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1
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What are the clinical manifestations of GI dysfunctions?

A
Anorexia
Vomiting
Constipation
Diarrhea
Abdominal Pain
GI bleeding
2
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What is anorexia?

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lack of desire to eat despite physiological need or stimuli; accompanies other disorders

3
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What is anorexia often associated with?

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  • nausea
  • abdominal pain
  • indigestion
  • diarrhea
4
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What is involved in the process of vomiting?

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Vomiting is the result of REVERSE PERISTALSIS
- Somatomotore signals from vomiting centre are sent causing abdominal PRESSURE, RESPIRATION to STOP, LES (lower esophageal sphincter) RELAXATION, and CLOSURE of the GLOTTIS and SOFT PALATE

5
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What is vomiting initiated by?

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  • various drugs
  • trauma or torsion of the ovaries, testes, uterus, bladder, kidney, GI, brain
  • activations of the medullary centre
6
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What part of the brain initiates vomiting?

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Medullary centre

7
Q

What can cause infrequent defecation or constipation?

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personal habits
various disorders
drugs
inadequate fluid intake
muscle weakness
8
Q

What is most often the main concern about prolonged diarrhea?

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DEHYDRATION

9
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What are some kinds of abdominal pain?

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  • mechanical (stretching) from inflammation or ishemic causes
  • parietal pain more localize, intense
    visceral pain usually diffus, vague
  • referred pain usually well localized felt in skin or deep tissue that share afferent nervous pathways
10
Q

What is visceral pain?

A

usually diffuse, vague

closely connected to ANS; thus associated with pallor, sweating, nausea, vomiting

11
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What is parietal pain?

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more localized, intense pain

12
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What is referred pain?

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usually well localized, felt in skin or deeper tissues (that share afferent nervous pathway)

13
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Define hematemesis.

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bloody vomit- fresh bright red or coffee-ground (digested) appearence

14
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Define melena.

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tarry, foul-smelling stool (due to digested blood)

15
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Define hematochezia.

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fresh, bright red blood (Frank) from rectum

16
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Define occult blood.

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trace amounts in stool or gastric secretions (detected in a lab)

17
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Are GI bleeds life threatening?

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ACUTE SEVERE GI bleeds can be life threatening

18
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When there is massive amount of blood loss due to GI bleeds what does it effect?

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  • HR & BP changes
19
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What happens when blood accumulates in the GI tract?

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vomiting and diarrhea

20
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Define deglutiition.

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swallowing

21
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When you swallow what happens?

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The soft palate and uvula block the nasal passages

The epiglottis protects the airway

22
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What are the layers of the esophagus?

A
starting from the outside...
ADVENTITIA
MUSCULARIS EXTERNA
SUBMUCOSA
MUCOSA
23
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Define DYSPHAGIA.

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DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING
- commonly described as food sticking or lodging in the chest
-

24
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What CAUSES dysphagia?

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  • lack of salivary secretions (dehydration)
  • esophageal obstruction
  • impaired esophageal motility
  • neural or muscular disorders
25
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Define achalasia.

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severely impaired lower esophageal peristalsis and sphincter function (impairs food and fluid movement)
- Loss of inhibitory neurons that mediate the lower esophageal sphincter, preventing relaxation. Leads to pain after swallowing and regurgitation.

26
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Define stricture.

A

limit or constriction

27
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What causes achalasia?

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Loss of inhibitory neurons that mediate the lower esophageal sphincter, preventing relaxation.

28
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What are symptoms of achalasia?

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Leads to pain after swallowing and regurgitation.

29
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What is a hiatal hernia?

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Protrusion of upper part of stomach into thoracic cavity through esophageal hiatus

30
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What is the esophageal hiatus?

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the opening of the diaphram

31
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What are the symptoms of hiatal hernias?

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Often asymptomatic but can lead to: GER, esophagitis, dysphagia, regurgitation

32
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What is GERD?

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Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is when there is regurgitation of chyme to esophagus

33
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What are the symptoms of GERD?

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  • regurgitation of chyme to esophagus causing heart burn, upper abdominal pain within 1hour after eating
  • symptoms worsen when lying down or with increased intra-abdominal pressure
34
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What are some rare complications of GER?

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esophagitis, cancer, trigger asthmatic attach, strictures, esophageal spasm, decrease esophageal motility

35
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How does reflux esophagitis present?

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  • lots of eosinophils in superficial portion of the mucosa

- stratified squamous epithelium has not under gone complete maturation due to ongoing inflammatory damage

36
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What is the max capacity of the stomach?

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4L

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