During the menopausal transition, women frequently develop vasomotor symptoms. However, unpleasant symptoms may accompany this which can have a severe influence on daily functioning and overall quality of life. This article discusses cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for suffering from such as worry, stress, poor mood, hot flushes, night sweats, well how thoughts, physical symptoms, behaviour...

Hot flushes and night sweats are one of the most common signs of a lack of oestrogen caused by the menopause. The length of these symptoms varies enormously. If they are extremely frequent during the first few years after the menopause (figure 1) they will continue for 20 % of women from 70-74 years of age (figure 2). HRT (Hormone Replacement Treatment), from the time that it brings a sufficien...

In this report, nine patients with insulinoma who were operated on between 19H5 and I <J<J3 at the Shohada Medical Center affiliated to the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences in Tehran are presented. There were three males and six females (male to female ratio I :2) and the patients' age ranged from 23 to 60 years old (mean age 37.6 years old). Duration of symptoms was from thr...

Background: Brucellosis pericarditis is an extremely rare involvement of the cardiovascular system with Brucella species that has worldwide distribution and is endemic in many provinces of Iran. Case presentation: The present report describes an exceptional case of pericardial involvement by Brucella melitensis in a 50- year-old woman. The patient presented with night sweats, mild fever, wei...

tuberculosis is an infection which may influence many organs while ocular tuberculosis (tb) is amongst the rarest infectious diseases with no sign of systemic disease. a fifty-six-year- old female with complaint of gradual loss of visual acuity, weight loss, night sweats and purulent discharge from medial canthus and non-productive coughs. in general, tuberculosis in endemic areas, even the rar...

Armillifer parasites, belonging to the Pentastomida subclass, are commonly known cause infection in animals, particularly reptiles. Although rare, cases of humans have been reported. Most asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic, with severe presentations being uncommon. Symptoms can vary depending on whether nymph is encysted actively dying, leading immune-mediated reactions. Diagnostic imaging find...