Medical disorders in the digestive tract
Medical disorders in the digestive tract include many different diseases amongst others:
Gullet/esophagus: inflammation, acid reflux, esophagus hernia, fungal infection, disorder of swallowing, ulceration, cancer.
Stomach and duodenum: inflammation, infection (Helicobacter pylori), ulceration, cancer.
Small and large intestine: inflammation, polyps, tumours, strictures, colitis ulcerosa, morbus Crohn.
Bowel: inflammation, tumours, polyps, haemorrhoids, incontinence.
Pancreas: Inflammation, impaired function, cancer.
Liver: inflammation, fatty liver, cirrhosis of the liver, cancer.
The disorders in the digestive tract can sometimes lack symptoms, other times the symptoms can be very pronounced and include a long range of symptoms and development forms e.g.:
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•stomach ache from different parts of the stomach and with alternating intervals
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•oppression in the stomach
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•acid regurgitations
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•heartburn
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•disorder of swallowing
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•nausea
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•nomiting
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•regurgitations
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•vomiting blood
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•air in the stomach
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•swollenness
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•rumble in the stomach
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•irregular motions
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•diarrhoea
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•bleeding from the bowel
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•itching around the bowel opening
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•weightloss
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•intolerance of food items
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•joint aches
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•constipation
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•incontinence
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•jaundice
