Effort Syndrome in Soldiers

Effort Syndrome

The Effort Syndrome

THE effort syndrome has been defined by Grant (1936) as "that condition of ill-health in which symptoms and signs produced in normal subjects by excessive exercise are called forth in the patients by lesser amounts and in which no definite physical signs of structural disease are anywhere discovered." More briefly it may be described as a depressed capacity for exertion without distress in the ...

Duodenal ulcer in soldiers.

IN, the last war peptic ulceration was responsible for as many discharges fro!U the armed Forces as were actual wounds and was only surpassed by psychiatric casualties. This is in contrast to previous wars including the 1914-18 war when this disease was not a serious problem. Peptic ulcer remains one .of the major medical prpblems in the Army, for men may be required to serve in outstations abr...

Pertussis in Soldiers, Israel

trophoresis. Patterns were compared visually with reference patterns (6). From January 1, 2003, to March 31, 2004, a total of 44 of 124 male rectal swabs were positive for C. trachomatis. Of those, 38 were identified as belonging to the L2 serotype, which confirms the diagnosis of rectal LGV. Epidemiologic information was retrospectively obtained by clinicians through review of medical records,...

Blood Volume in Wounded Soldiers

Blood volume tests made on a number of soldiers recovering from hemorrhage have shown that in many instances dilution of the blood occurs very slowly. The principal reasons for this seem to be (a) an initial lack of reserve fluid of the tissues, and (b) the absence of any subsequent attempt by the body to make up this fluid deficiency. By putting such patients on a large fluid intake by mouth a...