As the percentage of the elderly in the population increases, research to identify the nutritional and health status of the elderly, to understand the factors influencing on them, and to delay aging have been done actively. It is necessary for these studies to be longitudinal. This study was carried out to assess the change of health-related habits such as dietary behaviors and smoking, alcohol drinking and exercising habit, and health status between previous study(1991/1994) and post study(1998) for middle-aged men and women living in Chonju. For the present study, the data of 63 pairs(23 men and 40 women) were analyzed. They were 11 men and 12 women followed up from 82 men and 100 women surveyed in 1994. Mean ages in the 1991/4 and 1998 studies were 53.6y(range 42-63y) and 59.0y(range 46-72y) respectively. The survey was conducted with interview using a questionnaire including dietary behaviors and health-related habits, and anthropometric measurement and blood test for analyzing biochemical indices in 1991/4 and 1998. To understand these changes over time, chi2-statistics, t-test and paired t-test were analyzed with an SAS package program. As people age, there were significantly decreases in the proportions to eat lightly salted foods and drink alcohol. Significant longitudinal increases in triceps skin fold thickness, gamma-GPT and HDL-cholesterol and significant decrease in hemoglobin value were noted over time in both men and women. In addition a significant decrease in blood glucose level was noted over time in women. Weight, blood glucose and total cholesterol increased significantly with age in those had had breakfast regularly or those had not used more slat at the table in the past. From this study, were found out the subjects of this study had relatively desirable health-related habits. But as improper health-related habits are likely to result in inappropriate health status(eg, increase in WHR, triglyceride, total cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol), it is recommended that nutrition education in necessary as soon as possible to meet the health elderly.
Aged ; Aging ; Alcohol Drinking ; Blood Glucose ; Breakfast ; Cholesterol ; Education ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies* ; Hematologic Tests ; Humans ; Jeollabuk-do* ; Male ; Skin ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Triglycerides ; Surveys and Questionnaires

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Epidermal Cyst* ; Neuroma* ; Scalp*

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Clonorchiasis* ; Clonorchis sinensis

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Child* ; Humans ; Infant, Newborn* ; Plasma* ; Renin*

Cirsoid aneurysm of the calp is a congenital arteriovenous malformation which is the result of abnormal connections betwe:.n the external carotid artery and scalp veins with a subsequent dilatation of vascular channels nd formation of aneurysm. We report a case of cirsoid aneurysm of the scalp on the left parieto-occipital area of 14-year-old female who had had 8 x 5 x 0.8 cm sized pulsating soft mass for 2 years. 4 vessel angiog raphy revealed a arteriovenous malformation that emerge mainly from a superficial temporal artery and occipital artery of the left external carotid artery and partially from the right superficial temporal artery and drined into the left scalp vein. The mass was removed by excision with ligation of the feeding arter es and followed up for 2 years without recurrence.
Adolescent ; Aneurysm* ; Arteries ; Arteriovenous Malformations ; Carotid Artery, External ; Dilatation ; Female ; Humans ; Ligation ; Recurrence ; Scalp* ; Temporal Arteries ; Veins

A Bednar tumor is a variant of dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans(DFSP). The clinical and histopathological findings of Bednar tumors are identical to DFSP except for the presence of melanin-containing cells scattered within the lesion, so called pigmented DFSP. The majority of Bednar tumors are seen as DFSP present as multinodular protuberant masses in the skin. They can also present as an atrophic depressed scar-like lesions without any nodularity. We report an uncommon clinical presented case of a Bednar tumor on the back in a 22-year-old female. She presented with an asymptomatic, firm, bluish, chestnut sized, depressed and atrophic lesion on the back which had been present for 6 years. A Histopathological examination revealed massive proliferation of spindle-shaped cells arranged in a tight storiform pattern mixed with scattered pigmented cells. On immunohistochemical staining, the tumor cells were positive for vimentin, a -l-antitrypsin, and CD34, but were negative for cytokeratin, neurofilament, and factor XIIIa. The majority of the tumor cells was negative and the pigment cells were positive for the S-100 protein. The patient was treated by a wide local excision of the lesion. There has been no evidence of recurrence after 20 months post-operative follow up.
Dermatofibrosarcoma* ; Factor XIIIa ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Keratins ; Recurrence ; S100 Proteins ; Skin ; Vimentin ; Young Adult

Malignant eccrine poroma, or eccrine porocarcinoma, is a rare malignant cutaneous appendageal tumor arising from the intraepidermal eccrine sweat duct(acrosyringium), and usually develops ia an eccrine poroma of long-standing. We report a case of malignant eccrine poroma on the left buttock in a 72 year-old female. She was presented with a slightly pruritic, well-defined, reddish, firm, 4.5 x 4.5 x 0.7cm sized, protruding, ulcerated tumor. Histopathological examination revealed well-defined tumor cell nests in the epidermis and dermis. The tumor nests consisted of areas of eccrine poroma cells with benign appearance adjoining areas of anaplastic cells. Duct-like structures were observed within the tumor nests and showed a PAS-positive, diastase-resistant reaction. On immunohistochemical staining, the tumor cells were, positive for EMA, and most of tumor cells were negative but the duct-like structures were positive for CEA. She was treated with surgical excision. During the three year follow up period after excision, there was no recurrence.
Aged ; Buttocks ; Dermis ; Eccrine Porocarcinoma* ; Epidermis ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Poroma ; Recurrence ; Sweat ; Ulcer

