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Abdominal Colic

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Abdominal Cocoon
A descriptive term for the fibrotic encasement of the entire small intestine in sclerosing peritonitis, a spontaneous idiopathic process in young women, which follows peritoneovenous shunting, practolol therapy, peritoneal dialysis, chemotherapy, or in which other unknown toxins stimulate fibroblastic proliferation and reactive fibrosis
Treatment Surgical lysis of adhesions and constricting bands

abdominal colic
Clinical medicine A condition characterized by intense cramping or colicky pain, which may be accompanied by nausea and vomiting Etiology Urinary stones, far less commonly, heavy metal–arsenic, lead, thallium, mushroom, or organophosphate pesticide poisoning, or drug withdrawal. See Colic.


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These remedies have also worked on animals in diseases like distemper and in infants for abdominal colic, a clear proof of the fact that they cannot be placebos as animals and infants are not aware of what is being given to them," says Dr Batra.
4) The fistula usually presents itself as an enlarging mass before spontaneous rupture, and it may be associated with symptoms of upper abdominal colic, dyspepsia, jaundice, or weight loss.
The king - who became James I of England after the Union of Crowns in 1603 - had crippling arthritis, abdominal colic, gout and a number of other chronic illnesses.
 
 
 
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