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B Halawa

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PubMed1992

[Hormonal and hemodynamic changes caused by whole body cooling in patients with rheumatoid arthritis].

A limited number of experiments have shown that treatment of rheumatoid arthritis by means of cooling the entire body in cryogenic chamber reduces the pain in joints affected by inflammatory process and increases their mobility. The aim of the present thesis was to try explain the mechanisms responsible for the observed improvement of the patients' condition, and an investigation of the treatment's effect on selected hemodynamic indices. Tests were carried out on 63 patients with rheumatoid arthritis mainly in the 3rd and 4th stage of illness, all of whom had been treated for 14 days, once daily, by cooling the body for two-minute periods in cryogenic chamber with temperatures ranging from -110 degrees C to -160 degrees C, followed by kinesitherapy. It was demonstrated that after a single session in the cryogenic chamber, after 7 and 14 days the level of ACTH, cortisol and beta-endorphins in blood serum rises. The level of TSH, T4, T3, GH and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha+, however, remains unchanged. The cryogenic chamber treatment does not affect the heart rate, arterial blood pressure nor the value of the left ventricle fractional shortening index and its ejection, neither does it cause of arrhythmias and ischemic changes of the heart.

6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha↗
PubMed1991

[Arterial hypertension. Density of alpha 1 and alpha 2 adrenergic receptors in blood platelets, beta adrenergic receptors in the lymphocytes and serum catecholamine levels].

The influence of the sympathetic nervous system on blood pressure is mediated predominantly by catecholamines norepinephrine and epinephrine acting on alpha- and beta-adrenoceptors. The study of human alpha-adrenergic and beta-adrenergic receptors in hypertension is hampered by the lack of easily accessible cardiovascular tissues. Therefore numerous investigators have used platelets as a model system to study alpha-adrenergic receptors and lymphocytes to study beta-adrenergic receptors in humans. During the last decade some studies with small patient numbers have been published, that generally did not detect significant differences in platelet alpha 2-adrenergic receptor density between normotensive and hypertensive subjects, however, most investigators have described higher density of beta-receptors in lymphocytes from hypertensive patients than in cells from normotensive control subjects. This study was carried out to analyse density of alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoceptors in platelet membrane preparations and beta-adrenoreceptors in lymphocytes before and after physiological increase in plasma catecholamines. It was found that density of alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoreceptors in platelet membranes of patients with stable blood hypertension was similar to that in the healthy individuals while beta-adrenergic receptors density in lymphocytes was higher. In normotensives posture induced rise in plasma catecholamines correlated with reduced alpha 1- and alpha 2-adrenoreceptors density as well as beta-adrenoreceptor density. Hypertensive subjects had similar rise in plasma catecholamines with upright posture, but no changes in receptor density was observed. These suggest that in hypertension alpha-adrenergic and beta-adrenergic regulation by agonist may be disturbed.

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PubMed1989

[Effect of a single episode of exertion on serum 6-keto-PGF1 alpha concentration in healthy individuals and patients with exercise-induced stable angina pectoris].

An effect of the electrocardiographic exercise on serum 6-keto-PGF1 alpha was investigated in healthy individuals and patients with exercise-induced stable angina pectoris. It was found that serum 6-keto-PGF1 alpha concentration was higher in healthy individuals following single exercise and at rest than that in the patients with exercise-induced stable angina pectoris. Single exercise increased serum 6-keto-PGF1 alpha concentration only in healthy individuals.

6-Ketoprostaglandin F1 alpha↗
PubMed1989

[Hypotensive and metabolic effects of small doses of hydrochlorothiazide in the long-term treatment of elderly patients with systolic arterial hypertension].

In a group of elderly patients with systolic hypertension the hypotensive efficacy and adverse effects were studied of hydrochlorothiazide given in daily doses of 25 mg in a year. A fall of systolic and diastolic arterial blood pressure was obtained in 86% of these patients. Adverse effects included reduced concentration of potassium and magnesium ions in the serum and lymphocytes, but this reduction was small and appeared mainly in the serum. The used doses of hydrochlorothiazide had no effect on plasma renin activity, and on the serum levels of aldosterone, glucose, uric acid, cholesterol and triglycerides.

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