Bed Rest, Salicylates, and Steroid in Rheumatic Fever

Hyaluronidase spread and the effect of salicylates in rheumatic fever.

Cutaneous Manifestations of Rheumatic Fever in Children

Sur 2601 admissions, chez 113 enfants at­teints de la maladie de Bouillaud, hospitalises en cinq ans dans deux services de pediatrie de Te­heran (C.H.U. de Pahlavi, C.H.U. de Logman­doleh Adham) 6 cas de manifestations cutanees  (trois cas de nodules, trois cas d'erytheme mar­ginatum) ont ete constates, trois d'entre eux souffrant d'une cardite severe et evolutive.  En Iran !'incidence des si...

Amino acid supplementation for reversing bed rest and steroid myopathies.

Muscular inactivity is inherent in many circumstances, including convalescence from serious illness or injury, spaceflight, and the progression of aging. Inactivity in a healthy individual leads to a decrease in whole-body protein turnover composed primarily of a decrease in muscle protein synthesis. The decrease in muscle protein synthesis leads to a substantial loss of lean body mass. We have...

RHEUMATIC FEVER IN lRANIAN CHILDREN: CLINICAL AND PREVENTIVE ASPECTS

A total of70 children aged 6 to 15 years with rheumatic fever and completed in-hospital data were reviewed from 19XX to 1993. In 5X.6% of patients this was the first attack of disease, while in 41.4'10 the episode represented a recurrence. Noncompliance of antimicrobial prophylaxis was noted in all of the subjects with recurrences. 61.4% of cases gave a previous history of sore throat, and ...

The Role of Complete Bed Rest Position In COVID-19 Patient Outcome; Bed Rest And COVID-19

SARS-CoV-2 is a novel strain of the coronaviruses posing great challenges to the human immune system. Hence, human innate immunity determines how our body responses to the early infection (1-3). According to the studies, coronavirus can cause a range of symptoms by affecting various organs in the body (4, 5). Currently, our hospital is one of the referral centers of COVID-19 in Iran. We would l...