and showed light chain restriction (kappa+). After histology was available, a careful staging was performed. The disease was not found anywhere else. It was concluded that the patient belonged to the stage IE of primary kidney MALT lymphoma. Gastroscopy showed signs of chronic superficial gastritis. Urease test was positive and IgG antibodies against Helicobacter pylori in titer 421 were found as well. Except for Helicobacter pylori no additional therapy was given.
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PMID:Primary MALT lymphoma of the kidney. 1065 Nov 24


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