Research
Efficacy of Bee Venom as an Anti-Viral Therapy for HCV Genotype 4
Use of traditional medicine is encouraged in many economically diverse countries when conventional medications fail. HCV prevalence is highest in Egypt at >10% of the general population, and China has the most people with HCV (29.8 million); approximately 52% of patients infected with HCV genotype 4 will develop chronic HCV. The use of interferon, currently the only approved therapy, is frustrating in many situations. Use of camel milk or drinking copious amounts of urine, moxibustion by fire, acupuncture and cupping, especially in the Saharan and Arabian areas, is currently popular in Egypt. Some traditional Egyptian medicine is related to Arabian, ancient Egyptian, or other religious beliefs. Most patients using traditional therapies show improvement over time in both clinical symptoms and laboratory results. Some showed SVR using Bee venom therapy.
Medical Management of Patients with Modified Intestinal Bypass: A New Promising Procedure for Morbid Obesity
Background and Aim: Obesity is a chronic disease that is increasing in prevalence worldwide. Bariatric surgery could be the definitive clue in many situations. Medical management and follow up of patients who have undergone bariatric surgery is a challenge opportunity due to post operative complications. A new modified intestinal bypass (MIBP) operation was designed to maintain good digestion and selective absorption with less medical and surgical complications. Patients and Methods: We experienced 157 patients medical follow up ; 122 females (78.2%) and 34 males (21.8%) , who have undergone a new modified intestinal bypass (MIBP) surgery ; (Elbanna operation) as well as we evaluated Excessive weight loss (EWL), nutritional supplements, motility disorders, and fatty liver for consecutive 3 years after operation. Conclusion: MIBP surgery (Elbanna operation) solved the medical problem of nutritional deficiency post intestinal bariatric surgeries. Our concept changed from maldigestion and malabsorption to good digestion and selective absorption.
Is Eating Fish Related-Psychiatric Disorders? A Case Report of Female Child with Schizopherinia Related Fish Ingestion
Many studies worldwide reported about patients developed gastrointestinal symptoms generally within three to six hours of eating the fish. Neurologic symptoms, including circumoral paresthesias and weakness in the lower extremities, can occur later; occasionally a reversal of hot-cold taste sensation is reported. Neurologic symptoms often persist for several weeks, but in some cases can last for years. We have reported a case study of female child presenting with A Schizophrenia like attack just after fish ingestion, following the patients up for 30 months, the disease symptoms disappeared when patient was adherent to medications, relapsed when eating fish in a surprising character. In such an interesting case report, we shed light on the food born-neurological and psychiatric illness produced by eating fish.
Is Advanced Statistical Computing Technology a Clue in Applied Medicine? A Study using Data Mining as a Predictor Technology in Gastroenterology & Bariatric Surgery; Novel El Banna Operations
Advanced computer science is very important in applied medicine, we have several publications regarding use of data mining computing technology in many clinical fields, here we will present to our experience in gastroenterology and surgery using data mining in obesity related gastrointestinal motility disorder;(IBS) and surgical bariatric approaches . Obesity is a chronic disease that is increasing in prevalence worldwide, data from United States and those from other countries are indicative of a major international epidemic, a steady and distressing increase worldwide, whatever numbers of large epidemiologic studies have evaluated the relationship between obesity and several morbidities. Obesity –related-morbidities are common diseases affecting population. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal disorder with special concern for those with comorbid or morbid obesity, characterized by chronic or recurrent abdominal pain with constipation, diarrhea and/or an alternation of the two, and often bloating. Patients often use manipulation of diet as a mean of controlling symptoms. Adopting a healthy lifestyle, one that includes not smoking or drinking excess alcohol, eating right, daily physical activity, and a healthy weight, is associated with improving IBS-related morbidities. Bariatric surgery would be the clue therapy if diet and medical therapies fail. Novel El Banna techniques are bariatric maneuvers succefuly performed to those with morbid or comorbid obesity in more than 200 patients. Although data mining is very common applicable method in economy and global trade, it is not fully known by most of physicians and surgeons worldwide, for its limited use in applicable medicine. To our knowledge ,there is no previous studies can evaluated such a relationship between IBS and BMI using Data mining computing analysis, also we used data mining to compare both El-Banna bariatric techniques, to look for the best leading factors in both El Banna bar
Prediction Analysis of Esophageal Variceal Degrees using Data Mining: Is Validated in Clinical Medicine?
The objective of this study is to assess the feasibility of a data mining association analysis technique in early prediction of esophageal varices in cirrhotic patients and prediction of risky groups candidates for urgent interventional procedure. A manuscript titled “Detection of Risky Esophageal varices using 2D U/S: when to perform Endoscopyâ€, published in The American Journal of The Medical Science on 21Th of December 2012, to our knowledge it was the first prospective study to assess the degree of esophageal varices by 2D ultrasound using the data mining statistical computed analysis in 673 patients. A descriptive model was generated using a decision tree algorithm (Rapid Miner, version 4.6, Berlin, Germany), the over all accuracy was 95%. Following another 59 patients using statistical analysis to determine the association between esophageal variceal degrees detected by Ultrasound in comparable to Upper Endoscopy, was done. Categorical data were compared using the x2 test, where as continuous variables were compared using Student’s t test. The comparative results accuracy of both two studies was 97.9%.
