scholarly journals Efficacy and comparison of Shatapushpa Taila Matrabasti with Shatapushpa Churna in Kashtartava (Dysmenorrhoea)

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-258
Author(s):  
Meena Shamrao Deogade ◽  
Prasad KSR ◽  
Tanuja Manoj Nesari ◽  
Deepak Bhati

Kashtartava (dysmenorrhoea) affects women’s day to day activity and it is most common complaints amongst adolescents. 75%   of   adolescents   experience   pain   during menstruation. Dysmenorrhoea can also be associated with nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, fatigue, blotting abdomen etc. As per Ayurveda Apanavata is the governing force of menstruation; its vitiation gives rise to many gynaecological diseases ( yonivyapad). Kashyapa has mentioned Shatapushpa (Anethum sowa Kurz.) as drug of choice for Artava related problems. So that group A is treated with Shatapushpa churana and group B with Shatapushpa taila matra basti.  Shatapushpa Churna and Shatapushpa taila matrabasti showed extremely significant (P< 0.0001) relief in severity of pain however showed significant relief in duration of Pain, Nausea and Breast Tenderness.  Overall effect of treatment on Group A showed complete remission 27.27% whereas Group B showed 63.64%. Statistically both groups are expressed significant results, whereas on the basis of clinical symptoms and overall effect of treatment illustrated in the study the Shatapushpa taila matrabasti is more effective than Shatapushpa churna.

Author(s):  
Manjunath Akki ◽  
Suresh Hakkandi ◽  
Arti Panwar

Manyastambha is described under Nanatmaja Vatavyadhi. It is a condition where, the aggravated Vata get localized in the Manya Pradesha causing symptoms like Stambha and Shoola. Manyastambha can be compared with earliest symptoms of cervical spondylitis. In this condition, patient complaints of neck pain. The neck is held rigidly and neck movements may exacerbate pain. Now a day, Cervical spondylitis is very common in the people who do routine activities like travelling, household work, desk job etc. It can be seen in people as early as 25 years of age. In Manyastambha, Nasya is the main line of treatment. (i.e. Vatakaphahara Nasya). Objectives: To evaluate the comparative efficacy of Guda Sunthi Avapeedana Nasya and Manjistha Guggulu Avpeedana Nasya in Manyastambha (Cervical Spondylitis). Materials and Methods: This is a comparative clinical study conducted to assess the efficacy in Manyastambha. As per the inclusion and exclusion criteria, the patients who fulfill the criteria were randomly selected and equally divided into two groups. Group A - 15 Patients received Guda-Sunthi Avapeedana Nasya. Group B - 15 Patients received Manjistha-Guggulu Avapeedana Nasya. Results and Conclusion: In Group A, 9 patients (60%) showed complete remission and 6 patients (30%) showed marked response. In Group B, 3 patients (20%) showed complete remission, 1 patient (7%) showed marked response. 6 patients (30%) showed moderate response, 4 patients (26%) showed mild response and 1 patient (7%) showed unchanged response.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-40
Author(s):  
N M Shrestha

Background: Urethral stricture and its recurrence is still a major problem in male. Several procedures are present for the treatment of the disease. Lapides introduced the concept of intermittent self dilatation (ISD) which has decreased the incidence of recurrence of urethral stricture if doing properly. The aim of the this study was to report the outcomes of ISD for the treatment of urethral stricture after Filliform follower urethral dilatation (FFUD).Method: This was a prospective comparative study, conducted in the department of surgery, urology unit from March 2013 to February 2016. Total of 49 patients were enrolled and were randomly divided into Group A and Group B. In Group A, all the patients were taught ISD with Nelaton Catheter after FFUD. In group B, all patients underwent only FFUD for urethral stricture. In both groups, Foley's catheter was removed after 2 weeks of FFUD. These patients who had difficulty In passing urine or having lower urinary tract syndrome after removal of catheter, were evaluated for urethral stricture recurrency by clinical symptoms, ultrasonography, urine test for culture and sensitivity, cystoscopy/urethrogram as necessarily.Result: In Group A, 4 patients out of 20(20%)developed urethral stricture recurrency where as in Group B,18 patients out of 23 (78.26%) developed urethral stricture recurrency. Therefore, the rate of urethral stricture recurrence is significantly more in group B than the Group A (p< 0.001).Conclusion: ISD is an effective way for the prevention of urethtral stricture recurrence after FFUD. JNGMC,  Vol. 14 No. 2 December 2016, Page: 38-40


