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FUNDAMENTOS: A doença enxerto contra hospedeiro é um dos obstáculos ao sucesso do transplante de medula óssea, e o envolvimento cutâneo é freqüente. A fototerapia é utilizada devido à intensa atividade imunomoduladora local, sendo opção terapêutica adjuvante para as lesões cutâneas resistentes à terapia convencional. OBJETIVO: Realizar análise descritiva do tratamento da doença enxerto contra hospedeiro com fototerapia (Puva ou UVB de faixa estreita). MÉTODOS: Foram atendidos nove pacientes com manifestação cutânea da doença enxerto contra hospedeiro aguda ou crônica. Seis foram tratados com Puva, terapia de primeira escolha, e três com UVB de faixa estreita. As sessões foram realizadas três vezes por semana, e a resposta terapêutica avaliada após 12 sessões. RESULTADOS: Todos os pacientes com doença enxerto contra hospedeiro aguda mostraram melhora, com desaparecimento do eritema e do edema. Naqueles com doença crônica, observaram-se involução das lesões liquenóides e melhora da mobilidade daqueles com a forma esclerodermiforme. Dois pacientes apresentaram doença de evolução grave e foram a óbito. CONCLUSÃO: A fototerapia mostrou-se efetiva no tratamento das manifestações cutâneas da doença enxerto contra hospedeiro aguda e crônica. A Puva permite o controle da doença, podendo a UVB de faixa estreita ser opção para pacientes impossibilitados de usar medicação sistêmica.BACKGROUND: Graft versus host disease is one of the obstacles to successful bone marrow transplantation. It often affects the skin. Phototherapy has been used because of its strong local immunomodulatory activity and it is an option for adjuvant therapy for skin lesions of graft versus host disease resistant to conventional therapy. OBJECTIVE: To make a descriptive analysis of treating graft versus host disease with phototherapy (PUVA or narrowband UVB). Methods - Nine patients with cutaneous manifestation of acute or chronic graft versus host disease were studied. The first choice therapy was PUVA, applied in six patients, and three were treated with narrowband UVB. The sessions were held three times a week and therapeutic response was evaluated after 12 sessions. RESULTS: All patients with acute graft versus host disease showed improvement, with the disappearance of erythema and edema. In those with chronic graft versus host disease, there was good response to therapy with regression of lichenoid lesions and better mobility of patients with the sclerodermoid form. Two patients had severe progression and died. CONCLUSION: Phototherapy showed to be effective in treating skin manifestations of acute and chronic graft versus host disease. PUVA allows control of the disease. The narrowband UVB is an option for patients who cannot take systemic medications.

OBJETIVO: analisar o impacto da incontinência urinária sobre a qualidade de vida de mulheres submetidas ou não ao tratamento cirúrgico. MÉTODOS: sessenta mulheres com incontinência urinária de esforço foram entrevistadas e divididas em dois grupos classificados como: grupo S-CIR, incluindo 30 mulheres ainda não submetidas ao tratamento cirúrgico para incontinência urinária e grupo C-CIR, incluindo 30 mulheres já submetidas à cirurgia. Os escores obtidos após o somatório dos pontos atribuídos a cada questão do questionário foram comparados entre os dois grupos. O número de pacientes que mostraram comprometimento na qualidade de vida devido a sintomas específicos da incontinência foi também comparado. Os resultados foram analisados pelo teste de variância e pelo teste chi2, quando aplicáveis. RESULTADOS: sintomas, limitações e preocupações relacionadas à incontinência urinária exerceram impacto negativo na qualidade de vida das pacientes do grupo S-CIR. O comprometimento durante exercícios físicos, atividades domésticas e atividades diárias no trabalho foi o aspecto afetado mais relevante nas pacientes do grupo S-CIR, assim como também relataram mais cansaço, constrangimento e nervosismo em demasia. Perda de urina durante o esforço, seguida por forte desejo de urinar, foram também aspectos significativamente relevantes quando os grupos foram comparados. CONCLUSÕES: o estudo permitiu a identificação e a quantificação dos transtornos na qualidade de vida decorrentes da incontinência urinária e demonstrou que estes transtornos tornam-se menos importantes ou até mesmo desaparecem em mulheres submetidas à cirurgia.PURPOSE: to analyze the impact of urinary incontinence on women's quality of life, submitted or not to surgical treatment. METHODS: sixty women with urinary incontinence during stress were interviewed and divided into two groups classified as: S-CIR group, including 30 women not yet submitted to specific surgical treatment for urinary incontinence, and C-CIR group, including 30 women who had already undergone surgery. The scores obtained after the addition of values attributed to each question of the questionnaires were compared between the two groups. The number of patients who showed any impairment on quality of life due to specific symptoms of incontinence was also compared between groups. Data were analyzed by the variance test and the chi-square test, when applicable. RESULTS: symptoms, limitations and concerns related to urinary incontinence exhibited a strong negative impact on quality of life in patients from the S-CIR group. Impairment during physical exercises, domestic activities and daily working activities was the most important affected aspect in patients of the S-CIR group. Furtherimore, patients of the S-CIR group reported more fatigue, embarrassment, and excessive nervousness. Urine loss during stress followed by urgency were also significantly relevant aspects when groups were compared. CONCLUSIONS: the study allowed the identification and quantification of the derangements of quality of life due to urinary incontinence and demonstrated that these derangements either become less important or even disappear in women submitted to surgery.

Background: Excessive androgenesis in the skin promotes sebaceous hyperproduction which is the onset of acne vulgaris pathogenesis. Free fatty acids and lipid accumulation in the glandular infundibulum culminates in microbiota imbalance, triggering inflammatory response and follicular hyperkeratinization. Aims: The purpose of this work was to present an alternative cosmetic treatment for acne skin care, focusing on the prevention of sebaceous gland dysregulation. Methods: Insulin‐stimulated human sebocytes were treated with noncytotoxic concentrations of a DTRW cosmetic formulation. After 6 days of incubation, cell lysates were collected for testosterone, 5α‐reductase, and dyhidrotestosterone (DHT) quantitation. In parallel, cells were stained with Oil Red O to measure sebum production. Results: Human sebocytes were incubated with insulin to mimic a seborrheic microenvironment with overproduction of intracellular lipids and fatty acids. Concomitant incubation of cell cultures with DRTW was able to promote a 52.97% reduction in intracellular lipid content. The anti‐androgenic properties of DRTW had been proved by the reductions of testosterone (↓59.90%), 5α reductase (↓59.34%), and DHT (↓55.98%) levels in sebocyte cultures also stimulated with insulin. Conclusion: The results indicate a promising action of DRTW cosmetic formulation in preventing the development of acne lesions by mechanisms involving the modulation of cutaneous androgenesis and consequently the control of sebum overproduction, considered one of the leading causes of acne. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]