Severe anaphylaxis due to passive sensitisation by donor blood.

Abstract

therapy.After a dose of viprynium with conventional purgation on the preceding day she was given whole-gut perfusion with piperazine added to the lavage solution in a dose of 0-25 g/l.Many dead threadworms were recovered.The patient remained symptom free for six months and no threadworms have since been identified in her stools. DiscussionWhole-gut perfusion is a safe, simple, and comfortable procedure in patients who are neither obstructed nor constipated.After 30 to 45 minutes of perfusion regular, comfortable bowel action is estab- lished.The stools soon become rice-water in type, indicating that nearly all faecal material has been evacuated.The treatment saves nursing time.It deserves wider use whenever thorough cleansing of the bowel is required or slowly absorbed poisons need to be rapidly evacuated.