A 55-year-old male patient presented in our service with progressive dyspnea and ascitis beginning 1 year and 8 months previously. He weighed 160 kg (normal weight 95 kg), with ascitis and orthopnea. On admission he presented normal echocardiograms. An electrocardiogram showed diffuse inverted T waves. An endomyocardial biopsy was not elucidative. A new echocardiogram confirmed a very thick pericardium. Surgical pericardial resection was indicated. The postoperative period was uneventful with complete remission of symptoms. The anatomopathological analysis was normal. The pericarditis was classified as idiopathic. This case is a warning for the need of much suspicion in patients with apparent causeless voluminous ascitis.
Premature ejaculation is the most frequent male sexual dysfunction, estimated to affect 20 to 30% of men at some time in their life. A Pubmed search from the year 2000 to the present was performed to retrieve publications related to management or treatment of premature ejaculation. Behavioral techniques have been the mainstay of premature ejaculation management for many years, although evidence of their short-term efficacy is limited. Topical therapies for premature ejaculation act by desensitizing the penis and do not alter the sensation of ejaculation. Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), commonly used in the treatment of depression, are often used to treat premature ejaculation, based on the observation that delayed ejaculation is a frequent side effect of this drug class. Dapoxetine is a short-acting SSRI formulated to treat premature ejaculation, and results seem very promising.Keywords: Ejaculation; Coitus; Erectile dysfunction; Sexual behavior; Sex education; Serotonin reuptake inhibitors RESUMOA ejaculação precoce é a disfunção sexual masculina mais frequente, com uma estimativa de acometimento de 20 a 30% dos homens em algum momento da vida. Foi realizada uma busca no Pubmed, do ano 2000 até os dias atuais, com a finalidade de revisar publicações relacionadas ao manejo e ao tratamento da ejaculação precoce. Terapias comportamentais foram a base do manejo da ejaculação precoce por muitos anos, embora as evidências de sua eficácia a curto prazo sejam limitadas. Terapias de uso tópico agem por meio de dessensibilização do pênis, mas não alteram a sensação da ejaculação. Os inibidores seletivos da recaptação da serotonina são utilizados para depressão e, em geral, também para tratar ejaculação precoce, com base na observação de que o retardo na ejaculação é um efeito colateral frequente dessa classe de drogas. A dapoxetina é um inibidor seletivo da recaptação da serotonina de curta ação, que foi formulado para tratar a ejaculação precoce, e seus resultados parecem muito promissores.
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