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During the menstrual cycle, core temperature is at its lowest point just before ovulation. Each of these factors-fever, heat acclimatization, the circadian rhythm, and the menstrual cycle-changes the core temperature at rest by changing the thermoregulatory set point, producing corresponding changes in the thresholds for all of the thermoregulatory responses. Skin temperature influences heat loss responses not only through reflex actions (see Fig. First, local cooling potentiates (and heating weakens) the constriction of blood vessels in response to nerve signals and vasoconstrictor substances. The local vasodilator effect of skin temperature is especially strong above 35°C; and, when the skin is warmer than the blood, increased blood flow helps cool the skin and protect it from heat injury, unless this response is impaired by vascular disease. During prolonged heat exposure (lasting several hours) with high sweat output, sweating rates gradually decline and the response of sweat glands to local cholinergic drugs is reduced. This reduction of sweat gland responsiveness is sometimes called sweat gland “fatigue. The glands’ responsiveness can be at least partly restored if air movement increases or humidity is reduced, allowing some of the sweat on the skin to evaporate. Sweat gland fatigue may involve processes besides hidromeiosis because prolonged sweating also causes histologic changes, including the depletion of glycogen, in the sweat glands. Consequently, more than 70% of metabolic heat generated must be transported to the skin to be dissipated to the environment. Heat starts to accumulate in the body when the heat-dissipating mechanisms are unable to cope with metabolic heat production, leading to an increase in body temperature. Although hot environments also elicit heat-dissipating responses, exercise ordinarily is responsible for the greatest demands on the thermoregulatory system for heat dissipation. Exercise provides an important example of how the thermoregulatory system responds to a disturbance in heat balance. In addition, exercise and thermoregulation impose competing demands on the circulatory system because exercise requires large increases in blood flow to exercising muscle, whereas the thermoregulatory responses to exercise require increases in skin blood flow. Muscle blood flow during exercise is several times as great as skin blood flow, but the increase in skin blood flow is responsible for disproportionately large demands on the cardiovascular system, as discussed below. Finally, if the water and electrolytes lost through sweating are not replaced, the resulting reduction in plasma volume will eventually create a further challenge to cardiovascular homeostasis. As previously mentioned, the increased metabolic heat production during exercise causes an increase in core temperature, which in turn elicits heat loss responses. Core temperature continues to rise until heat loss has increased enough to match heat production, and core temperature and the heat loss responses reach new steady-state levels. Because the heat loss responses are proportional to the increase in core temperature, the increase in core temperature at steady state is proportional to the rate of heat production and, thus, to the metabolic rate. A change in ambient temperature causes changes in the levels of sweating and skin blood flow necessary to maintain any given level of heat dissipation. However, the change in ambient temperature also elicits, via direct and reflex effects of the accompanying skin temperature changes, altered responses in the right direction. For any given rate of heat production, there is a certain range of environmental conditions within which an ambient temperature change elicits the necessary changes in heat-dissipating responses almost entirely through the effects of skin temperature changes, with virtually no effect on core temperature. For this reason, it was once believed that the increase in core temperature during exercise is caused by an increase in the thermoregulatory set point, as during fever. As noted, however, the increase in core temperature with exercise is an example of a load error rather than an increase in set point.

