OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between vitamin A deficiency (VAD), vitamin E deficiency (VED) and infectious diseases. PATIENTS AND METHODS We chose 684 cases of healthy children age 5 months-12 years from our hospital, measured their VA, VE from vein under the light proof condition with high-pressure liquid chromatography. Thereafter, the children who get the acute respiratory tra...

Epidemic surveillance is an effective means to determine the characteristics of acute diarrhea and the benefits of disease control and prevention. The epidemiological, clinical and etiological data of adult acute diarrhea in Shanghai were collected and analyzed. Of the 2,430 acute diarrhea patients, the 162 subjects that were sampled (sample ratio: 16:1) had an average age of 44  18; 142 (87.7...

BACKGROUND Acute gastroenteritis is a major cause of pediatric morbidity and mortality, accounting for 15% of all childhood deaths worldwide. In developing countries, diarrheal diseases continue to be a major public health burden. Evidence from developed countries suggests that intake of lactose-free milk during diarrheal episodes may reduce the duration of the illness in pediatric inpatients. ...

Clostridial overgrowth and associated release of their toxins is responsible for the pathogenesis acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome. Diagnosis based on exclusion other causes diarrhea, because only invasive tests, such as small intestinal biopsies identifying clostridial colonization surface a necrotic mucosa, support diagnosis. These are not usually performed in unstable, hypovolemic patient...

Background: Fluid and electrolyte derangement are the immediate causes that increases mortality in diarrhea. The present study was carried out among children of 4 months to 5 years with dehydration due acute diarrhea determine serum profile. Methods: A hospital based cross sectional department pediatrics, RIMS during a period two (sept 2019-Aug 2021). Results: total 195 patients age group prese...

UNLABELLED Intervention trials have shown that zinc is efficacious in treating acute diarrhea in children of developing countries. In a randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we assessed the effectiveness and efficacy of giving 3 Recommended Daily Allowances of elemental zinc to 6- to 35-month-old children with acute diarrhea. METHODS Seventeen hundred ninety-two cases of acute diarrhea in Nep...

Diarrhoea is acute when increased number of stools persists for less than 2 weeks. Although often mild, acute diarrhea can lead to severe dehydration as a result of large fluid and electrolyte losses. Macro and micro nutrient deficiency is rare. Management is with replacement of fluids and electrolytes (oral or parenteral) to prevent dehydration. Milk and dairy products is best avoided for 24 t...

Celiac crisis presents as severe acute diarrhea with life-threatening metabolic derangement in a patient with celiac disease. We report a 30-year-old lady who was admitted with one-month history of worsening small bowel-type diarrhea. She developed acute quadriparesis due to refractory hypokalemia. Celiac disease was diagnosed on the basis of positive serology and histological features. She imp...