B5-020 Diarrhea Flashcards
the colon takes up approximately […]% of the fluid presented to it
90
when the large reserve capacity of the small intestine and colon is exceeded or impaired […] manifests
diarrhea
the site for intestinal fluid movement is the
epithelial lining
has specialized properties for fluid movement
epithelial lining
restrict passive flow of solutes once secreted or absorbed
tight junctions
normal crypt to villi ratio
2 villi to one crypt
movement of solutes and water through tight junctions
paracellular trans epithelial transport
dictated primarily by electrochemical gradient
paracellular trans-epithelial transport
requires membrane transport proteins to drive the transcellular transport of ions
trans-epithelial transport
transport of ions sets up the electrochemical gradient
trans-epithelial transport
electrochemical gradients allow […] transport of fluid through tight junctions
paracellular
primary function is nutrient absorption
villi
primary function is secretion
crypt
primarily depends on Na+ transport
villi absorption
primarily follows Cl- and bicarbonate
crypt secretion
- bricarbonate secretion
- electroneutral NaCl absoprtion
- chloride secretion
occurs where
small intestine
chloride secretion mainly occurs where in GI tract?
colon
calcium and iron absorption occur where
small intestine
what transporter is responsible for sodium glucose reabsorption?
SGLT1
what transporter allows for the secretion of Cl-
CFTR
- solute driven water losses
- more prominent in the colon
osmotic diarrhea
crypt secretion leads to more prominent small intestinal losses
secretory diarrhea
normal osmotic gap
50-100
calculation for osmotic gap
290-2 x (Na + K)
osmotic gap > 100 mosm/kg
osmotic diarrhea
osmotic gap <50 mosm/kg
secretory diarrhea
frequent, small volume bloody stool
inflammatory diarrhea
fundamentally indicates disrupted and inflamed mucosa
inflammory diarrhea
caused by:
* infectious processes
* IBD
* ischemic colitis
inflammatory diarrhea
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- greasy, bulky stools
- weight loss
- floating feces
fatty diarrhea
osmotic diarrhea, but with fat content
celiac disease causes what type of diarrhea?
fatty diarrhea
fat malabsorption
loss of large volumes without inflammation of enterocytes
osmotic diarrhea
stool volume decreases with fasting
osmotic diarrhea
stool pH <5.3
acidic
normal is 6.6
osmotic diarrhea