Muscle-inspired MXene/PVA hydrogel with high toughness and photothermal therapy for promoting bacteria-infected wound healing

The process of wound healing is often accompanied by bacterial infection, which is a serious threat to human health. The abuse of antibiotics in traditional therapy aggravates the resistance of...

Hydrolytic enzymes in therapy of gestosis

The clinical effectiveness o f complex enzymotherapy with preparation Vobenzim in treatment o f gestosis was studied in comparison with traditional therapy. The author analyzes the course оf gestation and delivery, and the state оf neonates in women with nephropathy o f I degree, who got common treatment (28 patients) and complex treatment including Vobenzim (17patients). Positive clinical effect o f complex enzymotherapy in case o f nephropathy is displayed in decreasing of edematic syndrome, eliminating or decreasing o f proteinuria, lowering o f blood pressure and impairment o f fetalhypoxia in labors. It goes along with the reduction o f immune complexes fixed in placenta.

Homeopathy as an alternative for asthma treatment

Background: Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by a reversible obstruction and hyperactivity of inferior aerial treat [1]. It is responsible for lifestyle modification and, considering its high frequency, it became an important issue in the budget of health services around the world. Aspects like the lack of definitive results and presence of adverse effects, observed for traditional therapy, as well as the search for better quality of life have increased patients’ interest for complementary and alternative medicines (CAM), being homeopathy one of the most cited [2]. In 2001, asthma was between the 10 diagnostics most treated by homeopaths in USA [3]. Aims: In this work, a qualitative research was made focusing the evaluation of the real contribution that homeopathy can represent for asthma patients and the role of pharmacist in this therapy. Methodology: databases such as Medline, Sciencedirect and Bireme were used to find scientific articles, applying the expressions “asthma”, “homeopathy” and “complementary and alternative medicine”. Results: At least six works demonstrate successful applications of homeopathic treatment in children or adults with asthma. The main benefits cited are the decrease of frequency and gravity of the crises, besides of some cure cases. Conclusions: Data available are still scanty about asthma homeopathic treatment. The few works found showed this kind of therapy is very adequate, mainly because of the emotional component of the disease, but also because it represents to be away from the adverse effects commonly related to the traditional therapy (e. g. corticoids). To ensure a correct therapy is being made, the pharmacist must be present and active in the patients’ identification and documentation, giving them right orientations about the use and storage of homeopathic medicines, besides of stimulating a close and confidence relationship with the homeopath. Also, the manufacturing of remedies must be according to the official guidelines in order to guarantee their quality.

Why Patients Use Traditional Medicine in Burn

Background: People from different cultural and thinking backgrounds have used different forms of Traditional Medicine as a means to managing their diseases or trauma. Objective: To know why people use the traditional medicine in burn. Methods: Use questionnaire and divided tow section first demographic variable second section contain 13 items and divided three subsection to know why people go traditional therapy (1) they are dissatisfied in some way with conventional treatment; (2) the patients' values, customs and (3) Beliefs and think. Additional predictor variables explored included demographics. Design : Cross-sectional study was conducted in main governmental hospital contain burn unite south of Palestine during the one year January 2020 to 31 December 2020 with burns and use traditional therapy admitted to burn unite any percent. Result: admitted to burn unite in Hebron government hospital 290 patient in 2020 with percent 29% of admission use traditional therapy. The study participants were; 53.0% males, child and more than 50%, and 46.1% from participant use alternative medicine before. According to information to use 22% from participants, know from friends, 53.3% know from internet, 16.8 form media as radio and TV, 15% know from family, 7% from participants know from health care worker as physician and nurses, the main dissatisfaction with conventional medicine with percent 53%, the second cause the patients' values, customs with percent 46%, the third cause Beliefs and think 45%. Conclusion: For use can, summary first for burn is convinced that traditional therapy is best than convention medicine, due not leave scar and rapid healing based on experiment in. Society and elderly. Another explanation for using traditional medicine in burn think as philosophy no side effect for medication the mixture that uses from nature not contain chemical material, and thought the body it's myself can use anything to treatment the body.

Effectiveness of a Brief Telehealth plus Smartphone Intervention for College Students Receiving Traditional Therapy: Longitudinal Study Using Ecological Momentary Assessment Data (Preprint)

BACKGROUND Brief interventions, such as mental health apps and single-session interventions, are increasingly popular, efficacious and accessible delivery formats that may be beneficial for college students whose mental health needs may not be adequately met by college counseling centers. However, no studies so far have examined the effectiveness of these modes of treatment for college students who are already receiving traditional therapy, despite it being common among this population. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to compare the differences in self-reported momentary negative affect between college students in therapy and not in therapy who received a brief single-session intervention delivered by counseling center staff and supplemental mobile app. METHODS Data for this study were drawn from E-Manage, a brief mHealth intervention geared towards college students [18]. Participants in the study were 173 college students who indicated whether they had received therapy. We conducted a multi-level model to determine whether there were differences between those in therapy vs. not in therapy in negative affect reported throughout the study. Following this, we conducted multi-level models with therapy status as the predictor and negative affect as the outcome. RESULTS Results of the multi-level model testing showed that the cross-level interaction between time point (i.e., pre- vs. post-exercise) and therapy status was significant (P = 0.008), with the reduction in negative affect from pre- to post-exercise greater for those in therapy (b = -0.65, 95%CI = [-0.91, -0.40], p < .001) than it was for those not in therapy (b = -0.31, 95%CI = [-0.43, -0.19], p < .001). Therapy status was unassociated with both the pre-exercise (b = -1.69, 95%CI = [-3.51, 0.13], p = .068) and post-exercise (b = -1.37, 95%CI =[-3.17, 0.43], p = .137) ratings of negative affect. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that app-based and single-session interventions are also appropriate to use amongst college students who are receiving traditional therapy. A RCT comparing students receiving therapy to students receiving therapy and E-Manage will be necessary to determine to what extent E-Manage contributed to the reductions in negative affect that therapy-attending college students experienced. CLINICALTRIAL NCT04636151

Importance of pilates in treating neck pain due to over use of smartphones and laptops: A short review

This study have thrown light on the importance of pilates in treating neck pain after long use of smart phones, laptops or on playstations.Pilates are useful for treating of neck but its not as much important alone compared to traditional therapy.

Effect of laser therapy on the immune status of patients with chronic salpingoophoritis of chlamidial etiology

Aim. Justify the use of low-frequency laser radiation (LFLR) treating chronic salpingoophoritis of chlamydial etiology, taking into account the assessment of the immune status.Material and methods. The study included 110 women, of which 80 women had chronic salpingo-oophoritis of chlamydial etiology, and 30 were practically healthy. In addition to conventional methods, patients underwent examinations like immunological analysis, ultrasound examination of the pelvic organs, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis.Results and discussion. When comparing changes in the immune status in patients after LFLR and who underwent traditional therapy in the group of patients with sexually transmitted infections (STIs), there was a slight increase in the number of T-lymphocytes and T-helpers, as well as a decrease in the number of T-suppressors. Also, in these patients, there is a slight decrease in the number of IgA and IgM against the background of an increase in IgG and an increase in the phagocytic activity of neutrophils. In patients with traditional therapy, the above-described changes persisted, while an aggravation of the disturbed T-cell balance was observed.Conclusions. Thus, according to the results of a comparative analysis of the obtained data on changes in the immune status in patients with chronic salpingo-oophoritis after the use of laser therapy, a statistically significant increase in the number of T-lymphocytes, an increase in subpopulations including T-helpers, a decrease in the number of T-suppressors, an increase in immunoglobulin G and an increase in phagocytic activity of neutrophils was observed.