2021 ◽  
pp. 000348942199018
Author(s):  
Kostas Vahtsevanos ◽  
Angelos Chatziavramidis ◽  
Ioannis (Yiannis) Papadiochos ◽  
Georgios Koloutsos ◽  
Anastasios Stefanidis ◽  
...  

Background: Frey’s syndrome is a well-known complication of parotid surgery; its prevention may be achieved by the use of an interpositional barrier between the overlying flaps and the exposed parenchymal bed of parotid gland. The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate clinical outcomes with and without the interpositional placement of a porcine dermal collagen graft (PDCG) for prevention of syndrome occurrence. Methods: We conducted a 20-year retrospective study including the patients who had undergone “formal” (superficial, total, or subtotal) parotidectomies for benign pathologies. The inclusion criteria also involved patients that were (i) regularly monitored about clinical symptoms related to syndrome, and (ii) examined with Minor starch-iodine test. The severity of the diagnosed syndrome was retrospectively evaluated according to the grading score system of Luna-Ortiz. To assess group differences in terms of the extent of dissection in operating sites, we estimated the tumor and histological specimen volumes using the available dimensions. Results: We included 73 patients who had undergone 76 formal parotid surgeries. The surgical sites were divided into 2 groups: (1) Group A consisted of 44 sites that were reconstructed with a SMAS flap, and (2) Group B, comprised 32 sites where a PDCG was additionally applied as an artificial preventive barrier. At a mean follow-up of 26.3 months, a significantly lower incidence of clinically diagnosed Frey’s syndrome was found after the use of dermal collagen interpositional barrier ( P = .031). Specifically, subjective symptoms were reported at an incidence of 31.8% in Group A and 6.7% in Group B. Minor’s test was positive at an incidence of 59.09% in Group A and 21.87% in Group B ( P = .004, 95% CI). Severe Frey’s syndrome was observed in 31.82% of the patients of Group A and in 3.12% of the patients of Group B ( P = .002, 95% CI). Since there were no statistical significant differences between the volumes of the removed tumors and the excised histological specimens, the extent of dissection was not proved to influence the occurrence of Frey’s syndrome in the compared groups, Conclusion: Porcine dermal collagen is a safe, practical, and useful means for parotid reconstruction, since it seems to contribute in prevention of Frey’s syndrome when increased amount of glandular tissue has to be removed. Additional randomized controlled studies with bigger samples are required to better assess the PDCG use in parotid surgery.


2020 ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
Phat Ho Tan ◽  
Tam Vu Thi Minh ◽  
Trong Huynh Nguyen Dang ◽  
Phuong Tran Nhat Thi Anh ◽  
Ngan Tran Thi Kim ◽  
...  

Background: Hepatic encephalopathy is an important evidence that confirms impairment of liver function, may occur in about 40% of cirrhotics. Data about efficacy of rifaximin plus lactulose in the treatment of Vietnamese patients was still limited. This study aimed to determine the precipitating factors and to access the efficacy of lactulose plus rifaximin in overt hepatic encephalopathy. Patients and Methods: The prospective single-blind randomized controlled trial, 43 cirrhotics with overt hepatic encephalopathy without portal systemic shunting addmitted to gastroenterology department of Cho Ray Hospital from March 2019 to August 2019, were randomized into two groups (group A lactulose plus rifaximin 1.100 mg/day, n = 21; and group B only lactulose; n = 22). All patients were recorded for onset factors, clinical characteristics and assessing the recovery of hepatic encephalopathy. Results: The mean age of patients in this study was 54.8 ± 12.1 years (the ratio of male to female patients is 4.38 : 1). The leading cause of cirrhosis was alcohol (39.5%). The most common clinical symptoms were jaundice (83.7%), spider naevi (41.9%) and ascites (37.2%). The most common triggers were infection (51.2%), gastrointestinal bleeding (37.2%) and constipation (25.6%). The percentage of patients with complete improvement after treatment with lactulose plus rifaximin was 81% compared to 63.6% in the lactulose-treated patients only (95% CI: 0.539 - 1.147, p value = 0.206). Conclusion: Our data revealed that common triggers of hepatic encephalopathy were infections, gastrointestinal bleeding and constipation. The combination of lactulose plus rifaximin was more effective than rifaximin alone in the treatment of overt hepatic encephalopathy. Key words: hepatic encephalopathy, precipitating factor, lactulose, rifaximin


