Background: Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders or diseases (EGIDs) may result from an abnormal immune-mediated response to food antigens. Activated eosinophils release various mediators with inflammatory properties which may result in tissue and subsequently organ damage. The cytokine milieu of these patients has revealed increased levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines, inc...

gastrointestinal (gi) bleeding in pediatric patients has several causes. vascular malformation of the small bowel is a rare disease leading to pediatric gi bleeding. to our knowledge, few reports describe ultrasound and computed tomography findings of venous malformations involving the small bowel. we present a case of long-segmental and circumferential vascular malformation that led to gi blee...

conclusions following a simple seven-part rule of healthy stomach will result in balanced gi function and a healthy body. properly consumption of recommended tpm herbal medicines could reinforce the stomach and a healthy gi system through preventive mechanisms. evidence acquisition a wide-ranging search in main tpm books and web engines was performed to compare preventive care in gastrointestin...

background: copper sulfate ingestion is a relatively popular method for committing suicide in indian subcontinent. it causes a high mortality rate, and so a growing concern has been raised to identify the severe alarming signs suggestive of poor prognosis and to improve treatment approaches. case report: a 22-year-old unmarried man working as a painter was found unconscious at his friend reside...

background: ingestion of caustic substances is the main reason for referral to philippines national poison management and control center among other causes of acute poisoning. rapid assessment of severity of injury is important for treatment and prognosis of these cases. this study was aimed to investigate the correlation of clinical factors with severity of gastrointestinal (gi) mucosal injury...

ingestion of foreign bodies is common and conservative treatment can eliminated most particlesfrom the gastrointestinal tractunless peritoneal signs appear. a 22-year-old man presented to emergency department who had ingested glass particles of a crushed beverage bottle. he complained of epigastric and periumbilical pain. physical examination did not revealany peritoneal signs. abdominal x-ray ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 background: functional gastrointestinal disorders (fgids) are common worldwide and cause considerable social and economic burden. the aims of sepahan project were to 1) assess the prevalence of different fgids within an iranian population, 2) investigate the relationship of fgids and their symptoms with lifestyle and nutri...

abstractbackground: pathogenicity ofthe helicobacter pylori-caga positive was associated with epiyamotifs and higher number of epiya-c segments is a risk for gastric cancer,while duodenal ulcer-promoting gene (dupa) is determinedas a protective factor against gastric cancer. our aim was to determine the epiya-cagaphosphorylation sites and dupa gene in h. pylori isolates amongpatients with upper...