Background: Alkaptonuria is a rare genetic disease leading to the accumulation of homogentesic acid in joint and ear cartilage, sclera and some other tissues causing significant morbidity in these patients. In this paper, we report three cases of Alkaptonuria among the family or household members. Case Presentation: A 51-year-old man with mechanical low back and knee pain was referred to Rheuma...

Breeding for QPM ear rot resistant cultivars could offer a reliable environmental and economic control of mycotoxins especially for the resource-poor communities that require inexpensive protein diets. This research aims at evaluating a testcross of QPM inbreds with ear rot resistant cultivars to develop resistant topcrosses with high grain protein quality and yield. Seven QPM inbreds (lines) a...

introduction: conductive hearing loss due to chronic otitis media (com) can be treated by surgery. com, however, may be associated with functional damage to the inner ear. sensorineural hearing loss (snhl) due to com has been found to be significant by some authors, whereas it has been considered negligible by others. the present study aimed to answer the question does com cause snhl ? methods:...

We attempt to discuss the clinical efficacy of ear-point burial combined with Huanglian Ejiao Decoction in treatment insomnia due incompatibility between heart and kidney. selected 120 patients diagnosed heart-kidney from Yichun Hospital traditional Chinese medicine terminal disease center as participants. Then randomly divided them into observation group control (n=60). Control adopted frying ...

Few epidemiological studies of middle ear disease have been conducted in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations, yet the disease is common and causes hearing impairment and poorer educational outcomes. The objective of this study is to identify factors associated with abnormal middle ear appearance, a proxy for middle ear disease. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0...

Otalgia is ear pain. Ear disease causes primary otalgia. Secondary (referred) otalgia is referred to the ear from disease in structures remote from the ear. Otalgia, especially referred otalgia, can be a diagnostic challenge. The radiologic approach to a patient with otalgia relies on the physical examination. If the otoscopic findings are abnormal, the computed tomographic (CT) or magnetic res...

Introduction: Otalgia is one of the complaints which may occur at any age. The etiology of the pain may be in the ear, structures around the ear or other head and neck structures. This is caused by the complex nervous connections in the head and neck areas, the ear, the pharynx and the nose. Since understanding the etiologies of referred otalgia can help in the assessment and treatment of the ...

The first part of this thesis evaluates two different treatment strategies in tympanostomy tube associated otorrhea. The second explores the tentative relation between the appearance of otitis media with effusion and the immunological activity in the adenoid, focusing on Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 and TLR7 along with the nitric oxide (NO) inducing enzymes eNOS and iNOS. The third part investiga...