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Revista del Hospital Clínico Quirúrgico "Arnaldo Milián Castro"

2014, Number 3

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Acta Med Cent 2014; 8 (3)

Effectiveness of calendula tincture to 20% in dermatological conditions

Hurtado PA, Castro GM, Blanco PL

Language: Spanish
References: 18
Page: 28-36
PDF size: 111.75 Kb.


ABSTRACT

A quasi-experimental, prospective, longitudinal study was conducted at the National Hospital of Nebaj, Guatemala, during the period December 2011 to December 2012 to determine the effectiveness of calendula tincture to 20% in the treatment of furunculosis and contact dermatitis and atopic. Patients previously diagnosed by a Specialist in General Medicine in the outpatient formed the study population; the sample was selected by purposive sampling method and patients were divided into study group (calendula tincture to 20%) and control group (conventional medicine). At the beginn, they were evaluating, seven, 14 and 21 days and the clinical outcome were observed, recovery time and adverse reactions to treatment. In 88.1% of patients in the study group had successful outcomes dermal lesions compared with 71.4% in the control group; all patients with boils in the study group were recovered from seven to 14 days of treatment, as opposed to 80% in the control group; with calendula tincture to 20% presented adverse reactions in 2.4% of patients with conventional treatment in 26.2%. The treatment in the study group was effective in 88.1% of patients while in the control group was effective in 66.7%; differences were significant (p = 0.04). Calendula tincture to 20% was effective in the treatment of furunculosis and contact and atopic dermatitis.


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