Objective: In view of the paucity of information in the literature, this article aims at providing a simplified and yet state-of-the-art approach for the management of chronic diarrhea in children in resource-limited settings. Resource and Design: Systematic review of literature supported with our own experience spread over four decades. Salient Features: Etiology of chronic diarrhea, implying ...

asthma and cystic fibrosis (cf) have some identical manifestations. in the present study, the frequency of positive sweat test was assessed in asthmatic children. this cross-sectional study was performed in asthmatic children, who were referred to bahrami children hospital, tehran, during july 2003 to july 2005. sweat test was performed for all children. one hundred and thirty five (95 males an...

We presented a case of 87-year-old woman hospitalized for chronic watery diarrhea, affected by multimorbidities. After excluding other causes diarrhea biohumoral and microbiological tests, endoscopy was performed without revealing any macroscopic abnormalities, but, at histological examination random biopsies, the characteristic features collagenous colitis were found. Lansoprazolo sertraline, ...

INTRODUCTION Myotonic dystrophy (MD) or Steinert's syndrome is a rare cause of chronic diarrhea and anal incontinence. In the presence of chronic diarrhea and fecal incontinence with muscle weakness, neuromuscular disorders such as myotonic dystrophy should be considered in the differential diagnosis. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 45-year-old Turkish man with Steinert's syndrome,...

OBJECTIVE The effectiveness and improvement in quality of life (QOL) of a long-acting formulation of octreotide (LAR) administration for cancer patients, with chronic loperamide-refractory diarrhea not attributed to medical therapy, were investigated. PATIENTS AND METHODS Twenty-nine patients with chronic loperamide-refractory diarrhea were enrolled to receive octreotide LAR at a starting dos...