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Prohaemostatic changes – shortened clotting Leg pain and swelling in pregnancy may also be times a sign of pre-eclampsia when associated with raised ● increased fbrinogen concentration blood pressure and proteinuria. Although the risk is carried throughout preg- Increased risk of venous thromboembolism (arte- nancy, it is substantially higher in the last trimester rial, venous, small vessel thrombosis) and delivery, and even higher in the postpartum Pregnancy losses (early, late), fetal growth retar- period. Lupus anticoagulant (two or more times, 6 weeks The antiphospholipid syndrome poses signif- apart) cant risk (three-fold increase) for arterial, venous, Anticardiolipin immunoglobulin G (IgG) or IgM at and small vessel thromboses, in addition to the moderate levels (>20 U) well-recognised association with pregnancy losses therapy (Box 3). The postphlebitic syndrome is Prothrombin variant Estimated risk 1:200 also fairly common. Pain and tenderness over disorders, gross varicose veins the deep veins is common. Leg swelling may be sig- Antiphospholipid syndromes Lupus anticoagulant (strongly nifcant, and no other signs may be apparent. Pain positive and persistent) on dorsifexion of the foot (Homan’s sign) has not Anticardiolipin antibodies been found to be particularly discriminatory. Major surgery Central venous catheters/lines Objective measurements include circumferential Hyperemesis measurements of the leg at fxed points in compar- Dehydration ison with the normal leg, and presence of spreading Immobilisation (including cellulitis are useful baseline recordings. Secondly, the immediate management is not altered by the absence or pres- Dvt ence of these factors. Pregnancy, in addition, will in Paralysis/paresis any case alter the steady levels of these factors. The current imaging Alternative diagnosis less likely Heart rate >100 modalities are listed in Box 5. The use of a spiral Cancer Box 5 Current imaging modalities for of a haematoma and ecchymosis should alert the suspected venous thromboembolism clinician to consider a bleeding diathesis to be a potential cause. Most patients are comfortable with self-injection with a longer-acting, low-molecular-weight hepa- risk factors (Table 1) are present. The guidance body mass index calculated based on early pregnancy is based on enoxaparin, but would be equally applica- weight. Risk reassessment should occur during preg- ble to other low-molecular-weight heparins. By term, Ligamentous tear over 60 per cent of women will have noticed it to Torn leg muscles some degree. The clinical difculty with leg swell- Ruptured Achilles’ tendon ing is to distinguish between the physiological and Ruptured popliteal fossa cyst (Baker’s cyst) the pathological in order to decide whether treat- Sunburn Insect bite ment is necessary and if so, its degree of urgency. Leg swelling is most commonly due to oedema, but Chronic leg swelling enlargement of any of the tissues of the leg may give Congenital lymphoedemas the clinical impression of swelling. Box 1 gives a Hereditary lymphoedema Type I broad summary of the causes of leg swelling, both ● Milroy’s disease acute and chronic, which may occur irrespective of ● presents after birth pregnancy. Tis ● hereditary lymphoedema tarda is a fltration of liquid with the hydraulic pressure ● presents at 35 years in the capillaries determining the rate of fow. Tere ● accounts for 10–15 per cent of cases are diferent forces at work during this process, and an imbalance will lead to oedema. Hydraulic pres- Acquired Traumatic sure moves fuid through the capillary wall in the ● post lymphatic dissection direction of the interstitial tissues. The hydraulic ● post radiotherapy force in the capillary is countered by the pressure Venous in the interstitial fuid and by the osmotic suction ● chronic insuffciency in the capillary fuid. Older physiology texts describe a signifcant ● pelvic tumour obstructing venous return distal capillary reabsorption of water. Some useful ● valvular disease questions are: ● tricuspid valve regurgitation/stenosis When did the swelling start? Has the swelling arisen during the pregnancy or did it pre- Low serum albumin date pregnancy?

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However, as the keratoconus progresses and the amount of irregular astigmatism increases, patients become unable to obtain satisfactory vision with spectacle correction. Contact lenses can then be used to neutralize the irregular astigmatism, thereby offering significant visual improvement over spectacles. As the cornea becomes more distorted and ectatic, contact lens fitting becomes more difficult and vision deteriorates, ultimately necessitating surgical intervention. Conventional spherical myopic soft contact lenses may be used successfully in mild cases of keratoconus with minimal manifest astigmatism. Toric soft contact lenses also may be used in some patients without excessive amounts of irregular astigmatism. The vast majority of patients with keratoconus are managed with rigid gas-permeable contact lenses. 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This system is expensive and time-consuming for both practitioner and patient but can be helpful in managing select cases that have failed more conventional contact lens fitting. Another specialized lens design incorporates a rigid gas-permeable center with a soft peripheral skirt to reduce the edge awareness of conventional gas-permeable lenses. Moreover, such ‘‘saturn-style’’ lenses may actually center better and offer a more stable fit by virtue of their large diameter, which extends beyond the limbus. Surgical intervention is reserved for patients with keratoconus who cannot be successfully fit with contact lenses or who fail to obtain satisfactory vision with contact lenses. Atopic patients with keratoconus tend to come to surgery much more frequently than nonallergic patients because the allergic diathesis tends to interfere with contact lens tolerance. The surgical procedure requires excision of the entire cone, frequently determined by the outline of the Fleischer ring. Usually the grafted tissue is centered on the pupil, but when the cone is eccentric, an eccentric graft is used to encompass the entire cone, taking care to leave the optical zone free of sutures. Increasing graft size with proximity to the limbal blood vessel reduces the ‘‘immune privilege’’ of the usually avascular cornea, thereby increasing the risk of immunologic reaction. However, a lamellar graft has the advantage of being an extraocular procedure that avoids the risk of endothelial rejection. Most cases of lamellar keratoplasty are performed as tectonic procedures for large cones in which the thinning extends out to the limbus. If a satisfactory visual result is not obtained, a smaller central full-thickness corneal transplant can subsequently be performed within the confines of the lamellar graft, thereby avoiding the increased risk of immunologic rejection with large full-thickness corneal transplants. They have recently been reported to be useful in treating mild keratoconus in patients who are contact lens-intolerant. The corneas included in the study were free of central scarring and no thinner than 400 microns. The rationale of the procedure is to reinforce the ectatic area of the cornea, thereby reducing corneal steepening and irregular astigmatism associated with keratoconus, with improvement in both uncorrected and best spectacle-corrected visual acuity. Further studies are needed to corroborate these findings and to determine if placement of these ring segments within keratoconus corneas will in fact slow or prevent progression of corneal ectasia.

