BACKGROUND Previous research has shown that dysphagia and gastrointestinal problems occur frequently in carriers of the m.3243A>G mutation; however, the exact frequency and severity have not been determined. We hypothesise that adult carriers have an increased risk for malnutrition. METHODS In this observational study we evaluated the presence of gastrointestinal problems and dysphagia in 92 ...

Gastrointestinal problems account for a significant proportion of general practitioners' workload, and gastrointestinal cancers, taken together, make up the largest group of malignancies. Approximately 10% of consultations in general practice in the UK are for gastrointestinal symptoms or problems, split roughly equally between the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract. Gastroenterology repres...

In this study, we aimed to determine gastrointestinal problems associated with neurogenic bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injury patients and to assess the efficacy of bowel program on gastrointestinal problems and the severity of neurogenic bowel dysfunction. Fifty-five spinal cord injury patients were included in this study. A bowel program according to the characteristics of neurogenic bowe...

or large bowel), peptic ulceration, intestinal obstruction (herniae or diverticular disease of the colon), hiatus hernia, and gallstones. The first three of these caused most of the 20% of deaths directly due to lesions of the digestive system in McKeown's series of 1,500 necropsies in patients aged 70 or over." This incidence was second only to diseases of the cardiovascular system as causes o...