Abstract | BACKGROUND: The causes and mechanisms of chronic diarrhea are complex. This study aimed to explore the relationship between chronic diarrhea with normal colonoscopy findings and terminal ileum lesions. METHODS: RESULTS: Before treatment there were significant differences in endoscopy findings of the terminal ileum between the two groups (P < 0.05). In the patient group, endoscopy showed congestion, edema, erosion and ulcers in 29 cases, hyperplasia and enlargement of lymphoid follicles in 10 cases with a maximal diameter of 7-8 mm, and 1 case showed normal endoscopy results. After treatment, 35 patients recovered from diarrhea, and terminal ileum lesions disappeared in 30 cases as determined by endoscopy. In the control group, endoscopy showed scattered hyperplasia of lymphoid follicles in 5 cases, and the follicles were small with the maximal diameter being 3 mm. There was no hyperemia, edema, erosion or ulcers. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Hongling Li, Changcheng Wang, Shuqing Liu, Dongsheng Xu, Ju Zhang, Hongmei Chen |
Journal | Chinese medical journal
(Chin Med J (Engl))
Vol. 127
Issue 16
Pg. 2915-7
( 2014)
ISSN: 2542-5641 [Electronic] China |
PMID | 25131227
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adult
- Chronic Disease
- Colonoscopy
- Diarrhea
(diagnosis, drug therapy)
- Female
- Humans
- Ileum
(pathology)
- Male
- Metronidazole
(therapeutic use)
- Middle Aged
- Probiotics
(therapeutic use)
- Young Adult
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