Proctocolitis From Coffee Enema

Coffee enemas are often used by naturopathic practitioners to treat a number of diseases, including cancer. However, there is no supportive evidence, and its use comes with major risks. We report a case of proctocolitis in a healthy patient after coffee enema treatment. To our knowledge, only 3 othe...

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Autores principales: Lee, Anna H., Kabashneh, Sohaip, Tsouvalas, Charles P., Rahim, Usman, Khan, Mir Y., Anees, Mohammad, Levine, Diane
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7145153/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32309489
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000292
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author Lee, Anna H.
Kabashneh, Sohaip
Tsouvalas, Charles P.
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Khan, Mir Y.
Anees, Mohammad
Levine, Diane
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description Coffee enemas are often used by naturopathic practitioners to treat a number of diseases, including cancer. However, there is no supportive evidence, and its use comes with major risks. We report a case of proctocolitis in a healthy patient after coffee enema treatment. To our knowledge, only 3 other cases of this adverse effect exist in the literature.
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spelling pubmed-71451532020-04-17 Proctocolitis From Coffee Enema Lee, Anna H. Kabashneh, Sohaip Tsouvalas, Charles P. Rahim, Usman Khan, Mir Y. Anees, Mohammad Levine, Diane ACG Case Rep J Case Report Coffee enemas are often used by naturopathic practitioners to treat a number of diseases, including cancer. However, there is no supportive evidence, and its use comes with major risks. We report a case of proctocolitis in a healthy patient after coffee enema treatment. To our knowledge, only 3 other cases of this adverse effect exist in the literature. Wolters Kluwer 2020-01-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7145153/ /pubmed/32309489 http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000292 Text en © 2020 The Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American College of Gastroenterology. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7145153/
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