Vol 27, No 12 (2016)

The paper gives the data available in Russian and foreign literature on the diagnosis and treatment of reactive arthritis, as well as the authors’ own observations of successful treatment for this disease.

The paper considers the current state of the problem of impaired cognitive processes in patients with hypertension and chronic kidney disease, the pathophysiological mechanisms of these disorders and their manifestations, which can be explored by an experimental psychological study.

The authors evaluate the impact of etoricoxib therapy on the time of course of changes in cognitive deficit, as well as the altered level of cytokines in patients with osteoarthritis.

Species of Sphagnum L. have a long history of use in the practice of medicine in Russia, America, England, Scotland, Ireland, China and other countries. Most often sphagnum used as a dressing means for the treatment of furuncle. Extract of Sphagnum fuscum prospectively use in the treatment of traumatic and inflammatory processes, burn injuries of the skin, infected wounds. Ffter extraction meal is recommended to use in the production of sorbents

The introduction of high-tech methods in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis -ultrasound and CT have not led to fundamental changes for the better. Significantly reduce the frequency of unnecessary those appendectomies have not yet succeeded. This seemingly simple disease like OA, still in some cases remains extremely difficult to diagnose. OA remains largely a clinical diagnosis than instrumental. Clinical diagnosis should be the cornerstone for planning the future of the diagnostic process. It is necessary to allocate «risk» patients in whom the use of imaging methods will bring actual favor. We recommend you doctors not to rely entirely on the results of imaging methods of research and not to lose skill in clinical diagnosis. Teachers of medical universities need to be still demanding in the teaching of clinical diagnosis of OA and manual skills.

Knee replacement surgery in rheumatoid arthritis is frequently the only method of treatment. Powerful conservative therapy before arthroplasty requires strict correction in order to reduce the immunosuppressive effects of drugs.

Implant treatment is extremely effective for replacing missing teeth for many patients. However, the growing popularity of implants has inevitably led to an increase in the number of cases of inflammation of the surrounding implant tissue. Such inflammatory processes can occur in the form of mucositis or peri-implantitis. In this regard, the role of used shapers gums at the stage of orthopedic treatment.

In case of vitamin D deficiency, psychoemotional sphere disorders were more common and more pronounced in patients with metabolic syndrome.

An allergic reaction to brimonidine eye drops can manifest itself months after initiation of treatment. The resulting blepharoconjunctivitis because of a delayed reaction can be regarded as infectious, which leads to unduly antimicrobial therapy and additional deterioration of the ocular surface, more severe subjective and objective symptoms. In addition, the allergy to brimonidine may be accompanied by higher intraocular pressure (IOP), which compromises the optic nerve, especially in the advanced stage of glaucoma. Therefore, it is imperative that the allergic reaction to the drug was regarded as such; brimonidine therapy should be discontinued and IOP be immediately evaluated and corrected with an alternative antihypertensive drug regimen or surgery.

There are a number of reasons fever. But the mechanism of its occurrence there is one effect of exogenous and endogenous pyrogens. Pyrogens disrupts the thermoregulatory center. Pyrogenic are pro-inflammatory agents. Fever can cause deep, sometimes irreversible changes in many organs and systems, which requires the active reduction of hyperthermia. As the choice of the drug is recommended Nurofen.