Case report (Dr A Winter) A Peruvian man in his 30s was admitted as an emergency with a 3 week history of fluctuating temperatures and rigors, a worsening sore throat, and a 4 day history of non-bloody diarrhoea without significant abdominal pain. On further inquiry he denied respiratory, neurological, or urinary symptoms, but admitted to night sweats for the past 4 months and some 20 kg weight...

A 57-year-old woman presented in November 1978 with a two-month history of intermittent fever, an evanescent non-pruritic rash, loss of 10 kg, and generalised lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. Haemoglobin concentration was 7 8 g/dl, white cell count 316 x 109/1 (31 600/mm3), and platelet count 142 x 109/1. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate was 102 mm in first hour (Westergren), and Coombs te...

N., Mohammedan male, aged 30 years, reported sicic in the cooly lines at about 5-30 p.m. The history was that he had had no motion for three days; there was intense pain in the abdomen with bilious vomiting which started only that morning. On examination it was found that there was pain in general over the abdomen, aggravated by the slightest pressure, but most acute in the left iliac fossa, ri...

So far, there have been few previous reports of tuberculous spondylitis occurring after percutaneous vertebroplasty. We report an unusual case of tuberculous spondylitis diagnosed after percutaneous vertebroplasty in a patient who had a history of pulmonary tuberculosis for the first time. A 58-year-old woman, who had a history of complete recovery from pulmonary tuberculosis six years previous...

A 29-year-old man with a history of bulbar ulcer treated 2 years previously and chronic smoking at 13 packs/year was hospitalized for respiratory symptoms made up right basithoracic pain cough clear sputum without fever or progressive night sweats six months in context deterioration general condition. The clinical examination unremarkable.

Yoga classes designed for women with premenstrual syndrome are available, but their efficacy is unclear. We investigated the effects of 12 weeks' yoga exercise (yoga intervention) on premenstrual symptoms in menstruating females in Taiwan. Sixty-four subjects completed the yoga intervention, and before and after the intervention filled out a structured self-report questionnaire about their demo...

Abstract—Myocardial infarction is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Some of these deaths occur even before the patient reaches the hospital. Myocardial infarction occurs as a result of impaired blood supply. Because the most of these deaths are due to coronary artery disease, hence the awareness of the warning signs of a heart attack is essential. Some heart attacks are sudden an...

We report on a patient with a rare case of bilateral tension pneumothorax that occurred after acupuncture. A 69-year-old large-bodied man, who otherwise had no risk factors for spontaneous pneumothorax, presented with chest pressure, cold sweats and shortness of breath. Immediately after bilateral pneumothorax had been identified on a chest radiograph in the emergency room, his blood pressure a...