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Background: Motion sickness (kinetosis) is a common and temporarily incapacitant ailment, manageable with behavioral as well as pharmacological measures.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness and safety of a combination of gamma-aminobutyric acid, glutamic acid, calcium, thiamine, pyridoxine, and cyanocobalamin (Group A) (n = 170) and extract of (ginger) (Group B) (n = 165) in the management of chronic complaints consistent with motion sickness.

Methods: Both groups were tested according to the following end points, under self-paired as well as comparative study designs: reduction of ≥20 score points in the total motion sickness assessment questionnaire (MSAQ) score, percentage of patients presenting a reduction of the total MSAQ score, absolute MSAQ score reduction, physician's assessment scores, final overall assessment of study medication, and willingness to continue treatment.

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  • - A 42-year-old woman suffered 81% body burns from using fig leaf tea as a tanning agent while sunbathing.
  • - She spent 13 days in a Burns Intensive Care Unit before being discharged for follow-up care.
  • - The report covers standard treatment for severe burns and explores the mechanism behind phytophotodermatitis caused by homemade tanning products with psoralen.
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Introduction: Mature teratomas (benign cystic teratomas or dermoid cysts) are among the most common ovarian tumours; however, teratomas of the omentum and mesentery are extremely rare. Teratoma in the intraperitoneal cavity is uncommon and atypical, and it is even more uncommon in adulthood.

Case Outline: An 82-year-old female was admitted to our department with clinical signs of abdominal tumour.

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Introduction: Amongst various causes responsible for the obstruction of digestive tract, intestinal ascariasis is certainly one of the least frequent.

Case Outline: We report an extremely rare case of a 5-year-old male patient operated on for appendicitis due to adult Ascaris Lumbricoides worms intraoperatively detected in the appendiceal lumen.

Conclusion: On examination patient's clinical features indicated acute appendicitis.

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