noradrenalin/diarrhea

The small bowel and the colon are supplied by a dense network of nerves. Nervous control of secretion is influenced by peripheral and central nerves. The small and large intestine are tonically inhibited by the enteric nervous system, in particular by the submucous plexus, to maximally absorb fluid

A housewife, 40 years of age, was admitted with dysesthesia of the extremities, muscle weakness, and attacks of adynamia and thirst. She had been taking a laxative for more than 20 years. On physical examination, blood pressure was 94/56 mmHg. Laboratory tests revealed thrombocytosis, low serum K

Spastic colon is a pathological entity whose clinical symptoms are for the most part abdominal pain, constipation and episodes of diarrhea without loss of weight. In all probability, it is merely a particularly striking presentation of a GI tract that is irritable throughout its entirety. The