OBJECTIVE To define the predictors of the rate of gastric emptying in patients with diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 101 outpatients with diabetes (79 type 1 and 22 type 2) underwent measurements of gastric emptying of a solid/liquid meal (scintigraphy), upper gastrointestinal symptoms (questionnaire), glycemic control (blood glucose concentrations during gastric emptying meas...

The rectoanal inhibitory reflex (RAIR) is important in gas and stool evacuation. We examined RAIR features in patients with chronic constipation who exhibited bloating with and without abdominal distension, to determine whether alterations in RAIR may be a factor in the pathogenesis of abdominal distension. Seventy-five female patients with chronic constipation with or without abdominal distens...

Patients with intractable chronic constipation should be evaluated with physiologic tests after structural disorders and extracolonic causes have been excluded. Conservative treatment options should be tried excessively. If surgery is indicated subtotal colectomy with IRA is the treatment method of choice. However, segmental resection may be a good option for isolated megasigmoid, sigmoidocele ...

The purpose of this study was to establish a hand-feeding method for the mouse by using nursing bottles. Five different-sized nipples were tested. The largest nipple used for pups from 12 to 15 days of age was 5.5 mm in diameter and 10 mm long, with a tip of 1.5 mm in diameter. The size of the nipple was much larger than that of the mothers, and bloating due to air accumulation was observed in ...

The post-mortem resilience of facial creases was studied using donated bodies in order to establish the efficacy of crease analysis for identification of the dead. Creases were studied on normal (pre-embalmed) and bloated (embalmed) cadavers at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) to establish whether facial bloating would affect facial crease visibility. Embalming was chosen...

UNLABELLED This case describes an older patient with a rare diagnosis of variegate porphyria presenting with acute abdominal pains and bloating, intermittent loose stools and jaw pains following surgical repair of an osteoporotic hip fracture. She was noted to have acute hyponatraemia. All the abdominal symptoms and the hyponatraemia were initially attributed to an acute episode of variegate po...

Abdominal bloating is a common clinical presentation and can impact significantly on the quality of life. It can be functional or signify more serious pathology. We present a case presentation of a 38-year-old man who presented with recurrent episodes of abdominal bloating and severe debilitation for many years. He had suffered weight loss and was unable to tolerate solids. Ten years ago, he un...