40. What is the effective treatment of celiac disease?
a lifelong gluten-free diet.
89. What is the pathophys of GERD/LPR?
Acid and pepsin are 100x more likely to cause injury to larynx than the esophagus that is protected by carbonate and peristalsis
48. What is HLA?
Human leukocyte antigen
115. What is the function of prostaglandins?
Regulate the release of mucosal bicarbonate and mucus, inhibit parietal cell secretion and are important regulators of mucous blood flow
79. How is celiac disease managed?
Gluten free diet, rice, pure oats, treatment of anemia Fe, Folate, B12. Osteopenic bone disease treat with bone growth stimulators, seizure treated with dietary changes and antisezure medication, and specific diseases are treated accordingly such as diabe
56. What is the cause of tissue damage in celiac disease?
Production of antiendomysial and antireticulum antibodies
99. What is erosive esophagitis?
A more progressive form of reflux related disease
91. What is LRP/LRD treated with?
PPI therapy. Theophylline and beta 2 agonists decrease lower esophageal sphincter pressure
3. What are two functions of epi cells?
Secretion and absorption What do these functions facilitate? Digestive and nutrient absorption
19. What is a result of diarrhea?
Injury to the brush border of the SI and secondary lactose deficiency
