gastroenteritis/구역질

Currently recommended management of acute gastroenteritis is supportive. Although the affected children habitually have vomiting, recommendations do not focus on the correction of this symptom. In this condition, elevated ketone bodies and stimuli initiated by gut mucosa damage produced by the

BACKGROUND Gastroenteritis and respiratory tract infections are the most common childhood diseases. Despite the common use of vitamin B6 to control vomiting in children with gastroenteritis, no study has been performed in this field. This study aimed to assess the value of vitamin B6 in the

Eight patients (five men, three women), mean age 36.9 +/- 13.5 (17-60) yr, were diagnosed to have eosinophilic gastroenteritis. The condition was proved in five patients by biopsies through endoscope, and in three, by operation. All had hypereosinophilia (absolute eosinophil count of

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis is a rare entity that can be treated successfully with glucocorticoid therapy if the appropriate diagnosis is made. However, it may present with symptomatology mimicking acute surgical conditions. We present the case of a 26-year-old man who presented with diffuse

In June 1977 an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis affected 103 students and teachers at an elementary school in Ohio. The illness typically lasted 24 hours or less and was characterized by vomiting (86%) and cramping (70%), but more than half of the persons involved also reported having nausea,

The study presented here was conducted in order to gain a better understanding of the role of astroviruses (AsVs) in outbreaks of gastroenteritis among the elderly. This report is the first to provide detailed information on the molecular characteristics of an AsV causing an outbreak in an aged-care

Two months ago, a 9-year-old boy experienced intermittent abdominal pain regardless of food intake, without diarrhea, bloody stool, or nausea. Blood test results revealed a peripheral blood eosinophil count of 660 cells /µL, which was marginally elevated, without inflammatory reaction, occult blood,

A 21 year old caucasian male suffered for 14 days from cramping abdominal pain, associated with nausea and vomiting. 6 weeks later he was admitted to our hospital because of rapidly increasing ascites. Further examinations led to the following decisive findings: Marked eosinophilia in the white cell

BACKGROUND Acute gastroenteritis results from infection of the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly with a virus. It is characterised by rapid onset of diarrhoea with or without vomiting, nausea, fever, and abdominal pain. Diarrhoea is defined as the frequent passage of unformed, liquid stools.

BACKGROUND Acute gastroenteritis results from infection of the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly with a virus. It is characterised by rapid onset of diarrhoea with or without vomiting, nausea, fever, and abdominal pain. Diarrhoea is defined as the frequent passage of unformed, liquid stools.

We investigated a gastroenteritis outbreak in Erzurum city, Turkey in December 2012 to identify its cause and mode of transmission. We defined a probable case as onset of diarrhoea (⩾3 episodes/day) or vomiting, plus fever or nausea or abdominal pain during 19-27 December, 2012 in an Erzurum city

In May 2000, an outbreak of acute gastroenteritis caused by human group C rotavirus (CHRV) occurred in a youth educational center located in the southern area of Okayama Prefecture. A total of 172 schoolchildren and teachers, who consisted of 51 persons belonging to F school and 121 persons