Background: Premature menopause is a frequently overlooked condition with significant morbidity without timely intervention. Objective: This descriptive study explored the perceptions, concerns, and health-seeking behavior of two women diagnosed with premature menopause, regarding their illness. Methods: Authors interviewed two nulligravid patients less than 30 years old diagnosed with premature menopause. Verbal consent was sought prior to the interview. An interview guide adapted from the Explanatory Model (Kleinman) to probe each patient's perceptions, concerns and health-seeking behaviour regarding PM was used. Data validation was immediately sought after the interview with each patient before analysis. Thematic analysis was used to explore the patients' perceptions (physical, psychological, and social effects of PM) and health-seeking behavior that resulted from these effects. Results: Results showed that vasomotor symptoms, infertility, and treatment costs are important issues for these patients to help them undertsand their illness. The neglected role of physicians in fully disclosing the effects of the disease is highlighted in one patient that hindered her from making informed choices for treatment. The behavioural responses of these patients were influenced by the following factors: ability to make informed decisions over disease management, degree of disruption of activities of daily living, infertility, amount of social and financial support. Conclusion Looking at the underlying motivations of women diagnosed with premature menopause about their illness may help physicians better understand patients' circumstances, how it affects them and their families, and their expected recovery process.
Health Behavior ; Iatrogenic Disease

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a lymphoangioproliferative condition linked to human herpesvirus-8. KS presents in four clinical variants: classic, iatrogenic, endemic, and AIDSrelated. The classic type has a chronic course and primarily affects people of Eastern European Jewish or Mediterranean heritage, with a higher incidence in males." Approximately 70% of patients respond partially or satisfactorily to treatment, 20% experience recurrence, and 10% show progression despite treatment.? Furthermore, there have been documented cases of self-regression in the classic type of KS.2
Sarcoma, Kaposi ; Iatrogenic Disease

Summary Phaeohyphomycosis refers to a heterogenous group of mycotic infections caused by dematiaceous fungi where unintentional traumatic inoculation accounts for majority of the cases. Herein, we are reporting a rare case of iatrogenic subcutaneous phaeohyphomycosis which is secondary to intravenous cannula placement.
Phaeohyphomycosis ; Iatrogenic Disease

At the Department of Allergy and Clinical immunology of Bach Mai Hospital from the year 1981 – 2003, study was performed in vivo on 1.728 patients of drug allergy and a control group of 143 healthy students without allergic history. Results showed that the positive rate of mastocyte degenerative reaction was 81.2%, of the test of lymphocyte transformation was 76.2%, applicated skin test was 66.7%. The highly accurate test such as the total IgE quantification and the determination of the number of thrombocyte in the forth of T lymphocyte were recommended for complementing, the diagnosis and for minotring the treatment of drug allergy. Methyl-prednisolon, Dimedron, vitamin C and glucose solution were the main medication for allergic control. Patients with Stevens-Johnson and Lyell syndromes required special cares such as for burn, preliminary good results were given for 100% of patients. Mean duration of the course of treatment got 9.6 6.8 days and for Stevens-Johnson syndrome 16.1  9.5 days.
Diagnosis ; Therapeutics ; Hypersensitivity ; Iatrogenic Disease

At the Department of Allergy and Clinical Immunology of Bach Mai Hospital in 1981-2003 year period, 1.728 patients with drug allergy and a controll group including 143 healthy students without allergic history were enrolled into study. Almost drug had been used in consultative clinic could make allergic reaction. 128 type of medicines could make diverse allergic reactions on 1.728 patients. Among 27 groups of medicine, antibiotics were the main caused with 72.4%. The main clinical symptoms of drug allergy in 615 inpatients were itchi, fever, dizzi, uncomfortable feeling and urticaria and some dangerous symdroms as Stevens-Johnson and Lyell syndrome.
Diagnosis ; Hypersensitivity/etiology ; Iatrogenic Disease

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Endoscopic Mucosal Resection ; Iatrogenic Disease ; Stomach ; Gastroscopy

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Angiography ; Coronary Angiography ; Iatrogenic Disease ; Radial Artery

The most common cause of proximal radioulnar synostosis in adults is traumatic, usually after forearm fractures. Disabling complications are mainly loss of rotatory movements of the forearm. Various surgical procedures have been described in the literature to end up in forearm synostosis as a complication. We here presented a rare case of proximal forearm synostosis following a common but improper surgical technique for an olecranon fracture complicated by implant infection. The synostosis was treated by resection and fascia lata interposition graft.
Adult ; Humans ; Iatrogenic Disease ; Radius ; Synostosis ; etiology ; surgery

In April of this year, one patient was under left posterior nostril packing treatment with gauze balls as his left nostril bleeding. 3 days later the balls were removed. Soon after, he had foreign body sensation in his throat and the discomfort was increasingly severe. Under electronic laryngoscopy a big neoplasm like nasopharynx granulation was discovered and therefore resected when he was in general anesthesia. Under light microscope, it was found out that the neoplasm had fibrogenesis, angiogenesis, infiltration and interstitial osteoporosis edema. In pathological diagnosis, it was nasopharyngeal inflammatory granulation tissue.
Adult ; Granuloma ; etiology ; Humans ; Iatrogenic Disease ; Male ; Nasopharynx

Male ; Humans ; Penis ; Granuloma/etiology* ; Pelvis ; Iatrogenic Disease