scholarly journals Premenarchal labia minora hypertrophy

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (02) ◽  
pp. 245-248
Author(s):  
Karoon Agrawal ◽  
Pankaj Kumar Patel ◽  
Shamendra Anand Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Age Group ◽  
The West ◽  
Labia Minora ◽  
Labial Hypertrophy ◽  
Sports Activities

ABSTRACTLabia minora hypertrophy is a relatively uncommon surgical entity being popularised in the realm of vulvovaginal plastic surgeries. Apart from the unaesthetic appearance of the hypertrophied minora, these cases are also associated with itching, hygiene problem, pain while sitting down, sports activities, difficulty in wearing tight clothing, bleeding and discomfort while or after sexual intercourse, social embarrassment, insecurity and psychological diminution of confidence and self-esteem. In a country like India, due to sociocultural reasons, patients hesitate to consult a doctor for such deformities. Most of the patients suffer in silence for years. Although common in the west, very few surgeons in the country perform this simple and rewarding surgery. Here, we are presenting a case of premenarchal juvenile labia minora hypertrophy (JLMH) in an 8-year-old child. Labial hypertrophy in this age group is uncommon. We were unable to find hypertrophy of labia minora in the eight-year-old child on English literature search.

scholarly journals Labial hypertrophy as a cause for vulvae pruritis

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 1738
Author(s):  
Arshiya Firdaus ◽  
Rachna Chaudhary
Keyword(s):  
Self Esteem ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Women Of Reproductive Age ◽  
Labia Minora ◽  
Labial Hypertrophy ◽  
Surgical Condition ◽  
Sports Activities ◽  
Reproductive Age Group

Labia minora hypertrophy is a relatively uncommon surgical condition being popularised in the realm of vulvovaginal plastic surgeries. Apart from the unaesthetic appearance of the hypertrophied minora, these cases are also associated with itching, hygiene problem, pain while sitting down, sports activities, difficulty in wearing tight clothing, bleeding and discomfort while or after sexual intercourse, social embarrassment, insecurity and psychological diminution of confidence and self‐esteem. In a country like India, due to sociocultural reasons, patients hesitate to consult a doctor for such deformities. Most of the patients suffer in silence for years. Although common in the west, very few surgeons in the country perform this simple and rewarding surgery. Here, presenting a case of married women of reproductive age group presented to the study side with complains of severe vulvar itching, the cause of itching was labia minora hypertrophy.

Peregrinação Acadêmica: A mulher Romeira do Bom Jesus da Lapa

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Célia Coelho Gomes da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Gender Identity ◽  
Social Reproduction ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Female Gender ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The West ◽  
Patriarchal Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
West Part

This work is the result of the doctoral thesis entitled Pilgrimage of Bom Jesus da Lapa: Social Reproduction of the Family and Female Gender Identity, specifically the second chapter that talks about women in the Pilgrimage of Bom Jesus da Lapa, emphasizing gender relations, analyzing the location of the pilgrimage as a social reproduction of the patriarchal family and female gender identity. The research scenario is the Bom Jesus da Lapa Pilgrimage, which has been held for 329 years, in that city, located in the West part of Bahia. The research participants are pilgrim women who are in the age group between 50 and 70 years old and have participated, for more than five consecutive years in the Bom Jesus da Lapa Pilgrimage, belonging to five Brazilian states (Bahia, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, Espírito Santo and Goiás) that register a higher frequency of attendance at this religious event. We used bibliographic, qualitative, field and documentary research and data collection as our methodology; we applied participant observation and semi-structured interviews as a technique. We concluded that the Bom Jesus da Lapa Pilgrimage is a location for family social reproduction and the female gender identity, observing a contrast in the resignification of the role and in the profile of the pilgrim women from Bom Jesus da Lapa, alternating between permanence and the transformation of gender identity coming from patriarchy.

Psychological Characteristics of Age-Group Competitive Swimmers

1979 ◽  
Vol 48 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1265-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred F. Morris ◽  
Paul Vaccaro ◽  
David H. Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Young Athletes ◽  
Competitive Swimmers

Measures of locus of control and self-esteem were gathered from 20 competitive age-group swimmers aged 7 to 17 yr. These young athletes were more internal than their non-athletic contemporaries. Also, on self-esteem the competitive swimmers were significantly elevated.

scholarly journals SOME TRENDS OF CLINICAL AND SYMPTOMATIC PATHOMORPHOSIS OF DEPRESSIVE DISORDERS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AGE FACTOR

2019 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 1787-1790
Author(s):  
Oleksandr O. Belov ◽  
Nataliya G. Pshuk
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Young Patients ◽  
Biological Rhythms ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Medical Documentation ◽  
General Tendency ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Age Factor ◽  
Somatic Disorders

