Digestive System Pathology

This is an autoimmune disease that is also called "inflammatory bowel disease". Symptoms include: bloody bowels, inflamed intestines, and weight loss.

• Crohn's Disease
• Diverticulitis
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
• Gastroenteritis

Inflammation of the appendix that causes severe pain in the abdomen. 

• Vomiting
• Cirrhosis
• Appendicitis
• Esophagitis

Pouches forming through the colon walls due to excess pressure. Believed to be caused by low fiber diets.

• Tongue-tied
• Diarrhea
• Constipation
• Diverticulitis

Symptoms are diarrhea with mucus and blood. Causes are contact with contact with contaminated food or water.

• Emesis
• Diverticulitis
• Dysentery 
• IBS

This condition affects the large intestine and is often called, "spastic colon". Symptoms are gas and severe diarrhea that alternates with constipation.

• Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
• Gastrointestinal
• Colostomy
• Diverticulitis

Open wounds that do not heal that are often caused by gastric juice within the esophagus, stomach, or small intestine.
Symptoms: Stomach pain, bloating, heartburn, nausea

• Peptic ulcer
• Cholecystectomy
• Appendectomy
• Crohn's Disease

The surgical removal of the appendix.

• Appendectomy
• Colostomy
• Cholecystectomy
• Colonoscopy

This is the branch of medicine focused on the digestive system and its disorders

• Gastroenterologist
• Perfusionist
• Urologist
• Endocrinologist

•Scarring (fibrosis) of the liver •Caused by chronic alcohol abuse or abuse of medicines broken down by liver (Tylenol) !!!

• cholecystitis 
• gastroesophageal reflux disease
• gastroenteritis
• cirrhosis 

Inflammation of the gallbladder - usually due to gallstones - S/S: nausea and abdominal pain usually worse after high fat meal 

• cholecystitis 
• gastroesophageal reflux disease
• gastroenteritis
• cirrhosis