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...inauguration as Brazil's President on March 15, Tancredo Neves underwent emergency surgery for diverticulitis, an inflammation of the intestinal tract. The operation was judged a success, but five days later Neves was back in surgery. The second operation, last week, was to remove adhesions that prevented the bowel from functioning and caused a buildup of gas and swelling. Doctors predicted afterward that Neves, 75, would recover fully but slowly. One physician reportedly told the President-elect, "You need to get better." Replied Neves: "I don't need to. I must...
...thrown down. To begin with, he says, "the bringing together of appropriate chemicals at appropriate times is the basis of all biology. It's as old as life itself." So why single out the bombardier for harboring dangerous chemicals in its body? he asks. Why not the human digestive tract, for example? There the stomach walls are protected from the hydrochloric acid within by a layer of mucus, which, if damaged, would allow the potent acid to attack the stomach walls and be released into the body...
...easily misinterpreted. Men with chlamydia can experience a burning sensation during urination and a mucoid discharge, but their illness is often diagnosed as gonorrhea. In women, chlamydia may also mimic gonorrhea, causing a vaginal discharge, or result in the frequent and sometimes painful urination associated with a urinary-tract infection...
When doctors confronted with chlamydial symptoms mistakenly prescribe penicillin, the usual treatment for gonorrhea, or order the drugs most commonly used for urinary-tract infections, the chlamydial infection rages on. Repeated doses of the antibiotics tetracycline or erythromycin over a period of one week are required to knock...
...wrong drugs are used for chlamydia or if it is left untreated, the infection can spread throughout the reproductive tract. In men, it generally / leaves no lasting effects, though many continue to harbor the bacteria and can infect their sexual partners. In women, the bacteria may travel through the uterus into the fallopian tubes, which become inflamed and eventually scarred. While the infection in some cases causes severe lower abdominal pain, thus sending a clear danger signal, the symptoms in other women are barely noticeable. Many of these women remain unaware of their infection. Only after trying unsuccessfully to become...