Ostomy surgery of the bowel, also known as bowel diversion, refers to surgical procedures that reroute the normal movement of intestinal contents out of the body when part of the bowel is diseased or removed. Creating an ostomy means bringing Read More …
Category: Gastrointestinal & Liver Disease
Microscopic Colitis – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Microscopic colitis is a chronic, non-bloody diarrhea inflammatory bowel disease, of the colon characterized by chronic diarrhea, normal colonic mucosa, and abnormal histologic hallmarks that can be seen only with a microscope. Inflammation is the body’s normal response to injury, Read More …
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Gastropathy – Symptoms, Treatment
Idiopathic Hypertrophic Gastropathy /Menetriers disease (MD) hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy, is a rare, acquired, premalignant, excessive protein-losing hypertrophic gastropathy disorder characterized by giant mucosal folds in the proximal part of the stomach, thickening of the mucous membrane in the form of Read More …
Hypoproteinemic Hypertrophic Gastropathy
Hypoproteinemic Hypertrophic Gastropathy /Menetriers disease (MD) hypoproteinemic hypertrophic gastropathy, is a rare, acquired, premalignant, excessive protein-losing hypertrophic gastropathy disorder characterized by giant mucosal folds in the proximal part of the stomach, thickening of the mucous membrane in the form of Read More …
Congenital Megacolon – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Congenital Megacolon/Hirschsprung disease, also known as congenital megacolon or intestinal aganglionosis. (HD) is a congenital disorder characterized by the absence of ganglion cells (GC) at the Meissner’s plexus (submucosa) and Auerbach’s plexus (muscular) of the terminal rectum that extends in Read More …
Hirschsprung Disease – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Hirschsprung disease, also known as congenital megacolon or intestinal aganglionosis. (HD) is a congenital disorder characterized by the absence of ganglion cells (GC) at the Meissner’s plexus (submucosa) and Auerbach’s plexus (muscular) of the terminal rectum that extends in a Read More …
Foodborne Disease – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Foodborne Disease/Foodborne Illness (also foodborne disease and colloquially referred to as food poisoning)[rx] is any illness resulting from the spoilage of contaminated food, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as prions (the agents of “mad cow disease”), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have Read More …
Foodborne Illness (also foodborne disease and colloquially referred to as food poisoning)[rx] is any illness resulting from the spoilage of contaminated food, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food, as well as prions (the agents of “mad cow disease”), and toxins such as aflatoxins in peanuts, poisonous mushrooms, and various species of beans that have not Read More …
Food Poisoning Treatments – Symptoms, Prevention
Food Poisoning Treatments/Food poisoning is a food-borne disease? Ingestion of food that contains a toxin, chemical or infectious agent (like a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) may cause adverse symptoms in the body. Those symptoms may be related only to Read More …
How Long Does Food Poisoning Last
How Long Does Food Poisoning Last/Food poisoning is a food-borne disease? Ingestion of food that contains a toxin, chemical or infectious agent (like a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) may cause adverse symptoms in the body. Those symptoms may be Read More …
Food Poisoning Symptoms – Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment
Food Poisoning Symptoms/Food poisoning is a food-borne disease. Ingestion of food that contains a toxin, chemical or infectious agent (like a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion) may cause adverse symptoms in the body. Those symptoms may be related only to Read More …
Gallbladder Polyps – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Gallbladder polyps are an abnormal growth of tissue with a stalk protruding from the lining of the inside of the gallbladder a well-known generally harmless, benign lesion originating from the mucosa-malignant lesion and elevation of the gallbladder mucosa that protrudes Read More …