Chap 3 - Gastrointestinal Diseases 1

Question 0

Difficult or painful eating or swallowing. From stroke or infection.

Answer 0

Dysphagia (Odynophagia)

Question 1

Decrease appetite because of disease or the gastrointestinal side effect of a drug.

Answer 1

Anorexia

Question 2

Excessive overeating. Due to overactive thyroid gland, diabetes millitus, or psychiatric illness.

Answer 2

Polyphagia

Question 3

Inflammation and cracking of lips and mouth corners due to infection, allergies, or nutritional deficiency.

Answer 3

Cheilitis

Question 4

A stone that forms in the salivary gland and becomes lodged in the duct, blocking the flow of saliva. When the salivary gland contracts, the duct spasms, causing pain.

Answer 4

Sialolithiasis

Question 5

Inflammation of oral mucosa. Can be caused by poorly fitting dentures.

Answer 5

Stomatitis

Question 6

Canker sores, small ulcers of oral mucosa

Answer 6

Aphthous stomatitis

Question 7

Stone in salivary duct

Answer 7

Sialolith

Question 8

Indigestion

Answer 8

Dyspepsia

Question 9

Swollen, protruding veins in the mucosa of the lower esophagus or stomach. They can rupture causing sudden death.

Answer 9

Varices

Question 10

Acute or chronic inflammation of the stomach due to eating spicy foods, excess acid production, or a bacterial infection.

Answer 10

Gastritis

Question 11

Acute inflammation or infection of stomach & intestines. Due to virus or bacterium.

Answer 11

Gastroenteritis

Question 12

Chronic inflammation and irritation of esophagus due to reflux of stomach acid back into the esophagus.

Answer 12

Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)

Question 13

Temporary inflammation of esophagus due to reflux of stomach acid

Answer 13

Heartburn (Pyrosis)

Question 14

Chronic inflammation of esophagus

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Esophagitis

Question 15

Heartburn

Answer 15

Pyrosis

Question 16

Vomiting of new or old blood from bleeding in the stomach or esophagus. From ulcers or varices.

Answer 16

Hematemesis

Question 17

Weakness in diaphragm, allowing esophagus or stomach to slide through and balloon into the thoracic cavity.

Answer 17

Hiatal hernia (hiatus hernia)

Question 18

N&V

Answer 18

Nausea & Vomiting

Question 19

Vomiting

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Emesis

Question 20

Continual vomiting when there is no longer any food in the stomach

Answer 20

Retching or dry heaves

Question 21

The reflux of small amounts of food and acid back into the mouth

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Regurgitation

Question 22

Vomiting during the first few months of pregnancy

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Hyperemesis gravidarum

Question 23

Chronic irritation, burning pain, and erosion of the mucosa to the point of forming an ulcer.

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Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)

Question 24

Cancerous tumor of stomach arising from glands in mucosa of stomach.

Answer 24

Stomach cancer

Question 25

Stomach cancer

Answer 25

Gastric adenocarcinoma