1.Clinicanl efficacy of intense pulsed light combined with fruit acid in treatment of facial erythema postacnes and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation
Yujian CHEN ; Jian XIE ; Huaizhong CHEN ; Wei LI ; Yeqing LIAO ; Chunmei WEN ; Linchang TAO ; Dongna JIANG
Chinese Journal of Medical Aesthetics and Cosmetology 2024;30(3):262-266
Objective:To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of intense pulsed light combined with fruit acid in the treatment of erythema and pigmentation after facial acne.Methods:From January 2019 to December 2022, 108 patients were selected from Dermatology Hospital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, including 30 males and 78 females, aged 20-44 (28.2±5.1) years. The patients were divided into three groups: intense pulsed light group (40 cases), fruit acid group (38 cases) and intense pulsed light combined with fruit acid group (30 cases). The clinical efficacy of the three groups was compared. The facial biological characteristics data of patients were collected with VISIA skin analyzer and the changes compared before and after treatment in each group.Results:The total effective rates of the intense pulsed light group, the fruit acid group and the combination group were 57.5% (23/40 cases), 50.0% (19/38 cases), and 80.0% (24/30 cases), respectively. Comparison of total effective rates among three groups, there were statistically significant differences (χ 2=6.70, P=0.04). Comparison of effective rates among different groups showed that there was no difference between the intense pulsed light group and the fruit acid group (χ 2=0.44, P=0.51); there were significant difference between the intense pulse light group and the combination group (χ 2=3.93, 6.49; P<0.05), and between the fruit acid group and the combination group (χ 2=6.49, P=0.01). After treatment, the VISIA scores of erythema, spots, pores, and purple in three groups of patients significantly decreased compared to before treatment ( P<0.05). The VISIA scores of each observation value showed a decreasing trend with the increase of treatment frequency ( P<0.01). During the treatment, no obvious adverse reactions were observed. Conclusions:Intense pulsed light combined with fruit acid in the treatment of facial erythema postacnes and postinflammatory hyperpigmentation can improve the efficacy and less adverse reactions.
2.A consensus on the management of allergy in kindergartens and primary schools
Chinese Journal of School Health 2023;44(2):167-172
Abstract
Allergic diseases can occur in all systems of the body, covering the whole life cycle, from children to adults and to old age, can be lifelong onset and even fatal in severe cases. Children account for the largest proportion of the victims of allergic disease, Children s allergies start from scratch, ranging from mild to severe, from less to more, from single to multiple systems and systemic performance, so the prevention and treatment of allergic diseases in children is of great importance, which can not only prevent high risk allergic conditions from developing into allergic diseases, but also further block the process of allergy. At present, there is no consensus on the management system of allergic children in kindergartens and primary schools. The "Consensus on Allergy Management and Prevention in Kindergartens and Primary Schools", which includes the organizational structure, system construction and management of allergic children, provides evidence informed recommendations for the long term comprehensive management of allergic children in kindergartens and primary schools, and provides a basis for the establishment of the prevention system for allergic children.
3.Compound Chaijin Jieyu Tablets ameliorating insomnia complicated with depression by improving synaptic plasticity via regulating orexin A, melatonin, and acetylcholine contents
HAN Yuanshan ; LIAO Xiaolin ; REN Tingting ; WANG Yeqing ; LI Zirong ; ZOU Manshu ; ZOU Manshu
Digital Chinese Medicine 2022;5(3):305-316
Objective To investigate the efficacy and mechanism of action of Compound Chaijin Jieyu Tablets (复方柴金解郁片, CCJJYT) in rats with insomnia complicated with depression. Methods Seventy-two Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly assigned into eight groups: the control, chronic unpredictable mild stress (CUMS), sleep deprivation (SD), CUMS + SD, positive drug (venlafaxine hydrochloride + diazepam), CCJJYT high-dose (CCJJYT˗2×), medium-dose (CCJJYT˗1×), and low-dose (CCJJYT˗0.5×) groups, with nine rats in each group. Depression-like behavior was evaluated by body weight, food intake, and behavioral tests such as the sucrose preference test (SPT), open field test (OFT), forced swimming test (FST), and pentobarbital-induced sleep test (PST). Hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining and Golgi-Cox staining were used to observe changes in pathological tissue and synaptic morphology, respectively. Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to detect the contents of orexin-A and acetylcholine. The expression levels of orexin receptor 1 (OXR1), melatonin receptor 1 (MT1A), melatonin receptor 2 (MT1B), acetylcholinesterase (AChE), and choline acetyltransferase (ChAT) were detected by immunohistochemistry and Western blot. Results In the present study, rats in the model group showed significant behavioral changes as well as a reduction in hippocampal dendritic branch length and synaptic number, along with increasing the content of orexin A and acetylcholine (P< 0.05), and altered expression levels of OX1R, MT1A, MT1B, ChAT, and AChE in the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex after modeling (P < 0.05). CCJJYT can improve depressive insomnia behavior and synaptic plasticity of rats (P < 0.05), which is similar to that of the positive drug group. It can also decrease the content of orexin A and acetylcholine, and reduce the expression levels of OXR1 and ChAT in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex (P < 0.05), and increase the expression levels of MT1A, MT1B, and AChE proteins (P < 0.05). Conclusion CCJJYT has good antidepressant and insomnia effects, probably through the regu-lation of orexin-A, melatonin, and acetylcholine content in hippocampus and prefrontal cortex of rats, improving synaptic plasticity and thus exerting antidepressant and insomnia effects.