AIM To study the association between serum levels of milk protein IgG and IgA antibodies and milk-related gastrointestinal symptoms in adults. METHODS Milk protein IgG and IgA antibodies were determined in serum samples of 400 subjects from five outpatient clinics in Southern Finland. Subjects were randomly selected from a total of 1900 adults undergoing laboratory investigations in primary c...

OBJECTIVE Although gastrointestinal dysfunctions occur in the majority of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), they are often unrecognized because many patients remain relatively asymptomatic in the early stage. We investigated the frequency of gastrointestinal symptoms in patients with PD using newly developed gastrointestinal symptom questionnaires. METHODS Early PD patients with a sympt...

Twenty seven children who had been diagnosed as having idiopathic chest pain were investigated to find out if the pain was of gastrointestinal origin. The symptoms had lasted from two weeks to eight months. In 21 of the 27 children (78%) the chest pain had a gastrointestinal cause: 16 had oesophagitis, four had gastritis, and one had diffuse oesophageal spasm. All patients responded to medical ...

Background After the skin, gastrointestinal tract is most frequently affected system in systemic sclerosis (SSc). The pathophysiology of symptoms mostly secondary to dysmotility. Due increase survival patients with sclerosis, digestive manifestations are becoming more relevant comprehensive management disease. Objectives To assess prevalence symptoms, presence gastric and intestinal dysmotility...

Patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders may have visceral sensory dysfunction so that physiological stimuli induce their symptoms. The clinical significance of altered perception—that is, its relation to clinical symptoms—remains unclear. Data indicate that sensory dysfunction is associated with altered reflex activity. Hence evidence of combined sensory-reflex dysfunction as a comm...

AIM To determine the prevalence of gastrointestinal symptoms and signs among persons with diabetes mellitus in a specialist hospital. BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal symptoms and signs are common among patients with diabetes mellitus. Morbidity from. PATIENTS AND METHODS In this descriptive, cross-sectional study, subjects from the general population with diabetes (n=200) were recruited for thi...

The fundamental gastrointestinal functions include motility, sensation, absorption, secretion, digestion and intestinal barrier function. Digestion of food and absorption of nutrients normally occurs without conscious perception. Symptoms of functional gastrointestinal disorders are often triggered by meal intake suggesting abnormalities in the physiological processes are involved in the genera...

BACKGROUND Aspirin is associated with gastrointestinal side effects such as gastric ulcers, gastric bleeding and dyspepsia. High-dose effervescent calcium carbasalate (ECC), a buffered formulation of aspirin, is associated with reduced gastric toxicity compared with plain aspirin in healthy volunteers, but at lower cardiovascular doses no beneficial effects were observed. AIM To compare the p...