2002 ◽  
Vol 97 (5) ◽  
pp. 1070-1077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Carpentier ◽  
Marc Polivka ◽  
Alexandre Blanquet ◽  
Guillaume Lot ◽  
Bernard George

Object. Chordoma is a locally invasive tumor with a high tendency for recurrence for which radical resection is generally recommended. To assess the benefits of aggressive treatment of chordomas, the authors compared results in patients treated aggressively at the first presentation of this disease with results in patients who were similarly treated, but after recurrence. Methods. Among 36 patients with cervical chordomas who were treated at the authors' institution, 22 underwent primary aggressive treatment (Group A) and 14 were treated secondarily after tumor recurrence (Group B). Two cases were excluded from Group A because of unrelated early deaths and three from Group B because of insufficient pre- or postoperative data. Most tumors were located at the suboccipital level and only eight cases at a level below C-2. Radiotherapy and proton therapy were similarly conducted in both groups of patients. The actuarial survival rates were 80 and 65% at 5 and 10 years, respectively, in Group A patients and 50 and 0% at 5 and 10 years, respectively, in Group B patients (p = 0.049, log-rank test). The actuarial recurrence-free rates were 70 and 35% at 5 and 10 years, respectively, in Group A and 0% at 3 years in Group B (p < 0.0001, log-rank test). The numbers of recurrences per year were 0.15 in Group A and 0.62 in Group B (p > 0.05). All other parameters that were analyzed (patient age, delay before diagnosis, clinical symptoms, chondroid type of lesion, and histological features) did not prove to influence prognosis in a statistically significant manner. Conclusions. Aggressive therapy, combining as radical a resection as possible with radiotherapy, seems to improve the prognoses of suboccipital and cervical chordomas when applied at the patient's first presentation with the disease.


Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 3802-3802
Author(s):  
Pilar Giraldo ◽  
Pilar Alfonso ◽  
Juan Perez-Calvo ◽  
Manuel Giralt

