[Treatment of bronchial asthma by the Su-Jok therapy method].

Aim: To evaluate the influence of su-jok therapy (one of the methods of alternative medicine) in combination with chemotherapy on the course of bronchial asthma.

Materials And Methods: 68 patients have undergone su-jok therapy in combination with drug treatment in accordance with international asthma consensus. Control group of 44 patients received only chemotherapy.

[Features of clinical course of chronic nonspecific lung diseases in adolescents and youths in Uzbekistan].

26985 and 459 young subjects of Uzbek nationality underwent preventive and inpatient examination to specify clinical characteristics of chronic nonspecific diseases of the lungs. These were characterized by slight subjective symptoms, poor informative value of general clinical tests, pronounced changes in lung ventilation, cytology of bronchoalveolar lavage, bronchologic and immunologic parameters. It is evident that Uzbek adolescents and youths suffering from chronic nonspecific pulmonary diseases develop homeostatic disorders.

[Prevalence of nonspecific pulmonary diseases and their clinical course in rural inhabitants of Uzbekistan].

The authors point out high prevalence of nonspecific pulmonary diseases which varies from region to region. The latter were characterized by intensive application of pesticides or were located near the Aral lake. The patients frequently develop deforming bronchitis with severe affection of bronchial architectonics and morphology of pulmonary tissue responsible for persistent obstructive-restrictive disorders and hemodynamic shifts.

[Prevalence and clinico-functional diagnosis of chronic nonspecific diseases of the lungs among the rural population of Uzbekistan].

Overall clinico-epidemiological examination revealed a high proportion (11.4%) of rural inhabitants affected with chronic nonspecific diseases of the lung (CNDL) in Uzbekistan. Chronic bronchitis was stated to be the main clinical from of CNDL.