RESUMO
Ascites has been a common pathological sign among prehispanic Mexican people, as a result from hepatic and cardiac ailments. In this sense it represents a significant epidemiological problem. But it also is important because is related to Tlaloc and the rain gods and goddesses. The hidropic body is a symbolic water container and have a special function: serve as a Tlaloc and related gods vehicle to transport the precious liquid. In this paper we analyze the Tlaloc role as water and alimentary substances provider and his capital importance for people survival. We also describe five different plastic ways to represent water in the body, all of them with clear relationships to Tlaloc.
Assuntos
Ascite/história , Indígenas Norte-Americanos/história , Cardiopatias , História Antiga , Humanos , Hepatopatias , México , Religião , Escultura , ÁguaRESUMO
En este articulo revisamos la historia de las manifestaciones gastrointestinales en el Lupus Eritematoso Sistemico desde el siglo XIX hasta nuestros dias, recorriendo cada uno de los organos involucrados en este sistema y haciendo especial mencion de la gastropatia, enteritis, ileitis, sindrome de malabsorcion, vasculitis y vasculopatia intestinal, trombosis mesenterica, pancreatitis, ascitis, peritonitis, hepatitis autoinmune, entre otros