Diarrhea

described in 1955 by two gentlemen Zollinger and Ellison. At the time the syndrome consisted of the following triad; gastric acid hypersecretion in the presence of fasting serum hypergastrinemia with secondary severe and sudden peptic ulcer disease and diarrhea. The sequence of events that happens within Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome is clear. However, the exact cause is unknown. About 25 to 30 percent of those with ZES have it as a part of an inherited condition known as Multiple Endocrine…

that can lead to diarrhea and diseases; however, secondary malnutrition is preventable. First, countries monetary standings have…

trouble digesting their food and even have the occasional bout of diarrhea or vomiting. Low residue dog food is intended for these times. The term low residue simply means that the dog’s system can digest all of the food. This leaves a very miniscule amount of waste or residue in the system of the dog. When Would You Give A Low Residue Dog Food? The most common time a dog is given low residue dog food is after a bout of diarrhea and an upset stomach. These conditions tend to make the dog’s…

diloxanide furoate, iodoquinol, and paromomycin. Diloxanide furoate is free of major adverse effects. The most common adverse effect is flatulence and occasional gastrointestinal upset. Iodoquinol (diiodohydroxyquin) rarely causes abdominal pain, diarrhea, or rash. A structurally related diiodohydroxyquin caused subacute myelopticoneuropathy and is obsolete now. Although paromomycin may occasionally…

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disease. Patients can get this disease starting at a young all the way to when they are older. Crohn’s disease can affect any part of the digestive tract, it effects patients in different ways. Some of the symptoms that they can have is constant diarrhea, mild to severe abdominal pain, and abnormal weight loss. These are just some out of a big list of side effects that patients can get with this disease. If Crohn’s disease if taken care on time and the inflammation is not too bad then the…

1) Name the two types of inflammatory bowel disease and discuss the differences between the two types and their characteristics including diarrhea, rectal bleeding and areas involved? “Inflammatory bowel diseases are of two types: Regional entitis (Crohn’s disease) and Ulcerative colitis”. (Bare, Day, Paul, Smeltzer & Williams, 2010, p. 1172). Regional colitis refers to the inflammation of GI tract and most commonly affects the distal ileum and ascending colon. The inflammation begins with edema…

are a variety of habits you can change to prevent foodborne illness. First, there are many different types of foodborne pathogens. Salmonella is a bacteria which comes from meat, poultry and eggs. Salmonella causes nausea, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and vomiting that can last two to seven days. E. Coli comes from contaminated water, raw ground beef and dairy products that haven't been pasteurized. E. Coli causes severe abdominal cramps…

Keeping our body’s pH balance in check is always important this because proper body function can happen and we remain healthy. If your blood pH were to drop below 7.35 you would develop a condition called acidosis. Then depending on the cause of this acidosis whether it be the kidneys or the lungs would determine the kind of acidosis. If it is the kidneys causing the acidosis we would call it a metabolic acidosis, where is if it were the lungs it would be called a respiratory acidosis. Know if…

Allergies is one of the most common conditions seen in the veterinary world and can be caused by many different allergens, including food, environment, and medications. Food allergies make up 10% of all allergies in dogs and have a significant effect on cats and dogs all over the country and can cause a large array of problems (Eckstein, 2017). Often owners are not even aware that their animal has allergies due to the fact that the symptoms are typically very different from those of human…