Chapter 5 Signs and Sympotms

Question 1

Anorexia

Answer 1

Often a sign of malignancy of liver disease

Question 2

Ascites

Answer 2

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen

Question 3

Borborygmi

Answer 3

Rumbling or gurgling noises produced by the movement of gas, fluid or both in gastrointestinal tract

Question 4

Constipation

Answer 4

Difficulty in passing stools

Question 5

Diarrhea

Answer 5

Frequent passage of loose, watery, stools

Question 6

Dysphagia

Answer 6

Difficulty in swallowing

Question 7

Eructation

Answer 7

Gas expelled from the stomach through the mouth

Question 8

Flatus

Answer 8

Gas expelled through the anus

Question 9

Hematochezia

Answer 9

Passage of fresh, bright red blood from the rectum

Question 10

Jaundice

Answer 10

Yellow-orange coloration of the skin and whites of the eyes caused by high levels of bilirubin in the blood

Question 11

Melena

Answer 11

Black, tarry stools, feces containing digested blood

Question 12

Nausea

Answer 12

Unpleasant sensation in the stomach with a tendency to vomit

Question 13

Steatorrhea

Answer 13

Fat in the feces