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Pruritus ani
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quinidine, colchicine, mineral oil, ingested irritants (beer, alcohol, coffee, citrus, nuts, popcorn), perianal psoriasis, candidiasis, menopause
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  • Perineal irritation is a side effect of intravenous injection of phosphate esters of corticosteroids. [101]
  • Green chili can cause "perianal irritiation the day after a huge chili feast" according to Dr. Carl F. Bigler of Flagstaff, AZ. [102]
  • More than you'll ever want to see. [103]
  • Worm visible via gastroscope. [105]
  • An anonymous poem, said to be the shortest in the English language:

    On the Antiquity of Microbes
    Adam
    Had 'em.
    [106]
    Footnotes in Print Edition[Top] [Nav]
    (1) Symposium on colon and anorectal surgery. Pruritus ani: a practical approach.
  Sullivan ES, Garnjobst WM.   Surg Clin North Am 1978 Jun;58(3):505-12.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    (2a) Isselbacher KJ, et al.
  Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine. 9th ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980: 899.
    (2b) Pinworms.
  Jones JE.   Am Fam Physician 1988 Sep;38(3):159-64.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
    (3) The Healing Hand: Man and Wound in the Ancient World.
  Majno G. Cambridge, MA: Harvard, 1975: 16-18.   Amazon.com
    (-) Common anorectal disorders.
  Lieberman DA.   Ann Intern Med 1984 Dec;101(6):837-46.  Pubmed+Abstract  Similars
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Anal irritation
    101.More on dexamethasone-induced perineal irritation [letter].
  N Engl J Med 1986 Jun 19;314(25):1643-4.  Pubmed  Similars
    102.Some foods act as skin irritants.
  Bates B.   Internal Medicine News. 1 March 1996:19.
Pinworms and other worm pictures
    103.Images in clinical medicine: pinworms.
  Weber M.   N Engl J Med. 1993;328:927.
    104.Images in clinical medicine. Ascaris lumbricoides.
  Fuessl H.   N Engl J Med 1994 Aug 4;331(5):303.  Pubmed  Similars
    105.Anaphylaxis with Anisakis simplex in the gastric mucosa [letter].
  Alonso A, Daschner A, et al.   N Engl J Med 1997 Jul 31;337(5):350-1.  Pubmed  Similars
    106.The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. 2nd ed.
  ??????. Oxford: Oxford, 1953: 5.
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