My! What A Wormy World This Is! – Worms in Humans Even in the days before Milton Berle we had comedians! One of their favorite chestnuts was the one about swallowing a tape measure and dying by inches. However fanciful this may seem, an unfortunate parallel is frequently met...
Oral and Other Gastrointestinal
Gastrointestinal topics inflammatory bowel disease, colitis, irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, diseases of the mouth, teeth, oesophagus, digestive system including liver and colon, and normal oral and gastrointestinal development and function.
Stomach Aches
Fables in “Stomach Aches” GASTRITIS To the public belongs the doubtful honor of having put the “gas” in gastritis, since the general impression abroad seems to be that gastritis means one afflicted with excessive gas. It may spoil a good story to tell the facts, but it so happens...
Polyps Colon Warts
Warts in the Colon: Polyposis – Polyps It is a matter of common knowledge that certain kinds of irritation occurring on the skin can give rise to an overgrowth of the cells. We call this overgrowth a “wart.” Very often the wart is nodular and attains considerable size. The...
Diverticulosis
“Blow-out Pockets” in the Colon: Diverticulosis This is indeed a wonderful world we live in and those of us who are privileged to live at the present time can gain much comfort from the fact that the profession of medicine, with the aid of science, has been able to...
Appendix Suspect Appendicitis
“False Alarm” Appendix “It’s a red hot appendix. Get down to the hospital right away and we will take it out.” It all sounds so simple. Indeed it would be a great blessing if it were actually as simple as this sounds. Long experience, however, has taught many of...
Mistaken for Colitis
Can Other Conditions Be Mistaken for Colitis? Most assuredly they can and, in the past, most assuredly have been. Perhaps it is for this reason that colitis, as a distinct disease, has been late coming of age. Indeed, certain observations made in the course of many years of practice...
Colitis Surgery
Is Surgery Always Necessary In Colitis? Two little four-year-olds were overheard getting acquainted in the childrens’ ward at the hospital. “What are you, a medical or a surgical?” asked the more aggressive one. “I don’t know,” said the other, “what’s the difference?” “Well, were you sick when you came...
Colitis Diet Plan
And Feeding . . . (of Colitis). A Colitis Diet Plan I had just finished outlining the particular dietary needs of one of my patients. He took the colitis diet list in hand and gave it a sour look, commenting as he did: “I know three people who died...
Treat Colitis The Care
Treat The Care . . . (of Colitis) “Well, now all this is very fine,” I hear you say, “but let’s get down to cases!” So let’s discuss what is really on your mind, namely the subject of what’s good to treat colitis. By this, of course, we mean...
Catarrhal Colitis
What Happens Next? Catarrhal Colitis If you find you have an inflammation of the lining of the colon, the knowledge of this situation prompts the question: “Where do we go from here?” Quite naturally you are interested in knowing what happens next. In many cases, the question occurs to...