GI Tract

Question 1

Dyspepsia

Answer 1

Indigestion. Symptoms are abdominal pain, belching, nausea, vomiting, burning

Question 2

Serology

Answer 2

Study of serum and other bodily fluids

Question 3

Endoscopy

Answer 3

Looking inside ones body with an endoscope

Question 4

Metabolic Alkolosis

Answer 4

Metabolic condition, pH is elevated due to serum bicarbonate (HCO3-)

Question 5

Hypophosphatemia

Answer 5

Low levels of phosphate in the blood. Caused by Aluminum Hydroxide

Question 6

Laryngitis

Answer 6

Atypical symptom of GERD, inflammation of the vocal cords

Question 7

Gastroenteritis

Answer 7

Infectious diarrhea, inflammation of the GI tract (stomach and small intestine).

Question 8

Rhinitis

Answer 8

inflammation of the mucous membranes of the nose

Question 9

Kinetosis

Answer 9

Motion Sickness

Question 10

Anticipatory Emesis

Answer 10

Feeling like you are going to throw up

Question 11

Retrograde Amnesia

Answer 11

memory loss, inability to retrieve information

Question 12

Celiac Disease is allergic to…

Answer 12

Gluten

Question 13

Euphoria

Answer 13

Intense feelings of well-being, elation, happiness, excitement and joy

Question 14

Strictures

Answer 14

An abnormal narrowing of a body passage

Question 15

Fistulas

Answer 15

An abnormal connection b/w an organ, vessel, or intestine to another structure

Question 16

Granuloma

Answer 16

Collection of immune cells known as macrophages

Question 17

Pancreatitis

Answer 17

Inflammation of the pancreas

Question 18

Leukopenia

Answer 18

Low WBC count (Sulfasalzine and Azathioprine)

Question 19

Oligozoospermia

Answer 19

Low sperm count (Sulfasalazine)

Question 20

Pericarditis

Answer 20

Inflammation of the tissue surrounding the heart

Question 21

Arthralgia

Answer 21

Joint Pain

Question 22

Parasthesia

Answer 22

sensation of tingling, tickling, prickling, numbing of a person’s skin for no apparent reason

Question 23

Blood Dyscrasia

Answer 23

Diseased state of the blood such as luekemia or hemophillia

Question 24

Hepatotoxicity

Answer 24

chemical driven liver damage

Question 25

Thrombocytopenia

Answer 25

low levels of platelets

Question 26

Pancytopenia

Answer 26

Reduction in WBC, RBC, and platelets

Question 27

Hepatitis

Answer 27

Inflammation of the liver

Question 28

Cholestasis

Answer 28

Bile can not flow from the liver to the duodenum

Question 29

Optic Neuritis

Answer 29

Inflammation of the optic nerve

Question 30

Lymphomas

Answer 30

Cancer of the lymph nodes

Question 31

Systemic Vasculitis

Answer 31

Inflammation of blood vessel walls

Question 32

Urticaria

Answer 32

Hives, skin rash

Question 33

Neutropenia

Answer 33

Low count of neutrophils

Question 34

Pneumocytosis

Answer 34

a form of pneumonia caused by the yeast like fungus