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Abdominal pain and diarrhea are frequent side effects of chronic colchicine therapy. Drug-induced lactose deficiency has been demonstrated in the experimental animal. Lactose malabsorption was assessed by the lactose breath test in 23 patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) receiving
BACKGROUND
PFAPA syndrome (Periodic Fever, Aphthous stomatitis, Pharyngitis, Adenitis) is a benign sporadic syndrome of unknown cause and an important diagnosis to consider in the child with recurrent fever and tonsillitis.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the presentation, age of onset, time until diagnosed,
Lactose intolerance is a recognized complication of some episodes of diarrhoea. Whereas it is of clinical importance in relatively few children with acute diarrhoea it seems to be a more common problem in children presenting with persistent diarrhoea, especially in malnourished children with severe
This study evaluated the various growth parameters among patients presenting with chronic diarrhea and highlight the most common causes of chronic diarrhea among a sample of Egyptian infants and children. This cross-sectional study included 146 patients with chronic diarrhea. They were 87 males and
To study the incidence and clinical manifestations of rotavirus among children at Buri Ram Hospital, admitted with the diagnosis of acute diarrhea between November 2005 and February 2006. In the course of a cross sectional descriptive study, 103 stool samples obtained from inpatients below the age
There are important interactions between disease and organic evolution, between disease and cultural evolution, and between all three. Social behaviour influences disease and is influenced by it. Disease and disease mortality are woven into the complex of behavioural and physiological reactions to
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Nontyphoidal Salmonella infection is a common cause for acute bacterial gastroenteritis in children in China. There have been no reports of the prevalence of lactose intolerance or food allergies in children with nontyphoidal Salmonella infection. The aim of this study was to characterize
Reaginic hypersensitivity in ulcerative colitis has been investigated in respect of a hypersensitivity to the cow's milk proteins and the frequency of atopic asthma, hay fever, and eczema. Intradermal tests were frequently positive, especially to casein, but the results did not differ from those
343 children with acute diarrhea were studied from january 1976 to september 1977. Rotavirus was the agent most frequently isolated (18 per cent) followed by Shigella (12 per cent) and Salmonella (10 per cent). Enterotoxigenic E. coli was identified in 8 per cent and invasive E. coli only in two
BACKGROUND
Current investigations suggest that postinflammatory mechanisms might induce subtle changes in the mucosa and enteric nervous system which cannot be readily detected by routine diagnostic measures in subgroups of functional bowel disorders, especially in postinfectious irritable bowel
One-hundred-twenty infants under 1 year of age suffering from intractable diarrhoea were studied. They had received prior treatment in the form of antimicrobials (100 per cent), stool binding substance (50 percent), antimotility agents (50 per cent), and intravenous (IV) fluids (33 per cent).
We have re-examined many of the abundant publications on the illness that afflicted Charles Darwin during most of his life, including some of the 416 health-related letters in his correspondence, as well as his autobiographical writings. We have concluded that he suffered from Crohn's disease,