Post-orgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) is a rare condition characterized by the rapid onset of extreme fatigue, flu-like symptoms, difficulty concentrating, depression, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, itchy eyes, and other physical and psychological discomforts following ejaculation. This report presents the outcomes of two patients with POIS who underwent a two-year course of autologous seminal plasma subcutaneous cluster immunotherapy. Treatment efficacy was assessed using methods such as the symptom Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), the Union Physio-Psycho-Social Assessment Questionnaire (UPPSAQ)-70, and the Short Form 36 Health Survey (SF-36). The results suggest that autologous seminal plasma subcutaneous cluster immunother-apy may be a safe and effective therapeutic approach for POIS.

Objective:To explore the causes and therapeutic effects of pelvic pain caused by rectal fistula or bladder fistula after comprehensive treatment of cervical cancer and rectal cancer (radiotherapy, surgery, chemotherapy, and other treatments).Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical and pathological data of patients with pelvic tumors admitted to the First People's Hospital of Yinchuan City, Ningxia and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University from June 2016 to June 2022. The causes of persistent pelvic pain in patients after comprehensive treatment was investigated, and the corresponding therapeutic effects after clinical treatment was observed.Results:Thirty-two tumor patients experienced persistent pain after comprehensive treatment, including 22 cases of cervical cancer and 10 cases of rectal cancer. The preoperative pain of the entire group of patients was evaluated using the digital grading method, with a pain score of (7.88±1.31) points. Among the 32 patients, there were 16 cases of rectovaginal fistula or ileovaginal fistula, 9 cases of vesicovaginal fistula, 5 cases of rectoperineal fistula, and 2 cases of vesicovaginorectal fistula. Thirty-two patients were initially treated with medication to relieve pain, and according to the ruptured organs, a fistula was made to the corresponding proximal intestinal canal and renal pelvis to intercept the intestinal contents and urine. However, the pain did not significantly be improved. The pain score of treatment with the above methods for one week was (8.13±1.13) points, and there was no statistically significant difference compared to preoperative treatment ( P=0.417). In the later stage, based on a comprehensive evaluation of whether the tumor had recurred, the value of organ preservation, the benefits of surgery, the balance between survival time and improving quality of life, pathological organ resection or repair was performed. The surgical methods included repair of leaks, local debridement combined with irrigation of proximal intestinal fluid, distal closure of the sigmoid colon combined with proximal ostomy, posterior pelvic organ resection, anterior pelvic organ resection, and total pelvic organ resection. One week after surgery, the patients' pain completely relieved or disappeared, with the pain score of (1.72±1.37) points, which was significantly divergent from the preoperative and initial surgical treatments ( P＜0.001). Conclusions:Palliative pyelostomy and proximal enterostomy cannot effectively alleviate persistent pelvic floor pain. The fundamental way to alleviate pain is complete blocking of the inflammatory erosion of the intestinal fluid and urine.

Objective:To explore the causes and therapeutic effects of pelvic pain caused by rectal fistula or bladder fistula after comprehensive treatment of cervical cancer and rectal cancer (radiotherapy, surgery, chemotherapy, and other treatments).Methods:A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical and pathological data of patients with pelvic tumors admitted to the First People's Hospital of Yinchuan City, Ningxia and the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University from June 2016 to June 2022. The causes of persistent pelvic pain in patients after comprehensive treatment was investigated, and the corresponding therapeutic effects after clinical treatment was observed.Results:Thirty-two tumor patients experienced persistent pain after comprehensive treatment, including 22 cases of cervical cancer and 10 cases of rectal cancer. The preoperative pain of the entire group of patients was evaluated using the digital grading method, with a pain score of (7.88±1.31) points. Among the 32 patients, there were 16 cases of rectovaginal fistula or ileovaginal fistula, 9 cases of vesicovaginal fistula, 5 cases of rectoperineal fistula, and 2 cases of vesicovaginorectal fistula. Thirty-two patients were initially treated with medication to relieve pain, and according to the ruptured organs, a fistula was made to the corresponding proximal intestinal canal and renal pelvis to intercept the intestinal contents and urine. However, the pain did not significantly be improved. The pain score of treatment with the above methods for one week was (8.13±1.13) points, and there was no statistically significant difference compared to preoperative treatment ( P=0.417). In the later stage, based on a comprehensive evaluation of whether the tumor had recurred, the value of organ preservation, the benefits of surgery, the balance between survival time and improving quality of life, pathological organ resection or repair was performed. The surgical methods included repair of leaks, local debridement combined with irrigation of proximal intestinal fluid, distal closure of the sigmoid colon combined with proximal ostomy, posterior pelvic organ resection, anterior pelvic organ resection, and total pelvic organ resection. One week after surgery, the patients' pain completely relieved or disappeared, with the pain score of (1.72±1.37) points, which was significantly divergent from the preoperative and initial surgical treatments ( P＜0.001). Conclusions:Palliative pyelostomy and proximal enterostomy cannot effectively alleviate persistent pelvic floor pain. The fundamental way to alleviate pain is complete blocking of the inflammatory erosion of the intestinal fluid and urine.

