To ensure safe, optimal, and personalized physical activity, exercise, or sport during pregnancy, the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, the College of Family Physicians of Canada, and the Women's Health Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, developed the Get Active Questionnaire for Pregnancy (GAQ_P) as a pre-assessment to identify women who may have a relative or absolute contraindication to prenatal exercise that requires further consultation with a health professional to determine if exercise can or should be continued or initiated during pregnancy. This study aims to translate and cross-culturally adapt the GAQ_P for use in Colombian Spanish. The original instrument was developed in English and French for the evaluation of the health of pregnant women before the beginning of physical activity and the guidelines for the same.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Among the autoimmune diseases causing erosive lesions and blisters on skin and mucous membranes is pemphigus. Within this is a rare subtype known as seborrheic pemphigus or Senear-usher syndrome which is characterized by broken blisters and crusts involving the seborrheic areas.
Case Report: A 40-year-old female patient, initially treated in a first level unit for a condition of 45 days of evolution, characterized by thick scabby lesions with an erythematous base, pruritic and painful, located in the center of the face, with posterior extension towards the abdomen, thorax, and extremities.
Rev Colomb Psiquiatr (Engl Ed)
October 2021
We describe a case of craving for menthol sweets in a 53-year-old woman with excessive consumption of menthol sweets (100 units/day). She was admitted with a history of rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, anxiety associated with onychophagia and pinching of the skin. Organic disorders were ruled out with paraclinical tests and in-hospital treatment was administered.
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