GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE SYMPTOMS-LESSON 64
NOTE: 1. Etiology means the cause of the disease and the treatment for that disease. Eti/o means cause.
2. Idiopathic means the cause of the disease is not known or not be understood. Idi/o means not known.
GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS:
1. Ascites- Collection of watery serous fluids abnormally in the stomach. May be due to this sometimes the accumulated fluid leaks out of the bloodstream and gathers in the peritoneal cavity. This can be the symptoms of inflammatory disorder or neoplasm of the abdomen, venous hypertension caused by cirrhosis, and heart failure.
2. Anorexia- Lessened need to eat i.e. less appetite (-orexia means appetite). This is may be the sign of liver disease or growth of abnormal cells called malignancy. Anorexia nervosa is the disease condition in which less appetite is caused due to emotional difficulties such as worries, nervousness, and anger.
3. Achlorhydria- Abnormal condition of lack of gastric juice or hydrochloric acid in the abdomen.
4. Constipation- Intermittent or irregular of incomplete bowel movements. The bowel movement is difficult and delayed excretion of undigested food from the anus. A laxative is a medicine useful to cure this condition. A cathartic is an laxative agent. In constipation the stools are very solid and waterless.
5. Colic- A sudden and involuntary pain in the abdomen. This pain is acute in nature. This is caused by spasms of the intestinal muscles. Colic includes cramps and contractures may happen during infancy especially first three months of an infant due to the swallowing of air called aerophagia, overfeeding in a rapid manner, and milk allergy.
6. Dysphagia- Troubled swallowing or difficulty in swallowing, which may be even painful. This problem happens due to the spontaneous movements of the esophagus. The food passageway may be blocked by a cancer or swelling.
7. Diarrhea- Frequent release or discharge of semisolid or watery fecal matter or stools. These symptoms may happen due to an infection or toxin in the gastric tract and probably happen after the meal. These stools may be watery or bloody.
8. Flatus- The gas or air drives out from the anus.
9. Gastroesophageal reflux- The contents of the food go over into the esophagus possibly may be also into the pharynx, and aspiration may also happen if the food aspirated between the vocal cords and down into the trachea. Aspiration is a pulmonary complication. The symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux are heartburn and acid taste in the mouth called acidity. This may also happen due to an abnormal condition called hiatal hernia, in which the swelling of the abdominal wall upwards toward the esophagus.
10. Hematochezia- Excretion of bright red blood from the rectum. This may happen in association with colonic tumors, hemorrhoids, and ulcerative colitis.
11. Jaundice- bile pigments excreted and a yellowish tinting of the sclerae, deeper tissues, and the skin. This gives yellowish-orange coloration to the skin and other tissues due to high bilirubin in the blood. Jaundice is also called icterus. This may happen due to malfunction of the hepatocytes or liver cells called hepatopathy, which stops the mixture of bilirubin with bile. Choledocholithiasis is a condition of presence of stones in the common bile duct, which stops bilirubin and bile being excreted into the intestines. The another reason for jaundice is undue breakdown of red blood cells in hemolysis makes surplus bilirubin in the blood.
12. Melena- Excretion of tarry, black, dark brown color stool due to the presence of blood in the feces due to the alteration by the intestinal juices. This may be a sign of bleeding above the duodenum with bleeding ulcers.
13. Nausea- A tendency to vomit, which gives an unlikable sensation from the abdomen. Seasickness is the old name for this condition. Irritation of nerve endings in the stomach or any other part of the body is also a cause for this condition. Obstruction of the bile duct, stomach, or intestine, a puncture in any of the abdominal organ, or any poison materials in the gastrointestinal tract may create this condition.
14. Steatorrhea- Excretion of excessive fat from the feces. The malabsorption of fat would gather more fat remain in the abdomen. The cause of this abnormality is due to pancreatitis or enteritis.
2. Idiopathic means the cause of the disease is not known or not be understood. Idi/o means not known.
GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOMS:
1. Ascites- Collection of watery serous fluids abnormally in the stomach. May be due to this sometimes the accumulated fluid leaks out of the bloodstream and gathers in the peritoneal cavity. This can be the symptoms of inflammatory disorder or neoplasm of the abdomen, venous hypertension caused by cirrhosis, and heart failure.
2. Anorexia- Lessened need to eat i.e. less appetite (-orexia means appetite). This is may be the sign of liver disease or growth of abnormal cells called malignancy. Anorexia nervosa is the disease condition in which less appetite is caused due to emotional difficulties such as worries, nervousness, and anger.
3. Achlorhydria- Abnormal condition of lack of gastric juice or hydrochloric acid in the abdomen.
4. Constipation- Intermittent or irregular of incomplete bowel movements. The bowel movement is difficult and delayed excretion of undigested food from the anus. A laxative is a medicine useful to cure this condition. A cathartic is an laxative agent. In constipation the stools are very solid and waterless.
5. Colic- A sudden and involuntary pain in the abdomen. This pain is acute in nature. This is caused by spasms of the intestinal muscles. Colic includes cramps and contractures may happen during infancy especially first three months of an infant due to the swallowing of air called aerophagia, overfeeding in a rapid manner, and milk allergy.
6. Dysphagia- Troubled swallowing or difficulty in swallowing, which may be even painful. This problem happens due to the spontaneous movements of the esophagus. The food passageway may be blocked by a cancer or swelling.
7. Diarrhea- Frequent release or discharge of semisolid or watery fecal matter or stools. These symptoms may happen due to an infection or toxin in the gastric tract and probably happen after the meal. These stools may be watery or bloody.
8. Flatus- The gas or air drives out from the anus.
9. Gastroesophageal reflux- The contents of the food go over into the esophagus possibly may be also into the pharynx, and aspiration may also happen if the food aspirated between the vocal cords and down into the trachea. Aspiration is a pulmonary complication. The symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux are heartburn and acid taste in the mouth called acidity. This may also happen due to an abnormal condition called hiatal hernia, in which the swelling of the abdominal wall upwards toward the esophagus.
10. Hematochezia- Excretion of bright red blood from the rectum. This may happen in association with colonic tumors, hemorrhoids, and ulcerative colitis.
11. Jaundice- bile pigments excreted and a yellowish tinting of the sclerae, deeper tissues, and the skin. This gives yellowish-orange coloration to the skin and other tissues due to high bilirubin in the blood. Jaundice is also called icterus. This may happen due to malfunction of the hepatocytes or liver cells called hepatopathy, which stops the mixture of bilirubin with bile. Choledocholithiasis is a condition of presence of stones in the common bile duct, which stops bilirubin and bile being excreted into the intestines. The another reason for jaundice is undue breakdown of red blood cells in hemolysis makes surplus bilirubin in the blood.
12. Melena- Excretion of tarry, black, dark brown color stool due to the presence of blood in the feces due to the alteration by the intestinal juices. This may be a sign of bleeding above the duodenum with bleeding ulcers.
13. Nausea- A tendency to vomit, which gives an unlikable sensation from the abdomen. Seasickness is the old name for this condition. Irritation of nerve endings in the stomach or any other part of the body is also a cause for this condition. Obstruction of the bile duct, stomach, or intestine, a puncture in any of the abdominal organ, or any poison materials in the gastrointestinal tract may create this condition.
14. Steatorrhea- Excretion of excessive fat from the feces. The malabsorption of fat would gather more fat remain in the abdomen. The cause of this abnormality is due to pancreatitis or enteritis.
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