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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the difference in the therapeutic effects on infantile herpetic angina among the treatments with western medication, acupuncture and the combined therapy of acupuncture and western medication.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and twenty children of herpetic angina were randomized into a western medication group, an acupuncture group and a combined therapy group, 40 cases in each one. Besides the basic treatment with symptomatic support, in the western medication group, ribavirin granules were prescribed for oral administration, 10 mg/kga day, three times a day, for 3 days. In the acupuncture group, acupuncture was applied at Fengchi (GB 20), Hegu (LI 4), Quchi (LI 11), Xiaguan (ST 7), Jiache (ST 6), Dicang (ST 4), Shaoshang (LU 11) and Shangyang (LI 1), once a day, for 3 days. In the combined therapy group, the treatments as the western medication group and the acupuncture group were used, in which, the oral administration with ribavirin granules and acupuncture were adopted for 3 days. The clinical therapeutic effects were compared after treatment and the follow-up visit was conducted since the 4th day at the end of treatment to compare the antifebrile time, herpes relieving time and the use frequency of ibuprofen oral liquid in the children among the three groups.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>After treatment, the total effective rate was 95.0% (39/40) in the combined therapy group, was 62.5% (25/40) in the western medication group and was 80.0% (32/40) in the acupuncture group. The result in the combined therapy group was better than those in the acupuncture group and the western medication group, indicating the significant differences (both<0.05). The antifebrile time and the herpetic relief time in the combined therapy group were earlier than those in the acupuncture group and the western medication group, indicating the significant differences (both<0.05). The use frequency of ibuprofen oral liquid in the combined therapy group was lower than those in the acupuncture group and the western medication group, indicating the significant difference (both<0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>The combined therapy with acupuncture and western medication relieve fever and herpes much more quickly and reduces the use frequency of ibuprofen oral liquid as compared with the simple use of acupuncture or western medication in the treatment of infantile herpetic angina, which achieve the much better therapeutic effects.</p>
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Early detection and treatment of high-risk adenomas and colorectal cancer (CRC) can reduce mortality of this disease.CRC screening is aimed at minimizing its harm and colonoscopy is presently the gold standard for it.However,colonoscopy needs bowel preparation and is invasive with high risk of intestinal perforation,causing a bad compliance,which is unfavorable to its popularization and application.Recently,non-invasive detection methods for CRC have gone through a rapid development.Tests based on CRC-related biomarkers in fecal and blood samples provide new options for non-invasive CRC screening.However,detection methods for these biomarkers still need further research and improvement because of the complex composition of feces and blood.In the two aspects of fecal tests and blood tests,the progress of recent studies on non-invasive screening methods for CRC was reviewed in this article.
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ObjectiveTo observe the clinical efficacy of aligned needling in treating cough in kids.MethodTotally 113 kids with cough were randomized into two groups. Fifty-sixkids in the treatment group were intervened by aligned needling; fifty-seven kids in the control group were by orally takingXiao ErKe Chuan Lingoral fluid.ResultThe total effective rate was 87.5% in the treatment group versus 66.7% in the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P<0.05).ConclusionAligned needling and orally takingXiao Er Ke Chuan Lingoral fluid both can produce certain efficacies in treating kids’ cough, while the total effective rate of aligned needling is significantly higher.