Constipation + Diarrhoea Flashcards
Bacterial fermentation in the gut produces 2 important nutrients …
Vitamin B12 and vitamin K
Match the stool consistency with the Bristol Stool Chart grade …
1 = separate hard lumps 2 = sausage shape but lumpy 3 = sausage shape with cracks on the surface 4 = sausage shape smooth and soft 5 = soft blobs with clear cut edges 6 = fluffy pieces with ragged edges and mushy 7 = watery, no solid pieces, liquid
Which of the following is incorrect? Constipation may be caused by:
Opiate drugs, paralytic ileus, eating too many eggs, low fibre diet, dehydration, persistent delay to defeacate
Eating too many eggs
Fatty diarrhoea (steatorrhoea) is due too …
A blocked bile duct
How much fluid enters the colon from the small intestine each day?
1.5l
Osmotic laxatives …
Draw water into the colon
The characteristic colour of faeces is due to …
Bile pigments
The immediate risk to health during bacterial diarrhoea is …
Dehydration
The inner anal sphincter and external anal sphincter are both formal by separate rings of involuntary muscle or voluntary muscle. Which is applicable to which?
Internal is involuntary and external is voluntary
The reflex stimulation of a mass movement of faeces in the descending colon caused by eating is known as the …
Gastro-colic reflex
