Common Conditions
An eating disorder where individuals restrict their food intake significantly is known as what?
Anorexia Nervosa
Temporary stoppage of digested food.
Intestinal obstruction
What term describes difficulty swallowing?
Dysphagia
What is the medical term for inflammation of the appendix?
Appendicitis
CC
Chief Complaint
Lack or no appetite.
Anorexia
What is the term for the collection of fluid in the abdominal cavity, often a sign of liver disease?
Ascites
Clysis
Washing
Q4H
Every 4 hours
Hyperemesis
Excessive vomiting
Abnormal twisting of the intestine
Volvulus
Enteritis
Inflammation of the intestines
Lith/o
Stone
PRN
as needed
Hematochezia
Bloody defecation (bloody stools)
What is the ring of muscle at the end of the stomach that controls the release of food into the small intestine called?
Pyloric Spinchter
Inflammation of abdominal cavity
Peritonitis
Hypogastric
below the stomach
Nothing by mouth
Painful or difficult digestion
Which organ produces bile to aid in digestion?
hint: not the gallbladder
Liver
Folding of one part of the intestine into the opening of the adjacent section.
Intussusception
Cholelithiasis
Gall stones
Hepatitis B