Highlights:1. Ginger (Zingiber officinale) has antimicrobial activity against UPEC which commonly causes UTI in women.2. The MIC and MBC of ginger this study was 1000 mg/ml. AbstractIntroduction: Conjunctivitis is a self-limiting disease. It can be diagnosed through clinical signs found the eye examination. purpose to define characteristics conjunctivitis patients ophthalmology outpatient clini...

BACKGROUND This study was designed to evaluate the occurrence and severity of ocular hyperemia in subjects with elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) due to primary open angle glaucoma (POAG) or ocular hypertension (OHT) following treatment with bimatoprost 0.01% in a real-world clinical setting. METHODS This was an open-label, observational study conducted at 67 centers in Canada. Subjects wit...

The role of nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) in early blood-brain barrier (BBB) disruption was determined using a new mouse model of transient focal cerebral ischemia. Ischemia was induced by ligating the middle cerebral artery (MCA) at its M2 segment and reperfusion was induced by releasing the ligation. The diameter alteration of the MCA, arterial anastomoses and collateral arteries were imaged ...

We investigated the independent contributions of the peak and continued reactive hyperemia on flow-mediated dilation (FMD). 1) For the duration manipulation experiment (DME), 10 healthy males experienced reactive hyperemia durations of 10 s, 20 s, 30 s, 40 s, 50 s, or full reactive hyperemia (RH). 2) For the peak manipulation experiment (PME), eight healthy males experienced reactive hyperemia ...

Tschakovsky, Michael E., and Don D. Sheriff. Immediate exercise hyperemia: contributions of the muscle pump vs. rapid vasodilation. J Appl Physiol 97: 739–747, 2004; 10.1152/japplphysiol.00185.2004.—A striking characteristic of the blood flow adaptation at exercise onset is the immediate and substantial increase in the first few (0–5 s) seconds of exercise. The purpose of this mini-review is to...

Flickering light dilates retinal arterioles and increases retinal blood flow, a response termed functional hyperemia. This response is diminished in diabetic patients even before the appearance of overt clinical retinopathy. The loss of functional hyperemia could deprive retinal neurons of oxygen and nutrients, possibly exacerbating the development of diabetic retinopathy. We have tested whethe...

We determined the role of endogenous hydrogen sulfide (H2S) in cerebral vasodilation/hyperemia and early BBB disruption following ischemic stroke. A cranial window was prepared over the left frontal, parietal and temporal cortex in mice. Transient focal cerebral Ischemia was induced by directly ligating the middle cerebral artery (MCA) for two hours. Regional vascular response and cerebral bloo...

Conventional coronary angiography has significant limitations in quantifying the severity and functional significance of coronary stenoses. However, coronary reactive hyperemia is an excellent physiologic indicator of coronary reserve. Digital subtraction angiography offers the potential to analyze coronary blood flow dynamics quantitatively. Therefore we assessed the accuracy of digital angiog...

Received 10/28/2002; revised 12/10/2002; accepted 12/30/2002. For correspondence or reprints contact: Chien-Chin Hsu, M.D., Department of Nuclear Medicine, Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan. Tel: (886)7-3121101 ext. 7152, Fax: (886)7-3117521, E-mail: [email protected] Radionuclide venography (RNV) is a useful screening tec...

BACKGROUND It is believed that endothelial dysfunction may be a link between systemic and ocular dysregulation in glaucoma. The aim of this study was to evaluate peripheral vascular reactive hyperemia in response to occlusion test and to correlate peripheral vascular findings with retrobulbar hemodynamics parameters in patients with normal-tension glaucoma. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty-eight pa...