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Background: IBD, both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, is associated with significant functional disability. Gastrointestinal symptoms alone are not the sole purpose of the interaction between patients and providers. In order to ascertain patients' disabilities, we utilized the recently developed IBD Disk to help determine their functional concerns and initiate relevant conversation. We aimed to ascertain patient acceptability and their major disabilities., Patients and Methods: In this multicenter study, IBD patients at their outpatient visit were given the paper version of the IBD Disk. Patients were asked to score their level of disability for each item of the IBD Disk. The completed scores were then shared with their healthcare provider to act as a focus of discussion during the consultation. Patients and clinicians were also asked to provide informal qualitative feedback as to the benefits of the IBD Disk and areas for improvement., Results: A total of 377 (female 60%) patients completed the questionnaires over the study period. Patient acceptability scored on a 0-10 Likert scale was excellent. All patients scored all domains of disability. Sleep, energy, and joint pain were the highest scoring domains of the IBD Disk, scoring higher than digestive symptoms. Clinicians and patients agreed that the IBD Disk allowed for ease of communication about disability symptoms and relevance to their day-to-day functioning., Conclusion: The IBD Disk is a novel easy-to-use tool to assess the functional disability of patients. We next plan to utilize it in the form of an electronic app internationally and in relation to treatment commencement and escalation., (© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature.)

Introduction: Medical professionals use social media to interact with other healthcare professionals, discuss medical issues and promote healthcare information. These platforms have tremendous power to promote healthcare messages but also have potential to damage the profession if used inappropriately. It is currently unknown how others perceive medical doctors' Twitter activity and, therefore, we conducted an online survey exploring these views., Methods: We used a Google Forms questionnaire consisting of 21 questions, which we distributed on Twitter, exploring doctors', patients', the public's and other healthcare professionals' views of doctors' Twitter activities. We investigated factors that were associated with mistrust by univariate and multivariate analysis., Results: Seven-hundred and twenty-six respondents completed the survey. By univariate analysis, a higher proportion of non-doctors reported witnessing unprofessional behaviour and potential breaches of patient confidentiality compared with doctors (p<0.01). In addition, a significantly higher proportion of non-doctors felt that doctors' Twitter accounts should be monitored by both their employer and regulator when compared with doctors. By multivariate analysis, the main predictor of mistrust in the profession were those that had previously witnessed unprofessional behaviour (odds ratio 2.70; 95% confidence interval 2.08-3.33; p<0.01)., Conclusion: There are discrepancies in how doctors and non-doctors view Twitter activity and significant mistrust in the profession was brought about by doctors' Twitter activity. To help limit this, adherence to current guidelines set out by the General Medical Council and British Medical Association is vital and doctors should be cautious about how their Twitter activity is professionally perceived by others before posting., (© Royal College of Physicians 2021. All rights reserved.)

Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is a rare autoimmune bullous disease which affects the skin and mucous membranes. Oesophageal involvement is rare and has previously been limited to case reports and case series. A recent large case series of 477 PV patients showed that 26/477 (5.4%) had symptomatic oesophageal involvement. We present the case of a 54-year-old Somalian lady with a 10-year history of cutaneous PV, currently in remission, who developed dysphagia and odynophagia and was subsequently found to have oesophageal PV involvement with multiple flaccid bullae which were positive for anti-DSG3 antibodies on in-direct immunofluorescence. She had her treatment switched from azathioprine to mycophenolate and prednisolone, leading to resolution of her symptoms.

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Acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding is a common condition in the UK with 50-70,000 admissions per year. In 20% of cases no cause can be found on endoscopy. Here, we present the case of a young female patient who was admitted on three occasions with large volume haematemesis and bleeding from other sites. She was extensively investigated and underwent multiple endoscopic procedures. She was eventually diagnosed with factitious disorder after concerns were raised about the inconsistent nature of her presentations. She was found to be venesecting herself from her intravenous cannula, and ingesting the blood to simulate upper GI bleeding. This is a rare cause of 'haematemesis' but perhaps not as rare as is thought.

We describe a case of a 43-year-old man presenting to the gastroenterology outpatient department with exudative ascites. Mediastinal lymphadenopathy, pericardial effusion and pleural effusion were detected on further imaging. Further clinical examination revealed subcutaneous nodules on the left arm, which were confirmed to be rheumatoid nodules on histology. Inflammatory markers were elevated with positive serology for rheumatoid factor and anticyclic citrullinated protein antibody. Our investigations excluded tuberculosis, pancreatitis and malignancy in the patient. Following review by a rheumatologist, a diagnosis of systemic rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was made. Pleuritis and pericarditis are well recognised as extra-articular manifestation of RA. Ascites, however, is rarely recognised as a manifestation of RA. Our literature search revealed two other cases of ascites due to RA disease activity, and both patients had long-standing known RA. This case adds to the discussion on whether ascites and peritonitis should be classified as extra-articular manifestations of RA., (2015 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.)

A 50-year-old man with end-stage renal failure was referred by his general practitioner with dyspeptic symptoms. On further questioning the patient complained of a 10-year history of frequent belching. This was noticeably worse after meals and during times of stress. He did not have nocturnal belching and episodes of belching were less frequent when the patient was talking or distracted. There was no history of gastro-oesophageal reflux, vomiting, dysphagia, loss of appetite or weight loss. He was diagnosed with excessive, probably supragastric, belching. Further investigation was not deemed necessary. His symptoms have since settled with simple reassurance and explanation of their origin provided during the clinic visit.

An 81-year-old woman presented with a history of severe chronic diarrhoea resulting in an admission with syncope and electrolyte abnormalities. Imaging studies of the bowel were normal. However, biopsies taken during colonoscopy enabled a diagnosis to be made and effective treatment to be initiated. This case report details the presentation, diagnosis and management of a rare injury pattern affecting the bowel: pseudomembranous collagenous colitis.