Acupuncture is a kind of treating diseases by inserting certain points on the body with acupuncture needles, and also has specific effect in strengthening muscles and relieving muscle tension. From the literature it is known that acupuncture increases the microcirculation, affects the adrenal cortex, and increases the pain threshold. Twenty adults who received acupuncture treatment participated…
A comparative study between serology test and coagulation test standard for identification S. aureus from clinical specimens has been conducted at Department of Microbiology Faculty of Medicine University of Indonesia in 1993. The result were : by using serological test 54 (54 percent) isolated S. aureus of 100 Staphylococcus isolates give positive results as well as the same result using coagu…
Babesiosis is a zoonotic disease caused by a protozoa which attacks and lives in red blood cells of animals or man and belong to the genus Babesia. The geographic distribution of babesiosis has reached Australia, America, Europe and Africa. Common species of Babesia that have infected man in North America and Europe are Babesia microti and Babesia divergens. Both species are severely pathogenic…
Nine cases of uterine fibromas the size of 12-14 weeks pregnancy. The age of the patients were 20-40 years old. The design of the study was prospective observational, and the study was conducted as a preliminary study for the targeted 20 cases. Results of the study showed that volume reduction of the tumor varied individually, with an average of 48.3 percent. FSH and LH levels decreased during …
Delayed gastric emptying known as gastroparesis is a form of autonomic neuropathy, a complication of diabetes mellitus. This delay may lead to a discrepancy between intestinal food absorption and insulin or oral and diabetes drugs action. Thus it can cause difficulty in controlling a blood glucose level. In determining the existence of a delayed gastric emptying we cannot depend only the clinic…
A longitudinal survey was conducted in subdistrict Tanjungsari to study postnatal growth of infants, from 0-2 years of age. The birth cohort were the pregnancy outcomes of a pregnancy cohort born during the period of January 1, 1988-December 31, 1989. Subject were all singleton and live-born infants. Out of 4,108 singletons, anthropometric measurements of 3,813 liveborn infants who were eligibl…
One of the changes that involves thyroid metabolism and function in normal pregnancy as well as in molar pregnancy is the increase of TBG (thyroxine binding globulin) concentration which may cause misinterpretation of thyroid function. The aim of this study is to evaluate the TBG concentration in molar pregnancy in comparison with that in the normal pregnancy. The study was concluded using the …
Viral hepatitis is the most common cause of jaundice in pregnant women, although pregnant women do not appear to be at increased risk of acquring hepatitis compared with the general population. Fifty eight women with acute icteric hepatitis during pregnancy were followed for evidence of their pregnancy and viral transmission to their infants. Twenty six cases had the anset of illness in the fir…
The actiology of atopic dermatitis (AD) is still controversial and IgE mediated immediate type allergy is probably not the only mechanism involved in the pathogenesis of this chronic skin disease. In search of other possible mechanism of the pathogenesis, this study was conducted. Seventy seven patients included to the research and 55 clinically diagnosed as AD, while 22 patients with various o…
Recurrent anterior dislocation of the shoulder oftenly occurs in young adults who sustained acute anterior shoulder dislocation, who were inadequacy of the treatment, cause an anterior instability due to relative laxity and weakness of the anterior part of the shoulder joint, which need an operative repair. In Hasan Sadikin Hospital Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Padjadjaran University and i…