O uso abusivo de substâncias psicoativas é um problema para a saúde em todo o mundo, pois possui ampla magnitude, na infância e na vida adulta. O objetivo deste artigo é compreender os sentimentos e as percepções dos familiares sobre a rede de apoio, cuidado e tratamento dos filhos usuários de crack e outras drogas acompanhados em um centro de referência. Como trajetória metodológica, foi utilizada a pesquisa q...
The clinical and radiological pulmonary manifestations in the initial phase of schistosomiasis mansoni were studied in thirty previously healthy individuals who were simultaneously infected. The findings were compared with those concerning a control group and related to possible pathogenetic factors. The respiratory manifestations were of light or of moderate intensity, the dry cough being the most common sympt...
Stability of faecal egg excretion and correlation with results related to worm burden at the initial phase of schistosomiasis mansoni were observed in two groups of mice infected with different Schistosoma mansoni cercarial burdens, by means of analysis of quantitative parasitological studies and schistosome counts after perfusion. Thus, it may be stated that few quantitative parasitological stool examinations ...
In this paper the history of 115 recruits that had bathed simultaneously in streams contaminated with Schistosoma mansoni, during military maneuvers, is reported. Thirty four of the infected patients presented the initial phase of the infection diagnosed through epidemiologic, clinical and laboratorial parameters. Three out of the 34 patients did not reveal the clinical picture of the infection, thus being cons...