Ksharasutra is a special medicated thread made up of coatings of alkaline ayurvedic drugs on linen thread. Ksharakarma is a procedure in which the kshara is applied over the diseased area for certain time and then it is wiped out. Both the procedures are the boon to ayurvedic surgery. Haemorrhoids, Fistula in ano, Perianal sinus, Pilonidal sinus are the very common anorectal diseases in the present era. Ksharasutra and Ksharakarma are the two vital procedure for the treatment of anorectal diseases which is simple yet efficacious, affordable, ambulatory, with much less recurrence rate and with almost no post-operative complications.
Introduction: Azathioprine is used as an off - label drug for the treatment of multiple sclerosis. It is one of the oldest and most widely used immunosuppressants that targets T and B lymphocytes and thus reduces the relapse and slows down the disease progression with the almost same efficacy as the other disease modifying drugs for multiple sclerosis. But due to its side effect profile it isn’t used as a standard choice of treatment. However, its cost effectiveness and oral route of administration makes it a drug of choice in a low socioeconomic country. This paper highlights the diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis based on McDonald’s criteria and treatment with Azathioprine.
Methods: It is a retrospective analysis was conducted among 32 patients suffering from Multiple sclerosis and treated with Azathioprine at tertiary neurological institue.Patients outcome was also documented reaching them individually.
Results: Among 19 patients all were female with highest prevalence among age group of 30-39 years old. 60% had relapsing remitting Multiple sclerosis, 45% of the patients present with ocular symptoms followed by 31% patients with lower limb weakness and spasticity. 30% did not develop any relapse, 15.8% patients developed one episode of relapse, 21.1% patients relapsed twice while 21.1% patients relapsed thrice during the study period. 85% patients showed signs of improvements with Azathioprine therapy in terms of decreased neurological residual deficits and less complication.
Conclusion: Azathioprine shows improvement, slows the rate of relapse with minimal evidence of side effects and no evidence of malignancy in patients with multiple sclerosis.
Despite the efforts to prevent dental caries among children, premature loss of primary teeth due to pulp and periapical diseases is a common problem. The effect of this premature loss on the development of dentition is a matter of great interest. Importantly, the primary teeth are considered as natural space maintainers and therefore should be retained until their natural exfoliation. Based on these issues and concerns, the concept of “Lesion sterilization and tissue repair (LSTR)” therapy proposed by the Cariology Research Unit of the Niigata University School of Dentistry, would be preferable to current endodontic treatments.
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