Ischemic Colitis in an Endurance Runner

A 20-year-old female running the Marine Corps Marathon developed diarrhea at mile 12. After finishing the race she noted that she was covered in bloody stool. A local emergency department suspected ischemic colitis. After discharge, her primary care physician instructed her to discontinue the use of...

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Autores principales: Grames, Chase, Berry-Cabán, Cristóbal S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23091744
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/356895
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description A 20-year-old female running the Marine Corps Marathon developed diarrhea at mile 12. After finishing the race she noted that she was covered in bloody stool. A local emergency department suspected ischemic colitis. After discharge, her primary care physician instructed her to discontinue the use of all nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Her symptoms resolved and she returned to running without any complications. This paper describes the pathophysiology, diagnostic approach, and management options.
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spelling pubmed-34742192012-10-22 Ischemic Colitis in an Endurance Runner Grames, Chase Berry-Cabán, Cristóbal S. Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report A 20-year-old female running the Marine Corps Marathon developed diarrhea at mile 12. After finishing the race she noted that she was covered in bloody stool. A local emergency department suspected ischemic colitis. After discharge, her primary care physician instructed her to discontinue the use of all nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Her symptoms resolved and she returned to running without any complications. This paper describes the pathophysiology, diagnostic approach, and management options. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012 2012-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3474219/ /pubmed/23091744 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/356895 Text en Copyright © 2012 C. Grames and C. S. Berry-Cabán. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Ischemic Colitis in an Endurance Runner
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