hyperuricemia/fever

Laboratory and functional tests were made in 50 convalescents who had suffered hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). It is shown that nephropathy in such patients runs with a decline in renal functional reserve indicative of intraglomerular hypertension, impaired ability of the kidneys for

Elevated serum levels of uric acid are caused by increased production or decreased renal excretion. Another cause of the disorder which is less familiar is hyperuricemia following rotavirus infection. This is a case study of a girl who was admitted for abdominal pain, fever, vomiting and diarrhea.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate renal function, persistence of renal dysfunction and probability of chronic renal pathology in convalescents of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). METHODS A total of 370 HFRS convalescents were examined with estimation of renal functional reserve, albuminuria, uric

A 56-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital in April 2007 due to a history of polyarthralgia. In 1999, She had been diagnosed as having gout by monoarthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint. She was treated with only cholchine. Subsequently she repeatedly got acute attack once a year. In

The case of a 39-year-old female with mild renal failure and asymptomatic hyperuricemia who developed generalized exanthema, fever and eosinophilia followed by progressive jaundice and worsening of renal function 19 days after the initiation of treatment with alopurinol (300 mg/day) is reported.

Drug reaction eosinophilia with systemic symptoms (DRESS) syndrome is a potentially life threatening condition secondary to the usage of a wide type of drugs. A 38-year-old woman under allopurinol therapy for hyperuricemia was admitted in our department with fever and a diffuse cutaneous

OBJECTIVE To characterize late convalescence after hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), i.e. metabolic disorders and their relation with arterial pressure (AP) and renal function. METHODS 202 HFRS convalescents were followed up with measurements of AP, purin, carbohydrate and lipid

Background:Eurycoma longifolia is a tropical medicinal plant belonging to Simaroubaceae distributed in South East Asia. The stems are traditionally used for the treatment of sexual insufficiency, fever, hypertension, and malaria. Furthermore, it has antidiabetic and anticancer

A 64-year-old woman was diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis in 1999 at a nearby hospital. She had been treated with etodolac, actarit, mizoribine (MZ) and prednisolone. On May 25, 2001, she noticed fever and nausea and was treated with diclofenac sodium and clindamycin. On May 31, a nasal

A pregnant woman (third trimester) presented with intense abdominal pain, nausea and myalgia. The patient was obese (body mass index 38) and was being treated for high blood pressure, hyperuricemia and hypothyroidism. She had chronic renal deficiency related to focal segmental glomerular sclerosis

A 58-year-old woman with a three-year progressive history of chronic arthritis, had become disabled due to general malaise and fever. Her laboratory data revealed hyperuricemia and elevated levels of C-reactive protein. Neither rheumatoid factor nor anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies were

The clinical and laboratory features of 18 adult pellagrins are reviewed. Only four patients (22%) had the full trial of dermatitis, diarrhea and dementia. Dermatitis alone occurred in six(33%), dementia in five(28%) and dermatitis and diarrhea in three(17%). In one patient, dermentia was the

Rhabdomyolysis occurred in 25 of 1,000 patients (2.5%) with phencyclidine (PCP) intoxication. 10 of these 25 patients (40%) developed acute renal failure and another 7 had mild impairment in renal function. Marked hyperuricemia was present in all 17 patients, and marked hyperphosphatemia and

A patient presented with acute left ventricular failure, then developed cranial nerve palsies, myopathy, fever and hyperuricemia. Sarcoidosis was not diagnosed until the pulmonary congestion cleared, revealing hilar adenopathy and residual mottling. Thereafter, uveitis was noted and scalene and