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1
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Signs and symptoms of GI tract disease

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  • malaise
  • rapid weight loss
  • anorexia
  • anaemia
2
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Signs and symptoms of upper GI tract disease

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  • haemoptysis
  • melanea (black tarry stool)
  • nausea
  • vomiting
  • dysphagia (difficulty swallowing food or fluid)
  • odynophagia (pain during swallowing)
  • heartburn
  • acid regurgitation
  • chest pain
  • belching
  • epigastric pain
3
Q

What is the term for vomiting blood

A

Haematemesis

4
Q

Signs and symptoms of hepatobiliary disorders

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  • upper right quadrant pain
  • biliary colic
  • jaundice
  • dark urine
  • pale stool
  • ascites
5
Q

What is a biliary colic

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colicky pain caused by gall bladder contraction against a downstream obstruction eg gall stones or inpingement of common bile duct

6
Q

What causes jaundice

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Increase in circulating bilirubin caused by the hepatobiliary system unable to process amount in blood for prehepatic,hepatic or post hepatic reasons

7
Q

Signs of mid GI tract disorders

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  • abdominal pain
  • steatorrhoea
  • diarrhoea
  • abdominal distension
8
Q

Signs of lower GI tract disorders

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  • abdominal pain
  • rectal bleeding
  • constipation
  • diarrhoea
  • incontinence
  • flatulence
9
Q

Sign of whole body GI disease

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  • cachexia
  • obesity
  • lymphadenopathy
  • jaundice
10
Q

What are signs of GI disease on the hands

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  • Koiloychia
  • nail clubbing
  • leuconychia
  • dupytren’s contracture
  • tachycardia
  • tremor
11
Q

What are the signs of GI disease via abdomen

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  • palpable organ enlargement
  • abdominal tenderness
  • distension
12
Q

What are anus and rectum GI tract signs?

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  • haemorrhoids (swollen superficial blood vessels)
  • fistula
  • fissure
  • proctitis