Background: The use of natural compounds in relieving pain has been commonplace since ancient times and their is currently increasing. Objectives: Given that analgesic anti-inflammatory effects Kombucha have not studied, this study was designed to examine these vitro. Methods: In experimental study, rats were divided into four groups. control group received normal saline i.p the same amount dru...

'Benchmarking' clinical practice and integrating such data with national guidelines offers a way of establishing standards for use in clinical governance. We report on a feasibility project for benchmarking clinical practice in one topic area (otitis media) using simulated clinical scenarios. Consistency and variations in clinical management were identified for different scenarios. Participants...

The Eustachian tube (ET) is a narrow canal that courses from the middle ear cavity to the nasopharynx, which opens to provide ventilation to the middle ear and to equalize middle ear and ambient pressures (1). In this article, we refer by “Eustachian tube dysfunction” only to obstructive ET dysfunction, i.e., failure to open and ventilate the middle ear, as opposed to patulous ET dysfunction, i...

HYPOTHESIS Transtympanic steroid treatment will induce changes in ion homeostasis and inflammatory gene expression to decrease middle ear inflammation due to bacterial inoculation. BACKGROUND Otitis media is common, but treatment options are limited to systemic antibiotic therapy or surgical intervention. Systemic glucocorticoid treatment of mice decreases inflammation and improves fluid clea...

To discuss the general principles and indications for the radical mastoid operation would be futile, as these are well recognised and established; but an operation which depends so largely on matters of detail for ultimate complete success allows for useful discussion on various subsidiary yet nevertheless important points, a few of which I propose to touch on.

ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Sempervivum tectorum L. (Crassulaceae), known as houseleek, is used in traditional medicine in the treatment of ear inflammation. It can be spread as a pack on wounds, sores, burns, and abscesses and also on painful areas attacked by gout as a refrigerant and astringent. Drinking tea prepared from leaves of S. tectorum is recommended for ulcer treatment. The prese...