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. Co...