What Causes Kidney Stones?
Learn what causes kidney stones, symptoms, and prevention. Get expert tips from Healthhype to avoid pain. Act now for kidney health! Kidney stones are a painful condition >> Read More ...
Digestive and Abdominal
Chronic Reflux | Persistent, Constant, Recurrent Acid Reflux
Gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD (UK ~ gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, GORD) is a chronic condition characterized by constant or recurrent episodes of acid reflux. The persistent backward flow of the acidic stomach contents up into the esophagus eventually leads to a host of complications and therefore proper >> Read More ...
Proctitis (Rectum), Signs and Causes of Rectal Inflammation
What is proctitis? Proctitis is the medical term for inflammation of the inner lining of the rectum, the portion of the large bowel between the sigmoid colon and anus. The rectum usually fills with feces just before the start of defecation and then contracts to evacuate the feces down the anal canal and out of the anus. >> Read More ...
Abscess in the Appendix – Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
An appendicular abscess (abscess in the appendix) is a complication of acute appendicitis – invasion of the appendix of the large intestine by bacteria usually due to an obstruction. The appendix exists at the junction of the small and large intestine and is exposed to the movement of digested food, waste matter and >> Read More ...
Regurgitation of Food and Fluids, Causes and Other Symptoms
The alimentary tract extends from the mouth to the anus. Food or drink, once swallowed, should only travel in one direction – down the alimentary tract. From the mouth it passes into the throat with voluntary swallowing and then reflexes coordinate involuntary processes that transports the food or drinks down the >> Read More ...
Stomach Problem Causes, Types, Symptoms, Treament
What is the stomach? The human stomach is a walled sac that is a part of the alimentary tract lying between the esophagus (food pipe) and duodenum (first part of the small intestine). It plays a central role in both mechanical and chemical digestion of food – the process of breaking down food into simpler compounds >> Read More ...
Reflux Esophagitis (Acid Irritation of the Esophagus)
The esophagus is the part of the alimentary tract that connects the throat to the stomach. A bolus of food is propelled down the esophagus and enters the stomach when it pushes past the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). The one-way flow mechanism largely controlled by the LES and mouth-to-anus direction of peristaltic >> Read More ...
Enteritis (Small Intestine Inflammation) Acute and Chronic
The small intestine, also referred to as the small bowel, extends from the stomach to the large intestine. It is the longest portion of the human alimentary tract and measures approximately 6 meters (20 feet). The small intestine is an important site of both digestion and absorption of nutrients. It has three parts – >> Read More ...
Ulcerative Colitis Symptoms, Causes, Pictures and Diet (Foods)
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the bowels, mainly affecting the colon and often involving the neighboring parts of the gut. Although the exact cause of inflammatory bowel disease is unknown, it appears to be associated with a genetic defect on the mucosal lining of the bowels and/or >> Read More ...
HIV Enteropathy (HIV/AIDS) Small Intestine, Bowel Disease
HIV and AIDS in the Human Body HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection gradually destroys the parts of the immune system and it eventually reaches a point where the immune system can no longer adequately protect the body. Eventually a state is reached known as AIDS. which stands for acquired immune deficiency >> Read More ...
Gastroparesis (Stomach Paralysis and Slow Stomach Emptying)
Normal Stomach Activity The stomach is a hollow sac with muscular walls that can contract and relax in order to help with digestion and motility. Food enters the stomach after passing down the esophagus (food pipe). Once in the stomach, the food needs to be crushed (mechanical digestion) and churned with digestive enzymes >> Read More ...