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The symptoms and perceptions of menopause of 60 Australian women were studied, by questionnaire, when they were premenopausal and 10 years later when they were postmenopausal. Menopausal symptoms expected and experienced by the women were compared, fewer women experiencing hot flushes, headache, depression and nervousness and more experiencing insomnia, increase in appetite, abdominal fullness, numbness and muscular problems. The symptoms women thought were due to hormonal changes at menopause were compared. In 1993 more women cited osteoporosis, insomnia, loss of libido, obesity and loss of muscle tone as due to hormone change while fewer cited depression. The premenstrual symptoms and their severity experienced by a woman when she was premenopausal significantly predicts the type and severity of the menopausal symptoms experienced by the woman. The expected menopausal symptoms and their severity cited by a woman also significantly predicts the type of severity of the menopausal symptoms experienced. More premenstrual symptoms predict the menopausal symptoms than those menopausal symptoms the women expected. The expectation menopause will be 'a relief' or 'a nuisance' significantly predicted the overall menopause experience described by the women. Their negative attitudes about doctors' understanding and information available about menopause remained unchanged but they forget menstrual cycle problems over the 10 years. The results suggest a possible physiological basis for premenstrual and menopausal symptoms. Assistance for women with their premenstrual and menstrual cycle symptoms may improve their quality of life at menopause.
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PMID:Changes in Australian women's perception of the menopause and menopausal symptoms before and after the climacteric. 771 63

A 56-year-old woman with obesity and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus presented with a two-day history of abdominal fullness and vomiting. No fever, flank pain or dysuria was present. On admission, her blood urea nitrogen concentration was 74 mg per deciliter and the serum creatinine concentration was 3.5 mg per deciliter. Laboratory data revealed an elevated white blood cell count (11.72 x 10(3)/ml), blood sugar (826 mg/dl), pyuria (WBC 30-50/HPF) and negative urine ketone. A plain abdominal radiograph revealed right renal stones and localized air accumulation at the left upper abdominal area.
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PMID:Emphysematous pyelonephritis with acute renal failure. 1861 55