We present and discuss a 30-month investigation of a patient that presented with abdominal pain, postprandial diarrhea, bloating, and night sweats and was treated for Crohn's disease without significant improvement. The patient underwent an ileocecetomy with removal of an atonic segment with resolution of functional gastrointestinal symptoms, but profound night sweats continued postoperatively....

Learning Objectives: 1. Perimenopause, although characterized as a time of dropping estradiol, involves chaotic estrogen levels that average >20% higher and intermittently are extremely high and ovulatory disturbances with decreasing progesterone levels. 2. Perimenopause begins and is most symptomatic when cycles remain regular. 3. Perimenopause is highly symptomatic for more than 20% of women—...

•Primary Burkitt lymphoma of the uterus is a rare disease.•Differential of postmenopausal bleeding and night sweats should include lymphoma.•Outpatient endometrial sampling expedites diagnosis of endometrial malignancy.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a global health issue affecting millions of people every year. Previous articles displayed cases TB resulting from contaminated bone grafts used in spinal surgeries. However, deeper understanding about the serious consequences for patients affected by TB-infected lacking. Here, we discuss three unique who contracted after undergoing lumbar surgery. We describe patient which...

45-year-old female presenting initially with fever, nonproductive cough, night sweats, pleuritic chest pain, fatigue and weight loss over the past month.

BACKGROUND In Western countries hormone replacement therapy (HT) is widely used in the treatment of climacteric women who are affected with hot flashes and night sweats. Besides, long-term HT was frequently used to manage the higher risks for osteoporosis and heart attack in postmenopause. Estrogens alone or combined with progestin feature most frequently in HT. OBJECTIVES This HTA report add...

Oestrogen therapy is the gold standard treatment for hot flushes/night sweats, but it and oestrogen/progestin are not suitable for all women. MPA (medroxyprogesterone acetate) reduces hot flushes, but its effectiveness compared with oestrogen is unknown. In the present study, oral oestrogen [CEE (conjugated equine oestrogen)] and MPA were compared for their effects on hot flushes in a planned a...