NR507 Week 7:NR507 Week 7 Quiz: Questions & Answers: Guaranteed A+ Score Solution
Reflux Esophagitis (GERD) (AnsReflux of acid and pepsin or bile salts from stomach to esophagus that causes esophagitis. Prevalence: 18-27% US. Risk factors of GERD (AnsObesity Hiatal hernia Drugs that relax lower esophageal sphincter pregnancy vomiting lifting/bending GERD causes (AnsAbnormalities in: 1. Lower esophageal sphincter (LES)2. Esophageal motility 3. Gastric motility/ delayed gastric emptying OR: Increased abdominal pressure: (vomiting, coughing, lifting, bending, obesity, pregnancy) OR: Hiatal Hernia (weakens LES) Causes of delayed gastric emptying (Ans- 1. Gastroparesis 2. Gastric or duodenal ulcers (causing pyloric edema) 3. Strictures that narrow the pylorus
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