scholarly journals Self Medication Prevalence in Child’s who Consult for Respiratory Tract Diseases and Acute Diarrheal Disease to Clínica Universidad de la Sabana

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-61
Author(s):  
Sergio Iván Agudelo Pérez ◽  
María José Maldonado Calderón ◽  
Oscar Andrés Gamboa Garay ◽  
Daniel Upeguí ◽  
Catalina Durán Cárdenas
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Diarrheal Disease ◽  
Respiratory Tract Diseases ◽  
Self Medication ◽  
Factores De Riesgo

Objetivo: Establecer la prevalencia de automedicación en niños de 0 a 15 años que consultan a un servicio de pediatría y explorar posibles factores de riesgo. Metodología: Estudio de corte transversal. Se incluyeron pacientes pediátricos con enfermedad respiratoria o enfermedad diarreica aguda. Se aplicó un instrumento para recolectar la información. Se exploraron posibles factores de riesgo asociadas con la automedicación. Se estimó, como medida de efecto, OR con su intervalo de confianza. Se estableció el valor de significancia estadística con un valor de p< 0,05. Resultados: Se incluyeron 300 menores. Se encontró una prevalencia de automedicación del 46%. Los medicamentos más usados fueron el acetaminofén (78%) y el ibuprofeno (15%). El 75% consideran que la automedicación es perjudicial para la salud. Se encontró posible asociación para la automedicación con el antecedente de previo de automedicación y la edad del niño. Conclusiones: La prevalencia de automedicación es alta y similar a la encontrada en la literatura. Los posibles factores de riesgo son la experiencia previa de automedicación y la edad del niño. Desde la atención primaria es adecuado realizar campañas educativas a la población de los riesgos de la automedicación.

scholarly journals Animal Coronaviruses and SARS-COV-2 in Animals, What Do We Actually Know?

Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Paolo Bonilauri ◽  
Gianluca Rugna
Keyword(s):  
Veterinary Medicine ◽  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Common Cold ◽  
Domestic Animals ◽  
Respiratory Tract Diseases ◽  
Upper Respiratory Tract ◽  
The Common ◽  
Upper Respiratory

Coronaviruses (CoVs) are a well-known group of viruses in veterinary medicine. We currently know four genera of Coronavirus, alfa, beta, gamma, and delta. Wild, farmed, and pet animals are infected with CoVs belonging to all four genera. Seven human respiratory coronaviruses have still been identified, four of which cause upper-respiratory-tract diseases, specifically, the common cold, and the last three that have emerged cause severe acute respiratory syndromes, SARS-CoV-1, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV-2. In this review we briefly describe animal coronaviruses and what we actually know about SARS-CoV-2 infection in farm and domestic animals.

Epidemiology of gastro-intestinal and respiratory tract diseases in rural areas of Varanasi (India)

1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-122
Author(s):  
S. C. Mohapatra ◽  
P. Mohapatra ◽  
I. J. Singh ◽  
S. D. Gaur
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Respiratory Tract Diseases

scholarly journals The impact of functional food on the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 228-232
Author(s):  
Gabriela Widelska ◽  
Kamila Kasprzak-Drozd ◽  
Karolina Wojtunik-Kulesza ◽  
Anna Krajewska ◽  
Anna Oniszczuk
Keyword(s):  
Respiratory Tract ◽  
Functional Food ◽  
Causes Of Death ◽  
Chronic Obstructive ◽  
Respiratory Tract Diseases ◽  
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder ◽  
Prevention And Treatment ◽  
Pulmonary Disorder ◽  
Ancient Times ◽  
The Impact

Abstract Globally, diseases of the lung are one of the main causes of death, and conventional therapies are often ineffective in dealing with this serious medical and sociological problem. Since ancient times, medicinal plants have been used in the treatment of respiratory tract diseases. Such plants show antitussive, muscle relaxing, bronchi dilation or cillary movement effects. Their usefulness has been confirmed by modern and current research. A medicinal plant that is also a functional food can open new areas in the prevention and treatment of respiratory tract diseases. In this review, information about the influence of functional food on preventing and treating asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) and high-altitude sickness are presented.

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