New Study on Gardasil Further Elucidates on HPV Protection

A study with the aim of evaluating the prophylactic efficacy of the human pappilomavirus (HPV) quadrivalent vaccine in preventing low grade cervical, vulvar, and vaginal intraepithelial neoplasias and anogenital warts wwas sponsored by Research Laboratories, a division of Merck and Company, maker of the vaccine Gardasil.

It was concluded that the vaccine Gardasil did provide a sustained protection against low grade lesions attributable to HPV types 6,11,16 and 18. There was also a substantial reduction in the burden of diseases through 42 months of follow-up.

For more information please read here:

http://www.drugs.com/news/new-study-finds-hpv-vaccine-protects-against-genital-warts-25661.html

http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/341/jul20_1/c3493

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What are peritoneal signs?

This question bugged me for a few hours. I tried searching over stedman's dictionary to no avail. I wanted to know what it was exactly so I could fully understand the article I was reading regarding abdominal pain. At first, I wanted to simply SMS a friend to help me elucidate on the matter. It was then that I realized that I should just search it over the internet and blog about it later (at least we get a new entry at the same time).

To cut the long story short, what exactly are the peritoneal signs?

Answer:

Pain is a symptom described by a patient; tenderness is the response to being touched. Two signs, called peritoneal signs, suggest that the lining of the abdomen is inflamed and surgery may be needed: rebound tenderness and guarding. Rebound tenderness is when the doctor presses on a part of the abdomen and the patient feels more tenderness when the pressure is released than when it is applied. Guarding refers to the tensing of muscles in response to touch.

reference:

http://heartburn.about.com/od/otherdigestivedisorder1/a/appendicitis_2.htm


Additional reads:

http://www.chacha.com/question/what-are-peritoneal-signs

http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/appendicitis/

http://www.meditec.com/abdominal-examination/


by:

Ellery Ivan Apolinario