The Liver
What is cirrhosis?
This is an autoimmune disease that is an intolerance to gluten.
What is celiac disease?
This is a fungal infection caused by yeast overgrowth.
What is candidiasis?
This type of cancer of the digestive system is 4 times more likely in men.
What is esophageal cancer?
This is the most common reason that pancreatic cancer is not often detected early.
What is the symptoms being subtle and often confused with other disorders?
The liver produces this which then travels to the gallbladder.
What is bile?
Named for pepsin, a protein-digesting enzyme, this condition causes progressive tissue damage to the esophagus, stomach, or duodenum.
What is peptic ulcers?
An imbalance of bacteria in the small intestine.
What is Small Intestine Bacterial Overgrowth?
This type of digestive system cancer may result in the need for a colostomy bag.
What is colorectal cancer?
As blood clotting problems may be a complication of cirrhosis of the liver, what should you look for or ask about during assessment and intake?
What are anticoagulant medications?
The general term for inflammation of the liver.
What is hepatitis?
This disorder may be categorized into diarrhea, constipation, mixed, or uncategorized.
What is IBS?
The treatment for this is topical or oral antifungal medications.
What is Candidiasis?
The medical term for this digestive system cancer is hepatocellular carcinoma.
What is Liver Cancer?
Because an overgrowth of yeast may be present in the gi tract or the skin, what should you be mindful of during intake to protect your client and yourself?
Complications of this disorder often involve the blocking of a bile duct leading to jaundice or acute pancreatitis.
What are gallstones?
40% of all Americans will experience this at one time or another.
What is GERD?
This disorder often leads to problems with nutritional absorption.
What is SIBO?
This type of cancer generally has an unfortunately low survival rate due to often not being diagnosed early in disease stages.
What is pancreatic cancer?
Because a patient with SIBO may have problems with nutritional absorption, they may be struggling with proper nutrition and could express this during their session. Based on what we know to be ethical, may we offer nutritional counseling to the patient?
What is No? Offering nutritional advise would be out of our scope of practice.
This liver disorder is often due to alcohol consumption, Hep C, or NAFLD.
What is cirrhosis?
This is a short term illness triggered by inflammation of the digestive system. Often known as the "stomach bug"
What is gastroenteritis?
Often presents like Celiac Disease, Crohn's Disease, or IBS, and is therefore hard to diagnose.
Most of the cases of this type of digestive cancers begin with polyps.
What is colorectal cancer?
What is the number one accommodation you should offer for a client complaining of GERD?
What is elevating the torso?
Bonus points: Why?