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Occasionally, it can cause postcoital bleeding, can occur on the ectocervix, with the fnding of a raised and it may present as a cyst or mass either in isolation plaque or pseudopolyp and, as a consequence, can be or as part of the picture of endometriosis (see Pelvic mistaken for invasive carcinoma. Cervical leiomyoma (fbroid): cervical myomas are usually single and can cause enlargement and distortion of the neoplastic cervix, with stretching and narrowing of the canal. The Benign differential diagnosis includes a leiomyoma arising in the fbromuscular tissue of the cervix, and a peduncu- Endocervical polyps (Fig. Tey are most ofen of the uterus and has elongated suffciently to protrude focal and observed in multigravida during the fourth through the cervical os. Teir size can range from a Papillary adenofbroma: a benign cervical neoplasm typ- few millimetres to some centimetres; rarely, a cervical ically observed in perimenopausal and postmenopausal polyp can become so large that it protrudes beyond women, so named because of its resemblance to adenof- the introitus and is mistaken for a carcinoma. Granulation tissue is very friable and usually occurs fol- lowing some form of surgery. All these lesions may present with discharge, contact bleeding (postcoital and intermenstrual), or pressure symptoms, depending on size. However, the vast majority are asymptomatic and are usually incidental fndings at the time of routine cervical cytology. Malignant Primary Worldwide, cervical carcinoma is the second most common female malignancy, with 500,000 new cases and 274,000 deaths each year. The major bur- den of the disease is now experienced in the devel- oping world, where 83 per cent of cases occur. The majority of cervical cancers (70 per cent) are squamous in type, 15 per cent adenosquamous, and 15 per cent adenocarcinomas. Cervical cancers are usually exo- phytic caulifower-type growths or typical epithe- Figure 6 Sagittal view of a uterus with a cancer on the cervix. Small or early lesions may be clinically indistinguishable from cervicitis the cervical stroma to produce an enlarged, hard, or ectopy. In many of these patients, the ally replace the cervix, resulting in a bulky, irregu- macroscopic cervical appearances can be normal. Apart from stages Ia1 and Ia2 (where his- features are responsible for the common presenting tological diagnosis is usually made from a cone or symptoms of intermenstrual and postcoital bleeding, loop cervical biopsy), staging of cervical cancer is as well as increased vaginal discharge. Pain is a late clinical, with examination under anaesthetic, cys- feature of this disease. In the event of an endophyt- toscopy, a rectovaginal examination and possible ic-type squamous cell carcinoma or an adenocarci- sigmoidoscopy, intravenous urography, and a chest noma, the tumour growth tends to occur within the X-ray. Box 1 Differential diagnosis of chest Other rarer malignant tumours that can cause a pain in pregnancy cervical swelling include lymphoma and leukaemia of the cervix, which are neoplasms of the haematopoi- Cardiac causes etic system whose manifestation in the cervix is usu- ischaemic ally a refection of widespread disease. Most patients Acute coronary syndrome present with a cervical mass, but they may also com- Coronary atherosclerosis plain of vaginal bleeding and discharge. Less ● coronary dissection commonly the tumour may appear as a polypoid ● coronary thrombosis endocervical mass protruding through the cervical Coronary arteritis os. Sometimes a lymphoma-like lesion (pseudolym- non-ischaemic phoma), which is a marked infammatory extensive Aortic dissection lesion of the cervix, can be confused with lymph- Pericarditis oproliferative diseases and can be clearly identifed Mitral valve prolapse only by histology. Various types of sarcoma (aden- osarcoma, embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma, carci- non-cardiac causes nosarcoma, and leiomyosarcoma) are very rarely Pulmonary encountered as causes of cervical swelling. Pulmonary embolism/infarction Another rare neoplasm of the uterine cervix with Pneumothorax a poor prognosis is malignant melanoma. It may Pneumonia with pleural involvement initially be misdiagnosed (mainly in the achromic Gastrointestinal forms) and then discovered at an advanced stage Oesophageal spasm when immunohistochemistry is useful – a defnitive Oesophageal refux diagnosis can be made only through immunohisto- Oesophageal rupture chemical methods and the exclusion of other pri- Peptic ulcer disease mary sites of melanoma. It is Costochondritis/Tietze’s syndrome uncommon to fnd an isolated secondary from Herpes zoster Chest wall pain another anatomical site in the body.

