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A Izzo

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PubMed1991

Dysmenorrhoea and sports activities in adolescents.

Primary or essential dysmenorrhoea is a painful syndrome which precedes by a few hours or accompanies the menstrual flow, present above all in adolescents. The aim of the present work is to evaluate the incidence of dysmenorrhoea in adolescents who practice sports. We examined two groups of athletes who practised sport in their adolescent period: 1) first population of athletes (483 subjects): women who had begun their activity before menarche (Group A: 261 subjects) and athletes who had started some years after the menarche (222 subjects); and in this latter group before (Group B1) and after (Group B2) the beginning of sports activity. 2) Second population (281 subjects) comprising: Group C (169 adolescents) comprised women who took part in sport only now and then; Group D (112 women) whose activity was of an athletic type. Comparing the percentage of dysmenorrhoea it emerges: 1) that dysmenorrhoea is present in a lower percentage in subjects in Group A (68.19%) in respect to women in Group B; 2) that in a considerable number of girls in Group B it was observed that there was a regression or an improvement in the pain symptomatology after the beginning in athletic activity; 3) dysmenorrhoea was much less in the more intense the sports activity (Groups C and D). From these data it can therefore be seen that athletic activity of almost any type or level has a positive influence on the dysmenorrhoea symptom, while it does not produce the same effect on other characteristics of the cycle, indeed, in some cases they were worsened.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1990

[Arteriectasis: a forgotten chapter].

In 1942, Leriche described the first "dolichomégaartères" (or "arteriomegaly" according to the definition subsequently proposed by Anglo-Saxon researchers). We detected 199 cases of arteriomegaly (16.29% of cases examined) during a review of 1,221 translumbar arteriographies of the lower limbs performed from 1980 to 1985 in the vascular radiology department of our hospital. The percentage of associated aneurysms was 33.16%. The possible dysplastic pathogenesis of the affection and the differential diagnosis with atherosclerosis and other vascular affections found in connective tissue diseases is noted. Histopathology showed dystrophic lesions of the media and especially of the elastic fibers as well as occasional associated venous lesions and a familial basis. The peripheral symptomatology was acute, pseudoembolic and severe as revealed by ischemia and cyanosis. There was no collateral circulation. Medical treatment consisted especially in anti-coagulant and hypervolemic hemorrheologic therapy during ischemia. Ultrasonography enabled us to monitor the regular, systematic course of arteriomegaly, to make the diagnosis initially, to measure the exact size of the arteries, to observe the morphology of the wall and, moreover, to determine the presence or not of megaveins capable of reinforcing the dysplastic genesis of arteriomegaly.

Dilatation, Pathologic↗
PubMed1985

Sex-education needs and interests of high school students in a rural New York county.

Seventy-five boys and 88 girls from three high schools in a rural county of New York state took a sex-education quiz and were asked to describe their sexual and contraceptive experiences and sex-education interests. Consistent with most previous research, nonvirgin teenagers who earned better grades on the sex-education quiz failed to use more effective contraceptives than nonvirgins who had performed poorly on the quiz. There was a striking similarity among students' descriptions of sex-education interests, regardless of their gender, previous enrollment in a health course, or experience with sexual intercourse. Very few teenagers (9%) were completely satisfied with their high school's current sex-education program. The majority (57%) wanted to learn more about contraceptives and venereal disease prevention, either as the primary focus of their sex-education curriculum or in combination with other topics such as sexual values, the biology of reproduction, and information about the human body. Many adolescents (19%) seemed confused about their sex-education needs and described a vague interest in everything sexual. Only 2% of the students thought sex education should provide them with erotic information or techniques for increasing sexual pleasure. The remaining students wished that their sex-education courses would give them additional information solely about sexual values (5%) or the biology of reproduction and knowledge about the body (8%).

Adolescent↗