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GASTROINTESTINALPATHOLOGY
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GI DISORDERS Abdominal pain Gallbladder disease
RUQ Acid reflux (GERD) Gastritis Appendicitis Gastroenteritis and
food poisoning Bleeding ulcer
(hematemesis) Hiatal hernia
(=Hiatus hernia) H.pylori gastritis Colon cancer Irritable bowel
syndrome(IBD) Crohns disease
Diverticulitis Diverticulosis Traveler's diarrhea Esophageal cancer Ulcerative colitis Ulcers (stomach and
duodenal)
PYLORIC STENOSIS INGUINAL HERNIA INTUSSUSCEPTION VOLVULUS
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Esophageal Strictures Gastric contents/
acid contents reflux into the esophagus
Causing inflammation, scarring stricture
formation.
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H Pylori
Helicobacter Pylori Half of the world's
population is infected
the incidence is decreasing in high-income countries.
H. pylori colonizes the stomach and has been associated with gastric ulcer and cancer.
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Bezoars are tightly packed collections of partially digested or undigested material stuck in the stomach or other parts of the digestive tract.
Foreign bodies are small ingested objects that can also get stuck in the digestive tract and sometimes perforate it.
Gastroparesis is a stomach disorder in which the stomach takes too long in emptying its contents
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Ulcerative Colitis is inflammation of the outer lining of the colon only, hence the term colitis.
Crohn's disease, can affect any part of the gut from the mouth to the anus, but most commonly affects the colon or ileum (small bowel) and can involve the full thickness of the bowel wall.
Symptoms Both types of inflammatory bowel disease
may have similar symptoms depending on the site and severity of the inflammation.
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APPENDICITS
PAIN ANOREXIA NAUSEA VOMITING FEVER Navel or RLQ pain
may have one or more of the following signs and symptoms:
Nausea and sometimes vomiting
Loss of appetite A low-grade fever that
starts after other signs and symptoms appear
Constipation An inability to pass gas Diarrhea Abdominal swelling
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APPENDICITIS is the most common surgical
emergency seen in hospitals. Six of every hundred persons will get it at some point in their life.
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