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To assess the effectiveness of measuring blood pressure at home for the management of hypertension. This study was conducted at the Royal Jordanian Air Force Medical Center, on patients visiting the family practice clinics, during the period March 2001-March 2002. A total of 4800 patients visited the clinics, but only 62 cases were studied to determine he effectiveness of advising patients to measure their blood pressure at home, for diagnosis and follow up of hypertension. A total of 62 patients, aged between 40-60 years were diagnosed to have hypertension at the clinic. The mean age was 51.2 years, whereas 47[75.8%] were males and 15[24.2%] were females. About 55 patients [88.7%] were newly diagnosed hypertension, and 7 patients [11.3%] were cases with discordance in blood pressure readings [white coat hypertension]. Blood pressure measured at home is a good predictor in the management of hypertension
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River blindness [Onchocerchiasis] is rampant and a major leading cause of blindness in Africa and some other parts of the world. The psychological impacts are reported and discussed, as encountered in this case of a 23 year-old Liberian male, who contracted the illness around three years ago, and had been partially treated, and is currently blind. He complained from depression and many adjustment difficulties
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to determine the frequency and to describe the clinical spectrum of serious and common chickenpox complications in immunocompetent adults from December 2000 to August 2001, this study was carried out at the Jordanian Military Hospital in Freetown, Sierra Leone. A total number of 123 immunocompetent adults with chickenpox were hospitalized. the following tests were conducted on each patient: full blood count, liver enzymes, blood gases, chest radiographs and skin swab cultures. Daily clinical and laboratory evaluations were conducted on all patients looking for complications and management of those complications. Results almost half of the patients were 18-26 years old. sixteen patients [13%] developed complications and all these patients recovered with treatment. The most common [43.8%] complication was respiratory tract involvement followed by skin bacterial super infection [25%] other less frequent complications included gastrointestinal manifestations, encephalitis, mild hepatitis and mild thrombocytopenia all adult patients with chickenpox should be hospitalized in the early stage of their disease and should receive appropriate therapy to reduce the incidence of complications