Mesenteric ischemia remains a diagnostic challenge due to nonspecific symptoms, and delays in recognition lead to high ...

Mesenteric ischemia refers to a group of disorders marked by decreased blood supply to the bowel due to blockage or narrowing of the blood vessels that supply them. It can occur suddenly without ...

BALTIMORE, Md. -- Chronic mesenteric ischemia causes severe stomach pain and is often overlooked or misdiagnosed. It affects fewer than 200,000 people a year in the US, and vascular surgeons can now ...

Clinical presentation is nonspecific in most cases and can be characterized by an initial discrepancy between severe abdominal pain and minimal clinical findings. In general, patients with AMI have an ...

It is known that I/R induces an inflammatory response deleterious to the organ involved but also to the system as a whole. Mesenteric ischemia occurs when the veins or arteries that supply blood to ...

Question: I read your article about irritable bowel syndrome with interest. For 7 1/2 years I was treated for it. About 30 minutes after eating, I was in such pain no painkiller could touch it. In ...

A 60-year-old female underwent massive bowel resection for superior mesenteric artery (SMA) thrombosis. The resection extended from 10 cm distal to the cecum and on to the ascending colon with a ...

A 38-year-old farmer from Agra underwent a life-transforming mesenteric artery bypass surgery at AIIMS to treat chronic mesenteric ischemia, which led to severe upper abdomen pain. The surgery ...

Imagine if it were so painful to eat that you lost half your body weight and you didn't understand why.One woman said she had given up hope until she finally got the correct diagnosis."I almost feel ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I read your article about irritable bowel syndrome with ...

A woman with known Crohn's disease and a previous partial resection of her small intestine presented with a poor appetite, weight loss, diarrhea and malnutrition. She was an ex-smoker and was taking ...