Le diagnostic se fait par examen clinique et imageries comme l'échographie ou l'IRM.
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Des tests comme l'examen pelvien et des études urodynamiques peuvent être réalisés.
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Quels signes cliniques indiquent un prolapsus ?
Des signes comme une sensation de pesanteur ou des douleurs pelviennes peuvent indiquer un prolapsus.
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Le prolapsus peut-il être confondu avec d'autres conditions ?
Oui, il peut être confondu avec des infections ou des tumeurs pelviennes.
ProlapsusDiagnostic différentiel
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Quelle est l'importance de l'examen physique ?
L'examen physique est crucial pour évaluer la gravité et le type de prolapsus.
ProlapsusExamen physique
Symptômes
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#1
Quels sont les symptômes courants du prolapsus ?
Les symptômes incluent douleur pelvienne, incontinence et sensation de masse dans le vagin.
ProlapsusSymptômes
#2
Le prolapsus peut-il causer des problèmes urinaires ?
Oui, il peut entraîner des difficultés à uriner ou des fuites urinaires.
ProlapsusIncontinence urinaire
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Y a-t-il des symptômes digestifs associés ?
Oui, des symptômes comme la constipation ou des difficultés à déféquer peuvent survenir.
ProlapsusSymptômes digestifs
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Comment le prolapsus affecte-t-il la sexualité ?
Il peut causer des douleurs pendant les rapports sexuels et une diminution du désir.
ProlapsusSanté sexuelle
#5
Les symptômes varient-ils selon le type de prolapsus ?
Oui, les symptômes peuvent varier selon qu'il s'agit d'un prolapsus vaginal, rectal ou utérin.
ProlapsusTypes de prolapsus
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#1
Comment prévenir le prolapsus viscéral ?
Maintenir un poids santé, faire des exercices pelviens et éviter de soulever des charges lourdes.
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#2
Le tabagisme influence-t-il le prolapsus ?
Oui, le tabagisme peut affaiblir les tissus et augmenter le risque de prolapsus.
ProlapsusTabagisme
#3
Les grossesses multiples augmentent-elles le risque ?
Oui, les grossesses multiples peuvent affaiblir les muscles pelviens et favoriser le prolapsus.
ProlapsusGrossesse
#4
L'âge joue-t-il un rôle dans le prolapsus ?
Oui, le risque de prolapsus augmente avec l'âge en raison de la perte de tonus musculaire.
ProlapsusÂge
#5
Les activités physiques peuvent-elles aider ?
Certaines activités comme le yoga peuvent renforcer le plancher pelvien et prévenir le prolapsus.
ProlapsusActivité physique
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5
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Quels traitements sont disponibles pour le prolapsus ?
Les traitements incluent des exercices de renforcement, des pessaires et la chirurgie.
ProlapsusTraitement
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Quand la chirurgie est-elle recommandée ?
La chirurgie est recommandée lorsque les symptômes sont sévères et ne répondent pas aux autres traitements.
ProlapsusChirurgie
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Les pessaires sont-ils efficaces ?
Oui, les pessaires peuvent soutenir les organes et soulager les symptômes sans chirurgie.
ProlapsusPessaires
#4
Quels exercices aident à traiter le prolapsus ?
Les exercices de Kegel renforcent les muscles pelviens et peuvent aider à réduire les symptômes.
ProlapsusExercices de Kegel
#5
Y a-t-il des traitements médicaux non chirurgicaux ?
Oui, des traitements comme la physiothérapie pelvienne peuvent être bénéfiques.
ProlapsusPhysiothérapie
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5
#1
Quelles complications peuvent survenir avec un prolapsus ?
Des complications incluent l'incontinence, des infections urinaires et des douleurs chroniques.
ProlapsusComplications
#2
Le prolapsus peut-il entraîner des problèmes psychologiques ?
Oui, il peut causer de l'anxiété, de la dépression et affecter la qualité de vie.
ProlapsusSanté mentale
#3
Y a-t-il un risque de récidive après traitement ?
Oui, le prolapsus peut récidiver même après un traitement chirurgical ou non chirurgical.
ProlapsusRécidive
#4
Comment les infections sont-elles liées au prolapsus ?