Objective:To summarize the clinical manifestation and imaging of superficial siderosis of the central nervous system and explore the potential etiology.Methods:The clinical and imaging data of 7 patients diagnosed as superficial siderosis of the central nervous system in Peking Union Medical College Hospital from May 2013 to November 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. The etiology and follow-up prognosis through phone call were analyzed.Results:There were 7 patients included (3 male and 4 female) with an average age of 53 years (41-58 years). The cardinal manifestations were sensorineural deafness (all 7 cases), cerebellar ataxia (all 7 cases) and pyramidal signs (all 7 cases). Dizziness (6 cases), bladder disturbance (5 cases), headache (3 cases), double vision (2 cases) and congnitive impairment (1 case) could also happen. Magnetic resonance imaging showed symmetrical well-defined curvilinear homogeneous low signal on T 2 or blood-sensitive sequences (T 2* gradient echo or susceptibility-weighted imaging) over the superficial surface of cerebellar, brain stem, and spinal cord or cranio-cervical junction. All the 7 patients showed cerebellar atrophy especially the upper vermis. The potential causes included trauma history in 3 cases, intraspinal fluid-filled collection which indicated dural defect or duropathologies in 3 cases, intraspinal mass in 1 case and vertebral and disc degeneration in all 7 patients. The 5 patients who successsfully got follow-up showed exacerbation of variable degree. Conclusions:Classical superficial siderosis of the central nervous system is a rare disease with cardinal manifestation of progressive ataxia, sensorineural deafness and pyramidal signs. T 2WI of magnetic resonance imaging showing low signal over the superficial surface of cerebellar, brain stem, and spinal cord could indicate the diagnosis, and blood-sensitive sequences such as T 2* gradient echo or susceptibility-weighted imaging were more sensitive. Duropathologies or dural defect may be the most probable causes of the disease and should be examined and treated carefully.

Purpose: This study was aimed to evaluate the clinical significance and prognostic value of CRP/albumin ratio (CAR) in patients with gastric cancer. Methods: The data of 205 gastric cancer patients who underwent surgery was analyzed retrospectively. The association of CAR with the clinical features and prognostic value in gastric cancer was analyzed. The data of this study was combined with previous studies to further determine the prognostic value of CAR in patients with gastric cancer using a metaanalysis method. Results: Cox analysis revealed that preoperative CAR was an independent prognosis indicator in patients with gastric cancer. High expression of CAR indicated a shorter survival time than in those with lower expression. CAR has a higher prognostic value in the 1-, 3-, and 5-year overall survival in patients with gastric cancer. CAR showed significant difference regarding the gastric cancer patients’ age, M stage, and clinical stage. The discriminate value of CAR in M stage of gastric cancer was high (area under the curve, 0.809). A meta-analysis combining previous data and our data showed that preoperative CAR demonstrated a significant association with the overall survival of patients with gastric cancer. Conclusion This study demonstrated that preoperative CAR could serve as an important prognostic indicator in patients with gastric cancer.

Purpose: This study was aimed to evaluate the clinical significance and prognostic value of CRP/albumin ratio (CAR) in patients with gastric cancer. Methods: The data of 205 gastric cancer patients who underwent surgery was analyzed retrospectively. The association of CAR with the clinical features and prognostic value in gastric cancer was analyzed. The data of this study was combined with previous studies to further determine the prognostic value of CAR in patients with gastric cancer using a metaanalysis method. Results: Cox analysis revealed that preoperative CAR was an independent prognosis indicator in patients with gastric cancer. High expression of CAR indicated a shorter survival time than in those with lower expression. CAR has a higher prognostic value in the 1-, 3-, and 5-year overall survival in patients with gastric cancer. CAR showed significant difference regarding the gastric cancer patients’ age, M stage, and clinical stage. The discriminate value of CAR in M stage of gastric cancer was high (area under the curve, 0.809). A meta-analysis combining previous data and our data showed that preoperative CAR demonstrated a significant association with the overall survival of patients with gastric cancer. Conclusion This study demonstrated that preoperative CAR could serve as an important prognostic indicator in patients with gastric cancer.

