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HERPETIC STOMATITIS
Herpetic stomatitis is a viral infection of the mouth that causes sores and ulcers. These mouth ulcers are not the same as canker sores, which are not caused by a virus. Essentials of Diagnosis:- •
HAEMORRHOIDS(PILES)
Swollen and inflamed veins in the rectum and anus that cause discomfort and bleeding.Haemorrhoids are usually caused by straining during bowel movements, obesity or pregnancy. Essentials of Diagnosis:- • Rectal bleeding and discomfort following defaeca-
GASTRIC ULCER
A sore that develops on the lining of the oesophagus, stomach or small intestine.Ulcers occur when stomach acid damages the lining of the digestive tract. Common causes include the bacteria H. Pylori and anti-inflammatory pain
DUODENAL ULCER
A sore that develops on the lining of the oesophagus, stomach or small intestine.Ulcers occur when stomach acid damages the lining of the digestive tract. Common causes include the bacteria H. Pylori and anti-inflammatory pain
DUMPING SYNDROME
Dumping syndrome is a condition that can develop after surgery to remove all or part of your stomach or after surgery to bypass your stomach to help you lose weight. The condition can also develop
DIVERTICULAR DISEASE OF COLON (Diverticulosis)
A condition in which small, bulging pouches develop in the digestive tract.It’s common in people over the age of 40. Essentials of Diagnosis:- • Intermittent cramping and left lower abdominal pain.• Constipation or constipation alternating
CONSTIPATION
When a person passes less than three bowel movements a week or has difficult bowel movements. Patient should be considered to be constipated only if defaecation is explainably delayed for days or if stools are
CHRONIC GASTRITIS
Any of a group of conditions in which the stomach lining is inflamed.Causes include infection, injury, regular use of pain pills called NSAIDs and too much alcohol. Essentials of Diagnosis:- • Asymptomatic or vague non-descriptive
CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS
Essentials of Diagnosis:- • History of frequent attacks of biliary colic (i.e. right upper quadrant abdominal pain referred to right scapula).• Flatulant dyspepsia with fatty food intolerance.• Non-functioning gall bladder on IV cholecysto-graphy or presence
CHOLEDOCHOLITHIASIS
Essentials of Diagnosis:- • Sudden, severe, right upper quadrant abdominal pain radiating to scapula.• Nausea, vomiting, fever, jaundice, leucocytosis.• History of such recurrent attacks persisting for hours.• Chills with gram-ve shock in cases of acute
CARCINOMA OF STOMACH
• Anaemia, asthenia and anorexia in patients over 40 years of age.• Palpable abdominal mass.• Occult blood in stool.• Gastroscopic and X-ray abnormality with positivecytological examination.• The less common manifestations include post-prandial distress simulating peptic
CARCINOMA OF LIVER
Essentials of Diagnosis:- Hard,enlarged,tenderliverwithorwithoutpalpable nodules. Symptoms of long-standing cirrhosis with sudden deterioration in the condition of the patient. Bloody ascites.• Anaemia, cachexia, hepatic bruit or friction rub. • Primary site of malignancy (stomach), colon orother
CANDIDIASIS (THRUSH)
Essentials of Diagnosis:- • Creamy-white curd like patches surrounded by erythema.• Pain, fever and lymphadenopathy in some cases. Treatment:- -Saturated solution of sodabicarb for mouth wash.-One per cent gentian violet to be painted three timesdaily
CANCER OESOPHAGUS
Essentials of Diagnosis:- • Progressive dysphagia even to liquids.• Anaemia, weight loss. • Chest pain—Unrelated to eating implies local exten- sion of tumour.• Barium swallow shows irregular, frequently annular space occupying lesions. Treatment:- -Irradiation is
CANCER COLON
Essentials of Diagnosis:- • Blood in the faeces, anaemia, asthenia.• Palpable colonic mass (especially in ascendingcolon).• Altered bowel function, i.e. progressively increasingconstipation (left colon) or diarrhoea.• Sigmoidoscopic and X-ray evidence of theneoplasm. Treatment:- -Surgical resection
APPENDICITIS
Essentials of Diagnosis:- • Pain and tenderness in right iliac fossa with signs of peritoneal irritation (muscle guard and +ve Rovsing’s sign).• Low grade fever, vomiting, constipation.• Polymorphonuclear leucocytosis.• Rectal tenderness is common in pelvic
APHTHOUS STOMATITIS
Essentials of Diagnosis:- • Shallow ulcers with erythematous base, covered with pseudomembrane (greyish exudate).• Often painful and usually recurrent.• May be associated with inflammatory bowel disease,prolonged fevers, infectious mononucleosis history of emotional stress. Treatment:- -Avoid