[A clinico-thermographic assessment of the efficacy of naphthalan therapy in patients with diabetic microangiopathies of the lower extremities].

Abstract

Naphthalan was applied in 58 patients with diabetic microangiopathy of the lower limbs. Clinical and infra-red imaging proved high effectiveness of the treatment as naphthalan relieved symptoms of diabetic microangiopathy by means of correction of microcirculation and peripheral blood flow. Infra-red imaging showed that exercise and single procedure tests are able to give prognosis of the treatment effect. The success of naphthalan therapy is very important as microangiopathy of the lower limbs underlies serious complications in diabetics.

• Authors: A V Musaev, S N Nasrullaeva, D Z Namazov
• Journal: Voprosy kurortologii, fizioterapii, i lechebnoi fizicheskoi kultury (Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult) 1998 Jul-Aug Issue 4 Pg. 26-9 ISSN: 0042-8787 [Print] Russia (Federation)
• Vernacular Title: Kliniko-teplovizionnaia otsenka éffektivnosti naftalanoterapii u bol'nykh s diabeticheskimi mikroangiopatiiami nizhnikh konechnosteĭ.
• PMID: 9855771 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Analgesics, Non-Narcotic
• Naphthalenes
• Ointments
• naphthalan

Topics

• Adult
• Aged
• Analgesics, Non-Narcotic (therapeutic use)
• Chronic Disease
• Diabetic Angiopathies (diagnosis, physiopathology, rehabilitation)
• Drug Evaluation
• Humans
• Leg (blood supply)
• Middle Aged
• Naphthalenes (therapeutic use)
• Ointments
• Remission Induction
• Skin Temperature (drug effects)
• Thermography