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 | | METHODS: Four patients with AIBSE syndrome, aged 16 to 30 years, were studied. | | | METHODS: A retrospective review included patients with intracranial hypertension and a self-reported sulfa allergy treated with either acetazolamide or furosemide seen at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics from 1972 to 2003. | | | METHODS: We performed TTT for subfoveal SRNVM in 14 eyes of 13 patients with group 2A IJFT, who were referred to our tertiary care center. |
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| | Impact of irritable bowel syndrome on personal relationships and working practices. | | | Comparison of tegaserod (HTF 919) and its main human metabolite with cisapride and erythromycin on cardiac repolarization in the isolated rabbit heart. | | | Schoenfeld P. Incidence of abdominal pelvic surgeries among patients taking tegaserod in randomized controlled trials. |
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http://www.medscape.com/content/2004/00/46/98/469848/469848_ref.html
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| | Hypoglycemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | This condition therefore overlaps with the definition and forms of hypoglycemia described in the remainder of this article but is not entirely congruent. | | | The terms range from favorable to pejorative and reflect the range of attitudes of physicians as much as the nature of the condition. | | | A variety of terms have been used in the medical literature: functional hypoglycemia, idiopathic postprandial syndrome, pseudohypoglycemia, nonhypoglycemia, and "hypoglycemia". |
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| | PANCREATIC DISEASE (INCLUDING DIABETES) |
| | It is usually seen in chronic problem drinkers, as a pain syndrome associated with nerve involvement. | | | Tumors secreting vasoactive intestinal polypeptide ("VIPomas"; "Verner-Morrison syndrome"): pancreatic cholera (horrible diarrhea), loss of potassium, achlorhydria -- excellent response to somatostatins. | | | The popularity of this diagnosis enabled the San Francisco "Twinkie" murderer to escape punishment. |
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http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/pancreas.htm
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| | Endogenous Metabolic Disorders |
| | Rarely, multiple acquired extrahepatic shunts may develop as a consequence of portal hypertension associated with intrahepatic arterioportal fistulae in young dogs [29]. | | | Polyneuropathy may be another complication of insulinoma in dogs [157,167-173]. | | | The clinical and neurological signs may be similar in all three instances [4]. |
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http://www.ivis.org/special_books/Braund/braund21/chapter_frm.asp?LA=1
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| | This research design is one that I think might work well in a practice-based research network since each patient gets the active treatment at some point and results are available for individuals as well as the whole group. | | | Urge syndrome can begin at the time of toilet training (or perhaps earlier) or can develop several years later. | | | Gabapentin (Neurontin) appears to be effective for treatment of restless legs syndrome based upon a cross-over trial involving 22 patients (20 idiopathic; 2 secondary to iron deficiency). |
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http://www.okprn.org/clinpearls.html
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| | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Teens |
| | A thorough explanation of this condition, with all its attendant risks, is needed if a child and family are to be expected to make the lifestyle changes. | | | In contrast to many adults who develop type 2 diabetes in middle life or later, adolescents are more likely to demonstrate early recovery of | | | Ovarian hyperandrogenism secondary to chronic hyperinsulinemia describes the pathophysiology of the polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). |
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http://journal.diabetes.org/diabetesspectrum/00v13n2/pg95.htm
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| | Publications biomédicales de Rouen : février 2001 |
| | METHODS: Preterm infants with a postmenstrual age of 24 to 29 weeks, presenting with respiratory distress syndrome were randomly assigned to high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (lung volume recruitment strategy) or conventional ventilation. | | | Treatment of macrophage activation syndrome is not unanimously established and usually consists in the treatment of the associated condition as well as a corticosteroid and/or an immunosuppressive treatment regimens. | | | Gastric emptying of radiopaque pellets was delayed in 11 SSc patients, and gastroscopy demonstrated "watermelon stomach" in 3 SSc patients. |
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http://www.chu-rouen.fr/drrc/pub/pub0102.html
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| | World J Gastroenterol |
| | The effects of prucalopride on stomach or small intestine deserves further study. | | | Drug therapy options for patients with irritable bowel syndrome. | | | Review article: the complexity of drug development for irritable bowel syndrome. |
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http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/9/2065.asp
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| | BioMed Central Full text Bilateral Ramsay Hunt syndrome in a diabetic patient |
