Word: bowels
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shot last May, surgeons performed a colostomy, temporarily rerouting the upper part of the large intestine to let the damaged lower part heal. The bowel was to be reconnected in a second operation in June. But John Paul developed a serious viral infection, and was too weak to undergo the needed surgery. The stalemate dragged on until late July, when his nine Italian physicians met to decide what...
Some centers accept adults of all ages. The Sister Kenny Institute in Minneapolis is willing to consider those 18 or older, mobile with the aid of just one person, mentally alert, able to feed themselves, continent of bowel and bladder. A number of centers specialize in patients who need rehabilitation rather than long-term care. Patients at the Georgia Infirmary, Inc., in Savannah, for example, attend therapy classes for seven to 14 weeks, at a cost ranging from $350 to $2,000 a month. Most have been disabled by strokes, arthritis, diabetes or neurological injuries, yet 70% "can live functionally...
...nitrate, which are said to enhance orgasm. More than 85% of the CDC patients admitted to inhaling them. Another possible explanation is the so-called immunologic overload theory, says San Francisco's Dr. Robert Bolan. Homosexuals with many sexual partners often contract numerous venereal diseases, intestinal disruptions (gay bowel syndrome), mononucleosis and other infections, explains Bolan. "This constant, chronic stimulation to their immune system may eventually cause the system to collapse...
...virus or a flaw in the body's immune system may be involved. A cure is similarly elusive. In attempting to control the disease, doctors use drugs that suppress inflammation and the immune system. In severe cases, they must resort to surgery, cutting away diseased portions of bowel and then reconnecting the ends or creating a hole through the abdomen so wastes can be collected in a pouch. But even with such drastic measures, the disease may recur, necessitating more extensive operations...
...illness began when she was 19 and was treated with drugs alone for 20 years. But since 1976, she has undergone six operations; she has lost her large intestine and all but 27½ in. of her 20-ft.-long small intestine. Because food passes through her truncated bowel so quickly, she does not get needed nutrients or fluids. To stay alive, she must eat eleven full meals a day,* a total of 20,000 calories. She also receives supplemental fluids intravenously and vitamin injections. At 5 ft. 4 in., she weighs...