Eosinophilic infiltration of oesophagus following carbamazepine-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms: an under-reported sequel?

We report a patient with carbamazepine-induced drug reaction with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS), who developed painful dysphagia in the follow-up period. Gastrointestinal, including oesophageal, complications are rarely reported following DRESS, and we wish to highlight this possibly under-reported phenomenon.

Disorders of gut-brain interaction and the long-term risks of opioids.

Prescription opioid abuse has become a public health crisis. It is often challenging to manage affected patients as their symptoms are often viewed through a prism of complex psychosocial issues. Clinicians are often unaware of the lack of evidence regarding opioid prescribing for non-cancer pain, and these trends in prescribing have been significantly escalated by pharmaceutical companies and prescribing culture in recent years.

The management of low-risk primary upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage in the community: a 5-year observational study.

Background: Acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage is a common medical emergency, initially managed with inpatient care. Bleeding stops spontaneously in over 80% of cases, indicating that patients with low-risk upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage may be more optimally managed in the community, without the need for admission to hospital.

Aim: To assess the safety of managing patients with low-risk upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage without admission to hospital.

Role of small-bowel endoscopy in the management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease: an international OMED-ECCO consensus.

Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are lifelong diseases seen predominantly in the developed countries of the world. Whereas ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory condition causing diffuse and continuous mucosal inflammation of the colon, Crohn's disease is a heterogeneous entity comprised of several different phenotypes, but can affect the entire gastrointestinal tract. A change in diagnosis from Crohn's disease to ulcerative colitis during the first year of illness occurs in about 10 % - 15 % of cases.