Kim sJ et al, in a study, noted 58 patients of total 256 patients of scrub typhus had gastro-intestinal symptoms and were subjected to esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy. The endoscopic findings were graded as Grade I, normal, nonspecific hyperemia; Grade II, distinct hyperemia, petechiae, purpura; Grade III, superficial hemorrhage, erosion; and Grade IV, ulcer, active bleeding. In 83.3% of patients ...

BACKGROUND Studies on the use of low-dose proton pump inhibitor for the maintenance therapy of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease have shown that it might be comparable with standard-dose proton pump inhibitor treatment and superior to standard-dose histamine-2 receptor antagonist therapy. AIM To compare the impact of standard-dose histamine-2 receptor antagonist, low-dose proton pump inhibito...

In order to establish whether alcohol in amounts in amounts customarily imbibed during social drinking causes gastro-oesophageal reflux, 12 healthy young individuals, without symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux, were studied twice. Each time, distal oesophageal pH was monitored continuously for three hours after a standard meal which included either 180 ml 100 proof vodka or 180 ml water. The...

BACKGROUND There is evidence that Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is accompanied by gastro-intestinal symptoms; and IgA and IgM responses directed against lipopolysaccharides (LPS) of commensal bacteria, indicating bacterial translocation. METHODS This study was carried out to examine gastro-intestinal symptoms in subjects with ME/CFS versus those with chronic fati...

BACKGROUND Intestinal metaplasia, whether in the cardia or the distal oesophagus, has been uniformly defined as specialised columnar epithelium, suggesting a relation with Barrett's oesophagus. It is, however, not clear whether the risk factors associated with intestinal metaplasia are identical at both sites. AIMS To investigate biopsy specimens obtained below the squamocolumnar junction (SC...

a complete investigation is carried out as a routine procedure, and complete examinations of the blood, stools, urine, sputum, etc., are made. The administration of a barium meal to ascertain the condition of the gastro-intestinal tract has often to be done. In a previous paper Chopra, Hayter and Bhattacharya (1937) have given an account of the radiological investigations of the gastro-intestin...

Mild gastro-intestinal upset is common in babies, but severe disease is not now the scourge it formerly was, and part of the great improvement in infantile mortality is due to its decline in the twentieth century. The reasons for this are not clear, and many theories have been advanced. Formerly, a considerable number of cases of gastro-enteritis were thought to be due to dietetic, that is to s...

Accepted for publication 25 March 1991 Abstract Recent studies suggest that vagal nerve dysfunction may be important in the aetiology of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease. Delayed oesophageal transit and slowed gastric emptying occur frequently and may also be of pathogenic importance. In 48 patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease we studied the prevalence of and relations between auton...

During recent years the many indications from reports in the surgical literature, and the reduction of the mortality from abdominal injuries of warfare, have indicated that gastro-intestinal suction can play a major role in reducing the mortality rate in a great number of surgical conditions. It is felt that although its value is well known to the majority of surgeons, there are many problems w...