Once released into the air, humidifier disinfectants became tiny nano-size particles, and resulted in chemical bronchoalveolitis. Families had lost their most beloved members, and even some of them became broken. Based on an estimate of two million potential victims who had experienced adverse effects from the use of humidifier disinfectants, we can say that what we have observed was only the tip of the iceberg. Problems of entire airways, as well as other systemic effects, should be examined, as we know these nano-size particles can irritate cell membranes and migrate into systemic circulation. The story of humidifier disinfectant is not finished yet.
Cell Membrane ; Disinfectants* ; Humans ; Humidifiers* ; Ice Cover

Hemangiomas of the bladder are a rare but recognized cause of gross hematuria. In many cases, the tumor shows the characteristics of an iceberg, with considerable extravesical extension making endoscopic management less suitable. In spite of its benign nature, bladder hemangioma may grow continuously, and spontaneous regression is rare. They need to be adequately treated to avoid recurrent fatal hematuria and appropriately followed up to detect recurrency or persistency. We report a case of cavernous hemangioma of the bladder in 26-year-old woman, who presented recurrent gross hematuria and was treated with partial cystectomy.
Adult ; Cystectomy ; Female ; Hemangioma ; Hemangioma, Cavernous* ; Hematuria ; Humans ; Ice Cover ; Urinary Bladder*

This review has focused on important but less visible aspects of fibromyalgia (FM) with respect to the high impact of this disorder on patients and societies. FM is a common but challengeable illness. It is characterized by chronic widespread pain, which can be accompanied by other symptoms including fatigue, sleep disturbances, cognitive dysfunction, anxiety and depressive episodes. While our understanding of this debilitating disorder is limited, diagnosis and treatment of this condition is very difficult, even in the hands of experts. Due to the nature of disease, where patients experience invalidation by medical services, their families and societies regarding the recognition and management of disease, direct, indirect and immeasurable costs are considerable. These clinical and economic costs are comparable with other common diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension and osteoarthritis, but the latter usually receives much more attention from healthcare and non-healthcare resources. Present alarming data shows the grave and "iceberg-like" burden of FM despite the benign appearance of this disorder and highlights the urgent need both for greater awareness of the disease among medical services and societies, as well as for more research focused on easily used diagnostic methods and target specific treatment.
Anxiety ; Chronic Pain ; Cost of Illness ; Delivery of Health Care ; Diagnosis ; Fatigue ; Fibromyalgia* ; Hand ; Humans ; Hypertension ; Ice Cover* ; Musculoskeletal Diseases ; Osteoarthritis

No abstract available.
Hemophilia A* ; Ice*

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the translucency of shaded zirconia all-ceramic systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Translucency of 3 different zirconia all-ceramic systems colored by different techniques was compared with a lithium disilicate glass-ceramic (IPS e.max Press). Square-shaped specimens with 0.5 mm thickness were fabricated from In-Ceram YZ, ICE Zirkon and Katana systems in A1, A2 and A3.5 shades according to Vitapan Classical shade tab (n=11). Specimens were then veneered and glazed with corresponding veneer ceramic recommended by each zirconia system manufacturer and the total thickness was set to 1.5 mm. Translucency measurements were performed with VITA Easyshade Compact spectrophotometer after each stage and translucency parameter was calculated. Data were statistically analyzed with repeated measures ANOVA and Tukey multiple comparison test. RESULTS: The control group was significantly more translucent than the zirconia systems (P<.05). ICE Zirkon cores showed the least translucency; neither In-Ceram YZ nor Katana systems were superior to each other in terms of translucency. Translucency of all specimens was decreased after veneering, and the translucency rankings were changed. CONCLUSION: Coloring technique did not have a significant effect on translucency of zirconia cores. Although zirconia systems were less translucent than lithium disilicate glass ceramic, they had partial translucency and there were translucency differences among the zirconia systems. Chroma affected the translucency of precolored zirconia cores.
Ceramics ; Glass ; Ice ; Lithium

Cold urticaria is characterized by the development of urticaria and/or angioedema after cold exposure. It is an uncommon form of physical urticaria and thought to be rare in children. There is a higher rate of family history of atopy and cold urticaria. We report a case of cold urticaria in a 5-years-old boy who showed perioral swelling, wheal and flare associated with ice cream. He had a relevant family history on his grandmother's side with cold urticaria, and on his father's side with dermographism, respectively. In this patient, cold urticaria was confirmed by ice cube test and a brief review followed.
Angioedema ; Child ; Child, Preschool* ; Humans ; Ice Cream* ; Ice* ; Male* ; Urticaria*

Formamide has been widely used in urea/polyacrylamide gel to solve the compression problems that are occasionally found during the DNA sequencing of G/C rich regions. In this study, however, 10% formamide was added in annealing solution in stead of adding to the gel. The compressions were unfolded efficiently with a more rapid annealing reaction on ice in the presence of 10% formamide.
DNA* ; Ice ; Sequence Analysis, DNA*

A case of priapism who underwent corpus cavernosum-saphenous vein anastomosis is described here. The condition is not subsided by all management including sedation, heparinization, administration of enzymes, ice water enema, and local irrigation with normal saline containing heparin, but eventually cured by tire procedure of corpus cavernosum-saphenous vein anastomosis bilaterally.
Enema ; Heparin ; Ice ; Priapism* ; Veins*

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of therapeutic cold on the recovery process after an incomplete muscle strain injury. METHOD: We made incomplete muscle strain injuries with the predefined extent. Unilateral tibialis anterior (TA) tendons were detached at their distal insertions and stretched beyond the complete rupture points. The incomplete strain injury point was identified on the deformation- tension curve. We strained each TA of 18 rabbits to 20% deformation point and held for 2 seconds. After injury, we applied ice packs for 5 minutes on unilateral TA. Histologic findings were examined at 1, 2 days, 2, 4, 5 weeks. RESULTS: Incomplete strain injuries were occurred at 19.36 4.02% deformation. In the acute phase, cold applied TA showed fewer (15.4+/-4.2) inflammatory cells infiltration than control TA (21.8+/-5.3) at LPF (x40). But, there was no significant difference between cold applied TA and control in the recovery phase. CONCLUSION: It is possible to develop certain amount of incomplete muscle strain injuries. The results of this study suggest that the cold therapy may reduce the inflammatory reaction in the acute phase of muscle strain injury. The findings provide no significant support for the positive or negative effect of cold therapy on incomplete strain injury.
Cryotherapy ; Ice ; Rabbits ; Rupture ; Tendons

In an attempt to treat the cold urticaria, a new bradykinin inhibitor, homoclomin was administered orally and effective result were obtained. The urticaria was confirmed by the employing the ice cube test on the patient and the positive reaction was appeared generally 10 sec. to 15 min. after application of ice cube on the forearm. After oral administration for 3 days (40mg/day) clinical symptoms were relieved temporarily and weakly positive or negative reaction observed in repeated ice cube test.
Administration, Oral ; Bradykinin ; Forearm ; Humans ; Ice* ; Urticaria*