Physical therapy combined with a laxative fruit drink for treatment of chagasic megacolon

Physical therapy combined with a laxative fruit drink for treatment of chagasic megacolon

CONTEXT: The treatment of Chagas' disease colopathy is limited to clinical management in the initial of the process, and for patients for whom surgery is not indicated or is not possible, anti-constipation diets are used, along with judicious administration of laxatives and enemas. OBJECTIVE: T...

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Main Authors: Egle Pereira Leão, Carlos José Martins Pena, Silvana Marques de Araújo, Mônica Lúcia Gomes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2011-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
Subjects:
Megacolo
Constipação intestinal
Doença de Chagas
Dieta
Sucos
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032011000100011&lng=en&tlng=en

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