Presse Med
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[Gambling and Gaming disorders and physical health of players: A critical review of the literature].
Gambling and gaming disorders have been introduced as addictions in the DSM-5 and have been announced for the next edition of the ICD. Links between gambling and gaming and psychiatric comorbidities have been thoroughly investigated, but so far the impact of gambling and gaming on physical health has been overlooked. ⋯ Data reported in this review documented that individuals with gaming or gambling disorders have an impaired physical health. Knowledge of the symptoms reported could help primary care physicians to better screen for gambling and gaming disorders among their patients.
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Serotonin reuptake inhibitors, clonidine, gabapentin and pregabalin have shown moderate efficacy in menopausal disorders. The effect of phytoestrogens is reported to be modest, but the side effects are not well known.
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Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe and recurrent mood disorder. It is characterized by episodic changes in mood and energy/activity levels that are increased during mania/hypomania or decreased during depression. Recurrent mania (RM) is a mood disorder, which would be defined by at least two manic/hypomanic without depressive episodes. Despite a rich body of clinical descriptions, RM is still not integrated into the latest editions of disease classifications and continues to be subsumed under BD in clinical practice. ⋯ Although the literature on RM remains sparse, many authors agree that RM should be distinguished from BD. RM would concern almost 1 in 4 BD patients. Furthermore, several clinical variables could differentiate this mood disease from BD and may orient the specific therapeutic choice. However, clinical criteria are still not reliable enough to make a diagnosis of RM. Further studies are required to replicate the results of existing studies and to adjust for the effect of methodological biases.
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Aortitis, defined by aortic parietal thickening, is noted in about 50% of patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). Aortic structural lesions, ectasia or aneurism, may occur with or without inflammatory aspect of the aorta, sometimes since the diagnosis of GCA, but more frequently during follow-up. ⋯ Treatment of GCA-related aortitis is based on high-dose glucosteroids, with an initial prednisone dose at 0.7 mg/kg/d, as recommended by the French Study Group for large vessel vasculitis (GEFA). Aortic ectasia and aneurisms have to be monitored, in order to propose aortic surgery in the best conditions as possible.