Botulinum toxin

While migraine is usually being treated with the use of oral medication, some people who have been immune with capsules and/or pills can resort to Botox treatment as it clinically proven to relax the muscles located mainly in the forehead. “The botulinum toxin (generic Botox) is thought to eliminate migraines by reducing muscle tension and thus creating less strain on the nervous system." – Dr Kris Reddy (Cited: https://www.realself.com/blog/uses-for-botox#.Vz-fN9J96Hg). People with…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention works all around the United States as an agency that promotes public health. Through this agency, we have a bioterrorism website that focuses on biological agents like bacteria, viruses, and toxins that are deliberate released making it a form of terrorism. These biological agents can be spread in three ways air, water, and food. The main disease resulting from bioterrorism is death ranging from humans, animals, and plants. The CDC Bioterrorism website…

Dry eye is defined as a “multifactorial disease of the tears and ocular surface that results in symptoms of a lack of comfort, visual troubles, and tear film instability with possibility damage to the ocular surface.(1)The Risk factors for dry eye disease are High level of evidence is about Age, Female sex, Postmenopausal estrogen therapy, Antihistamines, Collagen vascular disease, Corneal refractive surgery, Irradiation, Hematopoietic stem call transplantation, Vitamin A deficiency, Hepatitis C…

gastrointestinal exposure, nausea, vomiting, fever and severe abdominal pain result. Penicillin is used for the treatment of anthrax. (12) Clostridium botulinum is a spore-form anaerobic bacteria found in soil. It is also associated with home-canned food items and is a rare, although naturally occurring, disease. It produces seven different toxins that, depending on the toxin, produce different syndromes.…

At some point in time, many people will experience problems with their voice. When speaking, words may sound broken, whispery, strangled or hoarse, and a person may struggle just to sound normal. In most cases, these vocal problems eventually go away, but if they don’t, then this condition may be a neurological disorder known as spasmodic dysphonia. Definition and Facts Dystonia is a neurological movement disorder that can affect the entire body or a specific body part. The primary…

treatments were first approved in 1990. They are given by way of injection to smooth out the wrinkles of the forehead, neck and face which may appear as you age. Botox is made up of a protein substance produced by the bacterium Clostridium Botulinum, the same toxin that causes a life-threatening type of food poisoning called botulism. It is injected in targeted areas…

polysulfate sodium) is an alternative to Elavil. • Patients with refractory symptoms that have not responded to the aforementioned measures often require cystoscopy, distention of the bladder with water, and treatment of bladder lesions. • Botox (botulinum toxin) injections are often considered in those that fail to respond to cystoscopy. References: 1. Rovner E, Propert KJ, Brensinger C, et al. Treatments used in women with interstitial cystitis: the interstitial cystitis data base (ICDB)…

detach the smile muscle attachment to prevent relapse. Ellenbogen R et al.[17] used alloplastic or autogenous seperators to prevent reattachment of smile muscles and in some cases lip repositioning was used in conjunction with rhinoplasty.[10] Botulinum toxin injections were also used to treat excessive gingival…

What is the Best Way of Treating Aging Skin? In this day and age that people have become obsessed with the way they look, treating aging skin has gained an increasing importance in medical research. In this article, I will first try to give you an overview of the underlying causes of skin aging and then I will present the different options one has in front of her or him, when she or he is seeking the best route to retard the aging process. As scientists say, there are two types of aging. One…

have a direct influence on what the bacteria does, with some Gram-negative bacteria being pathogenic in nature. Gram positive bacilli Sopre foming bacillus cereus- food poisoning, bacillus anthracis, anthrax, clostridium tetani-tetanus; clostridium botulinum- botulism; Clostridium perfringens- gangrene; Clostridium difficile- colonitis Non sporing: listeria monocytogenes- food poisoning; corynebecterium diphtheria diplohteria; propionibacterium acne-acne Gram negative…