It was established the presence of psychological disorders in 120 breast cancer patients in postoperative chemotherapy and considered the need for correction of revealed changes in the psychoemotional sphere to improve the quality of life of patients. The use of psychotropic drugs to correct the mental and emotional status in 80 women has improved their status, had a positive effect on the postoperative course, and helped to create the installation for continued treatment.
Breast Neoplasms/psychology , Emotions , Psychotropic Drugs/therapeutic use , Quality of Life , Adult , Affect/drug effects , Anxiety/drug therapy , Anxiety/etiology , Anxiety/prevention & control , Breast Neoplasms/drug therapy , Breast Neoplasms/pathology , Breast Neoplasms/surgery , Chemotherapy, Adjuvant , Depression/drug therapy , Depression/etiology , Depression/prevention & control , Emotions/drug effects , Female , Humans , Middle Aged , Neoplasm Staging , Postoperative Period , Surveys and Questionnaires , Treatment Outcome
Benzodiazepines/therapeutic use , Preoperative Period , Stress, Psychological/drug therapy , Stress, Psychological/etiology , Thyroid Nodule/psychology , Thyroid Nodule/surgery , Aged , Anti-Anxiety Agents/therapeutic use , Anxiety/drug therapy , Anxiety/etiology , Depression/drug therapy , Depression/etiology , Emotions , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Severity of Illness Index , Thyroid Neoplasms/psychology , Thyroid Neoplasms/surgery
Intra- and postoperative complications were significantly more frequent in lung cancer patients who had been operated on during a geomagnetic storm period (57) than similar patients operated on on "quiet" days (58). Preoperative diazepam 5 mg, thrice a day, for a week, takes care of the immediate postoperative period in case surgery is performed on a stormy day.
Anti-Anxiety Agents/therapeutic use , Lung Neoplasms/surgery , Magnetics , Postoperative Complications/prevention & control , Premedication , Solar Activity , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Immunoglobulins/blood , Male , Middle Aged
A relationship between such signs of humoral immunity failure as decreased levels of B-lymphocytes and immunoglobulins, on the one hand, and psycho-emotional disorders (anxiophobic syndrome associated with autism and depression), on the other, has been identified in lung cancer patients. An inverse correlation was established between anxiety and immunoglobulin concentration. Therefore, an individualized medication treatment can be designed to complement surgery and chemoradiation.
Lung Neoplasms/immunology , Lung Neoplasms/psychology , Aged , Anxiety/immunology , B-Lymphocytes/metabolism , Basophils/metabolism , Case-Control Studies , Depression/immunology , Humans , Immunoglobulins/blood , Middle Aged , T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
The growing asthenia of the neuro-psychic system which frequently occurs in cancer patients, particularly, in the preoperative period might undermine the body's defenses and thus contribute to tumor progression. The psycho-emotional system and immunological status of lung cancer patients were corrected with a combination of measures including individual psychotherapy and tranquilizer treatment. A study of blood levels of PI, PIP, PG-F and PG-E2 as well as the use of a number of methods of psychological diagnosis showed that the psycho-emotional and immunological status improves as a result of such preoperative therapy.
Lung Neoplasms/immunology , Lung Neoplasms/psychology , Lung Neoplasms/therapy , Preoperative Care/methods , Psychotherapy , Tranquilizing Agents/therapeutic use , Humans , Lung Neoplasms/surgery , Male , Middle Aged , Prostaglandins/blood , Treatment Outcome
The authors provide comparative data derived during study of the time-course of changes in IgM, IgG and IgA and cellular eosinophilic and basophilic allergic reactions during application of pentoxyl and becotide alone and combined in multiple modality treatment of 161 patients with chronic obstructive bronchitis. Application of pentoxyl was accompanied mainly by quantitative increment of immunoglobulins, particularly IgA and IgG, and moderately pronounced desensitization effect that manifested by attenuation of the eosinophilic reaction and spontaneous degranulation of basophils. Application of becotide in multiple modality treatment led primarily to attenuation of the cellular allergic reactions under study and less marked increment of immunoglobulins. The combined use of the drugs for bronchitis exacerbation produced maximally pronounced desensitization (according to the eosinophilic reaction and basophil degranulation data) as compared to the effect of these drugs used alone on the patients' allergic status. It is recommended that patients with chronic bronchitis exacerbation should receive pentoxyl (during immunoglobulin deficiency and proneness to allergy), becotide inhalations to obtain primarily desensitization effect, and combined pentoxyl and becotide (in patients with high risk of sensitization).
Adrenal Cortex Hormones/therapeutic use , Beclomethasone/therapeutic use , Bronchitis/drug therapy , Pentoxyl/therapeutic use , Uracil/analogs & derivatives , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Basophils/immunology , Bronchitis/immunology , Chronic Disease , Drug Therapy, Combination , Eosinophils/immunology , Female , Histamine , Humans , Immunity/drug effects , Immunoglobulins/analysis , Male , Middle Aged , Time Factors
