[The use of autologous platelet-rich plasma in the treatment of chronic pharyngitis]. / Primenenie obogashchennoi trombotsitami autoplazmy v terapii khronicheskogo faringita.

The results of a prospective open cohort study of the use of platelet-rich plasma (platelet-rich plasma - PRP) in patients with chronic pharyngitis during the exacerbation of the disease are presented. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of autologous PRP in the treatment of chronic pharyngitis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Autologous PRP was injected into the posterior pharyngeal wall as a course of endopharyngeal blockages as part of the complex therapy of chronic pharyngitis. Patients in the control group received standard therapy, without the use of autologous PRP. The effectiveness of the studied technique was evaluated by statistical analysis of the intensity of symptoms of the disease, determined by patients throughout the entire period of treatment in the patient's diary, as well as by analyzing data from mass spectrometry of microbial markers and bacteriological examination of the pharyngeal mucosa, collected at the beginning of the study and 14 days after completion of the course of therapy. CONCLUSION: The use of a course of endopharyngeal blockades with autologous platelet-rich plasma as part of the complex therapy of chronic pharyngitis, according to our estimates, provides a significant effect in the form of higher rates of reduction in the severity of symptoms of the disease, a significant reduction in the number of microorganisms deviating from the reference values (by 2 times or more), a decrease in the duration of the disease compared with the control group.

[The value of herbal medicine in the treatment of acute tonsillopharyngitis of non-streptococcal genesis]. / Znachenie fitoterapii v lechenii ostorogo tonzillofaringita nestreptokokkovogo geneza.

The purpose of the study. To establish the effectiveness of symptom reduction and preventive action of the herbal drug Tonsilgon N (HD) as monotherapy for exacerbations of chronic tonsillitis/pharyngitis in adult patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 60 adult male and female patients aged 18 to 60 years with an established diagnosis of acute tonsillopharyngitis. In total, each patient underwent 5 visits. Visit 1 - enrollment in the study and beginning of HD monotherapy, Visit 2 - on Day 7, Visit 3 - on Day 14 and completion of HD monotherapy, Visit 4 - on Day 60 and Visit 5 - on Day 180. The diagnosis of the disease and the examination of the patient was carried out on the basis of anamnesis, general clinical and ENT examination, palpation of regional lymph nodes. The severity of the clinical signs was evaluated on the basis of the symptom score. The general condition of the patient was also evaluated using a visual analogue scale (VAS) and the number of exacerbations of tonsillopharyngitis during the observation period. RESULTS: The number of exacerbations of chronic tonsillitis and episodes of ATP for 6 months after the end of treatment decreased 4.8 times compared to the previous period. During the course of treatment (14 days), complaints of patients with ATP (general health and/or fatigue, pain when swallowing, headache, cough, burning sensation, a lump in the throat, hoarseness, pain and dryness in the throat, difficulty swallowing) had a pronounced tendency to regression. Improvement was also noted on examination and clinical evaluation. According to the results of the analysis of the evaluation of general condition according to the VAS (according to the standard technique in cm), there was a significant improvement both during the treatment period by 2.2 times, and during the observation period (180 days) from the period of Visit 2 to Visit 4 by 31.3 times. CONCLUSION: The use of HD as monotherapy for non-streptococcal ATP has shown its high efficiency. The possibility of using Tonsilgon N was shown as a prophylactic agent that reduces the number of exacerbations of inflammatory diseases in the pharynx during the period after the treatment course.