Dihydralazine is an antihypertensive agent used to treat arterial hypertension. The exact molecular mode of action is not known. A major use is for blood pressure regulation in severe preeclampsia. What is dihydralazine? Dihydralazine is a blood pressure-lowering agent used for the treatment of arterial hypertension. Dihydralazine is a pharmacologic agent that has applications against … Dihydralazine: Effects, Uses & Risks
Products Amlodipine is commercially available in tablet form (Norvasc, generic). It has been approved in many countries since 1990. Amlodipine is also combined fixed with the following agents: Aliskiren, atorvastatin, perindopril, telmisartan, valsartan, olmesartan, hydrochlorothiazide, and indapamide. Structure and properties Amlodipine (C20H25ClN2O5, Mr = 408.9 g/mol) has a chiral center and is a racemate. It … Amlodipine (Norvasc)
Summary Helicobacter pylori is a gram-negative rod bacterium. There are more than 300 different strains, which are distributed worldwide, are regionally and familially abundant, and their genetic information sometimes varies considerably. What they all have in common is a whole range of different adaptation mechanisms that enable it to survive in its main reservoir, the … Helicobacter pylori
Test for a Helicobacter When detecting Helicobacter pylori, a distinction is made between so-called invasive and non-invasive methods. Invasive means that one penetrates into body tissue. There are several non-invasive test methods. With these, a colonization with Helicobacter pylori is in principle very easy to detect. One of the simplest methods uses the normal exhaled … Test for a Helicobacter | Helicobacter pylori
Infection The transmission path of Helicobacter pylori is not conclusively clarified. The possibility of oral-oral and faecal-oral transmission by excretion of the bacterium in stool and reabsorption by other persons, e.g. from water, is being discussed. Contaminated food also provides a source of absorption. The germ initially colonizes its main reservoir in humans, the lower … Infection | Helicobacter pylori
Virulence factors Furthermore, Helicobacter pylori produces urease, an enzyme that breaks down urea into ammonia and CO2. This raises the pH in the bacterium’s surrounding medium, i.e. it is converted into a less acidic environment. The neutral environment is called the ammonia mantle. Helicobacter pylori also produces virulence factors such as the vacuolating VacA and … Virulence factors | Helicobacter pylori
Aliskiren is a drug that acts as a renin inhibitor (renin inhibitor) for the treatment of arterial hypertension. It is sold under various trade names as a monotherapy as well as a combination preparation and is available by prescription. The drug was approved in the United States in March 2007, in Switzerland in June, and … Aliskiren: Effects, Uses & Risks
There is a variety of heart diseases, which often have many different causes. Inflammations, injuries and changes in age can change and damage the heart. Classification of heart diseases In the following you will find the most common diseases of the heart divided into: Structural changes of the heart Vascular diseases of the heart Infectious … An overview of the diseases of the heart
Synonyms in a broader sense Medical: intussusception, intestinal invagination English: intussusception Definition Invagination is a telescopic invagination of one section of the intestine into another. It occurs mainly in small children and can be life-threatening in the worst case. In infants and toddlers, intussusception can occur as a result of increased intestinal mobility or in … Invagination
Symptoms of intussusception Characteristic for an intussusception is the phase-like course of the symptoms. At the beginning, the child often has sudden cramp-like abdominal pain, cries and appears sickly. This is usually followed by a period without symptoms, which is typically interrupted by the child’s sudden shrill screaming in connection with the pulling up of … Symptoms of intussusception | Invagination
Antihypertensives are drugs that are used to lower blood pressure. These preparations have other effects, which is why they are used for a variety of different diseases. Antihypertensives are also known as antihypertensives. What are antihypertensives? Antihypertensives is a collective term for all medications that have a blood pressure-lowering effect. Antihypertensives is a collective term … Antihypertensive Drugs (Antihypertensives): Effects, Uses & Risks
Symptoms High blood pressure is often asymptomatic, meaning that no symptoms occur. Nonspecific symptoms such as headache, bleeding in the eye, nosebleeds, and dizziness are observed. In advanced disease, various organs such as the vessels, retina, heart, brain and kidney are affected. Hypertension is a known and important risk factor for atherosclerosis, dementia, cardiovascular diseases … Hypertension
