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Intestinal Bowel - Articles
How's your gastro-intestinal tract?
by
Ann H.
Posted
Sun 24 Aug 2008 2:43pm
Bowel movements - not a very 'sexy' subject for a blog posting, I know, but I couldn't resist reading an article entitled ' What your bowel movements are telling you about your health ' and I'm betting that you're tempted to read it too...
Am I right?
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FOLATE DEFICIENCY SECONDARY TO DISEASE OF THE INTESTINAL TRACT
by
Jan
Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:57pm
BY FREDERICK A. KLIPSTEIN
MALABSORPTION from the intestinal tract is a common cause of deficiency
of folate and vitamin B12. Deficiency of either of these vitamins... to the use of folic acid antagonists or anticonvulsant drugs. Although some disorders of the intestinal tract can be associated with
malabsorption and deficiencies of both folate
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Small intestinal structure and passive permeability in systemic sclerosis
by
Jan
Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 4:57pm
, which were mostly confined to the deeper structures, although in two there was a minimal degree of villous atrophy without epithelial cell changes. Passive intestinal permeability... for by impaired renal function, small intestinal bacterial contamination, or altered gastrointestinal transit. These results indicate that passive intestinal permeability is unaltered
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Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm
Intestinal pseudo-obstruction (false blockage) is a condition that causes symptoms like those of a bowel obstruction (blockage). But when the intestines are examined, no obstruction is found. A problem in how the muscles and nerves in the intestines work causes the symptoms.
Pseudo-obstruction symptoms include cramps, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting
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SMALL INTESTINE TRANSPLANTATION IN INDIA
by
nitinsyal
Posted
Thu 27 Aug 2009 11:34pm
reasons like :
Short Bowel Syndromes like :
Gastroschisis
Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
Volvulus
Aganglionosis/ Hirschsprung’s Disease
Intestinal Atresia
Other...Intestine is a segment of the digestive tract extends from stomach to the anus. It has two parts small intestine and large intestine which has further sub-divided parts
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Intestine Transplant
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:38pm
for several reasons like :
Short Bowel Syndromes like :
Gastroschisis
Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)
Volvulus
Aganglionosis/ Hirschsprung’s Disease
Intestinal...
Intestine is a segment of the digestive tract extends from stomach to the anus. It has two parts small intestine and large intestine which has further sub-divided parts
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Stem Cells Turned Into Intestinal Tissue in Lab
by
Medical Quack
Posted
Sun 12 Dec 2010 11:46pm
Initially the intestinal tissue cells and the growth there of will be used to study normal intestinal development in humans and what goes wrong with the intestine in people with diseases such as enterocolitis, inflammatory bowel disease and short bowel syndrome.
Eventually the process will lead to growing intestines tissue for implant and testing
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Testing of the Small Intestine
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:41pm
Small bowel manometry (antroduodenal manometry)
A test that is used to detect intestinal motility abnormalities is small bowel manometry (antroduodenal manometry). This involves placing a long tube with pressure sensors on it that passes through the stomach and into the small intestine. It is important to record several of the housekeeper wave
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Intestine
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm
How the Intestine Works
The intestine is the lower part of the digestive tract. It extends from the stomach to the anus. The upper part, the small intestine, is narrow and intricate. It provides further digestion of food and absorbs nutrients from the digested food. The lower part, the large intestine, is wider and reabsorbs water from the digested
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Intestinal Worms Treatment
by
Dr. Anshu Gupta
Posted
Tue 02 Jun 2009 4:40pm
into the human body through food and water, can breed in the intestines only if they find there a suitable medium for their propagation. This medium is an intestinal tract clogged...
Worms and other intestinal parasites, which infest human beings, are found in all countries of the world. However they are more common in tropical and subtropical areas
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