bowel pathologies Flashcards
regional enteritis
GIT inflamed over long period of time
(Crohn’s disease)
Dysentery
bloody diarrhoea
may contain mucous
irritable bowel
oversensitive nerves in GIT that can cause cramps / diarrhoea / constipation
obstruction
intestinal passageway blocked
slowing or stopping digestive process
volvulus
loop of bowel twists around itself causing an obstruction
Intussusception
inversion of one portion of bowel with another causing an obstruction
Hirschsprung’s disease
a birth defect
some nerve cells are missing in the large intestine
so a child’s intestine can’t move stool and becomes blocked.
Crohn’s disease
inflammatory bowel disease
chronic inflammation of GIT
Coeliac disease
gluten intolerant
immune system attacks own tissue
appendicitis
appendix sore swollen and diseased
ulcerative colitis
inflammation of the lower end of your digestive system, including your large bowel and rectum.
toxic megacolon
swelling and inflammation spread to deeper layers of colon
volvulus
loop of bowel twists around itself and causes an obstruction
diverticulum
small bulges that stick out of the side of the colon
diverticulosis / diverticulitis
Diverticulosis is the formation of abnormal pouches in the bowel wall.
Diverticulitis is inflammation or infection of these abnormal pouches.
