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What are treatments for Malabsorption syndrome
- Well-control diet
- fat-soluble vitamn (A, D, E, K) suplements
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What is celiac disease
- an heritied, autoimmune disease in which the villi of the small intestine are damaged from eating gluten
- villi become flattend affecting their ability to absorb other nutrients
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Treatment for celiac disease
is to elminate gluten from diet
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What is diverticulitis
inflamation fo diverticula (small bulging prouches) in the sigmoid colon; presences ofpouches in the coclon is called diverticulosis
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What are symptoms/diagnosis/treatment of diverticulitis
- Symptoms - peritonitis
- Diagnosis - Barioum enema
- Treatment - antiboitics
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What is Region enteritis (Chron's disease)
- A form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) usually affects the intestines, but may offuce anywhere from the mouth to the anus
- intestinal walls thicken andbecome rigid and intestinal lumen narrows and becomes obstructed
- period of exacerbation, remission and relapse are common
- risk for hemoarrhage and perforation
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What are risk factors of chron's disease Regional entereitis
- Family history
- jewish ancestry
- smoking
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Possibel causes
- immune disorders
- allergies
- stress
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What are symptoms (similar to appendicitis)
- Lower right quaderant pain
- Pain with passing stools (tenesmus)
- Melena (dark, bloody stools)
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Five types of chrohn's diseases
- Ileocolitis
- Ileitis
- gastroduodenal crohn's disease
- Jejunoileitis
- crohn's (granulomatous) colitis
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Ileocolitis
Most common form of chron's disease affecting small ileum and large (colon) intestines
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Ileitis
Crohns that affects the ileum
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gastroduodenal crohn's disease
affects the stomach and duodenum
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Jejunoileitis
cause spotty patches of inflamation in the top half of the small intesting (jejunum)
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crohn's (granulomatous) colitis
only affects the large intestine
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What are dianosis test for chrons disease
- Blood work
- Sigmoidoscopy
- colonscopy with biopsy
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Treatments for Crohns
- anti-inflamatory medications
- immunosuppressive agents
- surgery
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Chronic ulcerative colitis
a chronic inflamation of the colon and rectum with persiod of remission and excerbation that may lead to incresed risk for colon malignancy
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Possible causes of ulcerative colitis
- Automimmune disorders
- e. coli infection
- stress
- hypersensitivity ot certain foods
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What are sysmptoms of ulceratice colitis
- Diarrhea with pus, blood, and mucus
- anemia due to chronic blood loss through the rectum
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What are diagnosis techniques for ulcerative colitis
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What are treatment for ulcerative colitis
- Treatments are aimed to reduce symptoms, replace nutrients stop blood loss and prevent complications
- Gulcoorticosteroids
- colostomy
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