Abstract Background: Extreme elevations of plasma chitotriosidase (CT) are observed in Gaucher’s disease (GD) patients. This enzyme has been considered as a response marker to enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). It has been previously described the normalization of enzymatic activity only in patients who have been treated by bone marrow transplantation (Young E et al, 1997). It is widely accepted that GD subjects receiving ERT show improvements in clinical symptoms and regression of signs of disease, such as disappearance or reduction of visceral enlargement, normalized haematological parameters and skeletal improvement and also reduce the CT activity values, but these do not actually reach a normal range. Surprisingly, in the follow-up of patients included in the Spanish Gaucher Registry, some cases showed normalization of their CT activity after several years under therapy. The purpose of this study is to analyze the clinical, analytical and genotype characteristics of type 1 GD patients that have normalized their CT activity and to compare with the rest of patients under ERT for same period of follow-up. Patients and Methods: We have studied a cohort of 64 type 1 GD patients receiving ERT. We observed 20 GD patients who reach a normal CT activity range (CT activity < 200 nmol/mL.h) under therapy 2–7 years (group A) and 44 GD patients whose CT activity maintained increased under therapy 2–10 years (group B). Clinical and analytical data have been obtained from Spanish GD registry. Assessment of response included serial measurement of haemoglobin (Hb), platelet count, liver and spleen sizes and CT activity. Plasma CT activity was measured with the fluorogenic substrate 4-methylumbelliferyl-β-D-N, N′, N″ triacetylchitotrioside. Determination of the 24-bp duplication in the CT gene was performed by PCR followed by electrophoresis of the amplified fragments. For statistical analysis we used the StatView database (version 4.5). Results: At baseline characteristics of both groups were as indicated in tables. Patients of group B had worse indicators of disease severity at baseline. SSI, percentages of bone disease and spleen removal were higher in group B than group A. In addition we found twice more heterozygous patients for 24 bp duplication of the CT gene in group A compared to group B Nevertheless, as the table shows, patients of group B received higher doses of ERT and for a longer time. Conclusion: The normalization of CT activity is infrequent in GD patients under ERT. It is influenced by CT genotype and probably by severity of disease. Clinical data Age at diagnosis Male/Female SSI Spleen removal(%) Bone disease (%) N370S Homozygous/N370S Heterozygous N: number, SSI: severity score system Analytical data Group A (n=20) 32 ± 15.0 7/13 7.6 ± 2.55 5 55 0/20 Group B (n=44) 29 ± 15.9 19/25 8.4 ± 3.15 27 66 5/39 Analytical data Hb (g/dL) Platelets x 109/L CT activity(nmol/mL.h) Heterozygous CT genotype(%) ERT Dose (Units/2 weeks) N: number; Hb: Haemoglobin; CT: chitotriosidase; ERT: Enzyme replacement theraphy Group A (n=20) 12.3 ± 1.85 72.8 ± 31.27 7,489 ± 3,751 65 34.3 ± 10.33 Group B (n=44) 11.9 ± 1.84 107.5 ± 83.85 8,459 ± 3,563 32 41.4 ± 15.08


Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 4360-4360
Author(s):  
Fan Yi Meng ◽  
Jiaming Tang ◽  
Wenli Ma

Abstract Objective: to explore genes related to the prognosis of AML (M2a). Methods: 6 newly diagnosed AML were involved in this experiment and were divided into 2 groups. Group A: 3 AML (M2a) patients with continuous complete remission (CCR1) less than 6 months; Group B: 3 AML (M2a) patients with CCR1 more than 12 months. Bone marrow mononuclear cells were separated and mRNA was purified and labeled with Cy3 and Cy5 respectively, which were used to hybridize against the Agilent human 1B 60mer oligonucleotide microarrays. Results: in the 20173 genes tested, 22 genes were found to be expressed differently between these two groups, among them 10 genes were up-regulated in group A, and 12 genes were up-regulated in group B. Conclusion: with microarray assay, 22 genes including APP were found to be differently expressed in AML (M2a) treated with standard chemotherapy. These genes may be early indicators for the diagnosis as well as prognosis of the refractory AML.


2011 ◽  
Vol 120 (11) ◽  
pp. 722-726 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolaos Kamargiannis ◽  
Haralampos Gouveris ◽  
Panagiotis Katsinelos ◽  
Michael Katotomichelakis ◽  
Maria Riga ◽  
...  

Objectives: We evaluated the association between pathological acidic laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) events and chronic pharyngitis in patients with Reinke's edema. Methods: We performed a prospective controlled study in 20 consecutive patients with Reinke's edema without pathological acidic LPR events (group A) and 40 consecutive patients with Reinke's edema with both clinical symptoms and 24-hour pH-metry suggesting acidic LPR (group B). The severity of acidic LPR was assessed by use of the Reflux Finding Score (RFS), the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI), and dual antimony probe 24-hour pH-metry. The patients were evaluated for the presence of chronic pharyngitis by clinical examination and biopsy specimens taken from the posterior pharyngeal wall. The χ2 test was used to compare the groups for the presence of pharyngitis. In group B, the RSI, the RFS, and the total duration and number of acidic LPR events on 24-hour pH-metry were compared between patients with and without concomitant pharyngitis by use of the Mann-Whitney test. Results: Five patients of group A and 20 patients of group B had chronic pharyngitis. Therefore, more patients with Reinke's edema and clinical signs of LPR tended to have chronic pharyngitis than did those with Reinke's edema and no clinical signs of LPR, but the difference was not statistically significant (p = 0.064; odds ratio, 3.0; 95% confidence interval, 0.9 to 9.8). Among group B patients, those with pharyngitis had significantly more acidic LPR events (p < 0.001) and a greater exposure time to gastric fluid (p = 0.008) than did those without pharyngitis. Their RFS and RSI did not differ significantly (p = 0.692 and p = 0.914, respectively). Conclusions: Only in the subgroup of patients with Reinke's edema and LPR was there a statistically significant correlation between the pH probe results and the incidence of clinical pharyngitis. Awareness should increase among physicians about addressing chronic pharyngitis in therapy for acidic LPR and/or Reinke's edema.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi-Chun Chiu ◽  
Wei-Chen Tai ◽  
Seng-Kee Chuah ◽  
Ping-I Hsu ◽  
Deng-Chyang Wu ◽  
...  

