conclusions based on the low level of knowledge and practice among the study population, the usual practice of focusing on a target group would be necessary. our findings indicated a serious lack of competence in dealing with this problem. results the findings indicated that knowledge of the majority of mothers (64.3%) regarding diarrhea and diet was moderate and only 3.7% had good knowledge. t...

1) chronic administration of morphine hydrochloride in the drinking water of mice induced physical dependence. jumping and diarrhea, two signs of withdrawal, were produced by intraperitoneal (ip) injection of naloxone. 2) baclofen, bicuculline and picrotoxin decreased the number of mice's jumping episodes and frequency of diarrhea. 3) muscimol decreased jumping but not diarrhea. 4) the data ind...

Fuller, in 1989, described probiotic microorganisms as “a live microbial feed supplement,which beneficially affects the host animal, by improving its intestinal microbial balance”.Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii (S.boulardii) is an accurate probiotic yeast idol.The detection and budding of S.boulardiiis firmly related to the impression of healthinessto promote microorganisms from foodst...

introduction:  the aim of the present study was to investigate the presence and the frequency of eaec as etiologic agent of diarrhea in shiraz. enteroaggregative e. coli (eaec) is increasingly recognized as a cause of often persistent diarrhoea in children and adults in both developing and developed countries, and have been identified as the cause of several outbreaks worldwide.   materials and...

A 50-year-old female patient complained about watery diarrhea for two weeks. Because of back pain nonsteroidal antirheumatics had been prescribed for months before. The endoscopic and radiologic investigation demonstrated a large gastrocolic fistula due to NSAID-induced gastric ulceration and an acid-induced colitis in the transverse colon. Treatment consisted in partial gastric resection and r...