FECALYSIS Flashcards
faex meaning
residue
newborn’s first feces
meconium
study of feces
scatology or coprology
leads to excessive gas production
lactose intolerance
produces strong odor and flatus
bacterial metabolism
major site for final breakdown and reabsorption of compounds
small intestine
what are the digestive enzymes
trypsin
chymotrypsin
lipase
amino peptidase
lipase
value of increased daily stool
above 200g
increased liquidity and frequency of more than?
3x a day
major mechanism
secretory
osmotic intestinal
hypermotiliy
bacterial, viral and protozoan infection produces increased
secretion of water and electrolytes
secretory diarrhea usually caused by an organism that produces toxin that stimulates what enzyme?
adenylase cyclase enzyme
this enzyme leads to crampy diarrhea and secretion of interstitial fluid
adenylase cyclase enzyme
secretory diarrhea is characterized as
watery
voluminous
no rbc, wbc, and mucus
causative agents of secretory diarrhea
vibrio cholerae
etec (travelers diarrhea)
giardia lamblia