Menopause is the process of permanent cessation of menstrual periods in women.1 For the majority of women, menopause begins in the early fifties, although some women experience menopause earlier due to surgery, chemotherapy or other causes. The onset of menopause is usually heralded by the slowing and eventual cessation of menses, as well as other physical and mental symptoms which vary widely ...

The aim of this study was to identify indicators of coeliac disease (CD) in an Australian cohort, beyond the known gastrointestinal symptoms. Individuals were recruited from the general population and at the 2014 Gluten Free Expo in Sydney and in Melbourne, Australia. Data on their current health status including medical history, diagnosis for CD, and family history were collected. Multivariabl...

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of subjective sleeping complaints by patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and to evaluate the correlation between various sleeping complaints and disease activity. METHODS A standardised sleep questionnaire, The Uppsala Sleep Inventory, was used to investigate the sleeping habits of 30 outpatients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in compar...

OBJECTIVE To study the clinical spectrum of Behçet's disease (BD) in childhood, in comparison to adult-onset disease. METHODS Nineteen children, who fulfilled disease criteria up to the age of 16 yr, were studied. The results were compared to those of 34 adult patients with BD. An activity index and severity score were calculated for both study groups. RESULTS The mean age of disease onset ...

This study describes the status and characteristics of children presenting to emergency services in hospitals and health centres in Yemen in order to inform the development of guidelines for paediatric emergency services. Information was collected from 7 hospitals and 2 health centres in 5 governorates about 3454 cases, mostly aged < 2 years old. The majority of paediatric emergency cases were ...

Of 31 patients (18 male and 13 female) followed up 13-29 years after diagnosis, recurrent or persistent duodenal ulcer had occurred in four. In 22 (71%) gastrointestinal symptoms persisted into adult life, although only abdominal pain was significantly more frequent than in 126 controls.

The tolerance of low-digestible carbohydrates (LDCs) may be measured as the potential to cause abdominal symptoms and laxation. Tolerance of any one LDC is determined by its concentration in the food product eaten, the amount of the food product eaten, the frequency of eating the food and the consumption of other foods (increasing tolerance) and water decreasing tolerance). Added to these, indi...

Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is a rare adult malignancy, and one-third of cases present with distant metastases at the time of diagnosis. Early gastric metastasis is exceedingly rare. We describe an adult male with synchronous gastric metastasis of RCC at the time of diagnosis in the absence of gastrointestinal symptoms. We report the fifth case of RCC with synchronous gastric metastasis and the ...

© 2011 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1007 Journal Compilation © 2011 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Mucocutaneous lesions are relatively common during the course of Crohn’s disease (CD) (1). Orofacial lesions, presenting as the initial sign of CD in children, are uncommon but can be an important clue in the diagnosis of CD before the development of gastrointestinal symptoms (2)...

From 1960 to 1979 there was a threefold increase in the number of cases of coeliac disease diagnosed annually in adults in Edinburgh and the Lothians. Women accounted for 80% of the increase and their mean age at diagnosis was significantly reduced. The ratio of female to male new cases changed from 1.25 in the '60s to 2.5 in the '70s. In the period 1975-9 56 of 102 adults with coeliac disease ...