elastase/headache

A 20-year-old man on oral substitution of pancreatic enzymes after hemipancreatectomy injected an enzyme preparation of fungal origin intravenously after dissolving it in water. Within a few hours chills, headache, nausea and vomiting, fever of 40.8 degrees C, and shock occurred. The acute illness

In a phase IV, open-label study, 25 patients with clinically stable chronic sinusitis and persistent maxillary sinus inflammation were treated for 14 days with clarithromycin 500 mg twice daily. Biopsy specimens of the maxillary sinus mucosa were obtained pretreatment and evaluated for macrophages

G-CSF (granulocyte-colony stimulating factor) is one of the cytokines which increase and activate neutrophils. These effects have been confirmed by a lot of clinical studies. Although only few side effects have been reported so far, we saw a patient with hypertension, facial edema, and severe

A 59-year-old female patient who developed fever, headache, arthralgia and painful, raised red cutaneous plaques located predominantly on the upper trunk is presented. On the basis of the clinical and histological findings acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweet's syndrome) was diagnosed. In

BACKGROUND Many drugs for treatment of allergies, migraine headaches, inflammation, and other indications are administered into the nasal cavity providing access to the immune and central nervous systems. One of the concerns for using this route of administration is potential damage to the nasal

Pistacia weinmannifolia (PW) has been used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat headaches, dysentery, enteritis and influenza. However, PW has not been known for treating respiratory inflammatory diseases, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The present in vitro analysis

The fruit of Tetradium ruticarpum is widely used in healthcare products for the improvement of blood circulation, headache, abdominal pain, amenorrhea, chill limbs, migraine, and nausea. A new quinolone, 2-[(6Z,9Z)-pentadeca-6,9-dienyl]quinolin-4(1H)-one (1), has been isolated from the fruits of T.

BACKGROUND It is hypothesized that a CXCR2 receptor antagonist would inhibit the recruitment and activation of neutrophils and other inflammatory cells into the lung in subjects with cystic fibrosis. The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety, tolerability and pharmacodynamics of

BACKGROUND Palmoplantar pustular psoriasis is often recalcitrant to therapy. Here we evaluated the therapeutic effect of alitretinoin in patients with recalcitrant palmoplantar pustular psoriasis and investigated subsequent immunopathological alterations. METHODS Seven patients with palmoplantar