Gastroenterology

Chronic pancreatic pancreatitis

Chronic pancreatitis is a disorder in which irreversible damage occurs in the tissues of the pancreas as a result of inflammation.It is a common disease that can develop in people of any age and sex, but is most often observed in adult men between the ages of 40 and 55 years. In recent decades, the number of people with chronic forms has increased significantly. In addition, the cause of the disease in 75% of cases now is alcohol, whereas earlier alcoholic pancreatitis only occupied 40% of a...

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Gastroenterology

What does heartburn after food say: causes and treatment in adults

Discomfort, burning, belching with an unpleasant odor and a sour taste in the mouth after eating - these are the symptoms that can significantly overshadow the life of each person. The causes of heartburn after eating, there is a mass, but one of the most common is the abuse of harmful foods. In some cases, heartburn is a constant companion, which indicates the presence of gastrointestinal pathologies. Burning in the esophagus often worries pregnant women, and even young children. But it is ...

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Gastroenterology

Dyskinesia of bile ducts - symptoms and treatment

Dyskinesia of bile ducts is a disease in which gallbladder motility is disrupted and occurs failure in the operation of the bile ducts, which causes bile stagnation or excessive discharge. This disorder is found mainly in women. As a rule, dyskinesia of the bile ducts affects young patients (20-40 years old), lean physique. In some women, the relationship between exacerbation of complaints and the period of the menstrual cycle is expressed (exacerbation occurs 1-4 days before the onset of me...

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Gastroenterology

Intestinal influenza: symptoms and treatment in adults

Intestinal flu was not isolated yet 20-30 years ago as a separate disease. It was a simple intestinal infection, one of many.However, in the 70-ies of the twentieth century, rotavirus, the causative agent of intestinal flu, was discovered, after which the disease got its name. What is it? Intestinal flu is a simplified name for gastroenteritis or rotavirus infection, the causative agent of which is rotavirus. Its reproduction leads to inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. In this artic...

  • 20-Jun-2018
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Gastroenterology

The bacterium Helicobacter pylori, what is it and how to treat it?

Helicobacter pylori is a unique pathogenic microorganism, which is the causative agent of such a dangerous disease as helikobakterioz.This pathology, which often affects the stomach, but can also develop in the PDK. Its name was given to the bacterium due to the medium in which it lives - the pyloric part of the stomach. The peculiarity of the microorganism is that it is able to resist even gastric acid. The bacterium has flagella, with which it freely moves along the walls of the stomach, o...

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Aneurysm of the abdominal aorta - what is it and how to treat it?

An aneurysm of the abdominal aorta is called partial local dilatation of the aortic lumen in the peritoneum, the cause which can be a congenital anomaly of the structure of the walls of the blood vessel, or their pathological changes. This pathology is leading among all cases of aneurysmal diseases of blood vessels. Its frequency is almost 95%. In this case, the disease affects, mainly, men over 60 years of age. Female representatives are exposed to this disease much less often. The danger o...

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Gastroenterology

Gastroduodenitis - what is it? Symptoms, diet and treatment

Gastroduodenitis is a different intensity of inflammation of the gastric mucosa and 12 duodenum. What is the difference between gastritis and gastroduodenitis? With gastritis only the gastric mucosa suffers, but with gastroduodenitis the pathological process has already stepped beyond its limits, and spread to the mucous layer of the duodenum. Just so, for obvious reasons, gastroduodenitis does not develop, and its appearance, as prizilo, is preceded by the confluence of several adverse fact...

  • 21-Jun-2018
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Chronic appendicitis - signs, diagnosis and treatment

Previously suffered acute appendicitis attack in women or men in a number of cases can go into a chronic form, as evidenced by the presence of pathological processes in the appendix.Acute phenomena subsided, but the inflammatory process remains, and passes into a chronic. This should distinguish between chronic recurrent appendicitis. With this form, after suffering an acute attack of appendicitis, the pain subsides. After a while there is a new attack - a relapse of appendicitis. Consequent...

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Gastroenterology

Gastritis with high acidity - symptoms and treatment

Gastritis with high acidity, or hyperacidity, is an inflammation of the walls of the stomach, accompanied by increased secretion of hydrochloric acid.Most often, people with an age of 20-50 years face this ailment. There are many reasons for provoking gastritis, and one of the main ones is considered the wrong food, in addition, to this the disease can lead to excessive use of medicines, as well as stress and unhealthy lifestyles. In any case, for the successful treatment of gastritis with h...

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Gastroenterology

Reflux esophagitis - symptoms, causes and treatment

Reflux esophagitis is a chronic disease that consists in the abnormal casting of gastric contents into the esophagus. Since in the mucosa there is no protection against such aggressive substances, due to contact with them arise epithelial lesions with further inflammation and, accordingly, painful sensations. When reflux esophagitis occurs, the level of acidity of the esophagus decreases noticeably due to mixing of the contents of the esophagus with acidic gastric reflux and digestive enzyme...

  • 29-Jul-2018
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