Question | Answer |
another name for acute stomatitis | cold sore HSV1 |
causes of stomatitis | unknown, suspect lack of B12, folic acid & iron |
Recurrance of stomatitis is | likely |
to confirm a diagnosis of gastroentertis, what type of procedures may be ordered | upper GI endoscopy with biopsy |
What are name other names of gastroenteritis | intestinal flu, traverler's diarrhea, food poisoning |
list some things that might contribute to a gastric ulcer | stress, speciy food, too much asprin |
celiac disease, (Gluten-indiced entreropathy) | small intestines marked by a malabsorption, gluten intoleerence |
Treatment for celiac disease | has to be on a gluten free diet for life |
hemorrhoids | dialated veins in the mucus membranes of the anus or membrances |
Chron's disease | chronic inflammation of the ileum. It effects the thickening or toughing of the wall and narrowing of the intestional lumen. The inflammation tends to be patchy or segemented. |
what is the cause of Crohn's disease | unknown, scienties beleive interaction w/ bacterium, virus, bodies immune system may trigger it, emotional factors, autoimmune system. |
List s/s of hiatal hernia | heartburn, aggravaited by sitting up, bleching, reflux, dsyphagia |
what part of the body is effected by crohn's | ileum |
what is the leading cause of pancreatitis | alcoholism; also the hardest to treat |
pancretic cancer ususally occurs in the ____ of the pancreas | head |
where are peptic ulcers found | lower esophagus, pylorus, duodenum, jejunum |
Pain at _____________ is a system of appendicitis | Mcburney's Patch RLQ |
What is the classic systom of ulcerative colitis | bloody diarrhea |
define diverticulitis | acute inflammation of the small, pouch like herniation's in the intestinal wall. |
cirrhosis | chronic irreverisable degenerative disease of the liver charactized by normal liver cells w/ fibourous scar tissue & other alterations in the liver structure |
cholelithiasis | gall stones |
acute pancreatitis | inflammation of the pancreas (mild, self-limiting) life threatening, sudden severe, but usually function can be restored. |
cholecystecomy | removal of the gall bladder |