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Gastrointestinal Disorders
Dysphagia : difficulty ____________________

Sliding hiatal hernia : due to anatomically ____________________ esophagus



Diverticula : out pouching in the intestine . Usually lower ____________________ quadrant of the abdomen .



Volvulus : ____________________ of an organ



Intussusception : ____________________ of intestine onto itself



Celiac disease : intolerance to ____________________ . Low of villi . Must stay on ____________________ free diet .

Crohn's : regional ileitis . Seen in young people . Affects the proximal small intestine and colon . Produces ____________________ lesions , autoimmune .

Hirschbrung's : Congenital ____________________ . Absence of the myestemic plexus .

Ulcerative colitis : Pathological intestinal changes , ____________________ , bloody diarrhea , complications produce toxic megacolon .

Irritable bowel : ____________________ colon , distension , pain , diarrhea , stress related .

Peutz Jegher's : Polyposis characterized by polyps in the ____________________ GI tract .