Oxidative stress in chronic lymphoedema

Oxidative stress in chronic lymphoedema.

BACKGROUND Chronic lymphoedema is one of the most frequent and debilitating complications after surgical and radiological tumour treatment. Prevention and therapy of lymphoedema is therefore an important problem of the rehabilitation of those patients. AIM To investigate whether chronic lymphoedema results in increased oxidative stress. DESIGN Prospective case-control study. METHODS We ob...

Oxidative Stress in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Oxidative stress in chronic renal failure.

Cardiovascular disease is the major cause of morbidity and mortality in chronic renal failure. The aim of this review is to summarise current evidence suggesting that there is increased free radical production, antioxidant depletion and changes in lipoprotein composition in renal failure which will lead to oxidation of LDL and hence to accelerated development of atherosclerosis.

Oxidative stress in chronic renal failure

Oxidative stress defines an imbalance between formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and antioxidative defence mechanisms. In view of the profound biological effects of ROS, in recent years numerous clinical and experimental studies focused on detection of signs of oxidative stress in renal patients. There is good evidence indicating that uraemia in general is associated with enhanced oxida...

Airway oxidative stress in chronic cough

BACKGROUND The mechanisms of chronic cough are unclear. Many reactive oxygen species affect airway sensory C-fibres which are capable to induce cough. Several chronic lung diseases are characterised by cough and oxidative stress. In asthma, an association between the cough severity and airway oxidative stress has been demonstrated. The present study was conducted to investigate whether airway o...