Effect of COVID-19 pandemic on female sexual function in women with female genital mutilation.

We aimed to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on female sexual function in women with female genital mutilation (FGM) in Somalia. This cross-sectional study was conducted on women with FGM attending the gynaecologic outpatient clinic of our hospital, between March and June 2021, using a validated Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) questionnaire with a physical examination based on FGM typing. Those women who refused to participate, those with mental illness, uncontrolled systemic disease, drug, alcohol, or khat addiction, pregnant, genital prolapse, gynaecological or urological cancer, previous pelvic surgery, premature ovarian failure, genital skin diseases, drug use that affects sexual function and those with or suspected of having COVID-19 infection were excluded.

A case of empyema necessitans in an adolescent with mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Introduction And Importance: An empyema is a buildup of pus in the pleural space and is most commonly associated with pneumonia. Streptococcus pneumonia is the most common cause of pneumonia, although staphylococcus aureus is common in developing countries. empyema necsitans is An extravasation of purulent material outside the pleural space involving the chest wall.

Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Single-Center 3-Year Experience from Somalia.

Background: To evaluate the relationship between prognosticators representing tumor aggressiveness and socio-demographic, laboratory, and imaging findings in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Methods: We retrospectively searched patients with HCC between January 2017 and December 2019 in our tertiary referral hospital. The tumor-related factors and liver damage indicators and their relationship to indicate the value of prognosis were analyzed.

Spectrum and Prevalence of Thyroid Diseases at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia: A Retrospective Study of 976 Cases.

Background: Thyroid disorder is one of the most common noncommunicable diseases worldwide and neglected public health issues in Somalia. The aim of the study thus was to investigate the thyroid disorders in patients attending to the largest tertiary referral hospital in Somalia.

Methods: This retrospective study was conducted on patients admitted to the internal department of Somalia Mogadishu-Turkey Education and Research Hospital, Somali, between January 2017 and December 2019.

Clinical characteristics of acute liver failure associated with hepatitis A infection in children in Mogadishu, Somalia: a hospital-based retrospective study.

Background: Hepatitis A is one of the most common infectious causes of acute hepatitis, and currently, a neglected global public health problem necessitating an urgent response in Somalia. Hepatitis A infection and its rare complication of acute liver failure in children are largely based on very limited data. The aim of the study was therefore to investigate the Hepatitis A infection and its rare complication of acute liver failure in children in Somalia.

Serum Elabela Levels Are Elevated in Patients with Hyperthyroidism.

The apelinergic system plays an important role in the modulation of the cardiovascular system via the apelin peptide and the apelin receptor (APJ receptor). Apelin and elabela, also known toddler, are peptide ligands for the apelin receptor. These two peptides show similar biological actions, such as vasodilatation, increased myocardial contractility, angiogenesis, and energy metabolism.