ABSTRACT
Masturbation in childhood is a normal behaviour which most commonly begins at 2 months of age, and peaks at 4 years and in adolescence. However excessive masturbation causes anxiety in parents. We describe a boy with a bladder calculus presenting as excessive masturbation.
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Masturbation , Urinary Bladder Calculi/diagnosis , Child, Preschool , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Risk Factors , Urinary Bladder Calculi/complicationsABSTRACT
Hyper-IgE syndrome, a multi-system disorder affecting dentition, skeletal and immune systems and connective tissues, presents with recurrent infections and dermatitis. We report here the first case in Sri Lanka.
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Job Syndrome/diagnosis , Staphylococcal Infections , Staphylococcus aureus/isolation & purification , Treatment Outcome , Child , Humans , Job Syndrome/drug therapy , Job Syndrome/pathology , Male , Sri LankaABSTRACT
This study describes and compares the intestinal parasitoses and nutritional statuses of primary school children of Veddah (local indigenous population) and Sinhalese (more advanced society) in rural Sri Lanka. Children attending years 1-3 (age range 6-15 years) at Dambana Primary School (Veddah) and Wewatta Primary School (Sinhalese) were included in the study. Stools and blood samples were examined for evidence of intestinal parasites and anemia. The heights and weights of the children were measured and anthropometric indices calculated. There was a high prevalence of G. intestinalis and B. hominis (Giardia 7.8% and 6.2%; Blastocystis 17.2% and 17.3% at Dambana and Wewatta, respectively) in both communities, the predominant helminth being N. americanus (20.3% at Dambana and 14.8% at Wewatta; p>0.05). Other geohelminth infections were scarce in both communities. A greater proportion of boys than girls were underweight and stunted in both communities. Wasting and anemia was significantly high among the Veddah children.
