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    Crohn Research Paper

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    Crohn’s Disease Symptoms – Is There a Way to Manage Them? Crohn’s disease symptoms vary from one patient to the next. Depending on how mild or severe the condition is, the signs could be anywhere from mere nausea to bleeding. There are extraintestinal manifestations which are rarely present. The disease can also affect different parts of the body such as the skin, liver, joints and the eyes. Kids can present delays in growth development. About a third of Crohn’s patients develop the perianal…

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    Subjective and objective data are significant to support the diagnosis of CD and rule out other likely gastrointestinal conditions. Detailed information should be collected from the patient regarding their symptoms. This information should include: the patient’s ability to tolerate well-balanced meals, significant weight loss, family members with similar symptoms or gastrointestinal diseases, remedies that have been tried to alleviate symptoms and its response, the presence of abscesses,…

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    Crohn’s disease is a form of inflammatory bowl disease also known as IBD that affects the lining of the digestive tract. Symptoms of this disease vary between people depending on where it occurs in the bowel, and the severity of the inflammation. Typically, the signs and symptoms will be chronic diarrhea that contains pus, blood, or mucus, weight loss, fever, gastralgia (stomach pain), cramping, and rectal bleeding. It is not known how one gets crohn’s disease, but there are a few factors that…

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    Histological analysis Tissue harvested from the distal colon (1 cm from the rectum) was cut into segments, fixed with 10% formaldehyde overnight, embedded in paraffin, sectioned at 5 μm, mounted on clean glass slides, and stained with hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) for histological evaluation. Each slide was coded and analyzed in a blinded fashion by two investigators using light microscopy. Each sample was assigned a histological score based on cumulative scores assigned to colon characteristics…

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    Description of the Problem: Irritable Bowel Syndrome is a well-known condition involving constant abdominal pain, bloating, diarrhea or constipation and gas. It is commonly referred to as “IBS”. There are many factors that can expose a person to this illness. Similar to many illnesses there are certain ways you can avoid them. Dr. Anitha Anchan, a parent and doctor, said, “IBS can be prevented in two ways – either avoid the risk factors or the triggers to prevent symptoms of IBS.” When Dr.…

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    Colorectal carcinoma is a cancer of the large intestine (colon) and rectum , the lower part of the digestive system. It can metastasis to liver, lung, bone, brain and lymph nodes. These are the common sites [8]. However, liver metastases is the main cause for death. Adrenal gland, testicular and skin are the less frequent sites(8). Usually, liver metastases are hypo vascular [5]. Colorectal cancer can be diagnosed by many modalities such as CT SCAN, FDG/PET And FDG PET/CT. PET/CT is the most…

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    1 Chrohn’s Disease Chrohn’s disease is named after Dr. Burrill B. Crohn who discovered it in 1932; 2 he described it as a part of Inflammatory Bowel Disease or IBD. Chrohn’s disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract, affecting the beginning of the colon and or the small bowel, also known as the ileum. It doesn’t just affect the previously stated body organs but as well as digestive tract in general which also include: the stomach, the esophagus, or even the mouth.…

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    Did you know Crohn’s Disease is one of the fastest growing intestinal disease in the US? My paper is going to be about Crohn’s disease. I chose this because over the past years I have had the time to really learn on my own what is like to live with someone who has Crohn’s. I will be going over some of the symptoms, treatments and other home remedies and facts about Crohn’s disease. Crohn’s disease is an Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Symptoms can vary depending on the person. The most common…

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    Ménétrier's Disease

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    According to the Digestive Endoscopy, Ménétrier's disease was coined and described in 1888 by a french physician named Pierre Eugène Ménétrier. In a case report about the disease, Japanese healthcare professionals described the disease as an acquired disorder with premalignant tendency(Endo, Arimura, Adachi, Mita,Yamashita, Yamamoto, Shinomura, Ishii, 2012). Furthermore, the case report affirms that MD has the characteristics pertaining to “enlarged gastric folds within the foveolar…

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    George Hall is a 49-year-old male who is a practicing Hindu. After being diagnosed with metastatic colon cancer, he had a surgical colon resection. Currently Mr. Hall is 36 hours post-operation, on a clear liquid diet, and continuing intravenous fluid replacement. Upon the return of bowel sounds, his diet will progress to continuous tube feedings through a nasogastric tube. The constant pace of continuous feedings will prevent risks of intolerance and aspiration of the formula. Progression of Mr…

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