This survey was conducted to obtain the prevalence of worm disease and its correlation with malnutrition among elementary students in one of IDT area Sriamur village Bekasi, West Java. The subject of this study was 216 of 458 students from the first to sixth grade of two elementary schools. From laboratory examination of feces specimens it was revealed that 137 samples (63.43 percent) contain o…
A case of young (20 years old) mole presenting with dramatic onset of weakness in all the limbs is presented. Patient had three such episodes in the past 2 years lasting for 4-6 hrs. There was no family history of such weakness. A diagnosis of hypokalaemic periodic paralysis was made. Patient was given intravenous potassium, improved considerably and put on acetazolamide prophylaxis. The case i…