GI Tract Diseases

Question 1

Causes of GI tract disorders

Answer 1

Ingestion if inappropriate foods (dietary indiscretion) altering gut flora balance

Obstructions
Poisoning
Drug therapy
Neoplasia
Infectious causes
Parasites
Endocrine diseases
Systemic diseases

Question 2

Portosystemic shunt

Answer 2

(Congenital problem)
Hepatic portal system that normally delivers nutrient rich foot from the intestine to the liver - misses the liver all together and deposits nutrient rich blood into the systemic circulation