STRESS AND MENTAL DISORDERS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

STRESS AND MENTAL DISORDERS IN HEMODIALYSIS PATIENTS

Introduction.Chronic renal failure and dialysis are complicated situations that affect on somatic and mental status of patients.In this study, relation between stress, renal diseas, dialysis and mental L-Tryptophan disorders was determined. Methods.In a case control study in Noor hospital"s dialysis ward (affiliated to Isfahan University of Me

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A retrospective analysis of dermatoses in the perimenopausal population attending a tertiary care centre in South India

Introduction: Menopausal is a normal physiologic aging process in women characterized by decreasing estrogen levels.The skin is an organ dependant on hormones, estrogen being the most important in case of females, thereby influencing both the biology of skin and composition.Studies show that the systemic effects of estrogen deprivation occur years

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Communication from the news of the birth of a child with Down Syndrome: the effect of a discouraging prediction

Objective: to know how health workers give the news of the birth of a child with Down syndrome (ds).Methodology: qualitative, ethnographic.Involved 20 mothers and one grandmother were semistructured interviews and field observations.Results: the news of the birth of the child with ds Ironing Board occurs in a cold, dehumanized, from an unresolved d

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