Digestive System Abnormalities
Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Digestive System Abnormalities. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Digestive System Abnormalities.
Sub-Categories
Terms
Anus, Imperforate - A congenital abnormality characterized by the persistence of the anal membrane, resulting in a thin ...
Barrett Esophagus - A condition with damage to the lining of the lower ESOPHAGUS resulting from chronic acid reflux (ESO...
Biliary Atresia - Progressive destruction or the absence of all or part of the extrahepatic BILE DUCTS, resulting in t...
Caroli Disease - Congenital cystic dilatation of the intrahepatic bile ducts (BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC). It consists ...
Choledochal Cyst - A congenital anatomic malformation of a bile duct, including cystic dilatation of the extrahepatic b...
Diaphragmatic Eventration - A congenital abnormality characterized by the elevation of the DIAPHRAGM dome. It is the result of a...
Digestive System Abnormalities - Congenital structural abnormalities of the DIGESTIVE SYSTEM....
Esophageal Atresia - Congenital abnormality characterized by the lack of full development of the ESOPHAGUS that commonly ...
Hirschsprung Disease - Congenital MEGACOLON resulting from the absence of ganglion cells (aganglionosis) in a distal segme...
Intestinal Atresia - Congenital obliteration of the lumen of the intestine, with the ILEUM involved in 50% of the cases a...
Meckel Diverticulum - A congenital abnormality characterized by the outpouching or sac formation in the ILEUM. It is a rem...
Common Chronic Illnesses
Coronary Disease
An imbalance between myocardial functional requirements and the capacity of the CORONARY VESSELS to supply sufficient blood flow. It is a form of MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA (insufficient blood supply to the heart muscle) caused by a decreased capacity of the coronary vessels.
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1
A subtype of DIABETES MELLITUS that is characterized by INSULIN deficiency. It is manifested by the sudden onset of severe HYPERGLYCEMIA, rapid progression to DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS, and DEATH unless treated with insulin. The disease may occur at any age, but is most common in childhood or adolescence.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
A subclass of DIABETES MELLITUS that is not INSULIN-responsive or dependent (NIDDM). It is characterized initially by INSULIN RESISTANCE and HYPERINSULINEMIA; and eventually by GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; and overt diabetes. Type II diabetes mellitus is no longer considered a disease exclusively found in adults. Patients seldom develop KETOSIS but often exhibit OBESITY.
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Hypertension
Persistently high systemic arterial BLOOD PRESSURE. Based on multiple readings (BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION), hypertension is currently defined as when SYSTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently greater than 140 mm Hg or when DIASTOLIC PRESSURE is consistently 90 mm Hg or more.
Mesothelioma
A tumor derived from mesothelial tissue (peritoneum, pleura, pericardium). It appears as broad sheets of cells, with some regions containing spindle-shaped, sarcoma-like cells and other regions showing adenomatous patterns. Pleural mesotheliomas have been linked to exposure to asbestos. (Dorland, 27th ed)
Osteoarthritis
A progressive, degenerative joint disease, the most common form of arthritis, especially in older persons. The disease is thought to result not from the aging process but from biochemical changes and biomechanical stresses affecting articular cartilage. In the foreign literature it is often called osteoarthrosis deformans.
