Anorexia: lack of appetite
Anorexia nervosa is loss of appetite or desire to eat due to anxiety, anger or irrational thought of weight gain
Ascites: abnormal fluid in the abdomen area happens due to too uch fluid buildup in blood vessels
Borborygmi: the rumbling or growling sounds your stomach makes
Hematochezia: passage of blood from the rectum usually bright red
Jaundice: yellow or orange coloration of the skin due to hyperbilirubinemia
Icterus: another medical word meaning jaundice
Melana: black, tarry stool : feces containing digested blood
Nausea: unpleasant sensation in the stomach with a tendency to vomit
Steatorrhea: fat in the feces
Oral cavity:
Upper Gastrointestinal tract: begins with the oral cavity
Oral: pertaining to mouth
Achalasia: failure of the lower esophagus sphincter (LES) muscle relax
Esophageal cancer: malignant tumor of the esophagus
Barrett Esophagus: pre - malignant caused by gastric reflux all the time
Esophageal Varies: enlarged esophageal veins with danger of hemorrhage that tend to happen due to cirrhosis of the liver
Cancer gastric: malignant tumor of the stomach
Gastroesophageal reflux disease: Solids & fluids return to the mouth from the stomach
Hernia: protrusion of the an organ or part through the tissue & muscle normally contain
Hiatal Hernia: happens when the stomach protrudes upwards into the diaphragm
Inguinal Hernia: happens when a small loop of bowel protrudes through weak lower abdominal wall
Peptic Ulcer: open sore in the lining of the stomach or duodenum
H- Pylori is a bacterium that causes peptic ulcer
Anal Fistula: abnormal tube- like passageway near the anus
Fissure or a break in the wall of the anus or rectum from an abscess
Colonic Polyps: polyps(benign growth) from the mucous membrane of the colon
Colorectal cancer: adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum or both
Crohn disease: chronic inflammation of the intestinal tract
Diverticulosis: abnormal outpouching (diverticula) in the intestinal wall of the colon
Diverticulitis: complications of diverticulosis which would be severe pain and or rectal bleeding
Dysentery: painful inflammation of the intestines - often caused by a bacterial infection
Hemorrhoids: swollen, twisted varicose veins in the rectal area they can be internal or external of the rectum
Ileus: loss of the peristalsis that will result in obstruction of the intestine
Ulcerative Colitis: inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammation of the colon & the small intestine this could be crohn’s or ulcerative colitis: chronic inflammation of the colon with the presence of ulcers in the colon
Irritable bowel syndrome: these are a group of G1 symptoms that happen without any evidence of abnormalities
Symptoms: abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea, constipation & spastic movement
Intussusception: telescoping of the intestine
Volvulus: twisting of the intestine on itself
Cholelithiasis: gallstone in the gallbladder
Calculi=stone (or gallbladder stone)
Biliary Colic: pain from the blocked ducts of the gallbladder
Cholecystitis: inflammation & infection of the gallbladder
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy: performed to remove the infected or inflammatory gallbladder or the gallbladder stones
Gallstones: removed from the gallbladder
Cirrhosis: Chronic degenerative disease of the liver
Results due to alcoholism viral hepatitis & overload of iron
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC): commonly caused by hepatitis B&C or chronic alcohol use
Pancreatic Cancer: malignant tumor of the pancreas
The treatment for a tumor / cancer is Whipple procedure which is a pancreatoduodenectomy
Pancreatitis: inflammation of the pancreas
This occurs because enzymes attack the pancreatic tissue
This can be caused by drug toxicity bothe prescribed & illegal
Gallstone blockage & viral infection
Viral Hepatitis: inflammation caused by a virus
Nash= Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis: fatty liver & inflammation of the liver not due to alcoholic