CORRELATION OF THERMAL PAIN PERCEPTION AND HOSTILITY IN MALES AND FEMALES DURING PHYSIOLOGIC STARVATION.

The phenomenon of pain remains one of the most important challenges in medicine and biology, which often causes disability in humans and worsens the quality of life. The pain is a variable, subjective experience, and it is impossible to fully understand it without getting to know the physiological mechanisms beyond sensory damage of the tissues. There are some gender differences in pain perception, particularly, females tend to be more sensitive towards experimental pain.

SENSITIVITY TO MECHANICAL PAIN BASED ON SATIETY LEVELS IN WOMEN.

The recent data have shown that in addition to biological and psychosocial mechanisms, individual pain perception can be altered by satiety level as well. Some studies confirm that there is a relationship between being fed by sucrose and hyperalgesia in animals, while others show that ketogenic diet can be associated with decreased pain sensitivity to thermal stimuli. It can be argued that the effect of satiety level on pain perception is mediated by gastrointestinal hormones and endogenous opioids.

IDENTIFICATION AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS OF STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE.

GBS-Group B streptococcus or Streptococcus agalactiae is a Gram-positive coccus found in 20% of healthy women as part of normal gastrointestinal and genital tract flora. It is associated with pathogenicity in immunocompromised, elderly and pregnant adults as well as infants and neonates. GBS are encapsulated organisms and sub divided into ten antigenically distinct capsular serotypes.

Influence of circadian blood pressure profile on endothelial function in patients with and without arterial hypertension.

Little is known about the relationship between the circadian BP rhythm and endothelial function in patients with essential hypertension. Consequently, we have hypothesized, that hypertensive patients with non-dipper circadian BP profile have more deteriorated endothelial function, than those with dipper BP profile. 57 untreated hypertensive patients and 17 normotensive controls were undergone to the anthropometrical measurements, physical examinations, review of their medical histories, 24-hour ABPM and vascular doppler-echography with high resolution ultrasound.