Gastritis is a relatively common stomach condition among adults and can also affect children. The stomach wall becomes inflamed in gastritis and there may even be open sores (ulcers) that form in the wall. Gastritis can be acute or chronic, with the latter often associated with H.pylori >> Read More ...
Nutrition Problems in Vegetarians Some vegetarians experience a problem with gaining weight and this is believed to be due to a vegetarian diet. It could be associated with a lower protein intake as well as a lower calorie intake, however, there may be other factors at play as well which do not involve a vegetarian diet. >> Read More ...
Cystic Fibrosis (Mucoviscidosis) Cystic fibrosis (mucoviscidosis) is a recessive genetic disorder in which viscous mucus is excreted from bronchial glands, pancreas, sweat and salivary glands. Cysts and fibrosis in the pancreas affect its enzyme excretion resulting in fat malabsorption and leading to mucous, fatty diarrhea >> Read More ...
Appendicitis affects about 7% of the American population at some point in their life with about 250,000 new cases occurring every year. It tends to occur in teens and young adults more often than in children and older adults. Overall men are slightly more at risk than women are of dveloping appendicitis. Appendicitis can >> Read More ...
What Is Diarrhea? Diarrhea (Greek dia = through, rhein = flowing) means having more than three bowel movements or passing more than 300g of watery stool daily (1). NOTE: American English spelling is diarrhea, UK English spelling is diarrhoea. Common misspellings for diarrhea: diarea, diahrea, diareah, diarreah. What Is >> Read More ...
What are the bowels? The digestive tract is made up of different parts that collectively comprise a single long cavity. There are a number of terms that are used to refer to the digestive tract and sometimes these terms are used interchangeably and even incorectly. Here is an explanation of some of the common terms. The >> Read More ...
The term loose bowel movements refer to watery stool and abnormally frequent bowel movements which are collectively referred to as diarrhea. There are many different causes of diarrhea and it can be difficult to isolate the exact cause in acute cases. Most of the time the diarrhea passes after a few days without any >> Read More ...
Most of us experience an upset stomach every now and then, and usually it is not a cause for concern. Although we tend to refer to it as indigestion or by other common everyday terms like a queasy stomach, the underlying problem may not always be due to a digestive problem. Sometimes a queasy stomach is more than just >> Read More ...
Bile is a greenish-yellow fluid that is secreted from the duodenum, which is the first part of the small intestine. The duodenum is connected to the end of the stomach so under normal conditions bile should not enter the stomach. However, in a condition known as bile reflux it may enter the stomach and even reach up as >> Read More ...
The stool has a number of different substances including wastes, indigestible foods like fiber, mucus, water and bacteria. Blood should not be present, even though some of the components of blood cell breakdown such as bilirubin, may be present. When blood is seen in the bowel movement or detected with medical tests then >> Read More ...
