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 Read More …
Category: Gastrointestinal & Liver Disease
Barrett Esophagus – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
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 Read More …
Abdominal Tuberculosis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
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 Read More …
Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
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 Read More …
Abdominal Adhesions – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
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 Read More …
Periodic Syndrome – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
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 Read More …
Cyclical Vomiting – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
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 Read More …
CVS – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
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 Read More …
Childhood Cyclic Vomiting – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
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 Read More …
Abdominal Migraine – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
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 Read More …
Adult Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome – Symptoms, Treatment
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. Read More …
Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
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 Read More …