Les prolapsus peuvent augmenter le risque d'infections urinaires et vaginales.
ProlapsusInfections
#5
Le prolapsus peut-il affecter la fonction intestinale ?
Oui, il peut entraîner des problèmes de constipation et de défécation difficile.
ProlapsusFonction intestinale
Facteurs de risque
5
#1
Quels sont les principaux facteurs de risque du prolapsus ?
Les facteurs incluent l'accouchement, l'obésité, le vieillissement et les antécédents familiaux.
ProlapsusFacteurs de risque
#2
Le mode de vie influence-t-il le prolapsus ?
Oui, un mode de vie sédentaire et le surpoids augmentent le risque de prolapsus.
ProlapsusMode de vie
#3
Les antécédents chirurgicaux sont-ils un facteur ?
Oui, des interventions chirurgicales pelviennes antérieures peuvent augmenter le risque de prolapsus.
ProlapsusAntécédents chirurgicaux
#4
Les troubles du collagène sont-ils liés au prolapsus ?
Oui, des troubles du collagène peuvent affaiblir les tissus de soutien et favoriser le prolapsus.
ProlapsusTroubles du collagène
#5
Le stress physique a-t-il un impact ?
Oui, des efforts répétés ou un stress physique excessif peuvent contribuer au prolapsus.
ProlapsusStress physique
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Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Floor Disorders, Department of Subspecialty Care for Women's Health, Women's Health Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: wallacs8@ccf.org.
Division of Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Female Pelvic Medicine and reconstructive Surgery Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine Chicago, 250 E. Superior, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: Christina.LewickyGaupp@nm.org.
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory Gyn/Ob Clinic, 1365 Clifton Road, Bldg A, 4th Floor, Attention Daphne Blow, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland.
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: Linder.Brian@mayo.edu.
Urogynecology/Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery (Urogynecology), Women's Health Institute, Cleveland, Ohio.
Department of Surgery, Stanford Pelvic Health Center, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Suicide is the third-leading cause of death globally, predominantly among youth. We aimed at reviewing the available published literature and some reports about suicide, in an attempt to unveil aspect...
Hepatitis A virus infection is widespread in Iraq, therefore, assessing its seroprevalence is important for infection control at the community level....
To determine hepatitis A virus seroprevalence in a representative sample in Duhok Governorate, northern Iraq; evaluate changes in the epidemiological pattern; and assess factors associated with its se...
This cross-sectional study was conducted from July 2020 to November 2021. Random cluster sampling was used to select participants aged 5-74 years. Hepatitis A virus immunoglobulin G (IgG) was determin...
A total of 1052 participants (625 males and 427 females) were enrolled. The overall seroprevalence of hepatitis A virus IgG was 68.3%: 24.4% in ages 5-10 years; 38.3% in ages 11-15; 86.9% in ages 16-2...
Hepatitis A virus seroprevalence in Iraq has been declining since the past decade, indicating intermediate-to-low endemicity of hepatitis A virus. However, people are still many susceptible, indicatin...
Interest in training in nephrology is declining around the world. This is a particularly worrisome issue for future nephrology practice with the aging population and the increasing number of patients ...
A web-based authors-constructed survey consisting of a Likert-type scale questionnaire to assess perception and satisfaction was used. It comprised multiple-choice yes/no/maybe questions and addressed...
One hundred and twenty internal medicine Iraqi fellows participated in the survey (response rate 84.2%). Sixty-eight fellows (74%) described nephrology as a complex science. Acid-base and electrolytes...
The majority (76%) of Iraqi medical interns are currently not satisfied with nephrology training and education. One in seven would pursue a future career in nephrology. New targeted innovative approac...
Insurgents of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant created a crisis that has had immediate and long-term consequences for the population in Iraq. Yazidis are among the most affected ethnos religio...
The present study recruited four hundred and twenty-two Yazidi individuals (50.8% female) residing in two camps in the Iraqi Kurdistan region. In face-to-face interviews, each participant replied to d...
The results indicate that levels of psychological distress were high among the target population; around 65% of respondents reported having some level of psychological distress. Moreover, women showed...
Conflict and displacement contribute to high level of psychological distress. Resilience, however, seem to have a negative association with psychological distress. Additionally, living conditions and ...
