1 Diagnosis of ss Clinical Signs and Symptoms Many symptoms of SS are deceptively nonspecific, and the spectrum of clinical manifestations is very broad. Because SS is frequently seen in middle-aged women, symptoms of cutaneous, oral, and vaginal dryness may initially be attributed to menopause. ...
We present the case of a 53-year-old woman with a rapidly growing goitre with compressive symptoms. Computed tomography (CT) imaging was performed to examine the extent of disease and a biopsy showed B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma, stage I according to the Ann Arbor classification. The patient...
Acquired syphilis is classified as early (≤1 year from infection onset) and late (>1 year from infection onset). Irreversible organ damage and resulting symptoms may appear after years. The course of the disease is divided into stages based on manifestations, although manifestations characteristic ...
Although the constellation of signs and symptoms associated with fibromyalgia has been recorded in medical writings throughout history, sound methodologic studies supporting the existence of fibromyalgia as a distinct syndrome have only recently begun to appear. The emergence of scientifically derived classif...
11 In patients with known HF, there was an approximate dou bling of risk of hospitalization for worsening symptoms of HF in pa tients whose condition was stabilized with diuretics in whom a nonaspirin NSAID was initiated. There were no significant differences between the NSAIDs, and, in ...
Some of the common goals of physical therapy treatment are to decrease pain, improve muscle strength, retard atrophy, decrease swelling, decrease muscle spasm, increase the rate of tissue healing, remodel scar tissue, and improve function and independence in activities of daily living. Prevention...
1 Diagnosis of ss Clinical Signs and Symptoms Many symptoms of SS are deceptively nonspecific, and the spectrum of clinical manifestations is very broad. Because SS is frequently seen in middle-aged women, symptoms of cutaneous, oral, and vaginal dryness may initially be attributed to menopause. ...