CATARRHAL JAUNDICE. (Acute catarrhal angiocholitis)
Categories: Digestive OrgansJaundice caused by
obstruction of the terminal portion of the common duct, by swelling of the
mucous membrane.
Causes. This occurs mostly in young people. It follows inflammation of
the stomach or bowels, also from emotion, exposure, chronic heart disease.
It may be epidemic.
Symptoms. Slight jaundice preceded by stomach and bowel trouble. Epidemic
cases may
pain in the abdomen, the skin is light or bright yellow, whites of the
eyes are yellowish, pain in the back and legs, tired feeling, nausea, clay
colored stools. Pulse is rather slow, liver may be a little enlarged. It
may last from one week to one to three months.
PHYSICIANS' TREATMENT for Catarrhal Jaundice. 1. Restrict the diet if the
stomach and bowels are diseased. Sodium phosphate may be given one
teaspoonful every three hours to keep the bowels open. Drink large
quantities of water and with it some baking soda one-half to one
teaspoonful in the water.
2. If you have calomel you may take one-tenth of a grain every hour for
four hours, and then follow with the sodium phosphate in one-half
teaspoonful doses every two to three hours, until the bowels have fully
moved, or epsom salts, two to four teaspoonfuls. Keep in bed if there is a
fever or a very slow pulse say of forty to fifty.
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