Diverticulosis is a clinical condition of inflammation due to micro-perforation and herniations of the colonic mucosa and submucosa through the muscle layers, in which multiple sac-like protrusions, abscesses, fistulas, peritonitis, and colonic stenosis, small pouches, or sacs, form and push outward through weak spots in the wall of your colon(diverticula) that develop along the gastrointestinal … [Read more…]
Barrett esophagus (BE) is a pre-malignant, metaplastic alteration of the normal esophageal epithelium cell characterized by the conversion of the normal esophageal squamous epithelium into the metaplastic columnar epithelium with an increased risk of developing low-grade dysplasia to high-grade dysplasia subsequently to adenocarcinoma to esophageal adenocarcinoma that is detected on endoscopic examination and pathologically confirmed … [Read more…]
Abdominal Tuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by the aerobic bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The mycobacterium reaches the gastrointestinal tract via the hematogenous spread, ingestion of infected sputum, or direct spread from infected contiguous lymph nodes and fallopian tubes [rx–rx]. It can occur in the context of active pulmonary disease or as a primary infection without … [Read more…]
Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis is a chronic granulomatous disease caused by the aerobic bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The mycobacterium reaches the gastrointestinal tract via the hematogenous spread, ingestion of infected sputum, or direct spread from infected contiguous lymph nodes and fallopian tubes [rx–rx]. It can occur in the context of active pulmonary disease or as a primary infection without … [Read more…]
Abdominal adhesions are fibrous bands of fibrous tissue connections (adherence tissues) between various tissue planes or organs that span two or more intra-abdominal organs and/or the inner abdominal wall (i.e. peritoneal membrane) which typically form usually caused by inflammation, most commonly surgery, or after abdominal surgery. Adhesions may also form secondary to inflammatory conditions of … [Read more…]
Periodic Syndrome/Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a chronic, functional gastrointestinal debilitating illness with recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting that can last from hours to days without any functional or infectious illness and absence of identifiable pathology. Cyclic vomiting syndrome is characterized by recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting lasting from hours to days … [Read more…]
Cyclical Vomiting/Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a chronic, functional gastrointestinal debilitating illness with recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting that can last from hours to days without any functional or infectious illness and absence of identifiable pathology. Cyclic vomiting syndrome is characterized by recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting lasting from hours to days … [Read more…]
CVS/Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a chronic, functional gastrointestinal debilitating illness with recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting that can last from hours to days without any functional or infectious illness and absence of identifiable pathology. Cyclic vomiting syndrome is characterized by recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting lasting from hours to days in … [Read more…]
Childhood Cyclic Vomiting/Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a chronic, functional gastrointestinal debilitating illness with recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting that can last from hours to days without any functional or infectious illness and absence of identifiable pathology. Cyclic vomiting syndrome is characterized by recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting lasting from hours to … [Read more…]
Abdominal Migraine/Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a chronic, functional gastrointestinal debilitating illness with recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting that can last from hours to days without any functional or infectious illness and absence of identifiable pathology. Cyclic vomiting syndrome is characterized by recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting lasting from hours to days … [Read more…]
Adult Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome/Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a chronic, functional gastrointestinal debilitating illness with recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting that can last from hours to days without any functional or infectious illness and absence of identifiable pathology. Cyclic vomiting syndrome is characterized by recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting lasting from hours … [Read more…]
Cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS) is a chronic, functional gastrointestinal debilitating illness with recurrent episodes of intense nausea and vomiting that can last from hours to days without any functional or infectious illness and absence of identifiable pathology. Cyclic vomiting syndrome is characterized by recurrent episodes of nausea and vomiting lasting from hours to days in … [Read more…]