Intolerance of cow's milk and chronic constipation in children

Article Abstract:

An intolerance to cow's milk may cause chronic constipation in some children. Researchers randomly assigned 65 children with chronic constipation to drink cow's milk or soy milk for 15 days, after which they were switched to the other milk. Sixty-eight percent of the children began having bowel movements while they were drinking soy milk, whereas none had bowel movements while drinking cow's milk. Cuts on the anus healed when they drank soy milk, but this was not seen when they drank cow's milk.

Health aspects, Milk, Soy milk, Soymilk

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Chronic constipation

Article Abstract:

The causes, physiology, diagnosis, and treatment of constipation are reviewed. Topics include normal-transit constipation, defecatory disorders, slow-transit constipation, history and physical examination, laboratory tests, colonic-transit testing, anorectal manometry, balloon expulsion, defecography, fiber, laxatives, prokinetic drugs, biofeedback, botulinum toxin, and surgery. Constipation is defined as the inability to have at least three bowel movements every week.

Diagnosis, Physiological aspects

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Diabetic gastroparesis

Article Abstract:

A 36-year-old man with a 20-year history of type 1 diabetes mellitus, background retinopathy, peripheral sensory neuropathy, and nephropathy presented with a history of several months of nausea and vomiting of undigested food and bile. A description of the evaluation and treatment of his gastrointestinal symptoms, diagnosed as diabetic gastroparesis, is presented.

United States, Case studies, Clinical report, Gastroparesis

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