This study was conducted to find the differences in food consumption frequency of the middle aged(male 20, female 50) and the elderly(male 15, female 15) living in Chonju in December, 1998 according to food habits, smoking, alcohol drinking and exercising habit, health status, and the levels of nutrition knowledge and attitude store. The foods frequently consumed among the subjects were kimchi(15.4/week), mixed rice(11.5/week), rice(7.6/week), vegetables in soup, jjigae and jorim(5.0/week), mandarins and oranges(5.e/week), and seasoned laver(4.3/week). There were several factors influencing food consumption patterns. These were age, regularity of meal times, the status of smoking, alcohol drinking and exercising, and the level of nutrition attitude. The elderly ate cooked rice more frequently, while the middle aged ate fish, especially blue fishes more frequently. The middle aged who had breakfast regularly ate milk and milk products, legumes and fruits frequently. Those who smoked seemed to eat less cereals and starches and fats, while those who didn't smoke ate more sugars. The alcohol drinking group also ate less fats and the exorcising group ate almost all of food groups frequently. The status of health showed to be related with food consumption patterns. The normal group in hemoglobin ate eggs more frequently than the anemia group and the high risk group in blood pressure ate almost all of food groups more frequently. The high level group for nutrition attitude score chose vegetables, fruits, and milk and milk products more frequently than the other groups. On the other hand, low level group for nutrition attitude score was apt to eat ramyun, ham-sausage, and carbonated beverages more frequently. Therefore, nutrition education to improve the food habits find to change nutrition attitude is necessary to promote health status anti mole attention should be taken to the high risk group in blood pressure to guide proper food and nutrition intakes.
Aged* ; Alcohol Drinking ; Anemia ; Blood Pressure ; Breakfast ; Carbohydrates ; Carbonated Beverages ; Edible Grain ; Education ; Eggs ; Fabaceae ; Fats ; Female ; Fishes ; Food Habits ; Fruit ; Hand ; Hemoglobins ; Humans ; Jeollabuk-do* ; Meals ; Middle Aged* ; Milk ; Ovum ; Seasons ; Smoke ; Smoking ; Starch ; Vegetables ; Surveys and Questionnaires

PURPOSE: This study is to identify the effects of muscle relaxation therapy on mood state and job stress of clinical nurses, finally to purpose the bases of nursing intervention to increased of work efficiency and job satisfaction. METHOD: The research design was a nonequivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The subjects were 50 clinical nurses (23 for experimental group), who were working for 1-5 years in medical and surgical ward from the 2 C-University medical center in Seoul. This study was conducted from May 12 to July 25, 2000. The muscle relaxation therapy was performed 5 weeks to experimental group. The experi-mental group participated in the muscle relaxation training sessions for 20minutes twice a week during five weeks. The level of job stress was measured by nurses occupational stress scale. The level of Psychological response was measured by Profile of mood state. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics, x2-test, t-test, paired t-test. RESULT: The results of this study were as follows: The experimental group who received the muscle relaxation therapy showed more reduction of job stress level (t=1.35, p=0.038) and profile of mood state level (t=2.27, p=0.027) after therapy than those in control group. CONCLUSION: This study reveals that the muscle relaxation therapy is effective in reduction of nurse's job stress and promotion of mood state. So the researcher thinks that it is useful in reduction of job stress and increased of job satisfaction in hospital.
Job Satisfaction ; Muscle Relaxation* ; Nursing ; Research Design ; Seoul

Bullous pemphigoid is a chronic and relatively benign subepidermal blistering disease and is generally considered not to be a sulfa-responsive dermatosis. As a rule, bullous dermatosis that excellently responded to sulfapyridine and sulfones was considered by some to be diagnostic of dermstitis herpetiformia. In 1977, Person and Rogers described 6 cases of bullous pemphigoid responded to sulfapyridine and sulfones. These sulfa-responsive cases were younger than ordinary bullous pemphigoid patients and the histopathologic findings showed prevalence of the neutrophilic infiltration. In this report, the patient who diagnosed as bullous pemphigoid by immunofluorescent studies has younger onset (38 years of age) than usual bullous pemphigoid and histopatbologic findings showed dense neutrophilic infiltrations. The patient was treated with 100-200mg of DDS for 2 months and the skin lesions completely disappeared.
Blister ; Humans ; Neutrophils ; Pemphigoid, Bullous* ; Prevalence ; Skin ; Skin Diseases ; Sulfapyridine ; Sulfones