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We report a case of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who refused Western medical treatment and was able to improve concomitant symptoms including arthralgia and headache by using kanzobushito. The patient was a 35-year-old. Eight years previously, she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis due to joint stiffness. Although receiving methotrexate therapy, she developed methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorders and the treatment was discontinued. Due to a feeling of rejection for Western medical treatment, she visited our hospital and was hospitalized for Kampo therapy. We prescribed kanzobushito for qi imbalance, coldness, and severe pain. Her joint pain, headache, and secondary symptoms were improved.
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Resumen: La osteoartritis de cadera es la segunda causa de discapacidad funcional del aparato locomotor. Se presenta en adultos mayores de 35 años en 3 a 11%. Caracterizada por dolor al deambular, al subir o bajar escaleras, mejora con el reposo, pero evoluciona hasta limitada movilidad articular, crujido, rigidez e inestabilidad, restringiendo la funcionalidad y calidad de vida del individuo. La artroplastía total de cadera es la intervención indicada cuando la sintomatología es severa, persistente y han fallado otras terapéuticas. Tiene el objetivo de mejorar la calidad de vida, reducir el dolor y mejorar la función del paciente. Sin embargo, es un procedimiento que presenta dolor moderado a severo en el postoperatorio inmediato y una prevalencia de dolor crónico de 10 a 35%. La analgesia multimodal tiene que ser considerada para disminuir los efectos secundarios de los medicamentos y disminuir el uso de opioides (visita http://www.painoutmexico.com para obtener la versión completa del artículo y el diagrama de recomendaciones).
Abstract: Hip osteoarthritis is the second cause of functional impairment of the locomotor system. Its prevalence in adults over 35 years old in 3 to 11%. Characterized by a pain to walking, going up or down stairs, it improves with rest, that reaches a limited joint mobility, crunching, rigidity and instability restricting the functionality and quality of life. Total hip arthroplasty is the intervention indicated when the symtomatology is severe and persistent that have failed other therapeutics. It aims to improve the quality of life, reduce pain and improve the function of the patient. However, it is a procedure that is accompanied by moderate to severe pain in the immediate postoperative period and a chronic pain prevalence of 10 to 35%. Multimodal analgesia has to be considered to reduce the side effects of medications and reduce the use of opioids (visit http://www.painoutmexico.com to see the full article and recommendations diagram).
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Objective: Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma is rare and therefore difficult to diagnose. This study evaluated the clinical features of this condition in patients admitted to our hospital.Patients and Methods: We evaluated 12 patients with spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma who were treated at our hospital. We investigated the following variables in these patients: underlying diseases, medications used, initial symptoms, spinal level affected, whether transported to the hospital by ambulance, department where first evaluated, mass lesion on computed tomography with soft tissue window settings, time interval between symptom onset and diagnosis, treatment received, and Frankel classification on arrival and when last observed.Results: Five patients reported the use of antiplatelet or anticoagulant drugs. All patients in this study reported acute onset of severe pain as the initial symptom, and 10 patients reported some degree of paralysis accompanying the pain. With respect to the morbidity level, the cervical region was the most common site of involvement (n=7). Ten patients were transported to the hospital at night via ambulance. Five patients first visited the Department of Internal Medicine. Seven patients presented with a mass lesion on computed tomography with soft tissue window settings. The time interval between symptom onset and diagnosis ranged from 2 hours to 6 days. Three and 9 patients received conservative and surgical treatments, respectively. No patient showed worsening of Frankel classification.Conclusion: Acute onset of severe pain was the most characteristic clinical symptom. Spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma should be included in the differential diagnosis. Computed tomography with soft tissue window settings may rule out cerebrovascular disease and cardiovascular disease, and specifically detect a hematoma. Subsequent magnetic resonance imaging can diagnose a spontaneous spinal epidural hematoma at an early stage.
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Objective To explore the effect of water analgesia on the pain relief for primiparas in labor, especially on the point of the acutest pain and total time of severe pains by tracking and comparing with remifentanil patient- controlled intravenous analgesia and the conventional vaginal delivery. Methods A total of 139 singleton and full-term primiparas who chosed analgesia labor were selected. There were 3 groups:56 cases in water analgesia group (hereinafter referred to shortly as water group), 37 cases in remifentanil patient-controlled intravenous analgesia group (hereinafter referred to shortly as vein group ) and 46 cases in traditional vaginal delivery group (hereinafter referred to shortly as traditional group). In addition, labor pain intensity was assessed with numerical rating scale (NRS). All groups were evaluated by NRS score in five different time points during the delivery:cervical dilation to 2-3 cm or 1 minute before labor analgesia; labor analgesia after 10 minutes; labor analgesia after 30 minutes; labor analgesia after 60 minutes;point of acutest pain. Meanwhile, total time of acutest pain, progress of labor, use of oxytocin, mode of delivery, postpartum hemorrhage and neonatal asphyxia were all observed. Results Comparison of labor progress and postpartum bleeding, mode of delivery and neonatal Apgar score in three groups of primipara showed no significant difference (P>0.05). Compared with the traditional group, the NRS score and point of acutest pain in water group obviously declined, the total time of severe pain shortened 36.58 min on average, which showed significant difference (t=-4.400, P<0.05). Compared with the vein group, the NRS score of water group at 10 minutes after labor analgesia was below the vein group (t=-2.358, P<0.05), so was point of acutest pain (t=-2.703, P<0.05). But the score of water group was higher than intravenous analgesia after 60 minutes, which showed significant difference (t=2.833, P<0.01). The rate of oxytocin application in water group was only 12.5%(7/56), significantly less than the rate in vein group, which was 37.84%(14/37), there were significant differences (χ2=8.182, P<0.05). Conclusions Water analgesia can effectively alleviate maternal pain and reduce intrapartum intervention, and more, less influence on maternal and newborn, and is a safe and effective analgesia method.