“Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) describes a chronic idiopathic relapsing and remitting disorder of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract characterised by GI inflammation” (Bettany, Gardiner, 2013). Crohn’s disease is a type of inflammatory bowel disease that affects a portion of the gastrointestinal tract. According to Elaine Cronin,
CD is an idiopathic, chronic, transmural process of the bowel, in which 90% of patients have involvement of the terminal ileum. Inflammation extends through the entire thickness of the bowel wall, and can appear in multiple areas of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract – from mouth to anus – at any one time, in which case it is known as skip lesions (2011).
This paper will discuss the digestive system and contraction of …show more content…
According to Johnstone, Hendry, Farley and McLafferty (2014), in adults the gastrointestinal tract is about twenty-nine feet long. There are many major components of the digestive system. The first component is the mouth, where digestion starts. In the mouth the lips, tongue, taste buds, teeth and salivary glands all help to start the process of digestion. The lips help to keep food in the mouth. The tongue aids in digestion because it “guides food during mastication, forming of the bolus or small ball of food and swallowing” (Johnstone, et al, 2014). Taste buds are also important in the process of digestion, and they go hand in hand with the salivary glands to aid in digestion. The salivary glands release saliva in response to the taste buds stimulation. The teeth are designed to cut, tear, or grind food to help aid in the digestion process. After the mouth, the next component to digestion is the pharynx. “The pharynx consists of the nasopharynx, oropharynx and laryngopharynx” (Johnstone, et al, 2014). Once the food has entered the pharynx, swallowing is now an involuntary muscle movement, and the food continues to the Esophagus. “The oespphagus is a muscular tube, abouto 25cm long with a diameter of 2 cm, which starts at the laryngopharynx and ends at the stomach, and is a passageway for food” (Johnstone, et al, 2014). Chyme is the result of gastric …show more content…
The gastrointestinal tract is the hollow tube that stretches from the mouth to the anus and includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus. The importance of understanding the gastrointestinal tract is because the disease can affect any portion of it. The onset of the disease can vary, but usually is diagnosed before the age of thirty. The signs and symptoms of crohn’s disease can include anything from abdominal cramping and diarrhea to rectal bleeding, anorexia and weight loss. There are many different ways to diagnose the disease and the first line of diagnostic tests is a colonoscopy. Other diagnostic tests can include physical examination, MRI, cross-sectional imaging, and endoscopy. The management of the disease includes drug therapies and surgery. Crohn’s disease is a disease that lasts a lifetime and there is not a cure for it, but there are ways that you can possibly try to prevent it. Smoking is a factor that is thought to be a risk factor, therefore cessation is encouraged to
CD is an idiopathic, chronic, transmural process of the bowel, in which 90% of patients have involvement of the terminal ileum. Inflammation extends through the entire thickness of the bowel wall, and can appear in multiple areas of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract – from mouth to anus – at any one time, in which case it is known as skip lesions (2011).
This paper will discuss the digestive system and contraction of …show more content…
According to Johnstone, Hendry, Farley and McLafferty (2014), in adults the gastrointestinal tract is about twenty-nine feet long. There are many major components of the digestive system. The first component is the mouth, where digestion starts. In the mouth the lips, tongue, taste buds, teeth and salivary glands all help to start the process of digestion. The lips help to keep food in the mouth. The tongue aids in digestion because it “guides food during mastication, forming of the bolus or small ball of food and swallowing” (Johnstone, et al, 2014). Taste buds are also important in the process of digestion, and they go hand in hand with the salivary glands to aid in digestion. The salivary glands release saliva in response to the taste buds stimulation. The teeth are designed to cut, tear, or grind food to help aid in the digestion process. After the mouth, the next component to digestion is the pharynx. “The pharynx consists of the nasopharynx, oropharynx and laryngopharynx” (Johnstone, et al, 2014). Once the food has entered the pharynx, swallowing is now an involuntary muscle movement, and the food continues to the Esophagus. “The oespphagus is a muscular tube, abouto 25cm long with a diameter of 2 cm, which starts at the laryngopharynx and ends at the stomach, and is a passageway for food” (Johnstone, et al, 2014). Chyme is the result of gastric …show more content…
The gastrointestinal tract is the hollow tube that stretches from the mouth to the anus and includes the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine, rectum and anus. The importance of understanding the gastrointestinal tract is because the disease can affect any portion of it. The onset of the disease can vary, but usually is diagnosed before the age of thirty. The signs and symptoms of crohn’s disease can include anything from abdominal cramping and diarrhea to rectal bleeding, anorexia and weight loss. There are many different ways to diagnose the disease and the first line of diagnostic tests is a colonoscopy. Other diagnostic tests can include physical examination, MRI, cross-sectional imaging, and endoscopy. The management of the disease includes drug therapies and surgery. Crohn’s disease is a disease that lasts a lifetime and there is not a cure for it, but there are ways that you can possibly try to prevent it. Smoking is a factor that is thought to be a risk factor, therefore cessation is encouraged to