Abdominal pains

Iodine can affect the body if inhaled, if it comes in contact with the eyes or skin, or if it is swallowed. It may enter the body through the skin. Iodine vapor is a severe irritant of the eyes, respiratory tract, and to a lesser extent, to the skin. Swallowing iodine may cause burning in the mouth, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Short contact of iodine with the skin may produce a severe irritation of the skin and coloration similar to that obtained when tincture of iodine is appHed to a wound. Prolonged contact can be harmful and may cause bums. 

Whipworm (Trichuris trichiurd) adult females are 5 cm long. These worms thread their entire body into the epithelium of the colon, where they feed on tissue juice and small amounts of blood. Infections of several hundred worms may cause irritation and inflammation of the mucosa, with abdominal pain, diarrhea, and gas. Eggs are discharged and passed into the feces. Infections result from the swallowing of eggs that are obtained directly from contaminated soil. Untreated adult worms Hve for years. 

Since about 85% of the administered dose is passed unchanged in the feces of the patient, selective toxicity of the dmg can be attributed primarily to poor absorption. Side effects include abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, headaches, and vertigo or drowsiness. Skin rashes can also develop. Pyrantel pamoate is produced by Pfi2er, Inc., New York, New York. 

Balantidiasis in humans is manifest by chronic episodes of intermittent diarrhea and constipation, symptoms similar to those of amebiasis. The patient may also have abdominal pain, tenderness over the colon, anorexia, nausea, severe weight loss, and weakness. The disease may be fatal and, before the avakabihty of a treatment, was the cause of death in approximately 30% of infected individuals. 

Cryptosporidiosis, an intestinal infection caused by protozoa of C ptosporidium species is a taxonomicaHy related disease (12). The disease affects animals, such as calves, lambs, and chickens, and infects humans woddwide, especially infants and children in developing countries. Symptoms range from mild self-limiting diarrhea and abdominal pain to a potentially fatal extreme diarrhea that results in weight loss and poor nutritional absorption. 

In the first clinical studies with lovastatin, pte-dmg semm cholesterol values of 150—300 mg/dL were shown to be decreased as much as 25% with a dosage of 15 mg twice daily for just over a week (149). Whereas the dmg shows few adverse side effects, gastrointestinal disturbances, including diarrhea and abdominal pain, ate the most common. 

Gastroenteritis Gastroenteritis is an acute inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines. Symptoms include anorexia, nausea, diarrhea, abdominal pain and weakness. Gastroenteritis has many causes, such as bacteria (food poisoning), viruses, parasites, consumption of irritating food or drink, as well as stress. Treatment for the condition depends on the underlying cause. 

Health Hazards Information - Recommended Personal Protective Equipment Dust mask goggles or face shield protective gloves Symptoms Following Exposure inhalation of dust causes irritation of nose and throat. Ingestion may cause vomiting, salty taste, abdominal pain, diarrhea, convulsions, collapse, thirst, disturbed color vision, and acute toxic nephritis. Contact with eyes causes irritation. 

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