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Effect of Leech therapy in the management of Psoriasis
Journal of Research in Traditional Medicine, 2018 Background: Psoriasis is a disorder of skin which affects nearly 1-2% of people worldwide and approximately about 1% in India. The exact cause of the disease is still unclear however strong genetic predisposition of the disease is seen.
Arsheed Iqbal +4 more
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Human Pegivirus Encephalitis With Brain Detection and Response to Sofosbuvir Ledipasvir
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human pegivirus (HPgV‐1) has been associated with severe encephalomyelitis in immunocompromised patients. Its neurological spectrum remains poorly defined. We report a slowly progressive encephalitis in a person living with well‐controlled HIV, characterized by white matter abnormalities and inflammatory cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). HPgV RNA was
Antoine Moulignier +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective A patient‐centered approach for chronic disease management, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), aligns treatment with patients’ values and preferences, leading to improved outcomes. This paper summarizes how patient experiences, perspectives, and priorities informed the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2024 Lupus Nephritis (LN)
Shivani Garg +20 more
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Medicinal Leech Therapy: Hirudotherapy
Ankara Medical Journal, 2018 Hirudoterapy is a form of treatmentthat has been used to treat diseases for centuries using medicinal leeches.Leeches have been used therapeutically for many years, but their use hasdecreased as pharmacotherapy progresses. Today, a number of biologically andpharmacologically active bioactive substances have been identified in thesecretion of leeches ...
Ayhan, Hüseyin, Mollahaliloğlu, Salih
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective We investigated whether a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects the quality of inpatient acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care and long‐term mortality post‐AMI. Methods We analyzed data from 784,091 adults, 6,047 with a diagnosis of RA, from England and Wales hospitalized with AMI between 2005 and 2019 from the Myocardial Ischaemia ...
Megan Butler +8 more
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Host Matters: Medicinal Leech Digestive-Tract Symbionts and their Pathogenic Potential
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 Digestive-tract microbiota exert tremendous influence over host health. Host-symbiont model systems are studied to investigate how symbioses are initiated and maintained, as well as to identify host processes affected by resident microbiota.
Jeremiah Marden +4 more
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Controversy: Hirudotherapy (Leech Therapy) as an Alternative Treatment for Osteoarthritis
Acta Medica Indonesiana, 2016 Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease found in the elderly. Drug options that are recommended by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeon (AAOS) are acetaminophen, NSAIDs, tramadol, capscaicin and intraarticular ...
Felicia Gunawan +3 more
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Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.Objective The concern that nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) may precipitate flares of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has limited their use in managing musculoskeletal symptoms in those with IBD, but safety data are mixed. Methods This retrospective cohort study included patients with IBD aged at least 18 years from Optum's deidentified ...
Adam S. Mayer +4 more
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Frailty Predicts Incident Osteoporotic Fractures in Veterans with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Arthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.Background/Objective Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with an increased risk of frailty and osteoporosis, but the relationship between frailty and incident osteoporotic fractures in RA is underexplored. Methods Data were from the Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis (VARA) Registry.
Katherine D. Wysham +14 more
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