A Case of Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis With Respiratory Failure in an African American Woman

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise L. Shields
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Respiratory Failure ◽  
African American Woman ◽  
American Woman ◽  
Periodic Paralysis ◽  
Acute Onset ◽  
Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis ◽  
Young Males ◽  
Demographic Group ◽  
Potassium Replacement

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis is an acute endocrine emergency characterized by hyperthyroidism, profound muscle weakness and/or paralysis, and hypokalemia that is not due to potassium deficiency. Typically described in young males of Asian descent, it is becoming increasingly recognized outside of this demographic group and is believed to be an underrecognized cause of symptomatic hypokalemia. Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis usually manifests as acute onset of symmetrical distal extremity weakness and is treated with careful potassium replacement and nonselective β-blockers. In this case, a 43-year-old African American woman with thyrotoxic periodic paralysis had recurrent lower extremity myopathy and acute respiratory failure precipitated by noncompliance with treatment for Graves disease.

Merle’s travel: A Quest For Completeness In Paule Marshall’s The chosen place, the timeless people.

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-42
Author(s):  
Dr. K. Radah ◽  
G. Gayathri
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Social Context ◽  
African American Women ◽  
African American Woman ◽  
American Woman ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
True Self ◽  
American Women ◽  
Human Need

African American women have been silenced and kept ignorant by the dominant culture and it is the human need to create and maintain a true self in a social context. However, such an endeavor becomes an ordeal for those who are doubly oppressed, for those who are muted and mutilated physically and psychically through the diabolic crossfire of caste/race, sex and colonialism. This paper focuses on, an African American Woman, throughout her journey of life, seeking completeness in terms of family, society and community level.

scholarly journals Peripheral Retinal Neovascularization with Vitreous Hemorrhage in HIV Retinopathy

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Jiramongkolchai ◽  
Tin Yan Alvin Liu ◽  
J. Fernando Arevalo
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Laser Photocoagulation ◽  
African American Woman ◽  
American Woman ◽  
Vitreous Hemorrhage ◽  
Retinal Ischemia ◽  
Retinal Neovascularization ◽  
Clinical Spectrum

We report a case of peripheral retinal neovascularization and vitreous hemorrhage in the setting of HIV retinopathy that can serve to extend the clinical spectrum of this condition. A 53-year-old African-American woman with AIDS was referred for decreased vision in the left eye and was found to have peripheral retinal neovascularization and vitreous hemorrhage. She had a workup that was negative for etiologies of retinal ischemia. Peripheral laser photocoagulation was used to treat areas of nonperfusion. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of peripheral retinal neovascularization and vitreous hemorrhage in the setting of HIV retinopathy, and it can serve to extend the clinical spectrum of this condition.

scholarly journals A Case of a Laryngeal MALT Lymphoma in a Patient with a History of Gastric MALT

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Ashamalla ◽  
Marita S. Teng ◽  
Joshua Brody ◽  
Elizabeth Demicco ◽  
Rahul Parikh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Malt Lymphoma ◽  
African American Woman ◽  
American Woman ◽  
Complete Response ◽  
Gastric Malt Lymphoma ◽  
Rare Presentation ◽  
Original Diagnosis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Previously Treated

We are reporting a case of a 62-year-old African American woman with a history of gastric MALT lymphoma successfully treated with radiation who presented with a laryngeal MALT lymphoma 4 years after her original diagnosis. She received definitive radiation with a complete response. The case presented is unique for the rare presentation of a MALT lymphoma in the larynx, especially in light of the patient’s previously treated gastric MALT lymphoma years ago.

Increasing Nutritional Adherence in an African American Woman With Type 2 Diabetes

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 368-386
Author(s):  
Mary E. Steers ◽  
Brenna N. Renn ◽  
Leilani Feliciano
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Woman ◽  
American Woman

Pathologic Quiz Case: An Upper Outer Quadrant Breast Mass in a 47-Year-Old African American Woman

2003 ◽  
Vol 127 (11) ◽  
pp. 1525-1526
Author(s):  
Stacie L. Roshong-Denk ◽  
Miguel D. Montagnese ◽  
Edgar Staren ◽  
Aiman Zaher
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Woman ◽  
American Woman ◽  
Breast Mass ◽  
Outer Quadrant

Pathologic Quiz Case: A Sinonasal Mass in a 79-Year-Old African American Woman

2002 ◽  
Vol 126 (4) ◽  
pp. 493-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atilla Omeroglu ◽  
Guy J. Petruzzelli ◽  
Aliya N. Husain ◽  
Marlyn C. Ciesla
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Woman ◽  
American Woman ◽  
Sinonasal Mass

Elizabeth Keckly’s Union War

2019 ◽  
pp. 39-62
Author(s):  
Tamika Y. Nunley
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
African American Men ◽  
African American Woman ◽  
American Woman ◽  
African American Community ◽  
Men And Women

This essay shows what the Union meant from the perspective of an African American woman. Elizabeth Keckly is most famous as Mary Lincoln’s seamstress and confidant, as a memoirist, and as a leader in Washington’s African American community. The essay places Keckly’s life and words into a broader historiographic context and argues that Keckly envisioned a Union of politicized African American men and women.

Thyrotoxic periodic paralysis

2011 ◽  
pp. 452-454
Author(s):  
Annie W.C. Kung
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Japanese Population ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Periodic Paralysis ◽  
Thyrotoxic Periodic Paralysis ◽  
Female Ratio ◽  
Asian Populations ◽  
Male To Female

The association of thyrotoxicosis and periodic paralysis was first described in 1902 in a white patient. However, it soon became evident that thyrotoxic periodic paralysis (TPP) affects mainly Asian populations, in particular Chinese and Japanese, although isolated cases have also been reported in other ethnic groups such as white, Hispanic, African-American, and American Indian populations. The incidence of TPP in non-Asian thyrotoxic patients is around 0.1%, whereas in Chinese and Japanese thyrotoxic patients, TPP affects 1.8% and 1.9%, respectively (1–3). Despite a higher incidence of thyrotoxicosis in women, TPP affects mainly men, with a male to female ratio ranging from 17:1 to 70:1, according to different series. In the Chinese population, TPP affects 13% of male and 0.17% of female thyrotoxic patients. In the Japanese population, TPP was reported to occur in 8.2% of male and 0.4% of female thyrotoxic patients in the 1970s, but in 1991 the reported incidence had decreased to 4.3% and 0.04%, respectively (4).

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