Chronic diseases in adolescence

Musculoskeletal diseases in adolescence.

JIA has a prevalence of approximately 130 per 100,000 children. The classification has recently been changed (Table 1). Although principally a disease of younger children, JIA presents between the ages of 10 and 16 years in 25% of patients. Those who develop systemic or polyarticular disease at a younger age have a higher incidence of destructive joint disease. The common belief is that JIA ‘bu...

[Rheumatic diseases in adolescence]

OBJECTIVE: To present an updated review concerning the most prevalent diseases with musculoskeletal signs and symptoms that make adolescents seek medical care, giving special emphasis to rheumatic diseases. Our aim is to offer physicians and health care providers the possibility of distinct differential diagnoses, thus allowing them to establish a therapeutic approach and, if necessary, refer t...

Chronic disease prevention in adolescence.

Primary prevention of chronic diseases in adolescence: effects of the Midwestern Prevention Project on tobacco use.

This article reports six-month, one-year, and two-year effects of a longitudinal multicomponent community program directed toward delaying the onset of cigarette smoking in adolescence. Results are based on a longitudinal panel of sixth and seventh grade students from eight schools in the Kansas City Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (n = 1,122). In the fall of 1984, schools were assigned ...

Nigella sativa: Valuable perspective in the management of chronic diseases

Objective(s): Over the past 20 years, increasing interest in the use of medicinal plants as alternative or adjuvant treatments of several chronic diseases was observed. Accordingly, Nigella sativa or black cumin, a medicinal plant rich in bioactive compounds, has been used worldwide for food purposes or in traditional medicines. This paper aims to reveal N. sativa pote...