In the present case, the patient's dehydration, hypomagnesemia and weight loss were due to a high-output stoma and malabsorption following small-bowel resections for Crohn's disease.

The bowel is a common place for endometriosis lesions to grow. Bowel endometriosis is often misdiagnosed as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS); it can occur inside, on, or around the intestines.

Appendix cancer is a rare but increasingly recognized malignancy, often discovered incidentally during surgery for presumed ...

Aims To evaluate the role of NO mechanisms in the regulation of fasting small intestinal motor activity in humans using a specific NO synthase inhibitor, N G -monomethyl- l -arginine ( l -NMMA).

Background: Defects in the small intestinal epithelial barrier have been associated with inflammatory bowel disease but their role in the causation of disease is still a matter of debate. In some ...

Learn what a sphincter is as well as the functions and disorders of the sphincters of the GI tract, urinary tract, blood vessels, and eyes.

Alexander Lake, DO, a gastroenterologist at AdventHealth, joined Gayle Guyardo, host of the globally syndicated health and ...

The workings of the small intestine have long been a mystery, but now we are discovering the hidden roles this organ plays in ...

A man was hospitalized after more than three feet of his small intestine broke through a two-inch hole in his abdomen where ...

Having CIPO can affect life expectancy, especially in infants. Adults may have a better outlook, and treatment may improve ...