Problems in Indonesia are very complicated: there are 3 species of filarial worms like Wuchereria/W bancrofi, Brugia/B. malayi and B. timori. The study was done to identify filariasis situation in Sikka district, to complete the baseline data to be used in re-advocatng the local authority. Primary datasuch as acute (microfilaria rate/Mf-rate) and chronic stages were collected cross sectionally…
Recurrent Aphtae Stomatitis (RAS) is a common disease with unknown specific etiology. One of its predisposing factors is hormonal imbalance which is related to menstrual cycle Objective: To compare the women reproductive hormone level between RAS and non-RAS patients. Methods: A case control study involving women, 40 with RAS and 40 non-RAS from Oral Medicine Clinic, Faculty of Dentistry-Indon…
To estimate the prevalence of diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (DM) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in 15 year old and over in urban Indonesia and their association with risk factors such as age, smoking physical inactivity, obesity, hypertension. A national sample involving 24, 417 participants living in urban Indonesia aged > 15 years were examine for 2 hours of plasma glucose…
Stigma attached to leprosy affected individuals is one of the strongest stigma of diseases. Depression is often occurred to many lepers. Stigma and depression are two factors which affect the quality of life of the lepers. To determine whether stigma and depression affect the quality of life of leprosy patients in Dermatovenereology outpatient clinic at RSUP Dr. Sardjito Hospital It was a quant…
Adrenal Incidentaloma is an adrenal tumor, which is unidentified before the imaging procedures conducted for an abnormality which is initially unforeseen as an adrenal disease. Symptoms and/or clinical signs of adrenal Incidentaloma can be divided into non-hypersecreting adrenal adenoma, hypersecreting tumor, primary adrenal carcinoma, other adrenal mass, and metastases. The majority of adrena…