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Digestive system III Flashcards

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Upper GI tract diseases

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  • GORD
  • Peptic ulcers
  • Gastritis
  • Gastroparesis
  • Gall stones
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Lower GI tract diseases

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  • Lower celiac disease
  • Diverticular disease
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

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  • Acid from stomach leaks up to oesophagus
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Symptoms of GORD

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  • Acid reflux
  • Heatburn
  • Oesophogitis
  • Bad breath, bloating and belching
  • Pain while swallowing
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Progressive complications to GORD

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  • Bleeding of ulcers in the oesophogus making swallowing painful
  • The bleeding could scar and narrow
  • Cell lining change and cause cancer development
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Peptic ulcers

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  • Sores that develop in the inner lining of the stomach
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Symptoms of peptic ulcers

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  • Heartburn after eating
  • Stomach acid coming back up the mouth acid reflux
  • Indigestion
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Progressive complications to peptic ulcers

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  • Bleeding at the site of the ulcer
  • Stomach lining at the site of the ulcer starts splitting
  • Ulcer blocks movement of food through the digestive system
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H. pylori effect on stomach

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  • Attacking of the lining that protects the stomach
  • Bacteria makes the enzyme urease making stomach acid less acidic weakening the stomach mucosa lining
  • Greater risk of being attacked by pepsin and strong digestive fluids causing sores and ulcers
  • Stick to stomach cells and stimulate acid secretion
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Diagnostic test for H.Pylori

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  • Carbon 13 urea breath test non-evasive technique
  • Drink glass of radioactive carbon then blowing into a bag
  • Tests bacteria urease activity
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Gastroparesis

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  • Chronic condition where the stomach cannot empty in the normal way
  • Food passes through the stomach slower
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Symptoms of gastroparesis

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  • Feeling full quickly when eating
  • Feeling sick at vomiting
  • Loss of apetiite and weight loss
  • Bloating and tummy cramps
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Progressive complications of gastroparesis

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  • Dehydration from repeated vomiting
  • GORD
  • Malnutrition
  • Unpredictable blood sugar levels
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Gastritis

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  • lining of the stomach gets inflammed after being damaged
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Symptoms of gastritis

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  • Feeling full when eating quickly
  • Nausea and vomiting
  • tummy and abdominal pain
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Progressive complications of gastritis

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  • Dehydration and repeated vomiting
  • GORD
  • Malnutrition
  • Unprecidented blood sugar levels
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Gall stones

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  • Levels of cholesterol and bile become too high and the excess cholesterol turns into stones
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Symptoms of gall stones

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  • Mostly asymptomatic
  • Billary coliac
  • Inflammation of gall bladder causes pain causing jaundice and fever
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Infammatory bowel disease

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  • Crohn’s diseases or ulcerative colitis
  • Inflammation of the colon and the rectum
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Inflammatory bowel disease

Symptoms of Ulcerative colitis

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  • Reoccouring diarrhoea containing blood mucus or pus
  • Abdominal pain needing to empty bowels frequently
  • Long term rectal inflammation
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Inflammatory bowel disease

Crohn’s disease symptoms

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  • Inflammation from mouth to anus
  • Diarrhoea and stomach aches with blood in stool
  • ## Tirednes and weight loss
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Progressive complications of Inflammatory bowel disease

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  • Bile duct inside the liver becomes damaged
  • Risk of developing bowel cancer
  • Poor growth and development of children and young people
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Cause and definition of irritable bowel syndrome

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  • Common condition with diarrhoea, stomach cramps bloating and constipation
  • Food passes through gut too quickly or slowly
  • Oversenstive nerves in gut
  • Family history
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Celiac disease

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  • Gluten intolerances as immune system attacks the gluten cannot be metabolised
  • Damages to the gut with symptoms of diarrhoea, stomach cramps and bloating
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Lactose intolerance

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  • Cannot digest dairy products
  • Cannot get vitamins and minerals from fat
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Symptoms of lactose intolerance

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  • Farting
  • diarrhoea
  • Bloated stomach
  • Stomach cramps and pains
  • Feeling sick
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What happens if you have a lack of lactose in diet

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  • Osteopenia which means bones have low mineral density if left untreated could lead to osteoporosis
  • malnutrition of vitamins
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Diverticular disease

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  • Effects large intestine which are small buldges that develop on the linin gof the intestine with ageing
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Symptoms of diverticular disease

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  • Tummy pain on the lower left side
  • Constipation and diarrhoea with occasional blood in stool

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