Introduction: Depressive disorders are one of the most complex and pressing problems of modern psychiatry; important scientific and practical importance is the study of the pathomorphosis of depression. The aim of the study is to study the features of clinical pathomorphosis of depressive disorders, taking into account the age factor. Materials and methods: Medical documentation of 115 men and 121 women with depressive disorders who applied for psychiatric care in 1971–1995 were studied, and 81 men and 108 women with similar depressive disorders who applied for medical care in 2015–2018 were examined clinically. Results and conclusions: In modern patients, pathomorphosis is most pronounced in young patients (under 30 years of age): asthenia and pessimism were more common in them (65.9% versus 81.9%, p<0.05), suicidal thoughts (52.7% versus 68,7%, p<0.05), dyssomnias. In this age group, there was a decrease in anesthetic symptoms (34.8% versus 12.2%, p<0.01) with an increase in depressions with psychopathological symptoms, mainly in the form of obsessions (42.9% versus 59.0%, p<0,05), depressions with disturbances of biological rhythms, mainly in the form of postsomnic disorders (73.6% versus 96.4%, p<0.05), with vegetative-somatic disorders (63.7% versus 79.5%, p<0.05), asthenic (67.0% versus 81.9%, p<0.05) and agitated symptoms (26.4% versus 39.8%, p<0.05). In the middle age group (30-44 years), the share of vital forms of depression in the structure of depressive symptoms decreased (65.8% versus 44.6%, p<0.01) and depressions with senesto-algic symptomatology (6.6% against 9.6%, p<0.05). In patients of the older age group (45 years and more), the main trends in clinical pathomorphosis were a decrease in anhedonia (90.9% versus 70.7%, p<0.01) and low self-esteem (89.4%versus 65.9%, p<0.01), as well as an increase in apathetic depressions (13.6% versus 29.3%, p<0.05). The general tendency of modern pathomorphosis of depressive disorders is the reduction of vital forms of depression with an increase in depressions with asthenic, anxious and somatic symptomatology.

scholarly journals Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in West Coast Region of The Gambia

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 585-592
Author(s):  
Alphonsus Isara ◽  
Aru-Kumba Baldeh
Keyword(s):  
Pregnant Women ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infections ◽  
West Coast ◽  
Trichomonas Vaginalis ◽  
The Gambia ◽  
Age Group ◽  
The West ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Neisseria Gonorrhoea ◽  
Coast Region

Background: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) are the second most common cause of healthy life years lost by women in the 15 – 44 years age group in Africa. Aim/Objective: To determine the prevalence of STIs among pregnant women attending antenatal care (ANC) clinics in the West Coast Region of The Gambia. Materials and Methods: Blood, urine, and high vaginal swabs samples from 280 pregnant women attending ANC in Brika- ma District Hospital, Brikama, and Bandung Maternity and Child Health Hospital, Bandung were examined. Serum samples were tested for HIV using western blot technique and for syphilis using the Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test, and rapid plasma regimen. Candida albicans, Group B Streptococcus and Neisseria gonorrhoea were identified using Analytical Profile Index (API). Direct urine microscopy was used to identify C. albicans and Trichomonas vaginalis while Chlamydia trachomatis was identified using Direct Fluorescent Antibody (DFA) test. Results: The overall prevalence of STIs was 53.6%. The pathogenic agents isolated were Candida albicans (31.8%), Strep- tococcus agalactiae (15.0%), Treponema pallidum (6.8%), HIV (5.7%), Trichomonas vaginalis (3.9%), Neisseria gonorrhoea (1.8%) and Chlamydia trachomatis (0.7%). STIs were more prevalent among women in the younger age group of 15 – 24 years (54.7%), unemployed (54.0%), Primipara (62.3%), and in the third trimester of pregnancy (72.7%). Conclusion: A high prevalence of STIs was found among pregnant women attending ANC in the West Coast region of The Gambia. Public health intervention programmes should be strengthened to promote the sexual and reproductive health of pregnant women in The Gambia. Keywords: Sexually transmitted infections; pregnant women; antenatal clinics; The Gambia.

scholarly journals Sociodemographic status of rape victims in Dhaka Metropolitan area

Mediscope ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-11
Author(s):  
PK Bose ◽  
M Ara ◽  
MS Rahaman ◽  
MZ Kabir ◽  
N Sultana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Intercourse ◽  
Metropolitan Area ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
National Policy ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Lower Socioeconomic ◽  
Set Up

Our objective of the study was to find out the victims of common age group with relation to their educational and social status to set up a local and national policy to create nationwide awareness and taking necessary steps to stop this heinous crime. This is a cross-sectional descriptive type of study which was done in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Dhaka Medical College from January 2016 to December 2016 with maintaining ethical issues. A total of 69 cases, from 23 police stations of Dhaka Metropolitan area, were sent for a medicolegal opinion regarding forceful sexual intercourse and victims who ultimately agreed to do medicolegal examinations were examined and opinion was given, whether the signs of forceful sexual intercourse were present or not. Our study shows that female of >10-≥20 years of age group were the main victims and 69.6% of the victims belong to this age group followed by 14.5% with >20-≥30 years of age. Majority of the victims, 68.1% were from lower socioeconomic status. Educational knowledge of the victims was poor; 31.9% victims had the primary level of education, 24.6% were completely illiterate followed by 37.7% of victims had the education level as secondary and higher secondary, and 5.8% had the above higher secondary level. Victims of rape lead to very painful lives. They are just the victims of this heinous and supposed to get sympathy and empathy from the family, society, and state. But unfortunately, the victims of rape do not get proper attention from them. Sometimes victims are blamed by their surroundings. As a result, many victims commit suicide following rape. So, it should be addressed properly.Mediscope Vol. 5, No. 2: Jul 2018, Page 8-11

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