Jasminum amplexicaule Buch.-Ham. (Oleaceae) has been commonly used in the traditional medicine in dysentery, diarrhoea and bellyache in China. In the present work, the methanol extract of Jasminum amplexicaule (JME) was examined for pharmacology on human colonic epithelial cell line T84 by the short-circuit current technique. The results showed that pretreatment of T84 cells with JME produced a...

An ethnobotanical survey of plants used for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders was carried out in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Information on the names of plants, used parts and methods of preparation was obtained from traditional medical practitioners, herbalist, hawkers in traditional medicines and rural dwellers, using semi-structured questionnaire. 36 plant species repr...

OBJECTIVE We examined the relationships between exclusive breast-feeding and the risks of respiratory, diarrhoea and nutritional morbidities during the first 2 years of life among children born to women infected with HIV-1. DESIGN We prospectively determined the incidence of respiratory illnesses, diarrhoea, fever, hospitalizations, outpatient visits and nutritional morbidities. Generalized e...

OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology, clinical features, management and outcome of children with Shigella dysenteriae type I infection admitted to a rural district hospital. DESIGN Prospective cohort study. SETTING Hlabisa Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal. SUBJECTS Children aged under 12 years admitted with a history of bloody mucoid diarrhoea between February and December 1995. MAIN OUTCOME ...

Background: Polygonum bistorta has been used as a remedy for jaundice, smallpox, pimples, measles, cholera, diarrhoea, dysentery, expelling worms, insect stings and snakebites. In this study, the crude extract from P. two fractions viz. hexane chloroform obtained were studied their median Lethal Dosages (LD50) in Swiss albino mice. Methods: Powdered rhizomes of was macerated with dissolved solv...

Of the estimated 85% of Papua New Guinea’s 6.8 million people who live in rural areas, most defecate in the open or use very basic toilets. Papua New Guinea has high rates of infant mortality (57 per 1000) and child mortality (68 per 1000) as well as maternal mortality. Preventable diseases such as pneumonia, diarrhoea, malaria, under-nutrition, tuberculosis and HIV are significant causes of ch...

History.?Corporal W. W., R. E., age 2G years, service 4 years, landed in India in March 1879, and in October was sent on service to Afghanistan, where lie had several attacks of diarrhoea ; on his return to India through the Khyber Pass in August 1880 was attacked with dysentery, for which he was treated in the European Base Hospital at Peshawur and discharged on the 13th September, arriving at...

Aeromonas species are ubiquitous water borne organisms and cause gastrointestinal infection in humans (Horneman et al., 2007). Aeromonas species comprises of mesophillic motile and psychrophilic nonmotile gram negative bacterium. Three distinctive gastroenteritis are caused by Aeromonas spp. (a) acute watery diarrhoea, (b) dysentery and (c) sub acute or chronic diarrhoea (Janda et al., 1998). A...

The prevalence rate of trichuriasis in children in certain areas of Kelantan is high. However the Trichuris Dysentery Syndrome (TDS), a condition in children characterized by chronic diarrhoea, stunting and anaemia is said to be rare. A recent change in policy at our institution to lower the threshold for undertaking colonoscopy in children with chronic diarrhoea resulted in the detection of 6 ...

Experience with the fairly simple and safe technique of proctoscopy in an infant using an ordinary auroscope is reported. The use of the auroscope showed the presence of a frank colitis in 13 of 14 consecutive cases of necrotising enterocolitis. A prospective study was made during a 6-month period of 51 infants with diarrhoea referred to a gastroenterology isolation unit; proctoscopic findings ...