polyradiculoneuropathy/vomiting

A 32-year-old man developed a rash on his body and extremities following acute fever of a few days duration, and also noticed pain and spontaneous tingling sensations in his lower extremities. Because severe pneumonia with dyspnea and low arterial blood oxygen concentration were found on

BACKGROUND Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy (CIDP) is a common inflammatory neuropathy that can be progressive, stepwise progressive, or relapsing and remitting. OBJECTIVE To further evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of immune globulin intravenous, 10%

A 14-year-old male presented with paresthesias on the right upper and lower extremities, headache, and vomiting. In addition to worsening paresthesia and weakness on the right side of his body, blurred vision, fever, and skin lesions developed. He also had skin lesions characterized with 3-10 mm

Opsoclonus is characterized by sudden onset of arrhythmic, multidirectional chaotic eye movements, generally associated with a parainfectious or paraneoplasic condition. Opsoclonus is a rare manifestation with no known link with infection by Mycoplasma pneumoniae. We present a case of a 23 year old

BACKGROUND Acute or sub-acute pure dysautonomia is uncommon. We report a case of sub-acute pure pandysautonomia with favorable outcome after intravenous immunoglobulin therapy. METHODS A 29-year-old right-handed student, with an uneventful medical history presented, for one month, bilateral loss of

UNASSIGNED Given the ever-increasing problem of obesity, it is not surprising that the number of patients who undergo bariatric surgery continues to rise. For patients who have gastric banding, the amount of food they can consume is limited, and nausea and vomiting may further limit nutritional

A 50-year-old villager with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy developed pain abdomen, diarrhea, and vomiting after 8 weeks of prednisolone (40 mg/day) therapy. After 10 weeks, he developed abdominal distension, leucocytosis, thrombocytopenia, liver dysfunction, coagulopathy,