abdominal pain/potato

Bowel obstruction due to bezoars (compaction of ingested material within the gastrointestinal tract) is a rare, but well documented occurrence. In this paper, we present two cases of potato-induced small bowel obstruction. Both patients were approximately 50 years old and had cerebral palsy and

OBJECTIVE Intensivists often encounter patients with respiratory failure as a result of neuromuscular disease, however, acute neuro-muscular syndromes are less common. We present a case of food borne Clostridium botulism and discuss the diagnostic and therapeutic considerations. RESULTS A 35-yr-old

OBJECTIVE To describe an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning that probably was due to contamination of mashed potatoes by a foodhandler, which occurred despite a policy for routine surveillance stool cultures of kitchen employees. METHODS A case control study of 223 individuals who ate the lunch

We reported two cases of acute recurrent pancreatitis lasting for 8 and 10 years, respectively, and characterized by acute abdominal pain associated with an increased serum level of pancreatic enzymes and in one case transient enlargement of the pancreas on sonography and CT scan. Exocrine and

OBJECTIVE To report a case of significant additive gastrointestinal effects with concomitant use of orlistat and an olestra-containing snack food. METHODS A 16-year-old African American girl with type 2 diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, and hypertension was participating in a pilot study that tested

A 2.5 yr old female beagle presented for acute abdominal pain and vomiting after consuming limited offerings of green potato skins. Progressive complications associated with suspected ingestion of a higher potency toxin followed within 5 hr. Subsequent investigations revealed a significant ingestion

Mucuna pruriens is a tropical legume known as velvet bean. It has many traditional and medicinal usages in treating Parkinson's disease (1), abdominal pain, cholera, infertility, scorpion bites, diabetes (3) and is found in tropical Africa, India, the Caribbean and China. During the fall of 2011,

BACKGROUND An outbreak of food poisoning was reported from a Military establishment on 29 May 2011 when 43 cases of food poisoning reported sick in a span of few hours. METHODS A retrospective-prospective study was conducted. Data regarding the onset of symptoms, presenting features and history of