What is Eosinophilic Colitis? Eosinophilic colitis (EC) is a rare allergic disorder of an unkown cause in which eosinophils, a special type of white blood cells, can be found in the colon. In many cases a food that triggers allergy can be identified. Both children and adults may be affected. Disorder is a part of >> Read More ...
ACUTE Diarrhea and Skin Symptoms Acute, sudden onset diarrhea occurring together with skin symptoms, like itch, tingling, swelling or rash may be caused by: Childhood viral infections, like measles, scarlatina, rubella, chicken pox, infectious mononucleosis Food allergies may cause itchy skin and urticaria (a patchy, >> Read More ...
Dehydration is low levels of water and electrolytes (salts) in the body. It arises when the loss of water exceeds the intake of water. It can happen through several routes. Fluid and salts may be lost with excessive sweating, vomiting and diarrhea. Intestinal Water Absorption and Diarrhea A healthy adult gets about 9 >> Read More ...
Diarrhea from Bowel Surgery An abdominal (or other) surgery may trigger irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), derange the normal gut flora or cause a bowel infection, all of which may result in diarrhea. Dumping Syndrome (Rapid Gastric Emptying) Within 6 months after a partial or complete surgical removal of the stomach >> Read More ...
What Are Adhesions? This article describes abdominal adhesions, bowel (intestinal) adhesions and pelvic adhesions. Adhesions (Latin adhere= to stick, to hold tight) are abnormal bands of scar tissue that form between internal organs and glue them together. Normally, scar tissue is formed only within an injured area, as >> Read More ...
Health Conditions With Headache and Constipation Any headache can be followed by constipation, because the pain limits your activities, and when you reject food. On the other hand, constipation may be followed by headache, because of stress, dehydration and hunger (due to avoiding food). Headache and >> Read More ...
What is stress gastritis? Stress gastritis is inflammation of the stomach wall that arises with severe illness or injury. It is caused by physiological stress where the body is under severe distress due to some disease or the other and is mainly seen in the critically ill patient. These underlying diseases may not >> Read More ...
Esophageal Spasm Definition Esophageal spasm are abnormal contractions of the muscular walls of the esophagus (gullet) that is often painful and leads to difficulty with swallowing. The condition is often missed because the abnormal esophageal contractions are not persistent but rather occur in episodes which may pass >> Read More ...
What is Pseudomembranous Colitis? Pseudomembranous colitis is a condition where there is inflammation of the colon due to an overgrowth of certain species of bacteria known as Clostridium difficile. In some rare cases it may be arise with the overgrowth of other microorganisms. Pseudomembranous colitis is also known as >> Read More ...
Diarrhea is a common symptom and most of us are not immediately concerned when it does arise. Usually diarrhea is short-lived, often caused by a virus or bacteria, and many cases will resolve on its own even without treatment. However, the sign of bleeding with diarrheal stool will scare most people. Often this can be a >> Read More ...
