This is a very uncommon form of tic disorder found in 1 in 10,000 children, especially males. The disorder usually begins in the school age period, and initially the child develops motor tics, affecting any muscle group in the body. Very often the tics then become more prominent, affecting multiple parts of the body, and [...]
SPUTUM CULTURE Sputum, or phlegm, is usually present if your child has a chest infection. Most young children cough up the sputum and then immediately swallow it, so it is very difficult to obtain a specimen. Older children are better able to co-operate. The specimen is sent to the laboratory as soon as possible, checked [...]
It is always tennis. Morning, noon, and night, it’s tennis. He has tennis cuff links and he doesn’t even have French cuffs on his shirts. I hate tennis and I couldn’t play it anyway because of my knee. I mean it. To him, love is just a tennis score. WIFE Balancing our needs for recreation [...]
We have some organs which can be partly or completely removed, even though they have functions which are essential to life. Removal is possible because there are ways of naturally or artificially restoring the functions of these organs. Sometimes this is possible because the organs have a lot of reserve. For example, if ninety per [...]
Hodgkin’s disease usually begins as a painless, progressive enlargement of the lymph glands. Those glands in the neck are most commonly affected, but the condition may occur elsewhere, particularly in glands along the great blood vessels which are inside the chest or abdomen. Sometimes the disease appears to be localised and very slowly progressive. In [...]
This is most noticeable in the legs due to the effect of gravity. Pre-eclampsia is commoner in younger mothers in first pregnancies. The first sign is a rise in the blood pressure. High blood pressure or hypertension can be present before pregnancy and then she will need close watching throughout because high blood pressure itself [...]
The typical stress victim is overly conscientious, of above-average intelligence, ambitious, dependable, responsible, energetic, exacting, frequently perfectionist, impatient, and demanding of himself and others. Usually he has difficulty in relaxing and a strong need for recognition and success. He is a ‘high pressure type’, often holding middle-management positions that require precision, efficiency and organization. Most [...]
This glossary describes of some of the key foods that can form part of a low G.I. diet. Apples (G.I. of 38) • Easy-to-incorporate into the diet as a low G.I. food—an average apple will add 3 grams of fibre to your diet. They are also high in pectin which lowers their G.I. factor. Apple [...]
Adjustment in living systems: The biological model To cater for the dynamic nature of energetics in living systems, a second phase of thinking in the field incorporated rates of change, i.e: Rate of change of energy stores= Rate of energy intake (EI) – Rate of energy expenditure (EE) The use of ‘rates’ in this equation [...]
A conservative laparotomy for endometriosis is surgery which attempts to remove or destroy as much endometriosis and as many adhesions as possible while still retaining the uterus and at least one ovary and fallopian tube so that conception and pregnancy are possible. It will also try to correct any other problems of the reproductive organs [...]