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Lars, 50 years: Appropriate antibiotics vessels that drain an area of cellulitis is called The gland bodies lie at varying depths from are given for 10 to 15 days. In Delhi, many tube-wells are used to supplement the water supply from Yamuna river.

Ines, 58 years: T ey also result in shorter duration of hospital Clinical Pearl stay, lesser need of endotracheal intubation, and decreased need for adrenaline nebulization. Inverse myotatic reflex Active contraction of a muscle also causes reflex inhibition of the contraction.

Ramon, 34 years: Some pancreatic enzymes are secreted as proenzymes, which are activated in the duodenal lumen to form the active enzymes. Excision of the cyst is impracticable because carcinoma of the Pancreas Gastric, hepatic, mesenteric and omental of intimate relationship of the cyst wall to the About 70 percent of pancreatic cancers arise nodes are also involved.

Vak, 23 years: Which of the following mutations in a tumor suppressor (a) Promotion of cell cycle progression agent causes breast carcinoma? To increase production of nutritious foods and their additional nutrients to target groups to fill the gap consumption.

Makas, 62 years: Treatment consists in laying the patient down out of the heat to reduce the peripheral pooling of blood and improve the diastolic filling of the heart. When there is exudation in the macula and peripheral retinal telangiectasia, but no retinal detachment, the disease can frequently be competently diagnosed.

Pavel, 48 years: When the ventricular rate is extremely rapid, there is little opportunity for ventricular filling to occur; despite the high heart rate, cardiac output falls in this setting (see Chapter 13 for more detailed explanation). Medications that control Congenital hypothyroidism is diagnosed by heart rate and blood pressure are administered blood test confirming low levels of T3 and T4 and to prevent complications of thyrotoxicosis.

Mezir, 38 years: Treatment of The manifestations of hypopituitarism depend gigantism depends on the etiology of the growth on which hormones are lost and the extent of hormone excess. Other important Acts related to children are the Medical Negligence and Inefficacy of Central Children Act, 1960 and Juvenile Justice (Care Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 and Protection of Children Act 2000).

Tizgar, 26 years: Two thirds of these lymphomas come to clinical attention with nontender nodal enlargement involving one or more lymph nodes. Depolarization of free-wall ventricular muscle proceeds from the innermost layers of muscle (subendocardium) to the outermost layers (subepicardium).

Riordian, 44 years: Currently, almotriptan, naratriptan, progress should be monitored regularly and any new prob- rizatriptan, sumatriptan, zolmitriptan, eletriptan, and fro- lems or setbacks dealt with promptly. Positive pressure ventilation is discontinued if there Stimulation is done by rubbing the back or ficking the soles.

Yugul, 27 years: Algorithm showing possible cause-effect be a marker for more severe injury (Makley et al. In an adult man, there is about how much grams of (c) Mild splenomegaly hemoglobin in the circulating blood?

Luca, 21 years: When blood volume decreases because of hemorrhage, the peripheral venous pressure falls and the venous function curve is shifted to the left. Explain how and why the equilibrium point between cardiac output and central venous pressure is shifted by changes in blood volume, venous tone, arteriolar resistance, and the inotropic state of the heart both individually and collectively.

Cyrus, 30 years: Apoptosis is inhibited from occurring prematurely by specific molecules, such as growth factors, that act as antiapoptotic molecules. All these belong to family Enterobacteriaceae and all can reduce nitrate to nitrite.

Yasmin, 55 years: Other is- quiring external stimulation to aid in successful masturba- sues that may arise include decisions regarding steriliza- tion, sexual stimuli (e. Neural mechanisms of feedback control determine intramural contractile tone in the reservoir (see Fig.

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