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Treatment. Walking, pelvic relaxation techniques, massage, warm baths, muscle relaxant medications. Levator ani syndrome is a condition characterized by burning pain or tenesmus of the rectal or perineal area, [1] caused by spasm of the levator ani muscle. [2] [3] [4] The genesis of the syndrome is unknown; however, inflammation of the arcus ...
Swedish porphyria, pyrroloporphyria, intermittent acute porphyria. Porphobilinogen. Specialty. Medical genetics. Acute intermittent porphyria ( AIP) is a rare metabolic disorder affecting the production of heme resulting from a deficiency of the enzyme porphobilinogen deaminase. It is the most common of the acute porphyrias.
Porphyria is a group of disorders in which substances called porphyrins build up in the body, adversely affecting the skin or nervous system. [1] The types that affect the nervous system are also known as acute porphyria, as symptoms are rapid in onset and short in duration. [1] Symptoms of an attack include abdominal pain, chest pain, vomiting ...
Fecal incontinence ( FI ), or in some forms, encopresis, is a lack of control over defecation, leading to involuntary loss of bowel contents, both liquid stool elements and mucus, or solid feces. When this loss includes flatus (gas), it is referred to as anal incontinence. FI is a sign or a symptom, not a diagnosis.
942710568. Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation is a 2016 non-fiction book by Virginia M. Wright-Peterson, chronicling the individual contributions of professional women who helped establish and develop the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Covering a period of 60 years, the Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota worked in ...
It can also include flu-like symptoms, pain, cognitive difficulties, gastrointestinal issues, nausea, and sleep problems. [10] : 6 The term malaise may be considered outdated, as it can give the impression of just a "vague discomfort"; the term post-exertional symptom exacerbation may capture the symptom better.
Inflammatory bowel disease ( IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine, with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) being the principal types. [3] Crohn's disease affects the small intestine and large intestine, as well as the mouth, esophagus, stomach and the anus, whereas UC primarily affects the colon ...
Bloating. Abdominal bloating (or simply bloating) is a short-term disease that affects the gastrointestinal tract. [1] [2] Bloating is generally characterized by an excess buildup of gas, air or fluids in the stomach. A person may have feelings of tightness, pressure or fullness in the stomach; it may or may not be accompanied by a visibly ...