Digestive disease signs and symptoms

Question 1

anorexia

Answer 1

lack or no appetite

Question 2

ascites

Answer 2

Abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen.

Question 3

borborygmus

Answer 3

Movement of gas and/or fluid through the digestive tract, producing grumbling noises

Question 4

constipation

Answer 4

difficult elimination of stool

Question 5

dehydration

Answer 5

a condition in which fluid loss exceeds fluid intake

Question 6

diarrhea

Answer 6

Abnormally frequent elimination of loose or watery stools.

Question 7

dyspepsia

Answer 7

Painful or difficult digestion; indigestion.

Question 8

dysphagia

Answer 8

painful or difficult swallowing

Question 9

emesis

Answer 9

vomiting

Question 10

eructation

Answer 10

release of gas from the stomach through the mouth; belching

Question 11

flatus

Answer 11

gas expelled through the anus

Question 12

halitosis

Answer 12

Bad breath; may be caused by dental, digestive, or respiratory disease

Question 13

hematemesis

Answer 13

vomiting blood

Question 14

hematochezia

Answer 14

Bright red blood (fresh) discharged from the anus.

Question 15

jaundice

Answer 15

Yellow discoloration of the skin and other tissues due to high blood levels of bilirubin (BIL-ih-ROO-bin), a yellow substance in bile.

Question 16

nausea

Answer 16

Unpleasant sensation in the stomach that causes an urge to vomit

Question 17

regurgitation

Answer 17

The return of swallowed food from the stomach.

Question 18

ulcer

Answer 18

Open sore or lesion of the mucous lining in a gastric organ, such as the stomach or esophagus.