ALLMedicine™ Diarrhea Center

May 5th, 2021 - Guanylate cyclase 2C (GC-C), encoded by the GUCY2C gene, is implicated in hereditary early onset chronic diarrhea. Several families with chronic diarrhea symptoms have been identified with autosomal dominant, gain-of-function mutations in GUCY2C. ...

May 5th, 2021 - Immunoglobulin A (IgA) vasculitis mainly affects the joints, skin, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract; however, purpura is an essential diagnostic criterion. Here, we report an unusual case of IgA vasculitis without purpura in an elderly woman. A...

May 4th, 2021 - Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) with 177Lu-DOTATATE results in an increase of progression-free survival and quality of life in patients with progressive well-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs). To study the effect of 177Lu...

May 3rd, 2021 - A 37-year-old man with a history of renal transplantation in 2013 due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis presented to the emergency room with a 2-week history of fever, chills, anorexia, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and a new asymptom...

May 3rd, 2021 - The presence of intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in drinking water is well recognized as a risk for diarrhea. The role of drinking water in extraintestinal infections caused by E. coli-such as urinary tract infections (UTIs)-remains poorly u...

Oct 1st, 2019 - Acute noninfectious diarrhea is a common phenomenon in intensive care unit patients. Multiple treatments are suggested but the most effective management is unknown. A working group of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, aimed to eva...

Aug 12th, 2019 - If you shudder at the thought of having a colonoscopy to check for hidden colon cancer, chances are it's the "prep" that's stoking your apprehension. It's certainly a major inconvenience: getting ready for the procedure takes much longer — an aver...

Jul 28th, 2019 - The evaluation of patients with chronic watery diarrhea represents a diagnostic challenge for clinicians because organic causes, including inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, and chronic infection, must be differentiated from function...

Jul 15th, 2019 - AGA Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Adults (IBS-D).|2019|Smalley W,Falck-Ytter C,Carrasco-Labra A,Wani S,Lytvyn L,|standards,diagnosis,etiology,p...

Jul 10th, 2019 - This document presents the official recommendations of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) on the Laboratory Evaluation of Functional Diarrhea and Diarrhea-Predominant Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS-D) in Adults. The guideline was de...

May 5th, 2021 - Guanylate cyclase 2C (GC-C), encoded by the GUCY2C gene, is implicated in hereditary early onset chronic diarrhea. Several families with chronic diarrhea symptoms have been identified with autosomal dominant, gain-of-function mutations in GUCY2C. ...

May 5th, 2021 - Immunoglobulin A (IgA) vasculitis mainly affects the joints, skin, kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract; however, purpura is an essential diagnostic criterion. Here, we report an unusual case of IgA vasculitis without purpura in an elderly woman. A...

May 4th, 2021 - Peptide receptor radionuclide therapy (PRRT) with 177Lu-DOTATATE results in an increase of progression-free survival and quality of life in patients with progressive well-differentiated neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs). To study the effect of 177Lu...

May 3rd, 2021 - A 37-year-old man with a history of renal transplantation in 2013 due to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis presented to the emergency room with a 2-week history of fever, chills, anorexia, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and a new asymptom...

May 3rd, 2021 - The presence of intestinal pathogenic Escherichia coli in drinking water is well recognized as a risk for diarrhea. The role of drinking water in extraintestinal infections caused by E. coli-such as urinary tract infections (UTIs)-remains poorly u...

Jan 4th, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Patients with severe COVID-19 were significantly more likely than those with milder cases to have GI symptoms of anorexia and diarrhea, as well as...

Jan 3rd, 2021 - Christina Fuhrman contracted a C. diff infection in 2012, and her daughter Pearl contracted one in 2015. C. diff, a bacterium that causes diarrhea and colitis, is a superbug fueled by the overuse of antibiotics.   COLUMBIA, Mo. — A memory haunts C...

Dec 13th, 2020 - The drug review panel for the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has endorsed the approval of several cancer therapies. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended granting conditional marketing authorization for trastuz...

Dec 9th, 2020 - When chatting at cocktail parties about his job, Mark Ratain, an oncologist and pharmacologist at the University of Chicago, often asks a short riddle: "Your doctor gives you a prescription for a new drug. The pharmacist says, 'Make sure you take ...

Nov 18th, 2020 - Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. A Possible Complication of COVID-19?  A 75-year-old woman with a history of type 2 diabetes and hypertension presents to the emergency department with worsening ...