The purpose of this survey was to investigate the prevalence of running-induced gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances in marathon runners. A questionnaire was completed by 471 of the estimated 1,750 competitors in the 1986 Belfast City Marathon. Eighty-three per cent of respondents indicated that they occasionally or frequently suffered one or more GI disturbances during or immediately after runni...

AIM To assess serum myeloperoxidase (MPO) levels in autistic children with severe gastrointestinal (GI) disease and to test the hypothesis that there is an association between serum MPO concentration and inflammatory GI disease, including antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA), previously seen in a subgroup of autistic children. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Serum from 40 autistic children with ...

ABSTR ACT BACKGROUND: It is well known that incidence of gastrointestinal (GI) disease increases with age. Endoscopy for the evaluation of upper gastrointestinal (UGI) symptoms in elderly patients frequently provides useful diagnostic information. OBJECTIVES: To ascertain the indications for and describe the outcomes of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in older patients (65+ years) referred to ...

In India, small ruminants contribute in providing economic security to small, landless and marginal farmers. Parasitic diseases are important cause of production losses in small ruminants the world over. Of these, gastrointestinal (GI) nematodosis is a common parasitic infection of small ruminants in India including sub-Himalyan region of northern India (Yadav et al., 2009). It is caused by mix...

Acute gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common indication for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) in the United States, with over 300,000 admissions per year (1). Most (75%) of these arise from the upper GI tract. Despite advances in critical care medicine, the mortality associated with upper GI bleeding has not changed and remains about 10%, likely due to aging of the population and i...

BACKGROUND Little is known as to the extent gastrointestinal (GI) complaints are reported by women around menses. We aimed to describe GI symptoms that occurred premenstrually and during menses in healthy women, and to specifically assess the relationship of emotional symptoms to GI symptoms around menses. METHODS We recruited healthy, premenopausal adult women with no indication of GI, gynec...