Essentials of Human Disease ch 8 – Flashcards
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Agents that may damage the gastric lining and cause gastritis includes_________
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Medication, poison, alcohol, infection disease, mechanical injury. allergic reaction and infectious disease.
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The primary treatment of gastric cancer includes______
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Gastric resection usually followed by chemotherapy
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Appendicitis
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Abdominal discomfort with maximum tenderness of the abdomen at McBurney's point, nausea, vomitting, fever, diarrhea, or constipation, are clinical signs of_________
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Hiatal hernia can be caused by_______
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A weakness that develops in the diaphragm
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Crohn Disease
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A fairly common cronic inflammatory disease of the alimentry canal involving all layers of the bowel, which cause chronic diarrhea, is________
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Travler diarrhea a common syndrome of gasterenteritis, is usually caused by_______
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Ingestion of food or water contaminated with bacteria
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Mechanical obstruction of the bowel can result from__________
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Neoplasm, fecal impaction, volvulus, or intussusception
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Diverticulosis
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A condition which out-pouchesof the mucosa penetrate weak points in the muscular layer of the large intestines is called______
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The earliest signs of colorectal cancer are________
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Often vague and nonspecific
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Pseudomembranous entercolitis is related to_______
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Use of broad spectrum antibiotics.
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Inflammation, infection, or irritation of the large serous membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and folds over the visceral organs is called________
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Peritonitis
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Cirrhosis of the liver
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chronic disease characterized by degeneration of liver tissue, most often caused by alcoholism or a nutritional deficiency
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Viral hepatitis A is usually transmitted by____
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The fecal oral route, contaminated food, water, stools, and poor hygiene
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Cancer of the liver is______
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Usually a secondary cancer
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Cholelithiasis, which causes obstruction of the bile ducts, causes the patient to experience_____________
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Biliary colic, with radiating pain and jaundice.
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Inflammation of the gallbladder commonly associated with gallstones is called______
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Cholecystisis
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Signs and symptons of malnutrition can result from_____________
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Eating to much or to little.
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A disease of the small intestine characterized by malabsorption, gluten intolerance, and damage to the lining of the intestine is called_________
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Celiac Sprue
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The disease linked to a psychologic disturbance in which hunger is denied by self-imposed starvation_______
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Anorexia nervosa.
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The most common complication of bulimia and anorexia nervosa include ________
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Electrolyte imbalance and cardiac irregularities.
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Hepatitis
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Considered a widespread epidemic.
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The treatment of gastoesophageal reflux disease (GERD) includes_________
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Light evening meal 4 hours before bedtime & elevation of the bed about 6", the use of H2-receptor antagonist or a proton pump inhibitor.
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The casual factors of the peptic ulcers_____
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Helicobacter pylori infection, NSAIDs, and stress
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The management of the peptic ulcer may neccessitate_________
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Rest, changes in diet, adjustments of lifestyles, and drug therapy.
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The cause of pancreatitis include_______
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Alcoholoism, trauma, infection, biliary tract disease, structural anomalies and drugs.
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Gingivitis that is not treated may lead to_____
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Periodontitis
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Pain and limitation of the movement of the jaw with tinnitus as a result of inflammation of the temporomandibular joints (TMJs) is characteristics of _____
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TMJ syndrome
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Oral thrush, a fungal infection that produces sore patches in the mouth and throat, may be the result of_____
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Prolonged antibiotic therapy.
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The treatment of oral leukoplakia is______
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Finding or correcting the source of irritation or both.
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The diagnostic evaluation for the peptic ulcers might include________
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Endoscopy, biopsy of the lesion, patient history, upper GI barium series and the study of gastric contents and stool for evidence of bleeding.
