Constipation - What diagnostic tests are used? Most people with constipation do not need extensive testing and can be treated with changes in diet and exercise. For example, in young people with mild symptoms, a medical history and physical examination may be all the doctor needs to suggest suc...
What Is Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a chronic disorder in which the intestines do not work normally. Other names for IBS are spastic colon or functional bowel disease. The consequences of the malfunction of the intestines are is abdominal pain that is asso...
Patient history is an important component of this process, so if your cat’s clinical signs have been going on for a while, try to keep a detailed record of what they eat, any changes (however minor) in their habits, any possible exposure to toxins, unusual foods, etc. Photographs of t...
(though certainly not from the traditional Chinese medicine point of view) no one quite knows how or why this is true. From the Western viewpoint, it may be that acupuncture affects the nervous system by stimulating the release of endorphins, naturally produced chemicals in the body that block...
- mostly affects macrophages - also induces transcription of more lipocortin -> which inhibits arachidonic acid pathway - decrease lymphocytes, monocytes, eosinophils, basophils -> due to efflux from blood to lymph and causes apoptosis - increases neutrophils, erythrocytes, platelets -> efflux from bo...
According to this view, the viscerosensory system functions like a sense organ, which, in addition to regulating visceral organs, carries information to the higher brain centers and affects behavior (Ádám 1983). Later, the “extrahomeostatic” view and terminology have been eliminated, and the...