Self-immolation is one of the most brutal suicide methods and is a significant social and medical problem throughout the world. Self-immolation is more common in low-income countries than in high-inco...
The aim is to evaluate the trends in self-immolation and examine its frequency in Iraq....
The PRISMA guideline was used to conduct this systematic review study. We searched for publications in English, Arabic and Kurdish in PubMed and Google Scholar. A total of 105 publications were identi...
This study included 13 articles. According to the findings, self-immolation accounted for 26.38% of all burn admissions in the Iraqi provinces and the Kurdistan region, with 16.02% of those occurring ...
The prevalence of self-immolation is high among the Iraqi population, compared to other countries, particularly among the Kurdish population and in Sulaymaniyah. Self-immolation is relatively common a...
The suicide rate has increased in Iraq in recent years, making it a major public health concern. This systematic review examines the prevalence of suicidal behaviours in the Iraq and Kurdistan region....
This study adhered to the PRISMA guidelines, conducting searches on PubMed, MEDLINE, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. Out of 153 initially identified publications, only 18 full articles met the inc...
The suicide crude rate in Iraq (excluding Kurdistan) rose from 1.09 to 1.31 per 100,000 between 2015 and 2016, while Kurdistan had an estimated rate of 3.83 per 100,000 during the same period. Limited...
The prevalence of suicide in Iraq, as indicated by this systematic review, requires urgent attention and effective public health initiatives. The interplay of social, economic, cultural, and psycholog...
Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma is a rare and lethal disease that accounts for 1-2% of thyroid malignancies. It is an aggressive locoregional disease with a high rate of distant metastasis, a poor progno...
We analysed data from 22 patients diagnosed with ATC from 2018 to 2021, using the Kaplan-Meier method and log-rank test to determine overall survival....
Patients' median age was 64.3 ± 17.1 years. Females were more affected (male/female ratio: 1:1.7); 14 cases occurred in females (63.6.4%), and eight in males (36.4%). The most common manifestations we...
ATC is a rapidly growing cancer that, fortunately, is rare. Early diagnosis and multimodality treatment may provide a better quality of life and survival time for this group of patients....
Meningitis is still a major public health challenge globally. Both the viral and bacterial forms of the disease have been reported worldwide. In 2023, around 200 children with suspected meningitis wer...
To investigate the aetiology and epidemiology of meningitis among children in Halabja Governorate, Iraq, and expedite clinical management and prevention....
Blood and cerebrospinal fluid specimens were collected from 197 children admitted to Halabja Paediatric and Maternity Teaching Hospital from 1 March to 1 July 2023 and analysed. The sample t-test was ...
The majority (76.6%) of the children were aged 2-9 years and 54% were males. The clinical manifestations of the disease were fever (100.0%), headache (89.0%), vomiting (85.7%), and photophobia (72.4%)...
The rapid diagnosis of the disease was crucial to the therapeutic and prevention control measures for the outbreak. Although it is still unclear how and where this outbreak started, contaminated drink...
Hemophilia and Von Willbrand disease (VWD) are the most well known types of hereditary hemorrhagic disorders (HHD). Hemophilia affects about 200 000 people worldwide, while VWD affects about 80 000. B...
Influenza is an acute viral infection with significant morbidity and mortality. It occurs annually each winter, which is called seasonal influenza, and is preventable through safe vaccine....
The aim of this work is to know the epidemiological pattern of patients with seasonal influenza in Iraqi sentinel sites....
A cross-sectional study was carried out on records of patients who attended four sentinel sites and registered to have influenza-like illness (ILI) or severe acute respiratory infection (SARI), and la...
The total number of cases was 1124; 36.2% of them aged 19-39 years; 53.9% were female; 74.9% lived in urban areas; 64.3% diagnosed as ILI; and 35.7% as SARI; 15.9% had diabetes, 12.7% had heart diseas...
The percentage of influenza virus in Iraq is relatively small. The age, classification of case (ILI or SARI), having diabetes, heart disease, or immunological disease, and taking COVID-19 vaccine have...
It is needed for similar sentinel sites in other health directorates and for rising health education about seasonal influenza and its vaccine....
