Flashcard 7
common routes Hep B transmission
blood transfusion
sharing needles
maternal
sex
most common causes gastritis
Autoimmune
Bacterial
Chemical
symptoms:
- pain
- vomiting
- constipation
- abdo distension
- colicky pain
- tinkling bowel sounds
bowel obstruction
symptoms:
- pale
- SOB
- palpitations
- fatigue
iron deficiency anaemia
2 types of cancer found in oesophagus
SCC
adenocarcinoma
symptoms/ signs
- blood/ mucus in stool
- rectal bleeding
- diarrhoea
- constipation
- abdo pain whilst passing stools
- weight loss
- hundreds of polyps on colonoscopy
FAP
describe the effects of having Hep E virus
none
symptoms:
- abdo and Lower back pain
- bloating
- often altered by bowel action
- rarely occurs @ night
- constipation
- diarrhoea
- very variable
IBS
treatment H Pylori causing peptic ulcers
triple therapy for 7 days
- amoxycillin
- clarithromycin
- PPI
symptoms:
- painless bleeding after passing stools
- mucus discharge
- itching/ soreness/ redness/ swelling around anus
haemorrhoids
treatment angiodysplasia
argon phototherapy
tranexamic acid
tranexamic acid
drug used to prevent the break down of blood clots. controls severe bleeding
radiation proctitis
inflammation and damage to lower parts of the colon after x-ray/ other ionising radiation exposure
meckels diverticulum treatment
laproscopic removal, plus removal of any dead bowel
symptoms:
- dyspepsia
- early satiety
- N+V
- weight loss
- GI bleeding
- iron deficiency anaemia
gastric cancer
oesophageal varices
abnormally dilated collateral vessels
mallory weiss tear
tear in mucousal lining of oesophagus
symptoms:
- lower left abdominal colicky pain
- bloating
- constipation
- diarrhoea
- mucous in stool
diverticular disease
hypo mobility of oesophagus
ranges from low wave amplitude to complete peristaltic failure
describe what would be seen on imaging of oesophageal hypermobility
corkscrew appearance barium swallow
mammometry - exaggerated, uncoordinated, hypertonic contractions
haemoptysis
coughing up blood
haematemesis
vomitting blood
