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An anatomical abnormaility where part of the stomach protrudes through the diaphram into the chest

• congenital Defect
• increased intraabdominal pressure associated with obesity

Present in only a minority affected

• chest x-ray
• Barium swallow radiograph
• Endoscopy

• lifestyle changes
• medications
• surgery

• Gastritis
• Peptic ulcers
• Gastroenteritis and food poisioning
• cancer of the stomach

an inflamation, irritation and swelling of the lining of the stomach

• Acute gastritis - short lasting
• Chronic Atrophic gastritis - last for months to years

• Alchohol
• tobacco/smoking
• Helicobacter pylori infection
• NSAIDs

• Dark stools
• vomity blood or coffee-ground like material

Esophageogastroduodenoscopy

Dergenaerative condition affecting the stomach lining interfering with gastric intrinis factor and HCL secretion

• stomach cancer
• chronic alcholism
• chronic exposure to irritants such as alchohol, aspirin or certain food

• similar to acture gastritis
• Dark stools
• vomity blood or coffee-ground like material
• Esophageogastroduodenoscopy

little can be done

an erosion in the mucous membrane that produces a crate-like lesion can occuranywhere in the digestive tract

• Gastric ulcer = found in the lowe half of the stomach
• duodenal ulcer - found in the uper part of th esmall intestine directly below the stomach

• helicobacter pylori infection
• NSAIDs
• Tobacco/smoking
• alcohol

• Bloody (dark, tarry) stools (melana)
• Bloody vomitus (hematemesis)

• Perforation of gastric or intestinal wall
• internal bleeding
• gastric outlet obstruction
• blookd in stoool or in vomiting
• peritonitis

• Esophgeogastroduodenenoscopy
• Detection of blood in the stool
• Blood tests for elevated wbcsw