In the present study we investigated the anti-ulcer properties of Tamira Parpam (bio-copper) from earthworm against Aspirin plus pylorus ligation induced gastric ulcer in rats, HCl-Ethanol induced ulcer in mice and water immersion stress induced ulcer in rats. The number of lesions in HCI-Ethanol induced peptic ulcer model and mean score value of ulcer inhibition in water immersion stress induc...

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Private Bag 3105, Hamilton, New Zealand Introduction Honey is gaining acceptance by the medical profession for use as an antibacterial agent for the treatment of ulcers and bed sores, and other surface infections resulting from burns and wounds 4,135 . In many cases it is being used with success on infections not responding to standard a...

  Background: Saffron is the dried stigmata of the flowers of saffron (Crocus sativus L., Iridaceae). Saffron is well known for the treatment of gastric disorders in traditional medicine.   Objectives: In the search for new potential antiulcer agents, the effects of the ethanol extract of saffron and its active constituents crocin and safranal as compared with omeprazole against gastric ulcer i...

background and objectives: the etiology, pathophysiology, nomenclature and clinical manifes-tation of solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (srus) is poorly understood. aim: to examine the pathology of mucosal changes and clinical features of this syndrome. materials and methods: the mucosal biopsies of 19 patients with clinical evidence of solitary rectal ulcer as been reviewed in accordance with the...

purpose: to compare the prevalence of glaucoma among peptic ulcer patients with or without helicobacter pylori infection. methods: among 352 patients with an indication of gasterointestinal endoscopy for peptic problems, 120 patients in 18-88 years of age were included for evaluation of glaucoma. according to the results of histopathologic and urease test, they were divided into two groups: hel...

the objectives of this study were to define the clinical risk factors, microbiological spectrum, and visual outcome of bacterial keratitis at shahid sadoughi hospital (yazd, iran). a crosssectional prospective study, identified 80 cases of microbial keratitis from march 1999 to march 2001. inclusion criteria were presence of corneal stromal infiltrate in slit lamp examination, and microbiologic...

BACTERIAL KERATITIS Simple, uninfected cases of corneal ulceration can be treated with prophylactic antibiotics, mydriatics and systemic antiinflammatory agents. However, aggressive medical therapy is indicated in all cases of confirmed or suspected bacterial keratitis. This includes topical and systemic antimicrobial drugs, mydriatics and antiproteases, and sysemic non-steroidal antiinflammato...

The association between nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and upper gastrointestinal complications is well documented. However, epidemiologic data on the risk of clinically symptomatic but uncomplicated peptic ulcer are quite limited. The authors studied the association between prescription NSAIDs and the risk of symptomatic ulcer in a population-based cohort of 458,840 persons and 1...

Recent work has revealed correlations between bacterial or viral infections and atherosclerotic disease. One particular bacterium, Chlamydia pneumoniae, has been observed at high frequency in human atherosclerotic lesions, prompting the hypothesis that infectious agents may be necessary for the initiation or progression of atherosclerosis. To determine if responses to gram-negative bacteria are...