Circular muscles produce the mild churning and mixing motions of the intestine, while the longitudinal ones create the strong massive muscle contractions that actually move the feces. Disorders associated with the colon range from constipation, diarrhea, gas discomfort, and colitis (inflammation of the...
Disorders & Conditions of the Digestive SystemThese short notes about some conditions and disorders of the human digestive system list the conditions in alphabetical order.Term Definition Cause Effect (Symptoms) Appendicitis Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix. Acute Appendicitis became common in ...
Symptoms no guide on who needs colonoscopy.(DIGESTIVE DISORDERS)(13th World Congress of Gastroenterology)Monagan, David
Digestive Disorders: Common Misconceptions See Slideshow The stomach and small intestine Illustration of the stomach and intestine. From glands that line the stomach, acid, and enzymes are secreted that continue the breakdown process of the food. The stomach muscles further mix the food. At the ...
Understand digestive disorders, conditions, treatment, and symptoms. Includes food poisoning, hemorrhoids, gallstones, kidney stones and more.
I was always nervous to try stool softeners or laxatives (many of them can actually irritate your gut and might treat the symptoms, but possibly even worsen the cause), and I knew just treating the symptoms wasn’t going to be enough. I said to myself as though speaking to my body, ...
This can then stimulate your immune system causing any number of symptoms from inflammation, allergies, asthma, eczema, food intolerance's, headaches, joint pain, depression, anxiety, mood swings, memory problems and the list continues… In addition, the normal bacteria in your large intestine may...
Persistent digestive disorders account for considerable disease burden in the tropics. Despite advances in understanding acute gastrointestinal infections, important issues concerning epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment and control of most persistent dige
Digestive system disease - Biliary Tract, Symptoms, Treatment: Cholelithiasis, or the formation of gallstones in the gallbladder, is the most common disease of the biliary tract. Gallstones are of three types: stones containing primarily calcium bilirubi
Our team treats esophageal disorders such as GERD and Barrett's esophagus. USA Health was the first medical institution in the world to introduce volumetric laser endomicroscopy, a non-invasive technique that allows us to detect changes consistent with cancer in the esophageal lining of patients with...