Venereal infection

N.A. Coumarin, massoilactone, lactone.103 Treat cough, sore throat, venereal infection, bleeding after childbirth, chapped or wind-burned skin, and eye irritations. 

L-Dopa and Trimethoprim are two other dmgs that can be made from vanillin. u-Dopa is used for the treatment of Parkinson s disease Trimethoprim is an antiinfective agent used mainly for urinary tract infections and certain venereal diseases. Also, Mebeverine, an antispasmodic agent, and Verazide, a generic antitubercular agent, are dmgs that can be made from vanillin or its derivatives. 

Mexico. Decoction of the bark and dried branches is taken orally as an abortive and for diabetes. Decoction of the dried root is taken orally by pregnant humans as an abortive and for diabetes . Infusion of the shade-dried entire plant is taken orally to treat infectious diseases ". Decoction of the dried leaf is taken orally for treatment of diabetes. Hot water extract of the dried leaf is taken orally as a blood purifier to treat kidney problems, urinary tract infections, and frigidity for gallstones, rheumatism and arthritis, diabetes, wounds, and skin injuries, displacement of the womb, and paralysis and to dissolve tumors 5 United States. Hot water extract of the dried leaf is taken orally as a stimulating expectorant and tonic, for tuberculosis, and is drank by Indians of the Southwest for bowel cramps, as a diuretic, and for venereal disease. Hot water extract of the dried leaf is used externally for wound healing . Hot water extract of the dried plant is taken orally for cancer. Effects described are from multicomponent reaction ". 

Before Europeans arrived in America, echinacea was a popular herbal drug among Native Americans, who used it to treat respiratory infections, inflammation of the eyes, toothache, and snakebite. European colonists quickly adopted the herb. In the nineteenth century, European Americans used echinacea as a blood purifier, believing that it cleared the blood of disease-causing toxins. Europeans used echinacea to treat diseases such as eczema, veneral diseases, lymphangitis (swelling of the lymph vessels), and sepsis (infection of the blood with microorganisms). 

Tetracyclines are classified as broad-spectrum antibiotics obtained from soil acti-nomycetes. All tetracyclines are slightly bitter solids and are weakly soluble in water. Although tetracyclines develop organism resistance, they are the drugs of first choice in venereal disease, atypical pneumonia, cholera, brucellosis, and plague. Tetracyclines also are used in urinary tract infections, amebiasis, acne, and as prophylaxis against meningitis. 

Heterocyclic compounds bearing nitro groups were among some of the earliest antiparasitic agents. A nitrothiazole has recently been approved for treating diarrhea due to such infections. This rather venerable compound, nitazoxanide (155) is prepared in a single step by reaction of the acid chloride (153) from aspirin with the aminonitrothiazole (154). ... 

Interferon alfa-2b is a broad-spectnim agent. It is indicated for hairy cell leukemia, condyloma acuminata (geniiil or venereal warts). AIDS-rclatcd Kaptrsi s sarconia. and chronic hepatitis B and C infections. 

Thallium is a by-product of iron, cadmium, and zinc refining. It is used in metal alloys, imitation jewelry, optical lenses, artists pigments, semiconductors, ceramics, and X-ray detection devices. It has limited use as a catalyst in organic chemistry. In the past, thallium (chiefly thallium sulfate) was used as a ro-denticide and insecticide. Its use as a rodenticide was outlawed in 1965 due to its severe toxicity (a source of accidental and suicidal human exposures). Medicinally, it has been used as a depilatory and in the treatment of venereal disease, skin fungal infections, and tuberculosis. 

On the other hand, there are reports that marijuana use is associated with compromised health status among HIV-infected individuals. Lozada et al. (1983) assessed oral manifestations of tumor and opportunistic infections in 53 AIDS-affected men with Kaposi s sarcoma (KS). Twenty-seven had biopsy-proved oral KS, the palate being the most common site. Past or present infections with cytomegalovirus, hepatitis, venereal diseases, and gastrointestinal microorganisms occurred in more than 70%. Oral candidiasis was confirmed in 57%. Heavy marijuana smoking was identified as the most common habit among these individuals. Newell et al. (1985) reported that marijuana use was a risk factor... 

Sulfa drugs are used to treat pneumonia, dysenteiy, meningitis, blood poisoning, urinary tract infections, erysipelas, cellulitis, bubonic plague, cholera, rheumatic fever, and some venereal diseases. 

Patients with infectious venereal diseases are also more dangerous to others, and are more demonstrably so, than are mental patients. Nevertheless, physicians have no powers to confine them, let alone forcibly treat them. Such persons are free to infect anyone willing to engage in a sexual act with them and, according to the most up-to-date medical-ethical opinion, Access to treatment for [women with] infertility should no longer be contingent on HIV status.This despite the fact that the HIV virus is transmitted from the mother to the fetus. 

Bordet, A. L., Machet, L., De Muret, A., Francois-Ramanantsoa, C., Lorette, G., and Vaillant, L. (1997). Mycobacterium chelonae cutaneous infection Efficacy of prolonged treatment by clarithromycin. Aran. Dermatol. Venereal. 124, 251-253. 

The treatment of malaria infections holds a venerable place in the history of medicinal chemistry and of natural product chemistry. As commonly well-known, the first specific treatment for malaria dates back to the 17th century when the bark of Cinchona trees was used as the best tool to face infections of malaria, that was endemic in Africa, Asia but also in several parts of Europe and North America. Later, malaria was the first disease to be treated with an active principle isolated from a natural source, quinine [(1), Fig. (1)] isolated from the Cinchona bark in 1820, and, later again, the first human disease to be treated with a synthetic drug (methylene blue in 1891). 

Treatment of bacterial infections, including diphtheria, pertussis, rheumatic fever, venereal disease, etc. 

A venerable drug used for the disinfection of acidic urine, methenamine is a low-molecular-weight polymer of ammonia and formaldehyde that reverts to its components under mildly acidic conditions. Formaldehyde is the active antimicrobial component. Methenamine is used for recurrent urinary tract infections. The drug is available in various dosage forms as well as various salts, including the hippurate and mandelate. 

Any disease that is passed (tom one individual to another during sexual intercourse or other types of sexual activity. These diseases have b n traditionally referred to as venereal diseases. They include gonorrhoea, caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonor-rhoeae, syphilis, due to infection by the bacterium Treponema pallidum genital herpes, which Is caused by a herpesvirus and AIDS, resulting from infection with HIV, a retrovirus. The transmission of sexually transmitted diseases can be reduced by limiting the number of sexual partners and by the use of condoms (see birth control), which reduces the risk of contact with body fluids that harbour the microorganisms that cause these diseases. 

Also, there are various other causes of hair loss such as disorders of the scalp, reaction to certain drugs or chemicals, venereal disease, and infection. Loss of hair also occurs in thyroid deficiency (myxedema) and in certain types of pituitary disorders. 

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