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Many questions arise when a paediatrician prescribes thermal treatment. Answers to these questions have come to light in recent literature. For paediatric indications, thermal treatment is dominated by asthma and its allergic equivalents. In such cases, sodium chloride and bicarbonated spas are used. Such indications are based on the research of the Pasteur Institute for Le Mont-Dore spa and on different modifications of intracelllular enzymes and increase of resistance to hypoxy incited by the La Bourboule spa. The waters in the spas of the Pyrenees contain sulphur, and are mainly used for the treatment of chronic or repeated ENT infections. Fundamental studies in favour of thermal treatment have only aroused indirect views. Following the enquiry made by the French National Health Service on 3,000 patients over a period of 3 years from 1983, it was found that this treatment reduces medical consumption, doctor's visits and hospital care in many cases. However no double-blind research could be performed despite the desire of several spas. These spas improve either the quality of the final product or the strict hygiene level in the thermal installations, and also the sanitary educational measures associated with thermal treatment.
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PMID:[Treatment of respiratory and ORL diseases with mineral waters in children]. 217 79

Taste is a chemical sense responding to chemical stimuli. In our daily practice as ENT practitioners or Neurologists we do come across patients complaining of taste disturbances. Tests for taste have to be performed regularly in the clinical centres as well as in neurological labs as a part of complete work up for neurotology cases. Assessment of taste sensation can be easily done in a neurological clinic by chemogustometry as described by Claussen. The stimuli used are chemicals, representative substances for the four qualities of sweet, salty, sour and bitter, in graded solutions. These semi-quantitative results are plotted on a pentagon scheme devised by Claussen. The points of the best results for glucose, sodium chloride, citric acid, phenylthio-urea and quinine then are connected with a coloured line. That gives a linked graphic structure, which can be read by the physician at one glance. Different patterns are obtained for normal taste, taste-blindness for phenylthio-urea, ageusia, partial ageusias for glucose, or sodium chloride or citric acid or quinine or their combinations and parageusias. In this article we present different patterns of taste disturbances depicted on the pentagon chart highlighting the easy interpretation of chemogustometry.
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PMID:Qualitative and quantitative representation of taste disturbances: how we do it by pentagon chart. 2231 96

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nasal obstruction and nasal cytology in patients with allergic rhinitis (AR) treated with a liposomal based nasal spray containing vitamins A and E. This is a prospective double-blind, controlled study. A total of 106 patients with AR, who rejected anti-allergic therapy, were randomly divided into two groups: G (study group, n = 53) received liposomal nasal spray and C (control group, n = 53) received 0.9% sodium chloride solution nasal spray. Both nasal sprays were applied two times a day, in the morning and at night, in both nasal cavities. The study lasted for 30 days. The first ENT evaluation was performed the first day (T0) and the second evaluation was performed at the end of the study (T1). Symptoms (SNOT-22 test with VAS) and signs (nasal cytology) of both groups were recorded at T0 and T1. Liposomal nasal spray was effective in improving both nasal symptoms and cytology in patients suffering from perennial AR. Treatment with liposomal nasal spray with vitamins A and E was followed by a significant improvement of VAS scale (p < 0.0001), a significant decrease in SNOT-22 (p < 0.0001) and a significant decrease in inflammatory cell count (p < 0.0001). In conclusion, our study provides evidence that liposomal nasal spray improves the nasal symptoms of AR. The patients were compliant to this therapy because of limited side effects. The reduction in inflammatory cells count was remarkable and confirmed the close association between eosinophil infiltration and nasal airflow impairment. These results may have implications for clinical practice.
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PMID:Effects of liposomal nasal spray with vitamins A and E on allergic rhinitis. 3277 84