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Trichomoniasis affects both women and men, but symptoms are more common in women. [71] Most patients are treated with an antibiotic called metronidazole, which is very effective. [72] HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) damages the body's immune system, which interferes with its ability to fight off disease-causing agents.
Depression in women is more likely to be comorbid with anxiety disorders, substance abuse disorders, and eating disorders. [16] Men are less likely to seek treatment for or discuss their experiences with depression. [17] Men are more likely to have depressive symptoms relating to aggression than women. [18]
Transmission-based precautions are infection-control precautions in health care, in addition to the so-called "standard precautions". They are the latest routine infection prevention and control practices applied for patients who are known or suspected to be infected or colonized with infectious agents, including certain epidemiologically important pathogens, which require additional control ...
"Symptoms that indicate you may be too sick to attend a family gathering include a fever, muscle aches, persistent and strong coughing, frequent sneezing with large amount of nasal discharge, or ...
In 2019 the multi-year theme of Ending Gender-Based Violence in the World of Work was launched to support ratification of ILO C190. [28] 2020 continued the ILO C190 multi-year theme of Ending GBV in the World of Work with a special focus on informal women workers who were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. [29]
The WHO recommends treating all children less than 5 years old, and starting all children older than 5 with stage 3 or 4 disease or CD4 <500 cells/ml. [44] DHHS guidelines are more complicated but recommend starting all children less than 12 months old and children of any age who have symptoms.
A heart attack requires immediate treatment to improve blood flow to your heart, relieve your symptoms, and prevent another heart attack. Some treatment options include: Some treatment options ...
Sex differences in medicine include sex-specific diseases or conditions which occur only in people of one sex due to underlying biological factors (for example, prostate cancer in males or uterine cancer in females); sex-related diseases, which are diseases that are more common to one sex (for example, breast cancer and systemic lupus erythematosus which occur predominantly in females); [1 ...