Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to E A Abdel Nabi.
Middle-ear pressure was estimated in 28 patients who suffered from recurrent attacks of bacterial otitis externa, but without systemic disease. The middle-ear pressure was found to be normal in seven cases, mildly negative in 15 cases, and severely reduced in six cases. Restoration of the middle-ear pressure greatly improved the condition of the external ear in most cases.
Twenty-five patients with nausea, vomiting and vertigo or dizziness in the premenstrual period were examined. In the week before menstruation, four of them had spontaneous nystagmus, six had positional nystagmus, and nine of them showed abnormal caloric responses. Most of them showed no abnormality during the week of menstruation. The caloric-induced responses were 'labyrinthine' in type in seven cases, and 'central' in type in two cases, thus denoting that cerebral oedema is not the only factor which may produce vertigo in the premenstrual period; as suggested by the present study, labyrinthine oedema may also play a considerable role in causing such troubles.
60 patients with chronic pharyngitis were investigated. In all cases the tongue was coated, fissured or hairy. Scrapings from the tongue and swabs from the posteriors pharyngeal wall were examined for the presence of Candida albicans. In the tongue cultures were positive in all cases, and in the pharynx they were positive in 42 cases. After treatment with 'Canasten' solution, the condition was cured in 53 cases. This directs attention to the role of Candida albicans as a cause of chronic pharyngitis, and to the relationship between candidiasis of the tongue and that of the throat.