Results Before desensitization protocol all patients had presented anaphylaxis, being 9 in the last year, regarding accidental ingestion. Mean serum level of specific IgE to milk and casein were 55.24 and 47.3, respectively. From all well succeeded patients (200ml of milk at the end of protocol,) 9 patients still presented isolated reactions, being 3 Grade 1, 1 Grade 2, 0 grade 3, 5 Grade 4, 0 ...

UNLABELLED Accidental or intentional ingestion of sharp metallic foreign bodies is a common clinical occurrence. Predisposing factors include excessive alcohol intake, mental impairment and psychiatric illnesses. Usually, the detection of a migratory foreign body is incidental when patients present with unrelated symptoms. A 50-year-old woman attended the surgical outpatient clinic with a forei...

The role of alcohol as the precipitating factor in the induction of acute attacks of acute intermittent porphyria was studied in an Indian population. Thirty-four teetotal patients with acute intermittent porphyria, in remission, were given 60 ml of 30% ethanol. Except for two patients, all had negative Watson-Schwartz tests prior to the alcohol. Within 24 hours, the Watson-Schwartz test became...

Alcohol has complex direct effects on homocysteine metabolism, which are incompletely understood, and indirect effects mediated by interactions with vitamin metabolism and other factors. Both transmethylation and transsulfuration pathways are affected. Alcohol abuse is a common cause of hyperhomocysteinemia that often fluctuates and is sometimes severe. The causative role of alcohol in hyperhom...

Methyl alcohol was administered in drinking water supplied ad libitum at doses of 20,000, 5,000, 500, or 0 ppm to groups of male and female Sprague-Dawley rats 8 weeks old at the start of the experiment. Animals were kept under observation until spontaneous death. Ethyl alcohol was administered by ingestion in drinking water at a concentration of 10% or 0% supplied ad libitum to groups of male ...