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This randomized, double-blind, controlled trial compared the effectiveness of Aloe Vera vaginal cream to estrogen vaginal cream in treating vaginal atrophy in 60 postmenopausal women. [39] Over six week, both treatments significantly improved symptoms, including vaginal health index (VHI), maturity valve (MV), and overall symptoms of vaginal ...
The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is an ongoing study of over 27,000 women that began in 1991, with the most recent analyses suggesting that, when initiated within 10 years of menopause, HRT reduces all-cause mortality and risks of coronary disease, osteoporosis, and dementia; after 10 years the beneficial effects on mortality and coronary ...
Muscle atrophy is the loss of skeletal muscle mass. It can be caused by immobility, aging, malnutrition, medications, or a wide range of injuries or diseases that impact the musculoskeletal or nervous system. Muscle atrophy leads to muscle weakness and causes disability.
An initial diagnosis of PMA could turn out to be slowly progressive ALS many years later, sometimes even decades after the initial diagnosis. The occurrence of upper motor neuron symptoms such as brisk reflexes, spasticity, or a Babinski sign would indicate a progression to ALS; the correct diagnosis is also occasionally made on autopsy. [4] [5]
The management of lipodermatosclerosis may include treating venous insufficiency with leg elevation and elastic compression stockings. [9] In some difficult cases, the condition may be improved with the additional use of the fibrinolytic agent, stanozol. Fibrinolytic agents use an enzymatic action to help dissolve blood clots.
Visual inspection of skin for visible signs of skin atrophy [1] Prevention: Intermittent maintenance therapy; increasing duration of interval between applications [4] Management: Discontinuation of treatment: Prognosis: Most signs of atrophy resolve by 1 to 4 weeks after discontinuation of the TCS; striae are permanent [2] Frequency
The treatment for scleroderma often includes known teratogens such as cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, mycophenolate, etc., so careful avoidance of such drugs during pregnancy is advised. [49] In these cases hydroxychloroquine and low-dose corticosteroids might be used for disease control.
A physical exam indicates a lack of pectoral and upper arm muscles, especially when the disease is unnoticed through the early teen years. Muscle wasting begins in the legs and pelvis, and then progresses to the muscles of the shoulders and neck. Calf muscle enlargement (pseudohypertrophy) is quite obvious. Among the exams/tests performed are ...