milk hypersensitivity/diarrhea

chronic diarrhea is defined as having loose or watery stools more than three times aday.Awakening at night to pass stools us often sign of an organic cause of diarrhea.In some cases chronic diarrhea is the result of intestinal infection that persists longer than expected. In other cases chronic

Rationale and background 1. There is a need to have an easy way to express the composition aspect of stools. It is known since many years that patients or parents of children just describing what they "see" is very subjective and not reliable for medical use. Because of that need, the Bristol Stool

Severe alcoholic hepatitis is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Diagnosis: The diagnosis of (AH) is made by the following criteria11 I.Chronic active alcohol abuse - > 80 grams in males and > 20 grams in females. II. Duration of jaundice < 3 months III. Serum Bilirubin >5 mg/dl

Prospective controlled study including pediatric patients (≤14 years of age) with a recent diagnosis of IgE- or non-IgE-mediated CMA, confirmed by positive oral food challenge or anaphylaxis in the 2 months prior to enrollment and under good clinical control. Children with concomitant chronic

Project Summary: Iron deficiency is the most common micronutrient deficiency in the world and is associated with significant adverse health effects including: cognitive deficits, immune deficiency, anemia, fatigue, and increased mortality. RLS affects 5 to 10% of adults in the United States and 2%

Specific Aim: Critical illness and the therapies that accompany it are associated with a disruption in the ecological equilibrium of the GI tract that can ultimately lead to infection. Lactobacillus GG, a probiotic, repletes the healthy flora of the intestinal tract and may decrease the risk of