A PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO A DUPLEX SYNDROME: INFECTIVE ARTHRITIS+VENOUS LYMPHOEDEMA IN AN OBESE MIDDLE AGE MAN

Authors

  • Lorenzo Martini Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnologies, University of Siena
  • Alessandro Valle The Primelement Ltd, Gravesend, UK

Keywords:

Infective arthritis, Tara gum, Lequesne`s questionnaire, Venous lymphoedema

Abstract

Objective: Aims of our study is to face and trying to struggle a very interesting case of a syndrome where the causes and contributory causes are differentiated although they synergistically do evoke a severe and hazardous medical profile which may lead to complete infirmity and destructive complications, if not promptly corrected and healed. The case is represented by a middle age individual (male), obese, which presents the two following malaises:  infective arthritis and venous lymphedema chiefly at his ankles, that are swollen because of an acute infective phase, and we actually deem the individual is affected by the co-existence of infective arthritis and venous lymphoedema, owing to the scores recorded by the Lequesne's test.

Methods: We have employed a fully natural gélée containing Ruscus aculeatus root extract, Achillea millefolium alcoholic extract and Centella Asiatica glyceric extract. The gélée was made up by crosslinked Tara gum, that is capable of releasing the biologic principles contained in the cosmetic system gradually.

Results: We are really satisfied by the encouraging results, as this severe syndrome, that did not achieve evident  rescue by any medician, surgeon or physician, appears to regress promptly in 11 days after the first application and this is the umpteenth confirmation that Natural Medicine is often more reliable than the Official Allopathic Medicine.

Conclusion: We are really satisfied by the encouraging results, as this severe syndrome that did not achieve evident  rescue by any medician, surgeon or physician appears to regress promptly in 11 days after the first application and this is the umpteenth confirmation that Natural Medicine is often more reliable than the Official Allopathic Medicine.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Topics in the infectious diseases newsletter. Pseudomonas aeruginosa; 2001.

Carpenter CR, Schuur JD, Everett WW, Pines JM. Evidence-based diagnostics: adult septic arthritis, Academic emergency medicine: official journal of the society. Academic Emergency Med 2011;18:781–96.

Goldenberg DL, Cohen AS. Acute infectious arthritis. A review of patients with nongonococcal joint infections (with emphasis on therapy and prognosis). Am J Med 1976;60:369-77.

McGuire NM, Kauffman CA. Septic arthritis in the elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc 1985;33:170-4.

Smith JW, Piercy EA. Infectious arthritis. Clin Infect Dis 1995:20:225-30.

Baraboutis I, Skoutelis A. Streptococcus pneumoniae septic arthritis in adults. Clin Microbiol Infect 2004;10:1037-9.

Kaandorp CJ, Krijnen P, Moens HJ. The outcome of bacterial arthritis: a prospective community-based study. Arthritis Rheum 1997:40:884-92.

Wilson ML, Winn W. Laboratory diagnosis of bone, joint, soft-tissue, and skin infections. Clin Infect Dis 2008;46:453-7.

Goldenberg DL. Septic arthritis and other infections of rheumatological significance. Rheum Clin NA 1991;17:149.

Facino RM. Anti-elastase and anti-hyaluronidase activities of saponins and sapogenins from Hedera helix, Aesculus hippocastanum, and Ruscus aculeatus: factors contributing to their efficacy in the treatment of venous insufficiency. Arch Pharm (Weinheim) 1995;328:720-4.

Mc Kay D. Hemorrhoids and varicose veins: a review of treatment options. Altern Med Rev 2001;6:126-40.

Berg D. Venous constriction by local administration of ruscus extract. Fortschr Med 1990;108:473-6.

Monograph Ruscus aculeatus (Butcher’s Broom) Alternative Medicine Review; 2001.

Miller VM. Pharmacological assessment of adrenergic receptor in human varicose veins. Int Angiol 2000;19:176-83.

Candan F, Unlu M, Tepe B, Daferera D, Polissiou M, Sökmen A, et al. Antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of the essential oil and methanol extracts of Achillea millefolium subsp. millefolium Afan. (Asteraceae). J Ethnopharmacol 2003;87:215-20.

Lee JH, Kim HL, Lee MH, You KE, Kwon BJ, Seo HJ, et al. Asiaticoside enhances normal human skin cell migration, attachment and growth in vitro wound healing model. Phytomedicine 2012;19:1223-7.

Shukla A, Rasik AM, Dhawan BN. Asiaticoside-induced elevation of antioxidant levels in healing wounds. Phytother Res 1999;13:50-4.

Hiranandani LH. Recently investigated natural gums and mucilages as pharmaceutical excipients: an overview pritam dinesh choudhary and harshal ashok pawar. J Pharm 2014. doi.org/10.1155/2014/204849. [Article in Press]

Thakur VK, Thakur MK. Handbook of Polymers for Pharmaceutical Technologies, Structure and Chemistry. Ed: John Wiley and Sons; 2015.

Published

07-01-2016

How to Cite

Martini, L., and A. Valle. “A PHYTOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACH TO A DUPLEX SYNDROME: INFECTIVE ARTHRITIS+VENOUS LYMPHOEDEMA IN AN OBESE MIDDLE AGE MAN”. International Journal of Current Pharmaceutical Research, vol. 8, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 34-35, https://mail.innovareacademics.in/journals/index.php/ijcpr/article/view/10600.

Issue

Section

Original Article(s)