hypesthesia/diarrhea

We report a case of a 31-year-old woman with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) complicated with intractable diarrhea and the functional disorder of renal tubules. The patient became hypogammaglobulinemic after she suffered from measles at 6 years of age. She also suffered from lupus-like

A 44-year-old patient with 24 kg reduction of body weight within three years due to recurrent diarrhea was admitted to the hospital. Physical findings of the patient were not remarkable, except for hypesthesia and hypalgesia of the front of the tibia and of the lower legs. Laboratory as well as

Aims/Introduction: In order to diagnose diabetic symmetric polyneuropathy (DSPN) more simply and accurately, we identified symptoms that correlated with neurological functions and existed more frequently in diabetic than non-diabetic subjects. METHODS The relationships between 10 symptoms (numbness

Neuropathy is a broad term that describes a lack of sensorium, movement, or autonomic function and feedback in a particular area. This can be a centralized neuropathy due to paralysis of extremities via distribution of neurotomes, or a peripheralized neuropathy. Most commonly seen in the extremities

A patient admitted to your unit this morning presents a dauntingly complex clinical picture. Maria DeJesus, 34 years old, has HIV infection, which progressed to AIDS last year with an episode of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. She's also experienced recurrent vaginal and esophageal candidiasis and

BACKGROUND Simultaneous oral mifepristone and vaginal misoprostol has a 24-h expulsion rate of approximately 90% when used for abortion through 63 days' gestation. This pilot study sought to determine if a simultaneous regimen using buccal misoprostol would be similarly effective and merit further

Interferon-alpha and ribavirin are widely used treatments for chronic hepatitis C. It is believed to be a cytokine made by T lymphocytes upon activation by foreign antigens. Complications of interferon and ribavirin therapy include systemic flulike symptoms, marrow suppression, emotional liability,

We report a case of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) complicated by disseminated CMV infection and neurological disturbance. A 21 years old male with hemophilia A was diagnosed as having AIDS in Feb. 1986 because of interstitial pneumonia and esophageal candidiasis. Since Jan. 1987 he had

We report a patient of acute neuromyopathy induced by concomitant use of colchicine and bezafibrate. A 75-year-old man with chronic renal failure and hyperlipidemia treated with bezafibrate (400 mg/day) for 1.5 years had developed watery diarrhea followed by acute tetraparesis, 14 days after the

We report an outbreak of ciguatoxin poisoning after barracuda fish ingestion in southern Taiwan. Three members of a family developed nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea, and myalgias about 1 hour after eating three to ten eggs of a barracuda fish. Numbness of the lips and extremities followed the

Human parvovirus B19 (HPV-B19), a small and non-enveloped DNA virus, causes erythema infectiosum (EI) in children. In adults, however, it is known to cause a variety of symptoms. A 39-year-old woman visited our hospital because of low-grade fever, diarrhea, bilateral leg edema, and numbness in the

A cross-sectional study was designed to identify a relationship between the presence of symptoms usually related to nervous system involvement as well as other chronic complications of diabetes with three objectively defined degrees of autonomic neuropathy (AN). Symptoms usually related to

To examine the clinical outcomes of intentional overdoses involving triptans and ergotamines with a retrospective review of the National Poison Data System (NPDS).

This was a 5-year retrospective cross-sectional study (2014-2018) using the

OBJECTIVE Oral mucositis (OM), the painful inflammation of oropharyngeal tissues, is an economically costly chemotherapy toxicity. Several agents to prevent chemotherapy-induced OM are in development, with most studies conducted among transplantation subjects with a brief well-defined risk period.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of glutamine in the reduction of peripheral neuropathy associated with neurotoxic chemotherapy. METHODS Relevant literature was accessed through PubMed (1990-May 2008), using the search terms glutamine, chemotherapy, peripheral neuropathy, neurotoxicity, safety,