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Unit 9/LO 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The bodies defense-removal of noxious substances from the body | Vomitting |
| What are sequela of vomitting | Dehydration, acidosis, and malnutrition |
| What is another word for vomitting | Emesis |
| What is it called when vomit contains brown granular material resulting from partial digestion in the stomach of protein in blood | Hematemesis |
| If someone vomits a yellow/green color what does it contain | Bile from the duodenum |
| What would deep brown vomit mean | It contains content from the lower intestin, typical of recurrent vomiting in persons with intestinal obstruction |
| If a person was to vomit up undigested food from previous meals what could be the cause | Gastric emptying problem...... pyloric obstruction |
| What kind of diarrhea could you have with celiac disease and cystic fibrosis | Steatorrhea-fatty diarrhea- there is fat within the stools |
| What is the cause of frank blood in stools | Lesions in the rectum or anal canal |
| What would you expect in the stool of someone that had small bleeding ulcers in the stomach and small intestine | Occult blood- not visible to the eye |
| What is it called when you have dark, tarry stools | Melena- significant bleeding higher in the digestive tract. The hbg has been acted on by intestinal bacteria. There are large amounts of blood present |
| What are some causes of constipation? | Muscle weakness, neurological disorders (MS, SCI) meds, obstruction |
| What fluid and electrolytes do you loose when vomiting and with diarrhea | Sodium and Chloride- always loose both |
| What other electrolyte do you loose during diarrhea | K+ |
| What are the three mechanisms of abdominal pain | Mechanical, inflammatory and ischemia (obstruction) |
| What is usually the cause of upper GI bleeding | Bleeding varicose veins in the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum - coffee ground vomiting |
| What are the usual causes of lower GI bleeding | Intestinal polyps, Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis and others - Frankly bloody diarrhea |
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