Gastric Corporal Headache Measures in Iranian Traditional Medicine and Investigating Related Evidences in Conventional Medicine

زمینه و هدف: سردرد شیوع بالایی دارد. مکتب طب سنتی ایران، گنجینه ارزشمندی از دانش و تجربیات دانشمندان کشورمان می‌باشد و حاوی راه‌کارهای ارزشمندی در حوزه اصلاح سبک زندگی جهت درمان بیماری‌ها به نام علم تدابیر است. هدف مطالعه شناسایی تدابیر سردرد مشارکتی معده، از انواع سردردهای مطرح‌شده در کتب حکما می‌باشد. مواد و روش‌ها: تحقیق به صورت کتابخانه‌ای انجام گرفته و با بررسی کتب معتبر مکتب طب ایرانی و نیز بررسی مقالات پزشکی و کتب معتبر مرتبط طب رایج، یافته‌ها گزارش شده‌اند. یافته‌ها: تدابیر سردرد مشارکتی معده در طب ایرانی در شش سرفصل اصلی شامل هوا، خوردن و آشامیدن، حرکت و سکون، خواب و بیداری، احتباس و استفراغ، رویکردهای روانی عنوان شدند و با یافته‌های طب رایج مقایسه گردیدند. نتیجه‌گیری: تدابیر سردرد مشارکتی معده در مکتب ایرانی به نحوی مورد تأیید علم روز پزشکی نیز می‌باشد و استفاده از این تدابیر می‌تواند در پیشگیری، درمان یا کاهش تعداد حملات سردرد، کاهش طول مدت سردرد، کاهش شدت سردرد، افزایش کیفیت زندگی بیماران مبتلا به سردرد مفید باشد و در نهایت باعث کاهش هزینه‌های مستقیم و غیر مستقیم انواع سردردهای اولیه گردد.Background and Aim: Headache has a high prevalence. Iranian Traditional medicine is a valuable treasure of the knowledge and experience of our country's scientists and it contains valuable solutions in the field of lifestyle modification for the treatment of diseases called science of Tadabir. The aim of the study was to identify gastric headache managements, what one of the of headache types mentioned in the books of hokama. Material and Methods: This study has been conducted as library method. Findings: Recommended strategies of the Iranian traditional Medicine and the scientific evidences of Conventional medicine in the field of headache management were collected and topics were classified in the six necessary principles (setteye zarurieh) are described and presented. Conclusion: Some of the Gastric corporate headache measures, in Iranian Traditional medicine approved by conventional medicine practice. Iranian Traditional medicine has valuable doctrines and strategies for healthy lifestyle and nutrition, in the case of all diseases, especially gastric corporate headache. Use of these measures can be useful in preventing, treating or reducing the number of headache attacks, reducing the duration of headaches, reducing the severity of headaches, and improving the quality of life of patients with headache and paying attention to these strategies will reduce direct and indirect costs of primary headaches.   Please cite this article as: Soltanpour Gharibdousti M, Afshin-Majd S, Davati A, Emaratkar E. Gastric Corporal Headache Measures in Iranian Traditional Medicine and Investigating Related Evidences in Conventional Medicine. Med Hist J 2018; 10(35): 49-68

