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Pain in the right lower quadrant might mean what disease?
*KIDNEY STONE
*URETERAL STONE
*MECKEL DIVERTICULUM
APPENDICITIS
*CHOLECYSTITIS
*INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
Pain in the left lower quadrant might mean what disease?
*PERFORATED COLON
*ILEITIS
*SIGMOID DIVERTICULITIS
*KIDNEY STONE
*URETERAL STONE
*INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION
Pain in the right upper quadrant might mean what disease?
*HEPATOMEGALY
*DUODENAL ULCER
*CHOLECYSTITIS
*PNEUMONIA
*HEPATITIS
*BILIARY STONES
Pain in the left upper quadrant might mean what disease?
*GASTRIC ULCER
*PERFORATED COLON
*PNEUMONIA
*SPLEEN INJURY
*SPLEEN RUPTURE
*AORTIC ANEURYSM
What is the etiology of diverticulitis?
*UNKNOWN HOWEVER, LOW FIBER MAY BE A CAUSE
Diverticulitis?
*THE CONDITION OF HAVING INFLAMED OR INFECTED DIVERTICULA.
*POUCH LIKE PROTRUSIONS OCCURRING IN THE COLON.
*ASYMPTOMATIC IN 80% OF PATIENTS
Malabsorption syndrome?
A CONDITION CHARACTERIZED BY A GROUP OF PATHOLOGIES WHERE THERE IS A REDUCED INTESTINAL ABSORPTION AND INADEQUATE NUTRITION SECONDARY TO DEFECTS IN DIGESTION AND/OR THE INABILITY OF THE INTESTINAL MUCOSA TO ABSORB THE NUTRIENTS FROM DIGESTED FOOD.
An abnormal frequency or volume of stool and can appear as a symptom of certain gastrointestinal pathologies?
DIARRHEA/CONSTIPATION
Many ulcers are caused by?
*H. PYLORI INFECTION
*CHRONIC NSAID USE
A disease where there is a disruption or erosion in the gastrointestinal mucosa?
PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE
What is the etiology of Erosive gastritis?
*BLEEDING FROM THE GASTRIC MUCOSA
*NSAIDS
*ALCOHOL UTILIZATION
*VIRAL INFECTION OR DIRECT TRAUMA
What is gastritis classified as based on the level and zone of injury?
*EROSIVE GASTRITIS (ACUTE GASTRITIS)
*NON-EROSIVE GASTRITIS (CHRONIC TYPE B GASTRITIS)
Inflammation of the gastric mucosa or inner layer of the stomach?
GASTRITIS
An incompetence of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) that results in reflux of gastric contents?
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE
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