ABSTRACT
The efficacy and safety of the application of essential oils for the prevention of acute respiratory diseases and alleviation of clinical manifestations of rhinitis was evaluated in a group of children aged 3-4 years. It was shown that inhalation of a mixture of essential oils resulted in a 42.5% decrease of the prevalence of the above pathologies. Specifically, they developed only in each third child from the group of frequently ill children. No side effects of the treatment were documented. 25% of the children suffered only from mild acute respiratory diseases, fever was absent in 5%. The severity and duration of the symptoms of rhinitis decreased in more than 80% of the children. Simultaneously, the requirement of decongestants and local (intranasal) antibiotics was reduced.
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Aromatherapy/methods , Oils, Volatile , Respiratory System/drug effects , Respiratory Tract Diseases/prevention & control , Acute Disease , Administration, Inhalation , Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage , Anti-Bacterial Agents/adverse effects , Child, Preschool , Complex Mixtures/administration & dosage , Complex Mixtures/adverse effects , Female , Humans , Male , Oils, Volatile/administration & dosage , Oils, Volatile/adverse effects , Respiratory Tract Diseases/physiopathology , Severity of Illness Index , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Correlation analysis conducted in 106 children with chronic gastroduodenitis enabled us to distinguish leading factors in the onset of this disease, to estimate the strength of connection between clinicoanamnestic and laboratory-instrumental methods of investigation. A strong correlation was found in children with gastroduodenitis between changes of sialo-containing compounds, secretory IgA in the saliva and inflammation severity.
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Duodenitis/etiology , Gastritis/etiology , Adolescent , Child , Chronic Disease , Duodenitis/diagnosis , Duodenitis/metabolism , Endoscopy, Digestive System , Gastritis/diagnosis , Gastritis/metabolism , Humans , Immunodiffusion , Immunoglobulin A, Secretory/metabolism , Medical History Taking , Neuraminidase/metabolism , Pedigree , Saliva/metabolism , Sialic Acids/metabolismABSTRACT
The rate of perinatal encephalopathy and the nature of its outcomes in relation to the syndrome of the acute period of the disease were studied in 102 children. Also examined were the cytochemical parameters of blood leukocytes, alkaline phosphatase of neutrophils, acid phosphatase of lymphocytes, succinate and alpha-glycerophosphate dehydrogenase of lymphocytes in prematurely born infants on the 8th-15th and the 30th-45th days of life. It has been ascertained that in addition to the comatose and convulsive syndromes the prognosis of the disease is the least favourable in the syndrome of total inhibition of the CNS in the acute period. Furthermore, the findings of the conducted study open the possibility of preliminary individual prognosis of the disease on the basis of the cytochemical picture at the end of the acute period.
