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Cerebellar infarction after sneezing

SUMMARY Vertebral Artery Dissection (VAD) is a rare condition that can be caused by a wide amplitude of neck movement, which injures the vessel wall and can cause ischemia in the cerebellum. We present a 37-year-old man with herniated lumbar disc and allergic rhinosinusitis, which caused sneezing spells....

Individualized treatment for allergic rhinitis based on key nasal clinical manifestations combined with histamine and leukotriene D4 levels

Abstract Introduction The types of allergic rhinitis are roughly classified based on the causative antigens, disease types, predilection time, and symptom severity. Objective To examine the clinical typing and individualized treatment approach for allergic rhinitis and to determine the optimal treatmen...

Signs and symptoms related to inhalation of surgical smoke in the nursing team

ABSTRACT Objective: To compare the prevalence of signs and symptoms related to inhalation of surgical smoke among surgical technologists and non-surgical technologists nursing professionals. Method: A cross-sectional study with 46 professionals from a university hospital. To evaluate the prevalence, an...

Provocation test with 5% glycerol has fast and fleeting effects on the nasal mucosa

The effects observed with nasal provocation testing using 5% glycerol were associated only with irritation/burning sensation within the first few minutes, reducing spontaneously and disappearing quickly. The use of 5% glycerol was found to have no influence on the prevalence of nasal obstruction, rhinorr...

Presentación inusual de fracturas laríngeas: reporte de dos casos de fracturas laríngeas no traumáticas

Las fracturas laríngeas se producen principalmente en el contexto de traumas cervicales, ahorcamiento o estrangulamiento. Las fracturas laríngeas no traumáticas son excepcionales, existiendo escasos reportes en la literatura. A continuación, presentamos dos casos de fracturas laríngeas no traumátic...

Craniofacial changes and symptoms of sleep-disordered breathing in healthy children

INTRODUCTION: The main cause of mouth breathing and sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) in childhood is associated with upper airway narrowing to varying degrees. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of morphological and functional craniofacial changes and the main clinical symptoms...

Estimativa dos índices de pneumonia, pela tosse, e de rinite atrófica, por espirros, em suínos
Estimating of pneumonia by coughing and atrophic rhinitis by sneezing indices in swine

Realizou-se um estudo em 64 granjas de suínos na regiäo sul do Brasil entre julho de 1995 e março de 1997 com o objetivo de estimar o índice de pneumonia (IP) e o índice de rinite atrófica (IRA), por meio da contagem dos sinais clínicos de tosse e espirro, respectivamente, em suínos em cresciment...