There could be a threshold for acute infections of sufficient brevity that do not cause enduring damage. We may anticipate some dose-duration relationships in chronic subclinical infections and arterial disease that are like the ‘pack-years of smoking’ in relation to carotid thickening, as ...
the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. The treatment of these numerous and complex gastrointestinal infections and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract requires the careful selection of optimal drugs, taking drug interactions that may adversely affect the gastrointestinal tract into consideration....
Helminths are widespread intestinal parasites. These parasites can be divided into three common groups: round-bodied worms also described asnematodes, flat-bodied worms that are segmented (also described ascestodes), and flat-bodied worms that are non-segmented (also described astrematodes). The nem...
The prevention of PD-related infections starts with proper patient selection and preparation. Before insertion of the PD catheter, patients should be assessed for ideal catheter exit site placement and constipation. Prophylactic antibiotics should be administered during the insertion procedure to reduce the...
The most commonly reported adverse effects were diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, constipation and vaginal symptoms. None of the included studies reported numbers of participants with at least one asymptomatic bacterial UTI, all‐cause mortality or those with at least one confirmed case of bacteraemia or ...
In addition to the bacteria, viruses and myco- plasma that cause infections of the lower respiratory sys- tem in the non-HIV patient, there are a number of other opportunistic infections and inflammatory conditions to consider in the HIV-infected patient. These are commonly: ● Pneumocystis ...
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“autoimmune” symptoms and is not as rare as believed. I read that “interstitial cystitis (IC) is a chronic inflammatory condition of the submucosal and muscular layers of the bladder, and the cause is currently unknown. Some people with IC have been diagnosed with other conditions such as ...
· stomach problems including diarrhea, constipation, nausea and vomiting · rash · nervous system problems such as headache, dizziness and tremor Side effects that can happen more often in children than in adults taking CELLCEPT include: · stomach area pain · vomiting · fever · sore throat ...
These yeast infections are mostly intestinal but can cause other diseases and not many doctors will consider yeast as a cause. Women with chronic vaginal yeast are often told that "some women just have more yeast than others, there is nothing we can do". ...