Background and Study Aims. The association betweenHelicobacter pylori(H. pylori) and chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) remains controversial. This study explored the role ofH. pyloriin CSU among different virulent genotypes patients.Patients and Methods. Patients infected byH. pyloriwere sorted into two groups as group A (with CSU) and group B (without CSU). The tissue materials were taken via endoscopy for polymerase chain reaction study to determine virulence factors.AfterH. pylorieradication therapy, the eradication rate and response of urticaria were evaluated by using C13-UBT and a three-point scale (complete remission, partial remission, or no improvement).Results. The results were comparable between patients of groups A and B in terms ofH. pyloriinfection rates and eradication rate. Longitudinal follow-up of 23.5 months showed complete remission of urticaria in 63.6% but no improvement in 36.4% of the patients afterH. pylorieradication.H. pyloriinfected patients with different virulence factors such as cytotoxin-associated gene A, vacuolating cytotoxin gene A signal region and middle region have similar remission rates for CSU.Conclusions. Current study suggests thatH. pylorimay play a role in the development and disease course of CSU but may be irrelevant to different virulent genotypes.


Author(s):  
Jayendra R. Gohil ◽  
Atul M. Sheladiya ◽  
N. B. Adithya ◽  
Ratna D. Bhojak

Background and Objectives: There is no consensus over which drug best reduces symptoms in Bronchiolitis syndrome. The primary objective of our study is to establish comparative effect of adrenaline nebulisation alone and combination of adrenaline nebulisation plus injectable dexamethasone and adrenaline nebulisation plus fluticasone nebulisation in the treatment of clinical cases of bronchiolitis. Methods: 100 patients diagnosed clinically as bronchiolitis were enrolled in study from 1 month to 24 months of age. Patients were enrolled by purposive sampling. Patients with respiratory distress assessment instrument score [RDAI] of 4 to 15 were chosen, randomized into three groups and treatment given till patient fullfilled discharge criteria. Group A (n=33) were given nebulised adrenaline alone, Group B (n=34) were given nebulised adrenaline plus injectable dexamethasone and Group C (n=33) were given nebulised adrenaline plus nebulised fluticasone. Results: The mean reduction in clinical severity-RDAI score was 1.75 ±0.86 in Group A, 2.30 ± 0.68 in Group B and 1.42 ± 0.9 in Group C when measured in terms of difference in clinical scores between day 1 and 2 (p=0.0003). Mean duration of hospital stay in the group A was (4.93±1.95 days), Group C (4.78±1.83) and Group B (3.91 ±1.37 days). The difference of stay between the Groups A and B was 1.02±0.58 days vs 0.87± 0.46 days in groups B and C (p-0.0048). Reduction in the length of hospital stay in group B was 22% compared to Group A & 19% compared to Group C (p-0.0048). Side effects were tachycardia in six patients. Conclusion: Combination of adrenaline nebulization and injectable dexamethasone was found significantly better as compared to nebulised adrenaline plus nebulised fluticasone and nebulised adrenaline alone in patients of clinical bronchiolitis in reducing severity of clinical symptoms and duration of hospitalization.


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