Gastrointestinal Disorders – Exam Essentials: Comprehensive Guides for Testing Exams
- Hepatitis - Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Inflammatory Bowel Disease What is diarrhea? - Increase in # of stools (frequency) - Less consistency, more fluid, color can vary - Usually acute (sudden and duration less than 14 days) - Toxic reaction to pathogen + body ridding of pathogen - Most often viral - Chronic is greater than 14 days - More often chronic condition, food indiscretion, food sensitivity Diarrhea is often infectious, but may be r/t... - Dietary indiscretions (hyperosmolar formulas, overfeeding, - Infection outside GI tract, esp. respiratory or UTI - Emotional tension - Medications - Inflammation or anatomical abnormalities Vomiting often has an infectious cause, but other causes may include...
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