Objective: To assess the association between anemia and nutritional aspects in adolescent athletes from a large sport club. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, involving 298 athletes aged between 10 and 17 years, submitted to measurement of skin folds, weight and height, and collection of capillary blood in duplicate to determine hemoglobin values. It was carried out in a random sample composed of athletes from eight sport modalities. Results: Regarding nutritional status, 10.1% of athletes were overweight based on body mass index and 70 (23.5%) athletes had a percentage of body fat classified as high or very high. The prevalence of anemia was 16.4%, being more prevalent in judo (37.1%), basketball (34%) and futsal (20.5%) athletes. Low hemoglobin levels were significantly associated with shorter stature (p=0.006). Conclusions: There was a significant association between anemia and short stature, suggesting that the athlete's height-weight development may be affected in suboptimal conditions of oxygen distribution.
Alcoholism is prevalent throughout the Americas, it affects an average of 10% of the population, therefore it can be considered a public health problem. Alcohol abuse can cause several injuries to the metabolism, being responsible for causing liver damage and other complications. Zieve's syndrome (ZS) is considered an example of these insults, it represents a rare condition and is generally underdiagnosed in clinical practice. The rarity of this syndrome means that patients are often submitted to unnecessary exams due to the lack of knowledge of this possible diagnosis by the medical team. It should be suspected whenever there is anemia, elevation of indirect bilirubin and secondary hyperlipidemia in the context of acute and abusive alcohol intake, without any obvious sign of gastrointestinal bleeding. In this article we discuss a case report about ZS of a patient attended at a metropolitan hospital in Belo Horizonte.
Rinossinusite (RS) é definida pela inflamação sintomática da mucosa dos seios paranasais e da cavidade nasal, sendo um dos processos infecciosos mais comuns da via área superior. Pode ser classificada pela duração dos sintomas, pela etiologia e pelas manifestações clinicas O diagnóstico dessa patologia é essencialmente clínico, com características autolimitadas e resolução do quadro sem o uso de antibióticos. Assim, o manejo de sintomáticos é extremamente importante.
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