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Gastrointestinal disorders Flashcards

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anorexia

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losing more weight than healthy

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emesis

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vomiting

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retching

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dry heaving

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nausea

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symptom, not a sign

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constipation

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could be something impairing muscle movement or content of stool lacking fluid

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diarrhea

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peristalsis moving contents too quickly

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osmotic diarrhea

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soemthing eaten has causes attraction of lots of water to intestines ex. Food with lots of magnesium

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secretory diarrhea

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caused by infection/bacteria that causes cells to dump lots of water into GI tract

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motility diarhhea

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disorder with smooth muscle peristalsis

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mechanical abodminal pain

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something like IBS, actual structure/fucntion

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inflammaroty abdominal pain

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like chrons disease

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ischemic abodominal pain

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something in the abdomen has had blood supply interupted

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hematochezia

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bloody poop

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upper GI bleeding

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black and tarry, normal flora will convert ut unto persulfate which is black

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lower GI bleeding

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bright red

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occult bleeding

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bleed that cannot be seen, could be a slow bleed, or a small amount

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stetorrhea

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stool with high levels of flats, yellow/clay colored
diet or lymphatic dyfunction

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dysphagia

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trouble swallowing
something impairing peristalsis in upper GI

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achalasia

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lower esphageal sphincter doestn open into stomach and food gets trapped in esophagus

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gastroesophageal relfux

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causes heart burn, HCL from staomach traveling back up past LES

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sliding hiatial hernia

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upper part of the stomach protrudes into lower part of esophagus

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paraesophageal heaital hernia

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somach protrudes into other surrounding tissues

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gastroparesis

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stomach parlysis
can be caused by drugs like ozempic

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pyloric obstruction

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obstuction befroe small intestine, food back ups into stomach

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simple intestinal obsturction

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something with the inner linign of the intesitne that obstruct perstalsis
constipation

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functional intestinal obstruction

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something is wrong with peristalsis, nervous system, herniation

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intussusception

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intestines fold into itself

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evolvulus

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twisted intestine
can cause ischemia, necrosis

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constriction adhesion

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parts of intestines get stuck together

30
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4 types of gastritis

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acute
chronic type a- Autoimmune
chronic type b- bacteria
chonic type c- chemical like alchohol

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peptic ulcer disease

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fromation of duodenal, gastric ulceers
acut/chronic
often Helicobacter pylori

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ischemic ulcers

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interruption of blood supply

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curling ulcers

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found in people with serious burn injuries

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cushin ulcers

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found in people with TBI

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gastrectomy

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removing of all/part of sotmach
treatment for ulcer disease

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pancreatic insufficiency

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molecule not broken down, chyme not neutralized due to lack of pancreatic juice
greasy, oily stool

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bile salt deficiency

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lack of bile in intestines that breaks down food
greasy, oily stool

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lactase deficiency

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unable to break down lactose

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appendicitis

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pain in lower right side if burst bacteira enter into blood stream

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ulcerative colitis

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inflammation of inner linig of colon

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crohns disease

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inflammation anywhere in GI tract, autoimmune

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irritable bowel syndrome

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general name for inflammation of GI tract

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deverticulosis

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intestines form mucusol outpouching

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diverticulitits

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infection of muscosal outpouched from diverticulosis

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obesity

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BMI over 30

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central obesisty

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abfomin
more common in men

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peripheral obesisty

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in hips and butt
more common in womena

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Leptin resistance

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body used to the effect of letpin, has harder time feeling satisfied

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oveproduction of ghrelin

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happnes with obesity, give you munchies like with weed

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anorexia nervosa

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pycholigal need to not eat/ be skinny

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bulimia nervosa

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purging food to get uit back out of you

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malnutrition

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eating food but it is not nutriotios or not being absorbed

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starvation

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inadequate access to food

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short term starvation

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inteimmitent fasting, may allow reset of metabolism with insulin/leptin

55
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long term starvation

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no acessess to food
mat slow down metabolism

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acites

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fluid accumulation in abdomen
a sign of liver problems

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portal hypertnension

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increased pressure in the vein that leads to the liver
usually a sing of liver damage

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hepatic encaphalpoopothy

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central nervous sytsme issues from the liver not being able to do its job

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jaundice

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too much bilirubin in the blood because the liver is not breaking it down into bile

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obstructive jaundice

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something is impeding the livers ability to dump bile into the intestines

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hemolytioc Jaundice

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too many red bloiod cells are being destroyd to quickly (billirubin is broke down red bood cells

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hepatocellular jaundice

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actual liver cells are not functioning properly

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acute liver failure

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caused by poison ingestion, or somethin like an overdose of tylenol

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hepatroenal syndrome

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kdineys feel effect of liver not doing its job

65
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non alcoholic fatty liver

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fat infiltrates the liver and becomes marbled

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cirrhosis

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scar tissue infiltrates the liver

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alcoholic cirrhosis

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alcohol destroys hepatocytes and scar tissue accumulates

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biliary cirrhosis

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bile duct replaced with scar tissue

69
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what does the gallbaldder do

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store bile

70
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cholelithiasis

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gall stones

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cholecystitis

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gall bladder infection

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pacreatitis

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pacnreatic infection

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