Living wounds (anfechtungen) or blacksmithing of the human soul? The pastoral art of marvellous exchange (mirifica commutatio) in spiritual well-being by D.J. Louw

“… Many of the unexpected, undeserved forms of suffering and the constant exposure to human brokenness infiltrate schemata of interpretation and frameworks of meaninggiving, causing guilt, doubt, torment, and anguish – a kind of paralysis of the human soul; the hopelessness of désespoir (the nausea of unhope). Instead of blacksmithing spiritual pathology (spiritual victimisation by means of punishment and self-blame), an approach of living wounds is proposed, namely to embrace them within the process of reaching out to the wounds of the other. …”
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Dermoid Cyst of the Pancreas: A Report of an Unusual Case and a Review of the Literature by Aynur Albayrak, Umran Yildirim, Metin Aydin

“…A 20-year-old female presented with epigastric pain without nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, fever, jaundice, and weight loss of one-month duration. …”
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Primary Histoplasma capsulatum Enterocolitis Mimicking Peptic and Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Rahman Nakshabendi, Andrew C. Berry, Daisy Torres-Miranda, Francis Daniel LaBarbera, Ozdemir Kanar, Ahmad Nakshabandi, Imad Nakshabendi

“…We present a 52-year-old Caucasian male with symptoms of dyspepsia, postprandial epigastric pain, nausea, and nonbloody diarrhea. Upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopies were suspicious for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD); however, biopsies were consistent with histoplasmosis, specifically in the duodenum.…”
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A Case Report of Acute Acalculous Cholecystitis and Acute Hemorrhagic Cystitis due to Salmonella Typhi by Hatice Beyazal Polat, Mehmet Beyazal, Fatma Beyazal Çeliker

“…A 24-year-old female patient was admitted to our clinic with abdominal pain, nausea, fever, headache, urinary burning, and bloody urine. …”
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Gastric volvulus: a case report by Emilio Guerra Pérez, Marcial Llamas Fonte, Lidia Torres Aja

“…In 1904, Borchardt described the classic triad of epigastric distension with pain, difficulty for the nasogastric tube to pass and nausea without vomiting. A case of a female patient aged 73 and 56 kg in weight, with a history of ischemic heart disease and gastric ulcer, who visited the emergency department because of vomiting, diffuse abdominal pain and bloating is presented. …”
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Role of Endoscopy in the Investigation of Upper Gastrointestinal Symptoms in HIV-Infected Patients by C Mel Wilcox

“…Although processes can be identified, a diagnosis is less likely in patients who present with nausea and vomiting or nonspecific abdominal pain. …”
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Application of Minocycline-Containing Bismuth Quadruple Therapies as First-Line Regimens in the Treatment of Helicobacter pylori by Lingyun Zhang, Yu Lan, Qi Wang, Yuexia Zhang, Xiaobei Si

“…The overall incidences of adverse events in the three groups were 30.0%, 37.5%, and 40.0%, respectively (p>0.05). Nausea, epigastric discomfort, and dizziness were more obvious in patients in the RMMB group compared to the other two groups (p<0.05). …”
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Recurrent syncope after hysteroscopy finally diagnosed as cerebral venous sinus thrombosis: a case report by Yongqing Zhang, MD, Hongxing Ye, MD, Danqing Chen, MD, PhD, Guohui Yan, MD, Zhanfu Li, MD, Qianhui Xie, MD, Guodong Shan, MD, Zhaoxia Liang, MD, PhD

“…Ten hours later, she had recurrent syncope, nausea, and vomiting. Head computed tomography suggested cerebral edema, potentially indicating TURP syndrome. …”
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New Rome-IV criteria of the functional dyspepsia (review) by A. A. Sheptulin, A. A. Kurbatova

“…Frequent combination of PDS and EPS both with each other, with such symptoms as nausea and belching and some other diseases as gastroesophageal reflux disease and irritable bowel syndrome was demonstrated. …”
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Incarcereted Epigastric Hernia with Liver Content: a Case Report by Cenk Ozkan, Serhan Yilmaz, Osman Sibic

