background: recurrent aphthous stomatitis (ras) is the most common painful ulcers of oral mucosal which can cause many sufferings. treatment of ras often includes administration of corticosteroids, analgesics and regulators of the immune system. however, considering the side effects of these medications, even their topical application must be done with caution. alum is used in traditional medic...

INTRODUCTION Recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) is a common clinical condition producing painful ulcerations in the oral cavity. However, there has been no optimal therapeutic approach. Topical and systemic steroids commonly prescribed for the condition have local and systemic side-effects. Recently, there is growing tendency toward herbal medication in the modern society. The objective of thi...

Background Terminal ileum endoscopy and biopsy are the diagnostic tools of diseases attacking the ileum. However, abnormal histological findings can be found in endoscopically normal terminal ileum. Objective This study was performed to evaluate the histopathological results of biopsies from endoscopically normal terminal ileum in order to determine pre-procedure clinical and laboratory factors...

OBJECTIVE To find out the relationship between recurrent aphthous stomatitis (RAS) with deficiencies of haemoglobin, haematocrit, serum vitamin B12, serum Ferritin and red blood cells (RBC) Folate level. STUDY DESIGN An analytical cross-sectional study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Department of Oral Health Sciences, Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Complex, Lahore, from February to...

Background. Recurrent aphthous ulcer is a common mucosal disease and encompasses diverse interventions for its management of symptoms like pain discomfort. Since new therapies keep evolving with better outcomes as compared to traditional interventions, one such therapy using hyaluronic acid has been recently explored clinical studies based on advances in dental therapeutics. Therefore, we desig...

Venous thrombosis is a well-described complication of thalidomide therapy in patients with multiple myeloma (MM). However, an association between thalidomide use and thrombosis in HIV-positive patients has not been previously described. We present the case of a 48-year-old HIV-positive man who developed a deep venous thrombosis while on thalidomide for the treatment of severe aphthous ulcers. W...