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DZ: Digestive System Flashcards

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Barium Enema Test

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Depository

Detects lesions in colon

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Barium Swallow Test

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Liquid covers esophagus/stomach/sm intestine (upper GI)

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Diagnostic Testing of GI

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Sigmoidoscopy
Digital Rectal Exam
Endoscopy (upper GI)

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Esophageal Cancer

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Risks: large alcohol consumption, smoke, acid-reflex, HPV

S/S: adenocarcinoma (GERD) - hoarseness, painful swallowing

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GERD

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defect of lower esophageal sphincter (weak muscles or relax at wrong time) or slow emptying of contents > small intestine

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Carcinoma of the mouth

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Risks: tobacco, high alcohol, HPV
S/S: sores that don’t heal on the tongue/mouth/gums & red (cancer)/white patches in mouth
PT: Reeducation of the muscles of the mouth
Survival: 5yr - 56%

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TMJ

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Causes: gingivitis, arthritis & teeth clinching
S/S: pain & stiffness of jaw/neck/face, clicking/grinding when moving jaw
PT: anti-inflamm modalities (e-stim, iontophoresis, US), ex: mouth muscle relaxation

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Gastric cancer (carcinoma of stomach)

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Highest in Japan
S/S: weight loss
Risks: pickled or salty foods
PT: mobility training

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Erosive Gastritis (ulcer)

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hemorrhaging, smooth –crater like lesions

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Non-Erosive Gastritis

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chronic condition

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Pyloric Stenosis

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seen in infants or can be acquired that causes projectile vomiting or a feeling of fullness

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Dumping Syndrome

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Lack control of gastric emptying (high sugar/carbs)
Early (within 30min) S/S: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
Late (1-4hrs) S/S: high sugar > large drop
- sweating, hunger, tachycardia, fatigue
PT: make sure pt doesn’t eat before tx

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celiac disease

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Gluten intolerance
Autoimmune: small intestine villi destroyed
- malabsorption
S/S: steatorrhea (fat in stool) feces, loos stool, dermatitis herpetiformis (not contageous)
Long term: anemia, osteoporosis
PT: WBing ex

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colorectal cancer

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Occur in the sigmoid colon/rectum
Risks: polyps (fingerlike growths) of the colon, high fat diet, Crohn’s Dz, ulcerative colitis
S/S: bloody feces, narrow stool, LLQ

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Diverticulosis

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non-inflammatory diverticula (pouch like) of the colon, precursor to diverticulitis

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Diverticulitis

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inflammatory diverticula (pouchlike process) of the colon, can lead to infx/bleeding and partial or complete blockage of colon

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Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Dz (IBD) - 2 Dzs

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Crohn’s Dz & Ulcerative Colitis

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Crohns Disease

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small intestine effected
Skip Lessions -> cobblestone appearance
pain in RLQ, malabsorption/malnutrition

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Ulcerative colitits

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bleeding/fever/cramping during passage of feces
Develop megacolon
Rectum/colon affected

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Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

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no damage to intestine (no cancer)

S/S: urgency, abdominal bloating

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Cholelithiasis

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gallstones accumulate in the bladder

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Choleycystitis

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inflamed gallbladder due to gallstones

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Cholangitis

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inflamed gallbladder caused by bile infx

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choledocholithiasis

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obstruction by gallstones of biliary tract

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Gallstones

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Form from high concentrations of cholesterol or deficit in bile salts
2X women
Risks: obesity, high cholesterol, oral contraceptives or estrogen, women 2X
- Female, Fat, Forty, Fertile
S/S: sudden sever pain, radiates to back or R-shoulder

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Liver Cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma)

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Linked to Hep-B

S/S: hepatomegaly (enlarged liver), splenomegaly (enlarged spleen)

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acute pancreatitis

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Inflammation of pancreas 
Causes: pancreatic enzymes attacking pancreas 
  - ETOH - high alcohol consumption
  - gallstones 
S/S: LBP, hypovolemia - rapid/weak pulse
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Pancreatic Cancer

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Risks: diet, smoking, pancreatitis

95% mortality rate

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peritonitis

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Inflammation of peritoneal membrane
Causes: infx from liver/kidney failure
S/S: leukocytosis (high WBC), rigid (hard) abdomen
PT: ambulation, bed mobility, strength, endurance, functional activities

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