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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Infantile Colic

Overview and Risk Factors Infantile colic refers to excessive and persistent crying in a baby less than 3 months old. Although the condition is sometimes attributed to psychosocial causes, this chapter will focus solely on digestive contributors. Criteria developed by pediatrician Morris Wessel in...
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Pancreatitis

Overview and Risk Factors Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas caused by inappropriate activation of pancreatic enzymes (proteases, lipase, amylase) within and surrounding the pancreas, resulting in autodigestion of pancreatic tissue, necrosis, edema, and possibly hemorrhage. About...
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Gastrointestinal Disorders

Celiac Sprue

Overview and Risk Factors Celiac sprue, also known as celiac disease, gluten-sensitive enteropathy, and nontropical sprue, is an immune-mediated disorder of the small intestine in which patients are sensitive to gluten, a protein contained in wheat, barley, and rye. Gluten acts as a foreign...
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Overview and Risk Factors The most prevalent chronic inflammatory disorders of the digestive tract are ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, referred to collectively as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Approximately 1 million Americans have some form of IBD. Although the disorders share some...
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Alcoholic and Toxic Liver Disease

Overview and Risk Factors The liver is responsible for concentrating and metabolizing most drugs and toxins. Because of this function, hepatotoxicity is common. Drug- or alcohol-related hepatotoxicity is the most common cause of fulminant liver failure. Alcohol-related liver disease alone accounts...
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Gastritis and Peptic Ulcer Disease

Overview and Risk Factors Gastritis and peptic ulcers affect up to 50% of adult populations in Westernized countries. Gastritis is a superficial erosion and inflammation of the gastric mucosa. Peptic ulcers are deeper erosions and ulcerations that extend through the muscularis layer of the gastric...
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Cirrhosis

Overview and Risk Factors Cirrhosis is a chronic, irreversible liver disease that results from prolonged hepatocellular injury. Ultimately, the liver architecture is destroyed with regenerating hepatocytes and increased fibrosis, and the organ's synthetic and metabolic functions are progressively...
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Constipation

Overview and Risk Factors The term "constipation" refers generally to the difficult or infrequent passage of stool. A common definition of constipation is fewer than 3 spontaneous, complete, bowel movements per week. It is the most common gastrointestinal complaint in the United States,...
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For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

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