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, GI PATHOphysiology
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1. 40% of all dr. visits chef compliant stomach pain
is
2. constipation -Infrequent or difficult fecal evacuation
-Generally associated with low-bulk diets and aging
3. Diaherra -Abnormally frequent and liquid stools
-High incidence of infant mortality worldwide
4. IBS? irritable bowel syndrome
has no known cause and is only treatable with dietary
changes
5. Viral enteritis is the stomach flu
6. this GI issue is often mistak- viral enteritis
en as influenze virus, its usual-
ly self-limited, includes nausea,
vomiting, and diarrhea.
7. common agent of viral enteritis in rotavirus
children
8. common agent of viral enteritis in norovirus and camplylobacter
adults
9. most common place to get diver- sigmoid colon and rectum
ticulum (pouch)
10. who is most likely to get divertic- older patients
ulosis
these pouches can get inflamed = itis. can be severe,
abdominal discomfort, eventual sepsis