| | Pure tone audiometery was showing mild to moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss, stapedial reflexes were absent on both sides on tympanometery. | | | Rarely in such patients zoster may successively involve further dermatomes. | | | Postprandial blood sugar of our patient was 330 mg% at time of presentation and HbA |
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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6815/4/3
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| | THE MERCK MANUAL OF GERIATRICS, Ch. 64, Disorders of Carbohydrate Metabolism |
| | Diet management is also important and is often best achieved by working with a dietitian; coordination with other caregivers is often required. | | | Given the lack of effective counterregulation (exogenous insulin that is unopposed by glucagon), they often experience rapid onset of hypoglycemia. | | | Such levels are common in lean elderly patients who develop hyperglycemia postprandially. |
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http://www.merck.com/pubs/mm_geriatrics/sec8/ch64.htm
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| | hyperbilirubinemia hypoglycemia syndrome Resources |
| | The Story of Baby Alan Harold Buttram, MD & F. Edward Yazbak, MD The shaken baby syndrome (SBS), as reviewed in the Journal of the... | | | We are over 15% there thanks to all those who have donated so far! |
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http://www.diabetes-glucose-meter.com/directory/hyperbilirubinemia-hypoglycemia-syndrome.html
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| | MEDICAL BIOLOGY: ON FIBROMYALGIA SYNDROME |
| | 4) Defining pain syndromes like FMS, headaches, or back pain provides a common framework to study the clinical and physiological characteristics. | | | The clinical criteria for IBS do not include the extraintestinal symptoms that are common in these patients such as fatigue or myalgia. | | | Although many IBS patients describe worsening of their symptoms by food intake, most are unsuccessful in identifying a food trigger. |
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http://www.scienceweek.com/2005/sa050211-4.htm
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| | ConsumerLab.com - independent tests of herbal, vitamin, and mineral supplements |
| | In addition, one study found weak evidence that consumption of fish oil by pregnant women might help prevent eczema and allergies in their newborn children. | | | Interesting, but highly preliminary, evidence suggests that fish oil, or its constituents, might be helpful for treating kidney stones, alleviating the symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, and reducing the risk of prostate cancer. | | | Fish oil has also been proposed as a treatment for many other conditions, including diabetic neuropathy, |
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http://www.consumerlab.com/tnp.asp?siteid=consumerlab&docid=/tnp/pg000504
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| | Indications for Autonomic Reflex Testing (ART) |
| | ART can identify sympathetically maintained pain such as in complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS) or reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD). | | | Differentiation among related disorders, such as separating Parkinson's disease from multiple system atrophy and Shy-Drager syndrome, is important for the patient’s prognosis. | | | The development of generalized autonomic failure may affect a person’s prognosis. |
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http://neurology.med.ohio-state.edu/autoweb/indications.html
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| | Hypoglycemia's Hormonal Origins: April 1997 |
| | Richard Podell, M.D., is clinical professor of family medicine at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, N.J. He is the author of Patient Power: How to Protect Yourself Against Medical Error (Fireside, 1996). | | | The nutritional statements above are provided for informational purposes only and have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. | | | Chalew, S., McLaughlin, J., and Mersey, J. "The use of the plasma epinephrine response in the diagnosis of idiopathic postprandial syndrome," JAMA, 251: 612-15, Feb. 3, 1984. |
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http://www.vitamintrader.com/articles/1997_04_HypoG.html
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| | DiabetesPortal |
| | The client's body can maintain normal glucose homeostasis by compensating with Hyperinsulinemia. | | | As insulin resistance continues the body attempts to compensate by changing the hepatic glucose production. | | | idiopathic DM, has no known etiology and no evidence of autoimmunity. |
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http://learn.sdstate.edu/nursing/DiabetesPortal.html
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| | Baylor Neurology Case of the Month |
| | Many such patients are thought to have stress or anxiety as a predisposing factor. | | | Pseudohypoglycemia treatment may include psychology consultation and the use of beta-adrenergic antagonists to blunt the effects of the postprandial catecholamine response, as well as restriction of large carbohydrate-containing meals. | | | However, symptoms suggestive of postprandial (reactive) hypoglycemia may occur in the absence of recognizable disease. |
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| | Idiopathic hypoglycemia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A more precise term for this condition is idiopathic postprandial syndrome. | | | Idiopathic hypoglycemia is, literally, a medical condition in which the glucose level in the blood (blood glucose) is abnormally low due to an undeterminable cause. | | | Some lay people use idiopathic hypoglycemia as a synonym for reactive hypoglycemia or for hypoglycemia that is not diagnosed by a physician and does not fulfill the Whipple triad criteria. |