Objective To study the clinical characteristics of outpatients with hand,foot and mouth disease (HFMD) caused by different serotypes of enteroviruses.Methods This was a prospective study.From February 2017 to March 2018,563 outpatients with HFMD were enrolled by systematic sampling in the Department of Infectious Diseases,Henan Children's Hospital.Throat swabs were collected to determine the serotypes via PCR.Demographic,clinical,and laboratory data were collected by standard questionnaire.All cases were followed up twice at 2 and 9 weeks after the initial outpatient visit through telephone interview.A total of 563 cases were enrolled and 555 (98.6％) cases were positive for human enteroviruses,including 338 (60.9％) males.Analyses were stratified by enterovirus serotypes,Chi square test or Fisher's exact test,Rank sum test was used for comparison among different groups.Results The age of 555 cases was 24.2 (16.4,41.3) months.Among them 44.0％ (224 cases) were identified as coxsackievirus (CV)-A6,while 189 cases,35 cases,14 cases and 73 cases were identified as CV-A16,enterovirus (EV)-A71,CV-A10 and other serotypes,respectively.Fever (≥37.5 ℃C) was present in 51.4％(285/555) of laboratory confirmed cases.The proportions of fever in cases of CV-A6 (68.9％(168/244)) and CV-A10 (12/14) were significantly higher than those in cases of CV-A16 (31.7％(60/189),x2=57.344,14.313,both P=0.000),other serotypes (43.8％(32/73),x2=15.101 and 8.242,P=0.000 and 0.004) and EV-A71 (37.1％(13/35),x2=13.506 and 9.441,P=0.000 and 0.002) respectively.There was no significant difference between CV-A6 and CV-A10 in presentation of fever (x2=1.785,P=0.182).There were 359 cases (64.7％) with eruptions in mouth,hands,feet and buttocks.Cases infected with EV-A71 had the highest proportions (74.3％(26/35)) of rash emerging simultaneously in mouth,hands,feet,and buttocks.The proportion in cases of CV-A 16,CV-A6,CVA 10 and other serotype were 73.5％ (139/189),61.9％ (151/244),7/14 and 49.3％ (36/73),respectively.The proportion of rash on other parts of body,such as face,limbs or torso in cases infected with CV-A6 (16.8％ (41/244)) was the higherest and the proportion in cases of CV-A16,EV-A71,CV-A10 or other serotypes were 8.5％(16/189),5.7％(2/35),1/14,6.8％(5/73),respectively.None of these cases developed serious complications.Desquamation occurred in 45.5％ (179/393) cases 7.5 (5.0,9.0) days after disease onset and 13.5％ (53/393) cases showed onychomadesis 31.0 (18.0,33.5) days after disease onset.The proportion of desquamation and onychomadesis associated with CV-A6 (64.2％ (95/148) and 31.8％ (47/148)) was significantly higher than CV-A16 (31.8％ (49/154) and 1.3％ (2/154),x2=33.601 and 52.482,both P=0.000) and other serotypes (38.0％(19/50) and 6.0％(3/50),x2=10.236 and 12.988,P=0.001 and 0.000).Desquamation appeared more in cases of CV-A6 than in cases of CV-A10 (2/11,x2=9.386,P=0.002),with the proportion of onychomadesis higher in CV-A6 than in EV-A71 (3.3％ (1/30),x2=11.088,P=0.001).Conclusion Clinical manifestation such as fever,rash emerging parts,desquamation and onychomadesis are different among outpatient HFMD cases infected with CV-A16,CV-A6,EV-A71,CV-A10 and other enteroviruses.

Amino Acid Motifs ; DEAD-box RNA Helicases ; chemistry ; Humans ; Protein Domains ; Structure-Activity Relationship

RNA helicases are involved in almost every aspect of RNA, from transcription to RNA decay. DExD/H-box helicases comprise the largest SF2 helicase superfamily, which are characterized by two conserved RecA-like domains. In recent years, an increasing number of unexpected functions of these proteins have been discovered. They play important roles not only in innate immune response but also in diseases like cancers and chronic hepatitis C. In this review, we summarize the recent literatures on one member of the SF2 superfamily, the DEAD-box protein DDX41. After bacterial or viral infection, DNA or cyclic-di-GMP is released to cells. After phosphorylation of Tyr414 by BTK kinase, DDX41 will act as a sensor to recognize the invaders, followed by induction of type I interferons (IFN). After the immune response, DDX41 is degraded by the E3 ligase TRIM21, using Lys9 and Lys115 of DDX41 as the ubiquitination sites. Besides the roles in innate immunity, DDX41 is also related to diseases. An increasing number of both inherited and acquired mutations in DDX41 gene are identified from myelodysplastic syndrome and/or acute myeloid leukemia (MDS/AML) patients. The review focuses on DDX41, as well as its homolog Abstrakt in Drosophila, which is important for survival at all stages throughout the life cycle of the fly.
Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase ; Animals ; Bacterial Infections ; genetics ; immunology ; Cyclic GMP ; analogs & derivatives ; genetics ; immunology ; DEAD-box RNA Helicases ; genetics ; immunology ; Drosophila Proteins ; genetics ; immunology ; Drosophila melanogaster ; Humans ; Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute ; genetics ; immunology ; Mutation ; Myelodysplastic Syndromes ; genetics ; immunology ; Nuclear Proteins ; genetics ; immunology ; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases ; genetics ; immunology ; Virus Diseases ; genetics ; immunology