Medium-dose UVA1 phototherapy is a highly effective, safe, and well-tolerated therapeutic modality for treatment of all types of LS. A 13MHz ultrasound probe may be used for evaluating UVA1 phototherapy results.
Diabetes induces oxidative stress in aged human and rat, although daily supplementation of vitamins C and E (VCE) can be beneficial to aged diabetic rats by reducing free radical production. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether dietary VCE supplementation relieves oxidative stress in streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetic in aged rats. Thirty aged rats were randomly divided into three groups. The first group was used as a control. The second group was made diabetic using a single dose of intraperitoneal STZ. VCE-supplemented feed was given to aged diabetic rats constituting the third group. On the 21st day of the experiment, blood, lens and kidney samples were taken from all animals. Glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity in lens and kidney, reduced glutathione (GSH), vitamin E and β-carotene concentrations in kidney were lower in the diabetic group than in the control whereas plasma glucose, urea and creatinine, and kidney and lens peroxidation (LP) levels were higher in the diabetic group than in the control. However, kidney and lens LP levels, and plasma glucose, urea and creatinine values were decreased by VCE supplementation. Lens and kidney GSH-Px activity, kidney GSH, vitamin E and β-carotene concentrations and erythrocyte counts were increased by VCE treatment. Kidney weights, vitamin A, haemoglobin, hematocrit, leukocyte and platelets values were not changed by diabetes and/or VCE supplementation. VCE ameliorated also diabetes-induced histopathological changes in kidney. In conclusion, we observed that VCE supplementation is beneficial towards kidney and lens of aged diabetic rats by modulating oxidative and antioxidant systems.
IntroductionAtopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory skin disorder. Vitamin D is a liposoluble vitamin synthesized mainly in the skin. Vitamin D has several effects on the skin.AimTo assess the serum level of vitamin D in children with AD and determine its relation to AD severity.Material and methodsSixty patients with AD were enrolled in the study. We evaluated disease severity using the SCORing Atopic Dermatitis (SCORAD) index. The control group consisted of 37 healthy subjects.ResultsThe mean serum concentration of 25(OH)D3 in patients with AD was not statistically different from control subjects (p = 0.065). The vitamin D level was significantly lower in moderate and severe AD compared with mild AD, and this difference was statistically significant (p = 0.001 and p = 0.004). Vitamin D showed a negative correlation with serum total IgE levels (p = 0.007). There was no significant correlation between total IgE levels and SCORAD scores (p = 0.089).ConclusionsThis study suggests that a low serum vitamin D level is inversely associated with severity of AD in children. Vitamin D has not been included in the routine treatment of AD because of the conflicting results of various studies. Thus, there is a need for more detailed and prospective studies.
BackgroundPigmented purpuric dermatosis is a chronic skin disorder of unknown aetiology
characterised by symmetrical petechial and pigmented macules, often confined
to the lower limbs. The aetiology of pigmented purpuric dermatosis is
unknown. Dermatoscopy is a non-invasive diagnostic technique that allows the
visualisation of morphological features invisible to the naked eye; it
combines a method that renders the corneal layer of the skin translucent
with an optical system that magnifies the image projected onto the
retina.ObjectivesThe aim of this study is to investigate the dermatoscopic findings of
pigmented purpuric dermatosis.MethodsThis study enrolled patients diagnosed histopathologically with pigmented
purpuric dermatosis who had dermatoscopic records. We reviewed the
dermatoscopic images of PPD patients who attended the outpatient clinic in
the Istanbul Dermatovenereology Department at the Bezmialem Vakıf University
Medical Faculty.ResultsDermatoscopy showed: coppery-red pigmentation (97%, n = 31) in the
background, a brown network (34%, n = 11), linear vessels (22%, n = 7),
round to oval red dots, globules, and patches (69%, n = 22; 75%, n = 24;
34%, n = 11; respectively), brown globules (26%, n = 8) and dots (53%, n =
17), linear brown lines (22%, n = 7), and follicular openings (13%, n =
4).ConclusionTo our knowledge, this is the first study to report the dermatoscopy of
pigmented purpuric dermatosis. In our opinion, dermatoscopy can be useful in
the diagnosis of pigmented purpuric dermatosis.
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