It can also be done to find an object that has been swallowed or to look for a blockage or a hole in the intestine. Abdominal X-rays may be taken in the following positions: The left side-lying ...

A 35-year-old woman was diagnosed with a nasty digestive issue that can cause painful bloating, excess gas and even bone ...

A persistent defect in intestinal permeability in coeliac disease demonstrated by a 51Cr-labelled EDTA absorption test. Lancet 1983; 1: 323-325. 11. Menzies IS, Laker MF, Pounder R, Bull J, Heyer S, ...

Nutritional status was determined according to the Subjective Global Assessment. Intestinal permeability was assessed by measuring the urinary excretion of orally administered, non-metabolized ...

The intestinal epithelium serves as a dynamic barrier to the environment and integrates a variety of signals, including those from metabolites, commensal microbiota, immune responses and stressors ...

These lesions are most commonly found in the small intestine and the beginning of the large intestine, but they can occur anywhere in the digestive tract. The inflammation caused by the lesions ...