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M Kucera

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Effects of Symphytum ointment on muscular symptoms and functional locomotor disturbances.

In an open, uncontrolled study, 105 patients with locomotor system symptoms were treated twice daily with an ointment containing a Symphytum active substance complex. A clear therapeutic effect was noted on chronic and subacute symptoms that were accompanied mainly by functional disturbances and pain in the musculature. The preparation was most effective against muscle pain, swelling and overstrain, arthralgia/distortions, enthesopathy, and vertebral syndrome. Activity was weaker against degenerative conditions, for which the ointment may have an adjuvant role with the aim of improving muscular dysfunction and alleviating pain.

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[Evaluation of heart disease in rheumatoid arthritis using echocardiography].

The authors examined, using one- and two-dimensional echocardiography, 95 patients with rheumatoid arthritis and 11 patients with lupus erythematodes generalisatus. They revealed acute and chronic changes on the pericardium, impaired left ventricular function and valvular changes in percentages which are not negligible. Although the problem of the aetiopathogenesis of these pathological changes is frequently speculative, their detection is of considerable importance for further treatment and the life-style of these patients. Echocardiography is a suitable method for the comprehensive examination of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, in particular when the course is severe or when patients of advanced age groups are involved.

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