Epiploic Appendagitis in a Young Adult Female: A Rare Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain.

Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is an uncommon and frequently misdiagnosed cause of acute abdominal pain, typically affecting middle-aged males. This case report presents an atypical occurrence in a 32-year-old Hispanic female who presented with left lower quadrant pain, initially suspected to be diverticulitis or infectious colitis. Contrast-enhanced CT imaging revealed the characteristic findings of EA, a diagnosis that is rarely seen in young adult females.

The influence of access to care on the health literacy of families in Mexico.

Health literacy (HL) is essential to understanding health information and achieving health goals. Unfortunately, limited information is available on how parent HL impact child health outcomes. This is critical to understand in areas of the world where access to healthcare services is limited or unavailable.

Traumatic Tension Pneumothorax: A Tale of Two Pathologies.

Pneumothorax resulting from injury is a common phenomenon in both civilian and military trauma. A pneumothorax or simple pneumothorax is defined as air in the pleural space. A tension pneumothorax can evolve from a simple pneumothorax if there is a continued air leak from the lung without mechanism for egress.

Direct acting antivirals eradicate HCV from the liver quickly in people with HIV but do not fully reverse immune activation.

Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infects nearly one-fourth of people with HIV (PWH). The role of direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) on immune activation in PWH and HCV is poorly understood.

Methods: We quantified plasma HCV RNA and CXCL10 in persons with HCV mono- versus HIV/HCV co-infection receiving Sofosbuvir-Velpatasvir.