Oral mucosal lesions are a common occurrence and very often dentists are called upon to see such patients. Among many causes trauma is one of the leading for oral mucosal diseases. Oral traumatic lesions are diverse in which some present as acute lesions while the majority are chronic lesions. Clinical presentation of traumatic lesions vary significantly and most of the occasions the cause and ...

Fixed drug eruption (FDE) is typically establishes as round or oval, sharply delineated erythematous edematous plaques. Essentially it a drug-induced cutaneous reaction that happens at the similar site with each exposure to specific medication. A extensive spectrum of drugs can occasionally give rise numerous contrary orofacial manifestations, predominantly dry mouth, taste disturbances, oral m...

Diabetes is one of the foremost causes of death in many countries and a leading cause of blindness, renal failure, and non-traumatic amputation. Therefore, diabetic foot ulceration and amputation cause extensive burden on individuals and health care systems in developed and developing countries. Due to the multi-disciplinary requirements for the treatment of diabetic foot ulceration, telemedici...

AIM To substantiate the claims of Unani and Arabian traditional medicine practitioners on the gastroprotective potential effect of a popular spice anise, "Pimpinella anisum L." on experimentally-induced gastric ulceration and secretion in rats. METHODS Acute gastric ulceration in rats was produced by various noxious chemicals including 80% ethanol, 0.2 mol/L NaOH, 25% NaCl and indomethacin. A...

Aim: To assess the usefulness of duodenoscopy in the diagnosis of duodenal ulcers in dogs. Materials and Methods: Sick dogs with chronic gastrointestinal problems were physically examined and samples were collected for haematology, biochemistry and faecal examination. Duodenal biopsies, duodenal contents and brush cytology were obtained via duodenoscopy. Results: Seven duodenal ulcers cases wer...

Physiologic stress associated with illness and hospitalization is known to result in gastrointestinal ulceration, especially among the critically ill. The complication of this stress-related mucosal disease could be prevented with appropriate application of pharmacologic prophylaxis. Vigilance by the nursing staff is required to properly detect and manage the condition.

Measurement of changes in buccal mucosal potential difference produced by contact with drug formulations may provide a means of predicting their mucosal toxicity and ulcerogenic activity.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) colitis is the most common infection of the CMV gastrointestinal disease. Patients with CMV colitis soften manifest with fever, abdominal pain, watery diarrhea, bloody stool, massive bleeding and occasionally with mega colon and perforation. Colonic ulcer bleeding can be self-limited, but may recur intermittently. Massive colonic bleeding and perforation can be life-threat...

The potential enhancing effects of the regeneration response of the urothelium following ulceration of the bladder mucosa on N-butyl-N-(4-hydroxybutyl)nitrosamine carcinogenesis were examined in male Fischer rats. The carcinogen was administered in the drinking water at a concentration of 0.05% for 2 weeks. Ulceration was performed by a freezing technique 24 hr before the administration or 24 h...