We studied the thyroid dysfunction occurrence in the adult people who went through health examinations in Kutchan Kosei General Hospital between April 2, 2007 and March 31, 2008.Enrolled in this study were 1,647 adult men and 1,104 adult women. However, 17 men and 51 women were excluded from the study because they had histories of thyroid diseases.Serum FT3 and FT4 values were lower in women than in men. Likewise, serum TSH values for women were higher than those for men.Hypothyroidism (low serum FT3 and FT4 levels) occurred more frequently in women than in men. More women than men showed serum TSH values over 49.1μU/ml.
Human Females ; Male population group ; Adult ; Serum ; Desiccated thyroid

Voluntary work in our hospital by women belonging to the Women's Division of the Agricultural Cooperatives Association (JA) in Nagano got started in 1973, when the hospital accepted the organized activity of the women. In the beginning, participants were mostly officials of the Women's Division, but later on, other people joined them. They formed a society of volunteers known as Aspara Kai. The voluntary activities are wide-ranging from those directly concerned with care of patients to collecting materials. They have played an important role as a bridge connecting health care to the community by telling people how things are going on in the hospital. Among the activities our hospital sponsors or supports, there are short courses in nursing care, health, mutual help and so on. Doctors and many other specialists on the hospital staff participate in these projects as volunteer lecturers. To enrich the content of these activities, we wish to join hands more tightly with the agricultural cooperatives and become a bearer of health care, medical service and welfare in the region. By carrying out our activities with a sense of unity, comprehensively and efficiently, we will be able to build a society of mutual aid.
seconds ; Hospitals ; Transection, NOS ; Human adult females ; Voluntary

Tubo-ovarian abscess (TOA) requires admission to hospital, i.v. antibiotics and, possibly, aspiration or surgery. A 35-year-old woman who was G2P1 was brought into the emergency department because of acute abdomen. A transvaginal ultrasonography demonstrated bilateral cystic adnexal tumors and a moderate amount of ascites suspected to be puss. Laparoscopic examination revealed that the left and right adnexa each formed an inflammatory mass. The left and right tubo-ovarian abscesses both formed masses, and the ovaries were indistinguishable from the tubes and other inflammatory tissues. Laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was indispensable. Bacterial culture showed no bacterial growth. Performance of laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy was indispensable due to bilateral tubo-ovarian abscesses in this patient.
Right and left ; Laparoscopic ; Young ; Ovarian ; Human adult females