Watch out for Abdominal Pain in HIV-AIDS Patients: Abdominal Tuberculosis

Abdominal Tuberculosis

Abdominal ultrasonography in HIV/AIDS patients in southwestern Nigeria

BACKGROUND Though the major target of the HIV-virus is the immune system, the frequency of abdominal disorders in HIV/AIDS patients has been reported to be second only to pulmonary disease. These abdominal manifestations may be on the increase as the use of antiretroviral therapy has increased life expectancy and improved quality of life. Ultrasonography is an easy to perform, non invasive, ine...

Abdominal pain in a patient with AIDS.

Figure 2. High-power micrograph (original magnification, 600) of the appendix specimen shows mucosal cells with characteristic cytomegalovirus inclusions (arrow); note the “owl-eye” intranuclear inclusions and granular cytoplasmic inclusions. Figure 1. Low-power micrograph (original magnification, 40) of a longitudinal section of the appendix demonstrates mucosa ulcerated with a lymphohistiocyt...

Chronic abdominal wall pain: prevalence in out-patients.

BACKGROUND Chronic abdominal wall pain (CAWP) is a frequent and confusing pain. It often leads to many diagnostic tests and sometimes some surgeries before an accurate diagnosis is achieved. Numerus had reported that patients with pain in abdominal wall are frequently treated like some one who is suffering from visceral pain. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study that is done in Isfahan in...

Abdominal Pain during Pregnancy

بیشتر زنان حامله بدلیل تغییرات معده و روده در دوران حاملگی دچار دردشکم می شوند. انتظار می رود که تهوع، سوزش سردل و یبوست وجود داشته باشد و بعنوان رویدادهای مشخصی دوران حاملگی در نظر گرفته شوند. دردهای شکمی می توانند بدخیم و مشکل ساز باشند. درد پهلو با بالای شکم می تواند نشان دهنده آپاندیسیت یا کله سیستیت که دو علت شایع برای عمل جراحی شکم در زنان حامله می باشند با نشان دهنده اتساع بیش از حد حال...