scholarly journals COMPLEX THERAPY OF INFECTIOUS CONJUNCTIVITIS, ACCOMPANIED BY AN ALLERGIC REACTION

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 180-184
Author(s):  
Victoriya V. Pozdnyakova ◽  
E. V Yani ◽  
E. S Vakhova

Complex therapy of infectious conjunctivitis (adenovirus, herpetic, bacterial, chlamydial), complicated by toxic-allergic reaction, developing during the acute infectious process or long-term vigorous treatment, includes several treatment algorithms. The method of therapy consists in the use of systemic and local anti-allergic drugs against the background of a specific etiological antibacterial, antiviral or anti-herpetic therapy in combination with symptomatic therapy (anti-infectious, anti-inflammatory, reparative and tear replacement agents). The use of the developed algorithms of therapy can improve the effectiveness of treatment by 12-25%.

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 449.1-450
Author(s):  
M. Elisеev ◽  
O. Sheliabina

Background:The adherence to lowering therapy for gout is low, including in chronic severe gout. Whether interleukin 1 inhibitors may contribute to better adherence is unknown.Objectives:To compare adherence to urate-lowering therapy in patients with severe gout who received canakinumab versus patients who received standard anti-inflammatory therapy (NSAIDs, glucorticoids, colchicine).Methods:Of the 513 patients with gout observed at the V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow from 2013 to 2014 y 247 patients with the most severe gout, requiring regular symptomatic treatment, were selected. Of these, 25 patients (3 (12%) women and 22 (88%) men), the average age of 54.5 ± 12.7 g, received (at least 1) canakinumab injection of 150 mg subcutaneously as a symptomatic therapy, the remaining 222 patients (men) mean age 51.9 ± 11.4 g. received standard anti-inflammatory therapy (colchicine (55% of patients), glucorticoids (5%), NSAIDs (40%), or a combination of these (3%). On average, after 4,8 ± 1.7 years, a comparative analysis of adherence to reducing therapy was carried out, as well as the need for anti-inflammatory therapy and assessment of adherence according to the Score compliance on the scale of the Moriscy-Green patients who received and did not receive canakinumab.Results:Evaluation was available in 180 patients (16 who received canakinumab and 164 who received standard anti-inflammatory therapy) who were initially given reducible therapy. 11 patients died (2 patients (8%) who received canakinumab and 9 (4%) patients on standard anti-inflammatory therapy), 56 patients (7 (28%) and 49 (22%), respectively) were not available for observation. Adherence to urate-lowering therapy was better in patients who received canakinumab (see table 1).Table 1.Score compliance on the scale of the Moriscy-GreenAdherence to therapyPatients receiving canakinumab, (n %)Patients receiving standard anti-inflammatory therapy, (n %)р=High (> 4 points)14 (87)83 (51)0,07Moderate (3 points)2 (13)46 (28)0,13Low (2 and <points)035 (21)0,03The likelihood of maintaining the target uric acid level when taking urate-lowering drugs in patients who previously received canakinumab was higher (12 patients (75%) who received canakinumab and 32 (20%) patients received standard anti-inflammatory therapy (p = 0.005).During the year preceding the analysis, there were no acute attacks of arthritis in 12 (75%) patients who received canakinumab and 46 (28%) patients received standard anti-inflammatory therapy (p = 0.002).132 patients who previously received regular anti-inflammatory therapy and received standard anti-inflammatory therapy and 1 patient (1 attack) (p = 0.005) who previously received canakinumab took anti-inflammatory drugs over the past year due to the development of exacerbations (an average of 3 seizures per year): NSAIDs (54%) or colchicine (46%).Conclusion:Therapy with interleukin 1 Kanakinumab may contribute to a better adherence to lowering therapy and isidentified with a lesser need for symptomatic therapy with long-term follow-up.Disclosure of Interests: :Maxim Elisеev Speakers bureau: Novartis, Menarini Group, Alium, Olga Sheliabina: None declared


2021 ◽  
pp. 1-55
Author(s):  
Siu Wa Tang ◽  
Daiga Helmeste ◽  
Brian Leonard

Abstract Neuropsychiatric sequalae to COVID-19 infection are beginning to emerge, like previous Spanish influenza and SARS episodes. Streptococcal infection in pediatric patients causing OCD (PANDAS) is another recent example of an infection-based psychiatric disorder. Inflammation associated with neuropsychiatric disorders has been previously reported but there is no standard clinical management approach established. Part of the reason is that it is unclear what factors determine the specific neuronal vulnerability and the efficacy of anti-inflammatory treatment in neuroinflammation. The emerging COVID-19 data suggested that in the acute stage, wide-spread neuronal damage appears to be the result of abnormal and overactive immune responses and cytokine storm is associated with poor prognosis. It is still too early to know if there are long term specific neuronal or brain regional damages associated with COVID-19, resulting in distinct neuropsychiatric disorders. In several major psychiatric disorders where neuroinflammation is present, patients with abnormal inflammatory markers may also experience less than favorable response or treatment resistance when standard treatment is used alone. Evidence regarding the benefits of co-administered anti-inflammatory agents such as COX-2 inhibitor is encouraging in selected patients though may not benefit others. Disease modifying therapies are increasingly being applied to neuropsychiatric diseases characterized by abnormal or hyperreactive immune responses. Adjunct anti-inflammatory treatment may benefit selected patients and is definitely an important component of clinical management in the presence of neuroinflammation.


Biomedicines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 862
Author(s):  
Mireia Urpi-Sarda ◽  
Rosa Casas ◽  
Emilio Sacanella ◽  
Dolores Corella ◽  
Cristina Andrés-Lacueva ◽  
...  

The intervention with the Mediterranean diet (MD) pattern has evidenced short-term anti-inflammatory effects, but little is known about its long-term anti-inflammatory properties at molecular level. This study aims to investigate the 3-year effect of MD interventions compared to low-fat diet (LFD) on changes on inflammatory biomarkers related to atherosclerosis in a free-living population with a high-risk of cardiovascular disease (CD). Participants (n = 285) in the PREDIMED trial were randomly assigned into three intervention groups: MD with extra-virgin olive oil (EVOO) or MD-Nuts, and a LFD. Fourteen plasma inflammatory biomarkers were determined by Luminex assays. An additional pilot study of gene expression (GE) was determined by RT-PCR in 35 participants. After 3 years, both MDs showed a significant reduction in the plasma levels of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, TNF-α, IFN-γ, hs-CRP, MCP-1, MIP-1β, RANTES, and ENA78 (p < 0.05; all). The decreased levels of IL-1β, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α after MD significantly differed from those in the LFD (p < 0.05). No significant changes were observed at the gene level after MD interventions, however, the GE of CXCR2 and CXCR3 tended to increase in the control LFD group (p = 0.09). This study supports the implementation of MD as a healthy long-term dietary pattern in the prevention of CD in populations at high cardiovascular risk.


2001 ◽  
Vol 276 (49) ◽  
pp. 45564-45572 ◽  
Author(s):  
Áine Kelly ◽  
Aileen Lynch ◽  
Emily Vereker ◽  
Yvonne Nolan ◽  
Patrice Queenan ◽  
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