554 British Journal of General Practice, October 2015 IntroduCtIon Globus pharyngeus or globus sensation is the painless sensation of a lump in the throat and may be described as a foreign body sensation, a tightening or choking feeling. It is often associated with persistent clearing of the throat, chronic cough, hoarseness, and catarrh.1 Globus pharyngeus makes up 4% of ear, nose, and throat ...

The previous studies revealed that Equisetum arvense contained alkaloids, carbohydrate, proteins and amino acids, phytosterols, saponins, sterols, ascorbic acid, silicic phenol, tannin, flavonoids, triterpenoids, volatile oils many other biological active constituents. E. has been used as a folklore medicine for treatment of various conditions such tuberculosis, catarrh in the kidney bladder re...

suffering from severe abdominal pain. On arriving at the village, I found the patient very weak, so much so that she could hardly maintain the erect posture. She had been a well-nourished healthy young woman, though not " fat, fair, and fort}7," until quite lately. The first departure from her health occurred about a month ago, when she was, all of a sudden, attacked with severe aching pain in ...

The relationships between allergen exposure, sensitisation and the development of allergic disease have, since their first description, been complicated, often counterintuitive, and rarely straightforward. Ever since Charles Blackley put himself through a private medical education in order to study his own severe “summer catarrh”, allergens and their human targets have been behaving oddly. BLAC...