Publication: Ciencia y Farmacia en la obra de Teresa de Cepeda y Ahumada (1515-1582)
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2019-11-22
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Teresa sufrió, a los veintitrés años, una infección crónica, cuyo periodo más intenso o crítico duró entre quince meses y dos años, iniciándose con una pericarditis infecciosa crónica, caracterizada por dolor cardiaco -que trataba con agua de azahar-, síncopes o vahídos y calentura o fiebre permanente, en general bien tolerada y en ocasiones de tipo ondulante, que comenzó a cursar el 15 de agosto de 1539 con una incuestionable meningoencefalitis, a la que siguió un estado de coma profundo, precedido de un episodio de convulsiones sintomáticas, con mordedura de la lengua, seguido de posición en ovillo, con las piernas flexionadas sobre la pelvis -una actitud antiálgica, típica de la meningitis-, síntomas postcomatosos, excesiva irritabilidad y dolor al simple contacto (hiperestesia), faringoesofagitis, dolores radiculares y parálisis. A poco de cumplidos los cincuenta años, desarrollo una parálisis agitante (parkinsonismo postencefálico o una enfermedad de parkinson), con frecuentes cefaleas, ruidos en la cabeza y acentuada debilidad. Teresa de Ávila padeció, muy probablemente, un cuadro de neurobrucelosis, una infección crónica del sistema nervioso central...
Teresa suffered, at the age of twenty-three years old, a chronic infection, whose most intense or critical period lasted between fifteen months and two years, starting with a chronic infectious pericarditis, characterized by heart pain, which she treated with orange blossom water, syncopes or dizziness and beginning fever or permanent fever, generally well tolerated and sometimes of undulating type, which began to take place on August 15, 1539 with an unquestionable meningoencephalitis, followed by a state of deep coma, preceded by an episode of symptomatic convulsions, with tongue bite, followed by ball position, with legs bent over the pelvis an antalgic attitude, typical of meningitis-postcomatose symptoms, excessive irritability and pain at simple contact (hyperesthesia), pharyngoesophagitis, radicular pains and paralysis. Shortly after his fiftieth birthday, he developed agitated paralysis (postencephalic parkinsonism or parkinson's disease), with frequent headaches, noises in the head and severe weakness. Teresa de Ávila suffered, most likely, a picture of neurobrucellosis, a chronic infection of the central nervous system...
Teresa suffered, at the age of twenty-three years old, a chronic infection, whose most intense or critical period lasted between fifteen months and two years, starting with a chronic infectious pericarditis, characterized by heart pain, which she treated with orange blossom water, syncopes or dizziness and beginning fever or permanent fever, generally well tolerated and sometimes of undulating type, which began to take place on August 15, 1539 with an unquestionable meningoencephalitis, followed by a state of deep coma, preceded by an episode of symptomatic convulsions, with tongue bite, followed by ball position, with legs bent over the pelvis an antalgic attitude, typical of meningitis-postcomatose symptoms, excessive irritability and pain at simple contact (hyperesthesia), pharyngoesophagitis, radicular pains and paralysis. Shortly after his fiftieth birthday, he developed agitated paralysis (postencephalic parkinsonism or parkinson's disease), with frequent headaches, noises in the head and severe weakness. Teresa de Ávila suffered, most likely, a picture of neurobrucellosis, a chronic infection of the central nervous system...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Farmacia, leída el 07/10/2019