background : chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting is an added distress to patients burdened by the illness. in an effort to tackle the emetogenic potential of the agents, guidelines have been proposed to maintain uniformity in prescription and improvement in patient tolerance; but their utility and practice is not consistent. the aim of this clinical audit was to assess the antiemetic.pract...

abstract strongyloidiasis is caused by infestation with strongyloides stercoralis, a free living tropical and semitropical soil helminth that has a larval form that penetrates intact skin. clinical manifestations may be varied from an asymptomatic infection in immunocompetent hosts to a diffuse and fatal form in immunocompromised hosts. we report a 56-year-old man from dezful (south-west of ira...

conclusions ginger was effective for the relief of mild to moderate nausea and vomiting in pregnant women at less than 16 weeks gestation. results there were no statistical differences in the baseline demographics between the three groups apart from age of marriage and wanted or unwanted pregnancy. an ancova test (covariance test) showed significant differences in mean scores after the interven...

background nausea and vomiting of pregnancy are amongst the most common complaints that effects on both the physical and mental conditions of the pregnant women. due to the increasing tendency of women to use herbal medications during pregnancy, the effect of lemon inhalation aromatherapy on nausea and vomiting of pregnancy was investigated in this study. objectives the aim of this study was to...

conclusions ginger is more effective than acupressure to relieve mild to moderate nausea and vomiting in symptomatic pregnant women in less than 16 weeks of gestational age. results there were no statistical differences in the baseline demographics between the three groups. anova test showed that there were significantly differences in mean difference rhodes index scores (vomiting, nausea, retc...

ginger, the rhizome of zingiber officinalis, has long been used as herbal medicine for its antiemetic effect. for evaluating the effect of zingiber officinalis on nausea and vomiting (n and v) in patients receiving cisplatin based regimens, a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled cross-over clinical trial was carried out in patients receiving cisplatin in combination with other chemotherap...

background approximately 80 percent of pregnant women suffer by some degree of nausea and vomiting. but the treatment of nausea and vomiting of pregnancy is rarely successful. objectives the aim of this study was evaluation the effect of mint on nausea and vomiting during pregnancy that its treatment in some recent research has been effective. materials and methods in this double blind rct, 60 ...

nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (nvp) are often alleviated by eating dried biscuits or foods. natural products such as ginger have been suggested as herbal remedies for its treatment. the purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of ginger in biscuit form for the treatment. sixty-five women with nvp at or before 17 weeks of gestation, who attended the antenatal clinic of yahyane...

abstract [1]   background and objective:nausea and vomiting is the most common complication in the pregnancy but hasn't paid much attention to it. the use of medication especially in-the first weeks of pregnancy may cause stress in pregnant women and their families because of teratogenicity. this is a randomized, double blind clinical trial study. the aim of this study is to investigate th...

introduction: chemotherapeutic drugs used to treat cancer may cause nausea and emesis by inducing the release of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-ht) in the small intestine. blockage of 5-ht 3 receptors in the small intestine by 5-ht 3 receptor antagonists might prevent the nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy for cancer. the aim of this study was to compare the efficacy and tolerability of t...