BACKGROUND FSS have been suggested to follow activation of the immune system, triggered by herpes virus infections. The aim of this study was to find out whether herpes virus infections were associated with the experience of FSS in adolescents, and whether this association was mediated by hsCRP, as a general marker of immune activation. METHODS This study was performed in TRAILS, a large pros...

High proportion of hepatitis C virus in community Asian American patients with nonliver-related complaints. Kin KC, Lin B, Ha NB, et al. J Clin Gastroenterol. 2013 Apr;47(4):367-71. doi: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3182688b3e. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23090039 GOALS AND BACKGROUND: Besides United States population born between 1945 and 1965, screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) is not recommen...

Post-COVID-19 syndrome is an ongoing challenge for healthcare systems as well society. The clinical picture of post-COVID-19 heterogeneous, including fatigue, sleep disturbances, pain, hair loss, and gastrointestinal symptoms such chronic diarrhea. Neurological complaints cognitive impairment, disturbances are common. Due to the short timeframe experience small amount evidence in this field, tr...

After COVID-19, patients have reported various complaints such as fatigue, neurological symptoms, and insomnia. Immune-mediated changes in amino acid metabolism might contribute to the development of these symptoms. Patients who had acute, PCR-confirmed COVID-19 infection about 60 days earlier were recruited within scope prospective CovILD study. We determined inflammatory parameters alteration...

AIM To explore the prevalence of amebiasis in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, in patients in Clinical hospital Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina, region of Herzegovina). METHODS In this study, Entamoeba histolytica/dispar prevalence was investigated in fresh faeces by native microscopy and immunochromatographic rapid assay "RIDA(®)QUICK Entamoeba test", ...

Plummer-Vinson syndrome (PVS) is a rare entity characterized by upper esophageal webs and iron deficiency anemia. We report a case of PVS whose esophageal web was rapidly improved by iron therapy. A 77-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with complaints of dysphagia, vomiting, shortness of breath and weight loss for 1 month. Physical examination revealed conjunctival pallor, koilonychia...

In this report, we inform you that a patient with CFD, known as benign disease, died due to massive lower GI bleeding. Although KFD is have seen in case it can result death. A 28-year-old Turkish male was brought the hospital complaints of high fever, fatigue, sweating and difficulty breathing. cervical examination revealed had lymphadenopathy. The did not any cutaneous lesions. Genital melena....

Canda et al. [1] focused on the changes of interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs) and neuronal tissue related to diabetes. The results of the current study showed that the number of ICCs in the lamina propria and detrusor muscle is decreased in diabetic patients. This may be an underlying pathomechanism of lower urinary tract symptoms in patients with diabetes. Long lasting diabetes results in diff...

OBJECTIVE Medically unexplained somatic complaints are highly prevalent, and lead to significant impairment and disability. The number of effective treatment modalities for somatic symptom and related disorders (SSDs) or somatoform disorders (SDs) remains limited. To date, there is no formal indication for electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in SSD or SD. We report on the largest case series to dat...

INTRODUCTION The relationship between sexual abuse and urinary tract symptoms, sexual abuse and gastrointestinal symptoms, or sexual abuse and sexual dysfunction has been described before. A correlation between all these symptoms and sexual abuse has not yet been reported. AIMS The first aim of this study was to document the prevalence rates of reported sexual abuse in a large sample of femal...