Digestive disorders

Question 1

Peptic ulcers

Answer 1

• A open, painful sore
• Effect the duodenum and stomach
• Caused by bacteria

Question 2

Symptoms

Peptic ulcers

Answer 2

• Nausea
• Feeling food within a meal
• Pain or discomfort in the upper abdoment
• bloating

Question 3

Acid reflex

Answer 3

• Happens when the lower esophageal sphincter relaxes at the wrong time causing the acid soaked food from going back up the esaphogus.

Question 4

Causes

Acid reflex

Answer 4

• Smoking
• Pregency
• Stess/axienty
• Beingf overweight
• Eating fatty, spicy, carbonated foods and drinks

Question 5

Symptoms

Acid reflex

Answer 5

• Heart burn after eating
• Sensation of lumps in the thoart
• Trouble swallowing

Question 6

Prevent

Acid reflex

Answer 6

• Maintain a healthy weight
• Eat at a slower pace
• Avoid smoking

Question 7

Constipation

Answer 7

• When the colon movements are slow which causese the large intestine to absorb up more water. This hardens the feces, making it harder to eject.

Question 8

Diarrhea

Answer 8

• Stomach flu/bacteria/virus
• Happens when the colon does not absorb water making the feces watery consistancy

Question 9

Treatments

Diarrhea

Answer 9

• Eat foods with loweer fibre
• Have a clean diet
• Drinking more water

Question 10

Vomiting

Answer 10

• The body’s way of removing substances or a reaction that causes irration in the gut
• A series of contractions start in teh small intestien then move to the stomach goes up the esophagus and eventually out of the system.
• Symptoms: Nausea
• Mouthwatering
• Dizziness
• Abdomine pain
• Avoid vomitting, eat less, eat slower, avoid fried food