Gould's Pathophysiology Chapter 17: Digestive System Disorders

A patient with periumbilical pain and lower right quadrant pain would have what GU issue? - Acute appendicitis Chronic gastritis is characterized by atrophy of the muscosa and causes loss of what secretory cells in the stomach? - parietal cells Describe the patho of why a patient with dumping symdrome has hypoglycemia after eating? - High blood glucose levels in chyme stimulate increased insulin secretion to drop in blood glucose levels How are the liver cells damaged by hepatitis? - direct action by the virus or cell mediated immune response How is Gastroenteritis caused? - Allergic reactions to food or drugs, fecally contaminated food, soil, and/or water How is Hepatitis A spread? - Transmitted by fecal-oral route in areas of inadequate sanitation or hygiene, Sexual transmission has occurred during anal intercourse. [Ate and Anal] How is Hepatitis B spread? - Transmission primarily by infected blood [Blood] How is Hepatitis C spread? - transmitted by blood transfusion How many muscle layers are in the stomache? - three How would you describe whitish plaque or epidermal thickening of mucosa? - Leukoplakia