“…It may be asymptomatic in some patients and cause complaints such as pain and nausea in most patients, but serious complications such as incarceration and strangulation are rare. …”
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Iatrogenic Duodenal Obstruction due to Acupuncture Therapy Trauma by Jae Hun Chung, Si-Hak Lee

“…The patient experienced abdominal discomfort along with vomiting and nausea. Considering the size of the hematoma, emergency surgery could have been performed, but conservative treatment was continued because the patient’s vital signs were stable. …”
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Incidentally detected asymptomatic splenic artery aneurysm by Ihsan Alur, Gokhan Yigit Tanrisever, Bilgin Emrecan

“…The most common symptoms are abdominal pain, nausea and intra-abdominal bleeding due to aneurysm rupture, hypotension and hemorrhagic shock. …”
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EGFR T790M-Positive Lung Adenocarcinoma Metastases to the Pituitary Gland Causing Adrenal Insufficiency: A Case Report by Michael L. Adashek, Kenneth Miller, Arit A. Silpasuvan

“…A 64-year-old man, with history of micropapillary thyroid cancer and epidermal growth factor receptor-positive lung adenocarcinoma with no evidence of active disease for 3 years after chemotherapy and radiation on erlotinib, presented with fatigue, nausea, lack of appetite, and xeroderma. A screening magnetic resonance image of the patient’s head demonstrated a new bilateral pituitary mass. …”
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Duodenum in the right hemithorax: An unusual case of a large paraesophageal hernia by Mahisha Virdiana, Vijayendra Kedage, Manasa Ubarale, K. Rajgopal Shenoy

“…A woman in her late 60s presented with symptoms of vomiting and decreased appetite for 1 year, accompanied by abdominal fullness in the epigastrium, nausea, and retrosternal burning sensation. Her symptoms worsened over the past month, leading to intolerance to a liquid diet. …”
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Retroperitoneal Leiomyosarcoma Presenting as Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Dominic G. Ventura, Shyam J. Thakkar, Katie Farah

“…A 68-year-old male with a history of diverticulosis, hypertension, and hypercholesterolemia who complained of a 3-month history of abdominal pain, nausea, and intermittent hematochezia presented for evaluation of large volume hematochezia and lightheadedness. …”
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Rifampicin for Treatment of Cholestatic Pruritus Caused by Drug-Induced Acute Liver Injury as Assessed by the RUCAM Classification by Ali R. Ahmadi, Maria Chicco, Marcel van den Berge

“…A male bodybuilder of 39 years of age developed severe pruritus, nausea, and jaundice after injecting anabolic steroids purchased on the black market. …”
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Superior Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis Secondary to Oral Contraceptive Use by Heather Stewart, Michael T. Flannery, Deborah A. Humphrey

“…Despite its severe consequences, SMVT often presents with nonspecific symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. It can occur with or without gastrointestinal bleeding, and symptoms may be present for hours to weeks. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Bacillus cereus by Keith R. Schneider, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Rachael Silverberg, Ploy Kurdmongkoltham, Bruna Bertoldi

“… Ingesting foods contaminated with Bacillus cereus bacteria can lead to nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea. …”
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Preventing Foodborne Illness: Bacillus cereus by Keith R. Schneider, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Rachael Silverberg, Ploy Kurdmongkoltham, Bruna Bertoldi

“… Ingesting foods contaminated with Bacillus cereus bacteria can lead to nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, and diarrhea. …”
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Small Bowel Ischemia due to Jejunum Volvulus in Pregnancy: A Case Report by Ioannis Vassiliou, Aliki Tympa, Michalis Derpapas, Georgios Kottis, Nikolaos Vlahos

“…We report the case of a 35-year-old woman at 21 weeks and 5 days of gestation with small bowel obstruction who presented to our institution with a 24 h history of colicky abdominal pain and nausea and who finally had a successful open repair.…”
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