Gastrointestinal disorders Flashcards
anorexia
losing more weight than healthy
emesis
vomiting
retching
dry heaving
nausea
symptom, not a sign
constipation
could be something impairing muscle movement or content of stool lacking fluid
diarrhea
peristalsis moving contents too quickly
osmotic diarrhea
soemthing eaten has causes attraction of lots of water to intestines ex. Food with lots of magnesium
secretory diarrhea
caused by infection/bacteria that causes cells to dump lots of water into GI tract
motility diarhhea
disorder with smooth muscle peristalsis
mechanical abodminal pain
something like IBS, actual structure/fucntion
inflammaroty abdominal pain
like chrons disease
ischemic abodominal pain
something in the abdomen has had blood supply interupted
hematochezia
bloody poop
upper GI bleeding
black and tarry, normal flora will convert ut unto persulfate which is black
lower GI bleeding
bright red
occult bleeding
bleed that cannot be seen, could be a slow bleed, or a small amount
stetorrhea
stool with high levels of flats, yellow/clay colored
diet or lymphatic dyfunction
dysphagia
trouble swallowing
something impairing peristalsis in upper GI
achalasia
lower esphageal sphincter doestn open into stomach and food gets trapped in esophagus
gastroesophageal relfux
causes heart burn, HCL from staomach traveling back up past LES
sliding hiatial hernia
upper part of the stomach protrudes into lower part of esophagus
paraesophageal heaital hernia
somach protrudes into other surrounding tissues
gastroparesis
stomach parlysis
can be caused by drugs like ozempic
pyloric obstruction
obstuction befroe small intestine, food back ups into stomach
simple intestinal obsturction
something with the inner linign of the intesitne that obstruct perstalsis
constipation
functional intestinal obstruction
something is wrong with peristalsis, nervous system, herniation
intussusception
intestines fold into itself
evolvulus
twisted intestine
can cause ischemia, necrosis