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UNLABELLED: In time, well water, as a source of drinking and coking water, with physical-chemical, bacteriological, and biological indicators suggestive of alteration in water potability, determines complex, sometimes irreversible, metabolic disorders. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Sixty individuals residing in a rural community were divided into 2 groups: study group -30 subjects using well water, and control group--30 subjects using safe water. For the study group the selection criteria were: age, sex, use of well water as drinking and cooking water, history suggestive of chronic poisoning (pregnancy course, birth weight, susceptibility to infectious agents, and current chronic diseases). RESULTS: In the study group, gestosis, prematurity, and altered body mass index are more frequent as compared to the subjects in the control group. The identified laboratory changes indicate moderate anemia, hepatic cytolysis, dyslipidemia, presence of nitrites in urine, and positive urine cultures. CONCLUSIONS: Long-term use of water with mineral constituents in excess, absent, or inadequate, the direct biological and chemical water pollution, or most frequently the indirect pollution through the soil determine, in time, complex, sometimes irreversible, metabolic disorders.
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Drinking Water/standards , Water Wells/standards , Adolescent , Adult , Case-Control Studies , Child , Drinking Water/analysis , Environmental Monitoring , Epidemiological Monitoring , Female , Humans , Indicators and Reagents , Male , Metabolic Diseases/chemically induced , Metabolic Diseases/epidemiology , Middle Aged , Nitrites/urine , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications/chemically induced , Romania/epidemiology , Water Pollutants, Chemical/adverse effects , Water Pollutants, Chemical/analysis , Water Pollution, Chemical/adverse effects , Water Pollution, Chemical/analysis , Water Supply/standards , Water Wells/analysisABSTRACT
The large number of cases with renal lithiasis occurring in the population of the south-east region of Iasi county has determined us to make a study in this region for the identification of environmental and individual factors involved in the etiopathogenesis of this disease. This study is performed to assert the corelation between the clinical and paraclinical patients data with those obtained through water and soil chemical analisys for identification of determinant environmental and individual factors involved in etiopathogenesis of this disease. This study indicates that the environment factors (water, soil) correlated with personal factors, especially the diet and standard of living are the favouring factors of renal lithiasis.
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Nephrolithiasis/etiology , Adult , Diet/adverse effects , Drinking , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Nephrolithiasis/epidemiology , Nephrolithiasis/genetics , Obesity/complications , Poverty/statistics & numerical data , Risk Factors , Romania/epidemiology , Rural Population/statistics & numerical data , Soil Pollutants/adverse effects , Water Pollutants, Chemical/adverse effectsABSTRACT
Amyand's hernia, a rare entity in the surgical pathology, presupposes the presence of the vermiform appendix inside a inguinal hernia sac (1). The hernia sac peritonitis by appendix swelling is even more rare, very few cases being presented in the surgical literature (1). The preoperatory diagnosis of Amyand's hernia is therefore very difficult. We herein present the case of a 71-year old male patient, operated on an emergency basis for hernia, which eventually turned out to be Amyand's hernia, a case which determined us to research the literature dedicated to this topic.
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Appendectomy , Appendicitis/surgery , Hernia, Inguinal/diagnosis , Hernia, Inguinal/surgery , Peritonitis/surgery , Aged , Appendicitis/complications , Appendicitis/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential , Hernia, Inguinal/complications , Humans , Male , Peritonitis/diagnosis , Peritonitis/etiology , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
This article presents a 28 years old male patient case with a retroperitoneal collection of apendicular origin. After few comments about clinical and paraclinical aspects, the authors emphasise the particular aspects of differential diagnosis and surgical approach which, finally, lead to a full recovery of the patient.
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Abscess/etiology , Appendicitis/complications , Intestinal Perforation/complications , Abscess/diagnosis , Abscess/surgery , Adult , Appendicitis/diagnosis , Appendicitis/surgery , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Intestinal Perforation/diagnosis , Intestinal Perforation/surgery , Male , Retroperitoneal Space , Rupture, Spontaneous , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
The nasal haemorrhage is a symptom whose significance is seldom completely investigated. In this paper we present the results that we have obtained in two groups of patients: a pediatric population who presented for repeated episodes of nasal haemorrhage and a group of first trimester pregnant women who also have noticed the appearance of this symptom. Beside the clinical examination, a paraclinical assessment has been performed, which included a laboratory profile (hematology and biochemistry) and electroencephalography (EEG), in which we found significant changes. We conclude that EEG is a valuable investigation technique for diagnosis and monitoring purposes in nasal hemorrhage. Also, the clinical management of the stress-related nasal hemorrhage must address multiple issues for becoming efficient.