diarrhea

Question 1

mild, left limited enterocolitis characteriozed by watery, non-bloody diarrhea. In aids patients - prolonged severe diarrhea when CD4 counds

Answer 1

cryptosporidial infection

Question 2

diarrhea, absominal pain, nausea, vomiting and bleeding with weight loss in an AIDS pt. Biopsyu reveals hemorrhagic nodules. What is the cause?

Answer 2

Karposi sarcoma

Question 3

what layers of the gut are affected by UC vs Chrons”?

Answer 3

UC - mucosa and submucosa

Chrons - transmural

Question 4

Bulky, foul smelling diarrhea with flat mucosa with marked villous bluting, flatulance and signs of malabsorption such as weight loss and anemia

Answer 4

ciliac sprue