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| | Idiopathic postprandial syndrome - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | People with this condition suffer from recurrent episodes of altered mood and cognitive efficiency, often accompanied by weakness and adrenergic symptoms such as shakiness. | | | Idiopathic postprandial syndrome is a medical term describing a collection of symptoms popularly attributed to hypoglycemia but without demonstrably low glucose levels. | | | The term idiopathic postprandial syndrome was coined in the late 1970s in an attempt to reserve the term hypoglycemia for those conditions in which low glucose levels could be demonstrated. |
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| | Diabetes - References : Online Reference For Health Concerns |
| | Strategies for the use of insulin-sensitizing drugs to treat infertility in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. | | | Prospective study of serum gamma-glutamyltransferase and risk of NIDDM. | | | Lukaczer, D. Adjunctive Nutritional Support for Syndrome X: Clinical Practice Protocol 1999 May. Gig Harbor, WA: Health-Comm International/Functional Medicine Research. |
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| | idiopathic: Definition and Much More From Answers.com |
| | For most medical conditions, one or more causes are somewhat understood, but in a certain percentage of people with the condition, the cause may not be readily apparent or characterized. | | | Idiopathic is a medical adjective that indicates that a recognized cause has not yet been established. | | | With some medical conditions, the medical community cannot establish a root cause for a large percentage of all cases (e.g. |
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| | Virtual Hospital: University of Iowa Family Practice Handbook, Fourth Edition: Hematologic, Electrolyte, and Metabolic ... |
| | Generally have symptoms of adrenergic stimulation, including diaphoresis, anxiety, irritability, palpitations, tremor, and hunger. | | | Generally have symptoms of neuroglycopenia, including headache, mental dullness, and fatigue. | | | Often idiopathic but may be caused by early diabetes, alcohol intake, status postgastrectomy, renal failure, drugs such as salicylates, beta-blockers, pentamidine, ACE inhibitors. |
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| | Hypo FAQs - 3. General |
| | Hypoglycemia is not a disease, it's a multicausal syndrome with a variety of symptoms. | | | There is a number of diseases or conditions that produce the same symptoms as hypoglycemia. | | | When the defense system is weakened existing symptoms may worsen and/or new symptoms develop. |
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| | Included are various types of idiopathic glomerulonephritis, amyloidosis, multiple myeloma, other connective tissue diseases, allergens, drugs, and acute infections. | | | There is clinical evidence of edema, hypoalbuminemia, and severe proteinuria (foamy urine)--a highly suggestive cluster. | | | Bilateral renal vein thrombosis, often thought to be a cause of the nephrotic syndrome, may simply be a result of it. |
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| | Diabetes |
| | This explains the increasing tendency to use drugs that treat insulin resistance as initial therapy. | | | These two classes of drugs may prove to be helpful in addressing other conditions which may be linked to insulin resistance. | | | If the patient has been previously diagnosed as diabetic, the record should indicate the age of onset, the presence of symptoms, the duration of symptoms, the treatment which was prescribed, and the level of control. |
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| | Hypoglycemia Homepage Holland -- What's Hypoglycemia? |
| | There is a number of diseases or conditions that produce that same symptoms as hypoglycemia. | | | It's not a disease, it's a multicausal syndrom with a variety of symptoms. | | | Symptoms do not only show wide variation between inviduals, but can also be very different with one individual, depending on a.o. |
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| | Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Gall Bladder Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Eating Disorders Help by Dr. W.P. Smedley ... |
| | His interest in Anorexics and Bulimics was sparked by a member of his family developing the signs and symptoms of the condition. | | | Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia, Gall Bladder Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Eating Disorders Help by Dr. W.P. Smedley M.D. Dr. W.P. Smedley is a Board Certified General Surgeon, well-trained in the care of critically ill patients. | | | It leads to gastrointestinal symptoms: postprandial (after eating) nausea and vomiting, easy satiety (feeling full quickly), weight loss, and malnutrition. |
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| | Nutritional factors in the etiology of the premenstrual tension syndromes. | | | The use of the plasma epinephrine response in the diagnosis of idiopathic postprandial syndrome. | | | Blood glucose measurements during symptomatic episodes in patients with suspected postprandial hypoglycemia. |
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| | The World's Healthiest Foods: Feeling Great |
| | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a defined health condition whose symptoms include changes in immune function as well as chronic fatigue. | | | Plioplys AV, Plioplys S. Amantadine and l-carnitine treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome. | | | "Chronic fatigue" should not be confused with "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" (also called CFS or CFIDS, Chronic Fatigue, and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome). |
