Digestive+System+and+Nutrition+Problems+WG

1. What is appendicitis and why is it dangerous? A worm shaped blind tube projecting from the first part of the large intestine. Its dangerous because if it burst, a life threatening infection of the peritoneum. 2. What are dental carries? Cavaties that occurs when bacteria within the mouth metabolize sugar and give off acids. What causes them and how can they be prevented? Eating a limited amount of sugar, and brushing, and flossing teeth. 3. What is hearburn? Burning sensation in the chest due to acid reflux, and how can it be prevented? Prevented by not overeating, and doing daily and light exercising. 4. What is lactose intolerance? Abdominal cramps after drinking milk and other dairy products. What are the symptoms? Diarrhea, gas, bloating, and abdominal cramps. 5. What are gallstones? It forms when liquids stored in the gallbladder hardens into pieces of stone like material. 6. What is jaundice? Occurs when bile pigments leak into blood. 7. What is hepatitis? Its inflammation of the liver. 8. What is Cirrhosis? Another cronic disease of the liver. The liver is replaced by inactive fibrous scar tissue. 9. What causes diarrhea and what are the symptoms, effects? Diarrhea happens when there is an infection of the lower intestinal track and nervous stimulation. The effects are dehydration because of water loss. 10. What is constipation? It’s when feces get dry and hard. What can help ease constipation? laxatives help ease constipation. 11. What are hemrrhoids? They are enlarged and inflamed blood vessels at the anus. 12. What is diverticulosis? The occurrence of little pouches of mucosa that have pushed out through weak spots in the muscularis. 13. What is Irritable Bowel Syndrome? Condition where muscularis contracts powerfully but without its normal coordination. 14. What is Inflammatory Bowel Disease? Collective term for a number of inflammatory disorders. 15. What are polyps and how are they associated with cancer? Small growths arising from the epithelial lining. The dietary fat increases the likelihood of colon cancer because dietary fat causes an increases in bile secretion. 16. How do doctors look at your GI tract? (describe the pill cam and colonoscopy) you swallow the pillcam, and it takes pictures of GI track. I guess after the pictures are taken, the doctors processes the photos. 17. Can carbohydrates be harmful? yes 18. Can proteins be harmful? Yes 19. Can lipids be harmful? no