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There is limited evidence about the effectiveness of fertility awareness family planning methods, some of which use basal body temperature as one component. [1] About 24% of women who use any type of fertility awareness program become pregnant during the first year, compared to about 85% of sexually active women who are not trying to prevent a ...
Acute toxoplasmosis is often asymptomatic in healthy adults. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] However, symptoms may manifest and are often influenza -like: swollen lymph nodes , headaches, fever, and fatigue, [ 15 ] or muscle aches and pains that last for a month or more.
The choice of treatment often depends on how advanced the cancer has become and whether or not it has favorable features. [4] If the disease is detected early, a cure is often possible. [ 9 ] In the United States, 88% of people diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma survive for five years or longer . [ 5 ]
There was an average BSA of 1.73 m 2 for 3,000 cancer patients from 1990 to 1998 in a European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) database. [19] During 2005 there was an average BSA of 1.79 m 2 for 3,613 adult cancer patients in the UK.
Hyperpyrexia is an extreme elevation of body temperature which, depending upon the source, is classified as a core body temperature greater than or equal to 40 or 41 °C (104 or 106 °F); the range of hyperpyrexia includes cases considered severe (≥ 40 °C) and extreme (≥ 42 °C).
Dizziness, blurred vision, dry mouth, hypertension, nausea, increased or decreased body temperature, or feeling flushed are the common (>10%) non-psychiatric side effects. All these adverse effects are most pronounced by the end of the injection, dramatically reduced 40 minutes afterward, and completely disappear within 4 hours after the injection.
Removal of foreign body from posterior segment of eye ( 14.1 ) Diagnostic procedures on retina , choroid , vitreous , and posterior chamber ( 14.2 ) Destruction of lesion of retina and choroid
Treating fever in sepsis, including people in septic shock, has not been associated with any improvement in mortality over a period of 28 days. [95] Treatment of fever still occurs for other reasons. [96] [97] A 2012 Cochrane review concluded that N-acetylcysteine does not reduce mortality in those with SIRS or sepsis and may even be harmful. [98]