Between July 2008 and November 2010, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received 197 consumer reports of prolonged taste disturbances following consumption of pine nuts. Most consumers consistently reported a delayed bitter or metallic taste with foods beginning 4 to 48 hours after pine nut consumption. This bitter taste recurred with any food consumed, lasting on average 5 to 10 days. S...

Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) is a life-threatening, idiosyncratic, non-dose related adverse reaction reported to occur with aromatic antiepileptic drugs. We present an 11-year-old girl diagnosed with hypersensitivity syndrome with a fever, rash, lymphadenopathy, and hepatic and pulmonary involvement. Although timely recognition of the signs and symptoms, discontinuation of the...

Dapsone hypersensitivity syndrome is an idiosyncratic reaction to this drug and can present with different clinical manifestations of varying severity. We describe a patient with disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) as an adverse reaction to dapsone. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time it has been described in the literature. She presented with fever, rash and abdominal...

Anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) is a potentially fatal multiorgan drug reaction that presents with various cutaneous eruptions. There is a genetic predisposition to such reactions. We present a young woman with AHS due to carbamazepine that presented as an atypical erythema multiforme with elevated liver enzymes.

Introduction: Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common diseases affecting people around world. It characterized by irregular movements and abdominal pain. IBS significantly reduces quality life patients. Despite such a frequent occurrence this disease, its correct diagnosis treatment still causes many problems for primary care physicians. Aim study: The aim study to present curr...

Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a symptom of compression neuropathy that occurs in the hands, specifically median nerve. The incidence carpal adults known to be around 0.7% -9.2% women, while men it 0.4% -2.1%. has 3x greater risk women compared and 2-3 times more common pregnant than those who are not pregnant. purpose this paper determine factors for women. This research literature review as ...

© 2013 The Authors. doi: 10.2340/00015555-1363 Journal Compilation © 2013 Acta Dermato-Venereologica. ISSN 0001-5555 Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS), also known as drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), is a severe, adverse drug reaction characterized by skin rash, fever, lymphadenopathy, hepatitis and haematological abnormalities (1, 2). The presence of human ...

Fig. 1. MR imaging in the first 24 h after acute ipoxic–ischaemic brain damage. Axial apparent diffusion coefficient map shows a reduced ADC value (0.41) in posterior putamen and globus pallidus, and a high ADC value in anterior putamen and head of caudate nuclei (0.73), indicating the prevalence of T2 effect. The relatively high ADC value indicates chronic impairment of anterior portion of bas...

Drug-induced hypersensitivity syndrome (DIHS), also known as drug reactions with eosinophila and systemic symptoms, has unique clinical features including fever, generalized rash, lymphadenopathy and extracutaneous organ involvements. During the disease course, human herpesvirus (HHV)-6 reactivation is frequently (60%<) observed in association with unfavorable outcomes. We recently noticed a tr...

A 67-year old Caucasian female was diagnosed with anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome (AHS) after she developed the triad of high fevers, maculo-papular rash and internal organ involvement ten weeks after the institution of prophylactic phenytoin for resection of a meningioma. She developed congestive heart failure, with a substantial reduction in ejection fraction (EF) by an echocardiogra...