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Small intestinal structure and passive permeability in systemic sclerosis by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:57pm for by impaired renal function, small intestinal bacterial contamination, or altered gastrointestinal transit. These results indicate that passive intestinal permeability is unaltered..., which were mostly confined to the deeper structures, although in two there was a minimal degree of villous atrophy without epithelial cell changes. Passive intestinal permeability Read on »

Scleroderma (Progressive Systemic Sclerosis) with Severe Bowel Involvement. Treatment by Extensive Resection of the Small Intest by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:55pm By A. J. Barnett and Colleague Summary: Scleroderma (progressive systemic sclerosis) with severe bowel involvement. Treatment by extensive resection of the small intestine. A 48-year-old man with previously diagnosed scleroderma with bowel involvement was admitted to hospital with severe malnutrition attributed to malabsorption. Shortly Read on »

Testing of the Small Intestine by Dr. Anshu Gupta Patient Expert

Posted Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:41pm Small bowel manometry (antroduodenal manometry) A test that is used to detect intestinal motility abnormalities is small bowel manometry (antroduodenal manometry). This involves placing a long tube with pressure sensors on it that passes through the stomach and into the small intestine. It is important to record several of the housekeeper wave Read on »

HE LIVES WITHOUT SMALL INTESTINE by nitinsyal Patient Expert

Posted Thu 27 Aug 2009 11:34pm the small intestine which absorbs and digests food. It was surgically removed. In December 2008, he complained about severe abdominal pain and the doctors at first thought it was Appendicitis. But while operating on him, they found gangrene in his small intestine and diagnosed that he was suffering from the Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA) syndrome, a rare Read on »

SMALL INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION IN INDIA by nitinsyal Patient Expert

Posted Thu 27 Aug 2009 11:34pm Intestine is a segment of the digestive tract extends from stomach to the anus. It has two parts small intestine and large intestine which has further sub-divided parts... reasons like : Short Bowel Syndromes like : Gastroschisis Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Volvulus Aganglionosis/ Hirschsprung’s Disease Intestinal Atresia Other Read on »

New study links meat to cancer of small intestine by Yusuf Posted Sun 30 Nov 2008 12:00am linked to cancers of the small intestine. This study show yet again what natural health advocates have said for years ago about eating red meat and diets high in animal fats... suggests eating diets high in red meat, animails and other saturated fats is associated cancer of the small intestine as well – a kind of cancer that has been steadily increasing Read on »

Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth in patients suffering from scleroderma: clinical effectiveness of its eradication. by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:58pm were to investigate orocecal transit time (OCTT) and the presence of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in SSc as a cause of intestinal symptoms. METHODS: Fifty-five SSc patients and 60 healthy controls, sex and age matched, entered the study. Enrolled subjects completed a questionnaire for intestinal symptoms and a global symptomatic score Read on »

Saturated Fat Linked to Small Intestine Cancer... by DiseaseProof Medical Doctor

Posted Mon 17 Nov 2008 4:26am A new study in Cancer Research claims eating foods high in saturated fat, like red meat, may heighten the risk of cancer in the small intestine. HealthDay News Reports... meat and fat intake and cancer of the small intestine. During the study, 60 adenocarcinomas and 80 carcinoid tumors of the small intestine were diagnosed among the participants Read on »

How's your gastro-intestinal tract? by Ann H. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 2:43pm Bowel movements - not a very 'sexy' subject for a blog posting, I know, but I couldn't resist reading an article entitled ' What your bowel movements are telling you about your health ' and I'm betting that you're tempted to read it too... Am I right? Read on »

FOLATE DEFICIENCY SECONDARY TO DISEASE OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT by Jan Posted Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:57pm the stomach to facilitate its absorption and must traverse the length of the small intestine to reach its specific absorption site, the ileum.' Thus defects in intrinsic factor production, the presence in the upper small intestine of parasitic or bacterial organisms that utilize the vitamin, or disease of the ileum can all result in malabsorption of vitamin Read on »