lower GI diseases

Question 1

standard precautions

Question 2

ileostomy 2 days ago –> which acid-base disorder?

Answer 2

Metabolic acidosis

Question 3

Causes
Diverticulitis, Polyps
Anal fissures, Hemorrhoids
Inflammatory bowel disease
Cancer

Answer 3

Lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Question 4

Occult blood, melena, bright-red stools

Question 5

Signs and symptoms
Change in bowel habits
Blood or mucus in stools
Abdominal or rectal pain
Obstruction

Answer 5

Colorectal Cancer

Question 6

Complication
Bleeding, perforation, peritonitis, metastasis, complete obstruction

Answer 6

Complication
Bleeding, perforation, peritonitis, metastasis, complete obstruction

Question 7

to make a hole through

Answer 7

perforate

Question 8

peritonitis

Answer 8

inflammation of the peritoneum

Question 9

matastasis

Answer 9

the spread of a disease-producing agency (such as cancer cells) from the initial or primary site of disease to another part of the body

Question 10

Surgically created opening diverts stool or urine to outside of body

Answer 10

Ostomy

Question 11

Portion of bowel sutured onto abdomen
Abdominal ostomies

Answer 11

Stoma

Question 12

Abdominal ostomies

Answer 12

Ileostomy
Colostomy
Urostomy

Question 13

Prevention
Transmission precautions
Standard precautions:
Hand hygiene
Vaccines –permanent active immunity
HAV
HBV
Immunoglobulin (IG)-after exposure
Public health measures: education programs, screening of blood donors, food handlers screening

Answer 13

Hepatitis

Question 14

Anorexia, nausea, weight loss
Ascites and Jaundice
Bruising and muscle cramping
Weakness and fatigue
Dull right upper quadrant pain
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Itching (from bile products deposited in skin)
Spider angiomata

Answer 14

Signs and Symptoms of Cirrhosis