Excessive fluid intake as a novel cause of proteinuria.

Excessive Attenuation of Measles Virus as a Possible Cause of Failure in Measles Immunization

Fluid Intake Status and its Relationship with Cognitive Impairment among Elderlies of Naein City, Iran

Introduction: Water, as one of the most essential nutrients, is involved in almost all biochemical processes of the human body. Although different degrees of dehydration have various symptoms such as physical and mental decline, severe dehydration is associated with decreased survival capacity in the physiological environment of the body that can put individuals, especially the elderly, at the ...

Relationship between sodium intake and sleep apnea in patients with heart failure.

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that severity of sleep apnea (SA), assessed by frequency of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep (apnea-hypopnea index [AHI]), is related to sodium intake in patients with heart failure (HF). BACKGROUND Dependent edema and overnight rostral fluid shift from the legs correlate with the AHI in patients with HF in whom excessive s...

Colonic bezoar caused by cracked-wheat consumption

A bezoar is a gastrointestinal mass developed via the accumulation and hardening of undigested or partially digested materials within the digestive tract. While often seen in the stomach, bezoars are rarely observed in the colon. Although many studies have reported that whole-grain foods have a positive effect on intestinal functions because of their high fiber content,1 a very limited number o...

Morbidity from excessive intake of high energy fluids: the 'squash drinking syndrome'.

OBJECTIVE To identify children suffering morbidity from excessive intake of energy from fluids. DESIGN Prospective enrolment of outpatients in a supervised reduction of energy rich fluid intake. SETTING Outpatient paediatric clinic. SUBJECTS Eight children (four boys, mean age 20.8 months, mean duration of symptoms seven months) who were referred with non-specific symptoms such as poor ap...