1.Variations in the Value of Electric Resistivity to the Command Points (the terminal points, the source points and the connecting points) in Vertigo
Hiroshi SAWADA ; Makiko TAGUCHI ; Norio WATABE ; Reiko TAKIZAWA ; Mitsushi TAKENOUCHI ; Misao TAKENOUCHI
Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion 1982;32(1):48-53
Every disorder makes an appearance on the command points in the extremities. Taking three command points, we examined variations of electric resistivity in vertigo.
The termal point showed low level in general, whereas the connecting was high, especially in the lower extremities. Post treatment it had a tendency to get the mean.
About the laterality we were able to improve their instability, but were not able to establish whether it was effective or not.
Vertigo made an appearance on various meridians and points.
2.Whipple disease mimicking inflammatory bowel disease
Maiko TATSUKI ; Takashi ISHIGE ; Yoshiko IGARASHI ; Reiko HATORI ; Akira HOKAMA ; Junko HIRATO ; Aleixo MUISE ; Takumi TAKIZAWA ; Hirokazu ARAKAWA
Intestinal Research 2021;19(1):119-125
Whipple disease is a systemic chronic infection caused by Tropheryma whipplei. Although chronic diarrhea is a common gastrointestinal symptom, diagnosis is often difficult because there are no specific endoscopic findings, and the pathogen is not detectable by stool culture. We present a female patient with Whipple disease who developed chronic bloody diarrhea and growth retardation at the age of 4 years. Colonoscopy showed a mildly edematous terminal ileum and marked erythema without vascular patterns throughout the sigmoid colon and rectum. Subsequently, a primary diagnosis of ulcerative colitis was made. Histopathological analysis of the terminal ileum showed the presence of foamy macrophages filled with periodic acidSchiff-positive particles. Polymerase chain reaction using DNA from a terminal ileum biopsy sample amplified a fragment of 16S rRNA from T. whipplei. Antibiotic treatment relieved the patient’s symptoms. There was no evidence of immunodeficiency in the present case. Since Whipple disease worsens after anti-tumor necrosis factor inhibitor therapy, considering this infection in the differential diagnosis may be important in patients with inflammatory bowel disease, especially before initiation of immunotherapy.