We herein report the case of a 73-year-old woman who developed skin and nail disorders 2 months before her digestive symptoms started, which lead to the diagnosis of gastric adenocarcinoma. The lesions were diagnosed as Bazex syndrome, usually seen in squamous cell carcinoma. Under systemic chemotherapy, the cutaneous signs improved for some months before worsening when the disease progressed.

PEARL Anorexia and emaciation result from various conditions, including digestive diseases, metabolic disorders, chronic inflammation, chronic infections, malignancies, and psychiatric problems. Intracranial tumors can also cause a reduction in food intake, thus mimicking anorexia nervosa, through various mechanisms. Fourth ventricular tumors, particularly hemangioblastomas, can cause prolonged...

Yehuda Ringel, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division Digestive Diseases University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Douglas A. Drossman, MD, Co-director, UNC Center for Functional GI & Motility Disorders,University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Edited by Donna Swantkowski, M.Ed., Coordinator, UNC Center for Functional GI & MotilityDisorders, University of North Carolina at C...

Doctor shopping is a common phenomenon in many countries. However, patterns of switching healthcare facilities on the same day were little known. The data were obtained from the longitudinal cohort datasets (LHID2010) of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database in 2010. Of 1,000,000 persons of the cohort with 13,276,928 nonemergent visits, 185,347 patients had visited different heal...

That's it, a book to wait for in this month. Even you have wanted for long time for releasing this book gastrointestinal hormones and pathology of the digestive system; you may not be able to get in some stress. Should you go around and seek fro the book until you really get it? Are you sure? Are you that free? This condition will force you to always end up to get a book. But now, we are coming...

Nutritional problems in toddlers usually occur because experience appetite disorders, disorders of the digestive organs, and inadequate nutritional intake quantity quality. The most influential factor comes from mother, namely behavior fulfilling nutrition, which includes knowledge, actions, attitudes choosing so that it can affect condition toddlers. purpose this study was to analyze differenc...

This paper presents the result of a study on the herbal drugs in the herbal markets in Mersin and Adana. The data were collected through direct interviews with herbalists and customers between 2002-2005 and the popular medicinal plants were investigated. A total of 107 species belonging to 56 families were investigated and the samples were listed with their local and Latin names. The investigat...

This seminar text reviews various forms of enzyme supplementation used clinically in digestive and absorption disorders. Enzyme supplementation plays an integral role in the management of various digestive disorders, particularly with regard to exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. However, application of enzymes may also be beneficial for other conditions associated with poor digestion including ...

BACKGROUND Persistent disabilities are key manifestations of Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) infection, especially incapacitating polyarthralgia and fatigue. So far, little is known about their impact on health status. The present study aimed at describing the burden of CHIKV prolonged or late-onset symptoms on the self-perceived health of La Réunion islanders. METHODS At 18 months after an outbrea...