nicotinic acid/diarrhea

A 46 year old woman is described who had a 13 half year history of watery diarrhea associated with hypokalemia and hypochlorhydria. The diarrhea was secretory as measured by triple lumen tube perfusion and was associated with an increased concentration of fasting plasma immunoreactive gastric

BACKGROUND Studies indicate that nicotinic acid and related compounds may decrease phosphorus concentrations effectively by reducing the absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. However, the efficacy and safety of oral niacin treatments have only been investigated in a limited number of small-scale

HIV-1 infected patients can manifest a number of poorly understood conditions including dermatitis, dementia, and diarrhea. These conditions are in some ways suggestive of pellagra, the syndrome associated with niacin depletion. We demonstrate here that nicotinamide, the amide form of niacin,

Pellagra is a type of dietary deficiency disease caused by an insufficiency of niacin or tryptophan. Symptoms of pellagra include diarrhea, dermatitis, and dementia. It is usually diagnosed based on a patient's dietary history and clinical symptoms. The diagnostic triad of pellagra includes symptoms

Experiments are reported upon young rhesus monkeys which were given a diet essentially the same as the Goldberger black tongue-producing diet, supplemented in various ways. Those receiving the unsupplemented diet developed the syndrome characterized by leucopenia, anemia, gingivitis, diarrhea, and

In four dogs, the diarrhea, increased salivation and mucous membrane lesions characteristic of blacktongue were relieved within 24 hours following the administration of 150 mgs nicotinic amide, whereas the lacrimation, photophobia and extreme injection of the eye vessels did not diminish. These

Pellagra is the result of increased viscosity of extracellular matrix (ECM). The skin changes in pellagra localize at sites of sun exposure or trauma because the mediators which are released cannot diffuse from the area. Edema is reported as the first clinical and microscopic change. Changes in the

Pellagra is clinically manifested by a photosensitive dermatitis, diarrhea, and dementia. The full triad of symptoms is usually not well developed in infants and children. We report a case of a 14-year-old boy with classic symptoms of pellagra. All his symptoms responded to treatment with nicotinic

During the second winter of the war (1937-38) most of the patients showed a picture of classic pellagra, with a number of neurological disorders which in same cases appeared with no other manifestations of Pellagra. The clinical picture was dominated by the appearance of famine edema, with less

Vitamin B3 (niacin) deficiency can cause pellagra with symptoms of dermatitis, diarrhea and dementia. However, it is unclear whether the vitamin B3 deficiency causes human aging. FK866 (a Nampt inhibitor) can reduce intracellular NAD(+) level and induce senescence of human Hs68 cells. However, the

Trachyspermum ammi commonly known as 'Ajwain' is distributed throughout India and is mostly cultivated in Gujarat and Rajasthan. The fruit possesses stimulant, antispasmodic and carminative properties and is used traditionally as an important remedial agent for flatulence, atonic dyspepsia,

Atractylodis Rhizoma, a classical Chinese medicine, exhibits unambiguous therapeutic effect on spleen deficiency in China for decades. The aim of the present study was to explore the different effects on the composition and level of endogenous metabolites in rats with spleen deficiency after oral

Pellagra is a systemic disturbance caused by a cellular deficiency of niacin, resulting from inadequate dietary nicotinic acid and/or its precursors, the essential amino-acid tryptophan. In Europe and North America cases of pellagra are rarely encountered, but in some developing countries this

Pellagra is a nutritional wasting disease attributable to a combined deficiency of tryptophan and niacin (nicotinic acid). It is characterized clinically by four classic symptoms often referred to as the four Ds: diarrhea, dermatitis, dementia, and death. Prior to the development of these symptoms,