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| What is GERD? Causes & Symptoms? |
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| GERD: Gastroesophageal reflux disease. Cause: weak or incompetent lower esophageal sphincter. Symptom: most common is heart burn. |
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| What is peptic ulcer disease? Cause & symptoms? |
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| Cause: Helicobacter Pylori. NSAID's is second most common. Symptoms: weakness, dizzy, thirst, moist skin, desire to defecate, pass tarry or red stool. Treatment: Inhibition of gastric acid, production of mucus. |
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| What is Chron's Disease? Causes & symptoms? |
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| Chron's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease. Symptoms: diarrhea, colicky pain, wt. loss, malaise, low grade fever. Cause: unknown may be bacterial or viral. |
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| What is Ulcerative Colitis? |
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| Nonspecific inflammatory condition of the colon. |
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| Difference between Ulcerative Colitis and Chron's Disease? |
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| Unlike Crohn disease, which can affect various sites in the gastrointestinal tract, ulcerative coliltis is confined to the rectum and colon. |
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| Outpouching of the colon. |
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