Diarrhea persistent

Flucytosine Nausea and vomiting may occur with diis drug. Reduce or eliminate these effects by taking a few capsules at a time during a 15-minute period. If nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea persists, notify die primary healdi care provider as soon as possible. 

ANTIFLATULENTS. Activated charcoal can adsorb drugs while they are in the GI tract. The nurse administers charcoal 2 hours before or 1 hour after other medications. If diarrhea persists or lasts longer than 2 days or is accompanied by fever, the nurse notifies the primary care provider. Simethicone is administered after each meal and at bedtime... 

Notify the primary health care provider if diarrhea persists or becomes more severe. 

Children - Recommended initial daily oral dose in infants is 2.5 to 10 mL in divided doses. For older children and adolescents, the total daily dose is 40 to 90 mL. If the initial dose causes diarrhea, reduce immediately. If diarrhea persists, discontinue use. 

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Patient education Avoid tasks that require alertness, motor skills until response to drug is established. Do not ingest alcohol or barbiturates. Report fever, palpitations, or abdominal distention or if diarrhea persists. 

Dietary management is a first priority in the treatment of diarrhea. Most clinicians recommend discontinuing consumption of solid foods and dairy products for 24 hours. However, fasting is of questionable value, as this treatment modality has not been extensively studied. In osmotic diarrhea, these maneuvers control the problem. If the mechanism is secretory, diarrhea persists. For patients experiencing... 

Lomotil should not be taken for more than 2-3 days. If the diarrhea persists more than 48 hours, the client should notify the health-care provider. 

Emesis or gastric lavage If ingested dosage is large, followed by activated charcoal and a saline cathartic demulcents or odier protectanb may be used if vomiting or diarrhea persist... 

When blood pH falls below normal limits, the condition is termed acidosis. A number of body malfunctions can lead to acidosis, including diabetes, kidney failure, and persistent diarrhea. Temporary acidosis can result from prolonged vigorous exercise. These situations stimulate production of CO2, increasing the acidity of the blood. 

Diarrhea is not a disease in itself but rather a symptom of some underlying problem. It is a condition marked by increased stool frequency (usually greater than 3 times daily), stool weight, liquidity, and decreased consistency of stools compared to a patient s usual pattern. Acute diarrhea is defined as diarrhea lasting for 14 days or less. Diarrhea lasting more than 30 days is called chronic diarrhea. Illness of 15 to 30 days is referred to as persistent diarrhea.1 2 3 4 5 6 7... 

Chronic diarrhea lasts for longer than 4 weeks. Most cases result from functional or inflammatory bowel disorders, endocrine disorders, malabsorption syndromes and drugs (including laxative abuse). In chronic diarrhea, daily watery stools may not occur. Diarrhea may be either intermittent or persistent. 

May manifest as asymptomatic disease, acute diarrhea, or persistent diarrhea lasting for several weeks... 

Denileukin diftitox is a combination of the active sections of interleukin 2 and diphtheria toxin. It binds to high-affinity interleukin 2 receptors on the cancer cell (and other cells), and the toxin portion of the molecule inhibits protein synthesis to result in cell death. The pharmacokinetics of denileukin diftitox are best described by a two-compartment model, with an a half-life of 2 to 5 minutes and a terminal half-life of 70 to 80 minutes. Denileukin diftitox is used for the treatment of persistent or recurrent cutaneous T-cell lymphoma whose cells express the CD25 receptor. Side effects include vascular leak syndrome, fevers/chills, hypersensitivity reactions, hypotension, anorexia, diarrhea, and nausea and vomiting. 

Patients may experience episodes or persistent symptoms of abdominal pain, constipation or diarrhea, flatulence, and urinary frequency. 

Intestinal infections that cause persistent diarrhea normally result in histopathological changes to the intestine including villus blunting, crypt hypertrophy and inflammatory infiltrate in the lamina propria. These histopathological disarrangements are seen in Cryptosporidium, Cy-clospora and microsporidial infections [28], Furthermore, it has been documented that there are substantial disruptions of intestinal barrier function as measured by lactu-lose mannitol permeability ratios in patients with AIDS... 

Thielman NM, Guerrant RL Persistent diarrhea in the returned traveler. Infect Dis Clin North Am 1998 12 489-501. 

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