The involvement of the condition of periodontal tissue and social capital in frailty

松本歯科大学大学院歯学独立研究科博士（歯学）学位申請論文;健康増進口腔科学講座（主指導教員:吉成　伸夫教授

筋強直性ジストロフィー1型における脳卒中に関する危険因子の臨床的特徴

Objective: Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder with highly variable phenotypic expression. Some patients have diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and/or arrhythmias, which are risk factors for stroke. However, the mechanism of stroke is poorly understood in patients with DM1. We studied the characteristics of risk-factor profiles for stroke associated with DM1. Patients and methods: We studied 77 patients with DM1 (45 men and 32 women) on the basis of the patients’ clinical histories and laboratory and genetic examination results. Results: The analysis showed that 26 patients (34%) had dyslipidemia, and 16 (21%) had diabetes. Arrhythmias were diagnosed in 46 patients (61%), including 11 (14%) with atrial fibrillation and 9 (12%) with conduction defects. Echocardiographic abnormalities were found in 28 patients (37%). Eight patients (11%) met the criteria for metabolic syndrome. We identified 2 patients (2.6%) with ischemic stroke caused by cardiogenic embolism among 77 patients with DM1. One had paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and sick sinus syndrome, and the other had cardiac dysfunction with an ejection-fraction of 35% and dyslipidemia. Both patients had highly expanded numbers of CTG repeats (1000 and 1500). Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first study to report a comprehensive analysis of risk-factor profiles for stroke in patients with DM1. Stroke is a relatively rare, but severe complication of DM1. Our results indicate that it is important to manage risk factors for stroke, especially cardiac involvement and arrhythmias.博士（医学）・乙第1392号・平成29年3月15日Copyright: © 2016 Sugie M, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited

Epidemiological study of the involvement between the condition of periodontal tissue to frailty and social capital

Frailty is a cause of a nursing care status for the elderly people. Generally, elderly people get aged by various diseases such as Non–Communicable Diseases, stress, and lifestyle diseases overlap, and go through a period of frailty to necessary support, state of longterm care required stages. Therefore, efforts to stop weakness during the frailty period which can return to a healthy state, that is, to extend healthy life span is very important in future medical care.Social capital is characterized as a capital of a social organization that leads cooperative action to achieve the objectives of “social connection: network”, “norm”, “trust”, and has been reported a deep relationship with healthy life.Therefore, by examining the relationship between the health condition of the periodontal tissue, and the frailty and social capital, we focused on the influence on the healthy life from the health condition of the periodontal tissue. In other words, in this study, through the hypothesis that the health condition of periodontal tissue correlates with the frailty, and that individualsʼ social capital deteriorates due to frailty, it was aimed to elucidate whether the health condition of the periodontal tissue affects the healthy life span or not. A correlation tendency between the pre frailty state and the number of present teeth and the feeling of oral health of social capital was observed. When the pre frailty state worsened, the number of present teeth increased, and if the oral health condition at the questionnaire was bad, pre frailty state worsened. Further studies are needed to increase the number of cases in the future to determine whether oral condition due to periodontal disease is associated with frailty

Acute Autonomic, Sensory and Motor Neuropathy Associated with Meningoencephalitis

We report the first case of acute autonomic, motor and sensory neuropathy (AASMN) associated with meningoencephalitis. A 62-year-old man presented with fever, neck stiffness, and coma. Respiratory failure developed. Magnetic resonance images showed an abnormality in the medial temporal lobe. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed pleocytosis with a high protein level. Intensive care gradually improved the consciousness level, but paralysis of the four extremities persisted. Nerve conduction studies revealed demyelinating sensory and motor polyneuropathy. Severe orthostatic hypotension, urinary retention, and constipation were also present. Clinical autonomic tests suggested both sympathetic and parasympathetic dysfunction. After intravenous immunoglobulin therapy, motor and sensory symptoms resolved rapidly; dysautonomia resolved gradually over the next 2 months. The response to immunological therapy and the presence of antecedent infection suggest that AASMN is a postinfectious, immune-mediated, autonomic, sensory and motor nervous system dysfunction

Characteristic MRI Findings of upper Limb Muscle Involvement in Myotonic Dystrophy Type 1.

The objective of our study was to evaluate the relation between muscle MRI findings and upper limb weakness with grip myotonia in patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1). Seventeen patients with DM1 were evaluated by manual muscle strength testing and muscle MRI of the upper limbs. Many DM1 patients presenting with decreased grasping power frequently showed high intensity signals in the flexor digitorum profundus (FDP) muscles on T1-weighted imaging. Patients presenting with upper limb weakness frequently also showed high intensity signals in the flexor pollicis longus, abductor pollicis longus, and extensor pollicis muscles. Disturbances of the distal muscles of the upper limbs were predominant in all DM1 patients. Some DM1 patients with a prolonged disease duration showed involvement of not only distal muscles but also proximal muscles in the upper limbs. Muscle involvement of the upper limbs on MRI strongly correlated positively with the disease duration or the numbers of CTG repeats. To our knowledge, this is the first study to provide a detailed description of the distribution and severity of affected muscles of the upper limbs on MRI in patients with DM1. We conclude that muscle MRI findings are very useful for identifying affected muscles and predicting the risk of muscle weakness in the upper limbs of DM1 patients