Diarrhoea and Vomiting

Vomiting, diarrhoea, and infection.

The first stage of life, in the words of Jaques from As You Like It, is "first the infant mewling and puking in the nurse's arms . . ." Many normal babies vomit, but if the baby is essentially normal the vomiting is either infrequent or is of small amounts at the end of a feed. In fact, these latter small vomits are called regurgitation or possettingterms not precisely defined but which carry o...

Infantile diarrhoea and vomiting.

be considerably delayed. Thus, a normal chloride level is not incompatible with the diagnosis of tuberculous meningitis, for the level may become appreciably reduced only at an advanced stage in the disease process. Table 2 summarizes the important changes in the cerebro-spinal fluid. It will be seen that variations between the cellular and chemical responses are of great value in diagnosis, th...

Diarrhoea and vomiting in general practice.

An unusual diagnosis for persistent diarrhoea and vomiting 

Identifying the etiology of chronic diarrhoea might be challenging in some patients, and before a diagnosis is made these patients may spend a substantial length of time with unresolved symptoms leading to uncertainty and anxiety that is severely impairing their life quality. A 45-year-old female was referred by her general practitioner with a 5-year history of increasingly frequent episodes of...

Intestinal permeability changes and excretion of micro-organisms in stools of infants with diarrhoea and vomiting.

The relation between diarrhoea and vomiting, the excretion of stool micro-organisms, and the passive intestinal permeability in 20 infants living in a deprived urban area was studied prospectively from birth to age 6 months. Intestinal permeability was measured from the ratio of lactulose to mannitol recovered in the urine of infants receiving feeds containing both markers. Micro-organism excre...