Background: There is no standard surgical management of Riedl’s thyroditis because it is rare. Indications of surgery in Riedel’s thyroiditis are obstructive symptoms, inability to diagnose the patient using non-invasive tools such as fine needle aspiration (FNA), and suspicions of malignancy. The extensive fibrosis that involves the surrounding structures prevents the surgeon from performinga complete surgery free of complications.
O aleitamento materno prolongado é compreendidocomo a amamentação por mais de ano de idade da criança, sendo ainda importante fonte de nutrientes e de proteção contra doenças infecciosas. Acredita-se que aspectos sociais e culturais podem influenciar no processo de amamentação-desmame, sendo assim, o presente estudo teve como objetivo analisar as influências sociais no processo do aleitamento materno prolongado.
Objetivo: descrever a implantação da disciplina Práticas Integrativas Complementares em Saúde, sob perspectiva de uma mestranda. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo, de abordagem qualitativa, tipo relato de experiência.
Siddha is one of the ancient medical systems in India considered as the mother medicine of ancient Tamils/ Dravidians in South India. The word Siddha means “Established Truth” or “One who is accomplished. Bronchitis is the inflammation of the mucous lining of the bronchial tree (air passages) of the lungs. The process of making yarns from the textile fiber is called spinning. There are various type of spinning methods producing various types of yarns such as stable yarn, spinning filament yarn and multi-component yarns.
Paarvai paarthal is a traditionally practiced method of magical healing the poisonous bite. Study of traditional healing practices is an important area in the discipline of folklore and anthropology in traditional societies most of the bodily illness are related to supernatural power and several kinds of ritual, vows and offering are performed in order to heal the illness .it tries to understand how the body is culturally professed, purified and healed through rituals in a particular cultural context.
The objectives of this study were to assess the oral malodor in patients and analyze its association with prosthetic status of them. The study comprised 94 patients (60 males and 34 females) between the ages of 34 and 68 years old. This cross-sectional survey was carried out at the ENT department of the Metaxas Cancer hospital. Oral malodor was assessed by two clinician judges using the organoleptic method. There was agreement between the two clinicians. The prevalence of malodor was high (43,33%) in the men who worn complete or partial dentures.
To promote the improvement in the conditions of reproduction and birth of the indigenous population, one needs to understand that they have a different way to deal with their health needs, especially regarding maternity. This study aimed to identify the socio-cultural and health factors related to the process of indigenous childbirth.
Objective: To identify, in the literature, the strategies for tracking and monitoring diabetic foot in nurses' practice. Method: Integrative review conducted in the MEDLINE, CINAHL, Web of Science, BDENF and LILACS bibliographic databases, between 2002 and 2018, totaling 23 articles. Results: The main strategies for diabetic foot tracking were the 10 g Semmes-Weinstein monofilament, the 128 Hz tuning fork, the assessment of the posterior and pedistibial pulses, the risk stratification, the ankle reflex and the Neuropathy Screening Instrument. from Michigan.
This work analyzed the practice of the transfusion audit carried out by the Hemovigilance and Supervision Department of the HEMOPA Foundation. It is a descriptive, documental, retrospective, quantitative study that analyzed the monthly reports of the transfusion audits conducted between 2015 and 2017. In this period, the hemovigilance sector visited 20 health institutions in the metropolitan region of Belém, which performed 36,217 transfusions, 7.3% of which were audited and 78.8% of them presented inadequacies or nonconformities in the process.
Our human body is made up of ninety six thathuvams. Alterations in any thatuvam results in Pathological states.Moolam results from derangement of Vatham and Pitham. This is best illustrated in the verse. "Anila Pithathonthamalathu Moolam Varathu- Tharayarsekarapa. It is fact that 50 – 85% of the world's population will be affected by haemorrhoids at one or another episode in their life time.