BACKGROUND Although subacute and chronic gastrointestinal symptoms are very common in primary care, epidemiological date are sparse. The aim of the study was to examine and quantify the prevalence of subacute and chronic gastrointestinal symptoms and their associations with somatic and mental disorders in the general population. METHODS Data were collected prospectively between 1981 (age m = ...

currently, gastrointestinal (gi) dysfunctions in parkinson’s disease (pd) are well?recognized problems and are known to be the initial symptoms in the pathological process that eventually results in pd. many types of pd?associated gi dysfunctions have been identified, including weight loss, nausea, hypersalivation, dysphagia, dyspepsia, abdominal pain, intestinal pseudo?obstruction, constipatio...

OBJECTIVE Intestinal Behçet's Syndrome (BS) is a difficult diagnosis to establish. We describe the use of wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) in the investigation of 11 patients with suspected intestinal BS. METHODS Out of 11 patients, 10 with suspected intestinal BS were found to have small intestinal ulcers on capsule endoscopy. Each case was retrospectively assessed for symptoms, signs, anaem...

gastric bezoars are gastric masses, which rarely cause intestinal obstruction by passing through the small bowel. in this article, we report a 56 year-old man with no history of gastric surgery who presented with intestinal obstruction. the obstruction seemed to be in terminal ileum. colonoscopy was done and a movable mass was noted, which was extracted from the cecum by colonoscope resulting i...

Clinical manifestations of lactase (LCT) deficiency include intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms. Lactose hydrogen breath test (H2-BT) is considered the gold standard to evaluate LCT deficiency (LD). Recently, the single-nucleotide polymorphism C/T(-13910) has been associated with LD. The objectives of the present study were to evaluate the agreement between genetic testing of LCT C/T(-1391...

aim : to assess the clinical characteristic of cd as well as correlation of symptoms and the degrees of intestinal mucosal lesions in iranian children. background : microscopic enteritis (marsh 0-ii) is associated with malabsorption. patients and methods : from august 2005 to september 2009, 111 cases with malabsorption and classical gastrointestinal symptoms were evaluated. results : the mean ...

aim : the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of soil-transmitted helminth infections (sths) infection and other intestinal parasites in patients with gastrointestinal (gi) symptoms in tehran province, iran. background : the world health organization (who) suggests that many people in the world are chronically affected by sths and intestinal parasites. furthermore infection is clo...

gluten associated disorders and the question around these associations has recently attracted attentions of many health professionals. this is because of high prevalence of undiagnosed gluten related disorders presenting with a multitude of symptoms and complications inside and outside small bowel. while the environmental factors associated with a complex genetics are leading to destructions of...

Background & Aims: Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is a functional intestinal system disorder defined with specific intestinal symptoms and no organic cause. Since mental problem is one of the main factors in etiology of this syndrome, studying the impact of psychological therapies on IBS seems to be useful. The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of problem solving and assertivene...