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| | JCEM -- Table of Contents (89 [6]) |
| | Lipoprotein Remnants and Endothelial Dysfunction in the Postprandial Phase | | | The Investigation of Insulin Resistance in Patients with Idiopathic Hirsutism | | | Drospirenone for the Treatment of Hirsute Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: A Clinical, Endocrinological, Metabolic Pilot Study |
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| | Diabetes - Reactive Hypoglycemia |
| | POSTPRANDIAL REACTIVE HYPOGLYCEMIA Most of the confusion on reactive hypoglycemia is clearly related to the diagnostic procedure [1, 5-8, 9-11]. | | | When low glucose levels can be measured, this condition is what is usually described by physicians as idiopathic reactive hypoglycemia. | | | Eleven of them were classified as having idiopathic reactive hypoglycemia, nine obese and two nonobese. |
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| | Which is the WORST idea if you think your patient has idiopathic postprandial syndrome? | | | A. check for Addison's disease * B. do a 5-hour oral glucose tolerance test C. get a serum glucose while symptoms are occurring D. get a serum insulin while symptoms are occurring E. get a serum insulin while symptoms are occurring 46. |
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http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/ex6-9495.txt
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| | : The AMEDEO Literature Guide |
| | Diabetes mellitus and optic atrophy: a study of wolfram syndrome in the lebanese population. | | | The Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, and Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Patients. | | | Insulin resistance, the metabolic syndrome, and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. |
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| | Hypoglycemia Homepage Holland -- Scientific Literature List |
| | Service, F.J., "Hypoglycemia and the postprandial syndrome (comment)", N. | | | Tamburrano, G., Leonetti, F., Sbraccia, P., e.a., "Increased insulin sensitivity in patients with idiopathic reactive hypoglycemia", J. | | | Palardy, J., Havrankova, J., Repage, R., e.a., "Blood glucose measurements during symptomatic episodes in patients with suspected postprandial hypoglycemia", N. |
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| | Hypoglycaemia - Patient UK |
| | This is also effective in autoimmune insulin syndrome. | | | Reactive hypoglycaemia — small meals high in dietary fibre taken frequently and avoiding alcohol. |
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| | Autonomic Differential Diagnosis |
| | CNS: Spasticity; Spinocerebellar syndrome; Optic atrophy; Mental disability | | | "Viral prodrome" in 59%: Especially URI or Flu-like syndrome | | | Features specific to RD syndrome: Lack of overflow tears; Early onset postural hypotension |
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| | Canine hyperlipidemia |
| | It is also referred to as idiopathic hyperlipidemia, which means the high triglycerides and cholesterol are from an unknown cause. | | | Typically it affects Miniature Schnauzers over 4 years of age. |
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| | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| | Although IBS is ultimately a diagnosis of exclusion, certain features, including stable weight, chronic GI symptoms, and an unrevealing physical examination, often allow a presumptive diagnosis and initiation of treatment without extensive diagnostic testing. | | | (The Rome Criteria for Irritable Bowel Syndrome - |
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| | JCEM -- Table of Contents (53 [2]) |
| | Excessive circulating large molecular weight immunoreactive glucagon components in subjects with the idiopathic postprandial syndrome | | | Dopaminergic control of thyrotropin, alpha-subunit, thyrotropin beta- subunit, and prolactin in euthyroidism and hypothyroidism: dissociated responses to dopamine receptor blockade with metoclopramide in hypothyroid subjects | | | Evidence for reduced 3 beta-ol-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in some hirsute women thought to have polycystic ovary syndrome |
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| | Scientific References |
| | Chalew, S, The use of the plasma epinephrine response in the diagnosis of idiopathic postprandial syndrome, JAMA, 1984;251:612-5 (Note: This research is about hypoglycemia. | | | (Including Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Development Disorder (PDD), and Attention Deficit Disorder) | | | Hadjivassiiou, M., Headache and CNS white matter abnormalities associated with gluten sensitivity, Neurology 2001;56:385-8 |
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| | Lone Atrial Fibrillation |
| | Syndrome X (or Metabolic Syndrome = includes high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, high blood insulin and triglyceride levels) represents the far end of the spectrum of this disorder of carbohydrate metabolism. | | | Such individuals usually have a normal OGTT (oral glucose tolerance test) and can only be diagnosed by a low postprandial blood glucose simultaneous with symptoms (sweating, weakness, hunger, anxiety,? | | | In idiopathic postprandial syndrome (formerly called reactive hypoglycemia) there is an overresponse of insulin to a simple carbohydrate load. |
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http://www.mgwater.com/laf.shtml
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