SMALL INTESTINES

Question 1

REGIONAL ILLEITIS AKA CROHNS DISEASE KEYS?

Answer 1

R SIDE OF INTEST.; COBBLESTONE INFLAMATION; RLQ PAIN AND B12 PROBLEMS; CHRONIC DIARRHEA; CELIAC SPRUE; DIAG. WITH SIGMOIDOSCOPY

Question 2

ULCERATIVE COLITIS //L SIDE OF INTESTINES KEY?

Answer 2

MOST COMMON IN COLON AND RECTUM

BLOODY DIARRHEA AND FEVER

Question 3

IBS AKA SPASTIC COLON KEYS??

Answer 3

CONSTIP/DIARRHEA CAUSED BY STRESS; WOMEN; PAIN AND GAS RELIEVED BY BOWEL MOVEMENTS

Question 4

APPENDICITIS KEYS??

Answer 4

LRQ; FEVER WITH INCREASED WBC; SCHILLING SHIFT LEFT; +MCBURNEY TEST; +REBOUND TEST; +ROVSINGS SIGN; +PSOAS; +OBTURATOR SIGN; CHECK WITH CT SCAN!!!