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A 23-year-old man presented with fever, dyspnea, nonproductive cough, left eye redness, reduced vision, and bilateral ear pain and tenderness. The symptoms had begun two days earlier, eight days after he was discharged from the hospital with a presumptive diagnosis of Still's disease. He was first seen a month before the current admission for complaints of fever (as high as 39.4 degrees C), nonproductive cough, and asymmetric arthritis. The workup at that time included arthrocentesis of the right knee. Analysis of the joint fluid showed 7,500 white blood cells/mm3 and no crystals. A gram stain and culture of the fluid were negative. HIV and hepatitis tests, bone marrow biopsy and culture, transesophageal echocardiography, abdominal computed tomography, radionuclide bone scanning, and rheumatologic tests failed to identify the problem. The development of an evanescent macular pink rash on day 15 suggested the possibility of Still's disease. Treatment with prednisone (40 mg po qd) was initiated, and the patient was discharged on day 19.
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PMID:A man with inflamed ears. 1021 30

Orchids have been used as a source of medicine for millennia to treat different diseases and ailments including tuberculosis, paralysis, stomach disorders, chest pain, arthritis, syphilis, jaundice, cholera, acidity, eczema, tumour, piles, boils, inflammations, menstrual disorder, spermatorrhea, leucoderma, diahorrhea, muscular pain, blood dysentery, hepatitis, dyspepsia, bone fractures, rheumatism, asthma, malaria, earache, sexually transmitted diseases, wounds and sores. Besides, many orchidaceous preparations are used as emetic, purgative, aphrodisiac, vermifuge, bronchodilator, sex stimulator, contraceptive, cooling agent and remedies in scorpion sting and snake bite. Some of the preparations are supposed to have miraculous curative properties but rare scientific demonstration available which is a primary requirement for clinical implementations. Incredible diversity, high alkaloids and glycosides content, research on orchids is full of potential. Meanwhile, some novel compounds and drugs, both in phytochemical and pharmacological point of view have been reported from orchids. Linking of the indigenous knowledge to the modern research activities will help to discover new drugs much more effective than contemporary synthetic medicines. The present study reviews the traditional therapeutic uses of orchids with its recent advances in pharmacological investigations that would be a useful reference for plant drug researches, especially in orchids.
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PMID:Therapeutic orchids: traditional uses and recent advances--an overview. 2085 51