Impact of psychological problems in chemical warfare survivors with severe ophthalmologic complication, a cross sectional study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Sulfur mustard (SM) has been used as a chemical warfare agent since the early twentieth century. Despite the large number of studies that have investigated SM induced ocular injuries, few of those studies have also focused on the psychological health status of victims. This study has evaluated the most prominent influences on the psychological health status of patients with severe SM induced ocular injuries.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>This descriptive study was conducted on 149 Iranian war veterans with severe SM induced eye injuries. The psychological health status of all patients was assessed using the Iranian standardized Symptom Check List 90-Revised (SCL90-R) questionnaire. The results of patients' Global Severity Index (GSI) were compared with the optimal cut-off point of 0.4 that has previously been calculated for GSI in Iranian community. The Mann-Whitney U test, T tests and effect sizes (using Cohen's d) were employed as statistical methods. Data were analyzed using SPSS software.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>The mean age of patients was 44.86 (SD = 8.7) and mean duration of disease was 21.58 (SD = 1.20) years. Rate of exposure was once in 99 (66.4%) cases. The mean GSI (1.46) of the study group was higher compared to standardized cut off point (0.4) of the Iranian community. The results of this study showed that the mean of total GSI score was higher in participants with lower educational levels (effect size = 0.507), unemployment (effect size = 0.464) and having more than 3 children (effect size = 0.62). Among the participants, 87 (58.4%) cases had a positive psychological history for hospitalization or receiving outpatient cares previously and 62 (41.6%) cases had a negative psychological history. In addition, the mean of GSI in participants with negative psychological history was lower than those with positive psychological history (Mean Change Difference = -0.621 with SD = 0.120). There was a significant difference between positive and negative psychological history with respect to GSI (P < 0.001).</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>The study showed that severe ophthalmologic complications in chemical survivors are accompanied with destructive effects on psychological health status. Appropriate management may improve psychological health status in these patients.</p

Avaliação Qualitativa da Água Engarrafada e Armazenadas em Frascos de Tereftalato de Polietileno com Base Compostos Químicos Orgânicos

Polyethylene terephtalate (PET) is commonly used for bottling drinking water. PET must be harmless in the sense of the migration potentially unsafe materials into its content. The quality determination of migrated organic chemicals in 15 bottled water stored in PET was performed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry technique. Most of the organic chemical compounds including phthalate, alkyl phenol, higher alkene and organic acid were detected in the samples. However, no carcinogens and hormones were recognized in the analyzed waters. The most migrated compounds identified between 13 to 100% of bottled water. The findings of present study could be alarming for the food safety legislative establishments in Iran due to the existence of some organic compounds with adverse influence on human wellbeing. Further investigation is recommended to evaluate the risk assessment of the public health arising from the presence of these toxic contaminants in the bottled water consumed by the people.Tereftalato de Polietileno (PET) é comumente usado para engarrafamento de água potável. PET deve ser inofensivo no sentido da migração materiais potencialmente inseguros em seu conteúdo. A determinação da qualidade de produtos químicos orgânicos que migraram em 15 garrafas de água armazenada em PET foi realizada pela técnica de cromatografia gasosa acoplada a espectrometria de massa. A maior parte dos compostos químicos orgânicos, incluindo ftalato, alquil fenol, alceno de maior peso molecular e ácido orgânico foram detectados nas amostras. No entanto, não há agentes cancerígenos e hormônios foram detectados nas águas analisadas. Os compostos migraram identificados entre 13 a 100% de água engarrafada. As conclusões do presente estudo poderia ser alarmante para os estabelecimentos legislativos de segurança alimentar no Irã devido à existência de alguns compostos orgânicos com influência negativa no bem-estar humano. Outras investigações é recomendado para avaliar a avaliação de risco da saúde pública decorrente da presença desses contaminantes tóxicos na água engarrafada consumida pelas pessoas

Impact of psychological problems in chemical warfare survivors with severe ophthalmologic complication, a cross sectional study

Abstract Background: Sulfur mustard (SM) has been used as a chemical warfare agent since the early twentieth century. Despite the large number of studies that have investigated SM induced ocular injuries, few of those studies have also focused on the psychological health status of victims. This study has evaluated the most prominent influences on the psychological health status of patients with severe SM induced ocular injuries. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on 149 Iranian war veterans with severe SM induced eye injuries. The psychological health status of all patients was assessed using the Iranian standardized Symptom Check List 90-Revised (SCL90-R) questionnaire. The results of patients&apos; Global Severity Index (GSI) were compared with the optimal cut-off point of 0.4 that has previously been calculated for GSI in Iranian community. The Mann-Whitney U test, T tests and effect sizes (using Cohen&apos;s d) were employed as statistical methods. Data were analyzed using SPSS software. Results: The mean age of patients was 44.86 (SD = 8.7) and mean duration of disease was 21.58 (SD = 1.20) years. Rate of exposure was once in 99 (66.4%) cases. The mean GSI (1.46) of the study group was higher compared to standardized cut off point (0.4) of the Iranian community. The results of this study showed that the mean of total GSI score was higher in participants with lower educational levels (effect size = 0.507), unemployment (effect size = 0.464) and having more than 3 children (effect size = 0.62). Among the participants, 87 (58.4%) cases had a positive psychological history for hospitalization or receiving outpatient cares previously and 62 (41.6%) cases had a negative psychological history. In addition, the mean of GSI in participants with negative psychological history was lower than those with positive psychological history (Mean Change Difference = -0.621 with SD = 0.120). There was a significant difference between positive and negative psychological history with respect to GSI (P &lt; 0.001)

Rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis in a patient with idiopathic crescentic glomerulonephritis

Mucormycosis, caused by mucorales, is an acute, rapidly progressive infection associated with high mortality. Rhino-orbitocerebral infection is the most common variant and is generally seen in association with immune deficiency syndromes. Prompt medical treatment of this infection and debridement decreases the mortality rate. We describe a 47-year-old man with crescentic glomerulonephritis on maintenance prednisolone therapy. He had earlier received steroid and cyclophosphamide pulse therapies. Renal functions improved following immunosuppressive treatment. In the third month of maintenance therapy, he presented to us with left-sided facial swelling and bloody nasal discharge. He had high blood sugar and acidic blood pH (ketoacidosis), probably due to steroid therapy. Magnetic resonance imaging of the head and sinuses showed inflammation and mass in the ethmoid sinus and nose with partial septal destruction, proptosis, global destruction of the left eye, brain infarction and carotid artery obliteration. Endoscopic biopsy of the sinuses revealed severe tissue necrosis. Samples of nasal discharge and biopsy tissue showed aseptate hyphae on light microscopy and culture, compatible with Rhizopus. The patient was treated with amphotericin B and multiple wound debridements along with ethmoidectomy and enucleation of the left eye. He was discharged in good general condition but with mild right hemiparesis. On follow-up examination at one year, there were no signs of fungal infection or renal dysfunction

A hybrid edge detection method based on fuzzy set theory and cellular learning automata

In this paper, a hybrid edge detection method based on fuzzy sets and cellular learning automata is proposed. At first, existing methods of edge detection and their problems are discussed and then a high performance method for edge detection, that can extract edges more precisely by using only fuzzy sets than by other edge detection methods, is suggested. After that the edges improve incredibly by using cellular learning automata. In the end, we compare it with popular edge detection methods such as Sobel and Canny. The proposed method does not need parameter settings as Canny edge detector does, and it can detect edges more smoothly in a shorter amount of time while other edge detectors cannot

Carnosine Exerts Neuroprotective Effect Against 6-Hydroxydopamine Toxicity in Hemiparkinsonian Rat

Parkinson�s disease (PD) is the second most common disorder of the central nervous system due to the degeneration of mesencephalic dopaminergic neurons. Current treatments for PD have a symptomatic relief strategy with no prevention of disease progression. Due to the neuroprotective and antiapoptotic potential of the natural dipeptide carnosine, this study was conducted to assess its beneficial effect in 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced model of PD in rat. Unilateral intrastriatal 6-OHDA-lesioned rats received i.p. carnosine at a dose of 250 mg/kg twice at an interval of 24 h, which started presurgery. Apomorphine caused contralateral rotations, a significant reduction in the number of Nissl-stained neurons on the left side of the substantia nigra, and increased apoptosis was observed with enhanced oxidative stress burden in 6-OHDA-lesioned rats. Carnosine pretreatment significantly reduced rotations, attenuated apoptosis, and restored malondialdehyde and nitrite content and catalase activity with no significant effect on reduced glutathione (GSH). These results indicate that prelesion administration of carnosine could exert neuroprotection against 6-OHDA toxicity, and this may be of benefit in patients with early PD. © 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York