Month: December 2011

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Prevention of Gastric Cancer: The sooner HP is eradicated, the better.

Helicobacter pylori (HP) is a pathogenic bacterium of gastric cancer, and the anti-cancer effect of eradicating HP has been paid attention to in recent years. Japan’s Fukuda Municipal Hospital reported 1222 patients with peptic ulcer, After HP eradication (the criteria for successful eradication therapy are: Bacterial culture, rapid urease test and breath test are negative), Endoscopic monitoring is done once a year. The results show that 1030 patients were successfully eradicated (successful eradication group), 192 failed (eradication failure group). The eradication failure group received eradication treatment again after a follow-up of about 4.4 years. In the successful eradication group, 21 cases (0.21%/year) developed gastric cancer, There were 9 cases (0.45%/year) of gastric cancer in the failed eradication group. The risk Read More …

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Probiotics Prevent Antibiotic-Related Diarrhea or Backfire

Antibiotic-related diarrhea is not uncommon. Among patients treated with antibacterial drugs, The incidence rate ranges from 25% to 30%, and is more common when amoxicillin/clavulanic acid antibiotics (amoxicillin) are used. Antibiotic-related Clostridium difficile infection is also not uncommon, accounting for about 1/3 of antibiotic-related diarrhea patients. Clostridium difficile has now become a part of nosocomial infection. As over-the-counter drugs become more and more readily available, the use of probiotics has greatly increased. When patients are using antibacterial drugs, doctors even routinely recommend the use of probiotics to prevent antibiotic-related diarrhea. However, a large-scale study (PLACIDE study) found that there was no significant difference in the incidence of Clostridium difficile infection or antibiotic-related diarrhea between probiotic group and placebo group. Interestingly, Read More …

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How to prevent lung cancer?

What chance will I get lung cancer? The number one cause of lung cancer is tobacco exposure. You may increase your smoking years. And the increase in the number of smokers increases the risk of lung cancer. Of course, you may also suffer from lung cancer due to increased exposure to second-hand smoke. People who have never smoked may also suffer from lung cancer, but their risk of cancer is greatly reduced compared with smokers. What can I do to reduce the risk of lung cancer? The best way to reduce the risk of lung cancer is to avoid smoking. It is never too late to quit smoking from now on. The sooner you quit smoking, the more you can Read More …

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How much do you know when you get up?

Presumably everyone is more or less angry with getting up? In the middle of the night, you are on duty in the hospital, when you are dreaming and humming in bed, hey! Suddenly called up by the nurse, need to deal with a patient, no matter who is on the stand, the mood will not be happy? Of course, let’s put aside the part of the reason that disturbs our sleep, which also involves getting up angry, do you know? [Get up angry], the consequences are very serious Speaking of getting up angry, I have to say that a South Korean police officer, Yu Fankun, Because his girlfriend hit a fly parked on his chest while he was sleeping, after Read More …

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Take you to know the classification and use of laxative drugs.

Most laxative drugs used clinically are over-the-counter drugs and patients can buy and use them on their own. Children, pregnant women, the elderly, internal medicine, surgery, oncology, there are constipation patients everywhere, laxative drugs, are you using them correctly? I. Classification of laxative drugs At present, the commonly used laxative drugs in clinic can be divided into the following categories, which take effect through different mechanisms. 1. Lubricating laxatives Lubricate intestinal wall, soften stool and make stool easy to discharge, such as liquid paraffin wax, glycerin (10-30ml oral administration each time), peanut oil, soybean oil or sesame oil (15-30ml oral administration each time), etc. The main disadvantages of these drugs are poor taste and weak function, and long-term application will Read More …

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At an old age, do you still have time to change your teeth?

Adolescent orthodontics, More thanks should be given to their parents for their foresight. Parents took their children to the hospital for orthodontic treatment when they were in primary and secondary school. Although the children themselves have benefited from this, they do not have much autonomy. There are still more people who hope to have neat and healthy teeth. However, their parents did not give them such opportunities when they were young. When they became financially independent, they thought it was too late to have their teeth orthodontic, and they were deterred. As an orthodontic specialist, I take advantage of Dr. Clove’s treasure to correct this misunderstanding. Please remember: Orthodontic teeth are not exclusive to teenagers, adults can also have orthodontic Read More …

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Quick Reading Diabetes Guidelines for Doctors and Patients [Guiding Principles]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has issued a new set of [Guidelines] for the diagnosis, treatment and management of diabetes patients and their high-risk groups. The [Guidelines] integrate the key points of diabetes and pre-diabetes guidelines organized by various medical societies, and aim to help clinicians [quickly read] the guidelines. The document is funded by the federal government’s National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) and jointly organized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventive Health. The [Guiding Principles] have also been supported and recognized by several medical society organizations. The document includes 10 chapters of management principles. At the end of each chapter, it briefly lists the main points and related articles for clinicians and Read More …

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There are regional differences in tumor immune markers of gastric cancer.

In the past, it was believed that the main reason for the difference in clinical prognosis between Asian and non-Asian gastric cancer patients was the adoption of different treatment methods and clinical management methods. However, a recent clinical trial shows that even if standard treatment methods are used, there are still differences in clinical prognosis between Asian and non-Asian gastric cancer patients. A transnational research team from the Singapore Genome Research Institute conducted the clinical study and found that the difference in clinical prognosis of gastric cancer is related to the different tumor immune markers between patients from Asian and non-Asian countries. The results show that, There are different gene markers between Asian and non-Asian gastric cancer patients, These gene Read More …

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Athlete’s Heart-T Wave Inversion Should Not Be Underestimated

U.S. Track and field star Joyna, The famous American women’s volleyball player Hyman, Spanish soccer players Puerta, Jarque, Zhu Gang, the former main force of the Chinese men’s volleyball team… More and more athletes have fallen on the playground. Moreover, there are statistics that 82% of sudden deaths are caused by heart diseases. Therefore, what we need to do is to find some clues on athletes who [have never found any physical abnormalities] as much as possible before death comes. For athletes, high-intensity physical training is necessary. For a long time, athletes’ electrophysiology and myocardium will undergo corresponding physiological adaptive changes, thus giving birth to a [athlete’s heart]. However, healthy athletes do electrocardiogram (ECG), Pathological T wave inversion (PTWI) is Read More …

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Multi-effect Pills Have Good Compliance in Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases

Fixed dose compound therapy (hereinafter referred to as “multi-effect pill”) is to make antiplatelet, antihypertensive and cholesterol-lowering drugs into a single pill according to a certain dose. It is mainly used for prevention of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and is suitable for areas where medical resources are scarce because of its relatively low cost and good compliance. First, multi-effect pills reduce systolic blood pressure and total cholesterol The results showed that the systolic blood pressure in the multi-effect pill intervention group decreased by 13.4 mmHg and that in the control group by 6.3 mmHg. The total cholesterol level in the multi-effect pill intervention group decreased by 33.3 mg/dl and that in the control group by 4.3 mg/dl. Second, multi-effect pills are Read More …