BACKGROUND Antibiotics are sometimes used to prevent recurrent sore throat, despite concern about resistance. However, there is conflicting primary evidence regarding their effectiveness. OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of antibiotics in patients with recurrent sore throat. SEARCH METHODS The Cochrane Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders Group (CENTDG) Trials Search Co-ordinator searched the CEN...

BACKGROUND Management of acute sore throat poses a significant burden on UK general practices, with almost 10% of registered patients attending their GP with sore throat every year. Nearly half of all patients presenting with acute sore throat are treated with antibiotics, despite their limited effect. In a recent systematic review we demonstrated that a single dose of steroids reduced the seve...

6]. It is important to point out that the apolipoprotein E alleles are on human chromosome 19 at q13.32, rather than chromosome 21, where we identified the region associated with cold sore susceptibility. Our linkage data were conducted in a large, family based, healthy population without prior selection for HSV or Alzheimer disease status. Our genome scan included the polymorphic repeat marker...

virus of pigs [9]. HSV infection of man can be mimicked in the mouse, for example [lo]. Infection of the skin results in multiplication of the virus in epithelium and the generation of the cold sore and the virus can be followed into sensory nerves and into the central nervous system. Virus mutants lacking each of the known glycoproteins have been examined in this model. Although many of the mu...

• Headache, nausea and vomiting, malaise, dysphagia, and abdominal pain might be present. Sore throat decision rule The sore throat decision rule can identify both patients who are so likely to have GABHS that a confirmatory test is not needed and patients who are so unlikely to have GABHS that further testing is unrewarding. Using the rule will successfully identify most patients who need trea...

The European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases established the Sore Throat Guideline Group to write an updated guideline to diagnose and treat patients with acute sore throat. In diagnosis, Centor clinical scoring system or rapid antigen test can be helpful in targeting antibiotic use. The Centor scoring system can help to identify those patients who have higher likeliho...

sore has appeared among the class of people (not necessarily poor) who, during a heavy rainy season, walked in mud and worked in marshy localities, barefooted. Forty-five inches of rain, mud and marshy conditions?and Naga sore were not previously known to this place. The same thing happened in Benares last summer, when heavy rainfall flooded the area, resulting in mud and marsh so that Naga sor...

Introduction: Cold and cough is the common disease condition which effects patient of every age. The treatment approach medicinal herbs has been recognized for many decades even longer prevention cold cough. aim study was to evaluate safety efficacy polyherbal tablet. Polyherbal tablet containing like Neem (Azadirachta indica), Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum), Ginger (Zingiber officinale), Turmeric ...

background postoperative sore throat is a common complication of endotracheal intubation and can lead to dissatisfaction after surgery. airway management has the strongest influence on the incidence of sore throat and improving endotracheal intubating conditions can reduce this complaint. type of induction agent used during anesthesia can contribute to variances in the degree of post-operative ...

Trigeminal neuritis usually is caused by an inflammatory reaction to herpes simplex virus, which often resides within the gasserian ganglion of the trigeminal nerve. Transaxonal movement of the virus between the ganglion and peripheral nerves within the oral cavity has been documented [1 , 2]. The virus can be isolated from the painful aphthous ulcers within the oral cavity and the typical cold...