Ch8 Signs & Symptoms of Digestive Disorder

Question 1

Anorexia

Answer 1

absence of appetite

Question 2

Bulimia

Answer 2

binge/purge

Question 3

Ascites

Answer 3

sign of endstage liver disease… edema (fluid collection) of the abdomen

Question 4

Borborygmus

Answer 4

noises your digestive system makes as it digests food/moves it around

Question 5

Constipation

Answer 5

hardening/backup of stool due to dehydration or lack of fibers in diet

Question 6

Dehydration

Answer 6

lack of water in body

Question 7

Diarrhea

Answer 7

excessive flow of feces. lack of water uptake from large intestine

Question 8

Dyspepsia

Answer 8

difficult digestion/ingestion

Question 9

Dysphagia

Answer 9

difficulty swallowing

Question 10

Emesis

Answer 10

vomiting

Question 11

Eructation

Answer 11

burping

Question 12

Flatus

Answer 12

passing gas (farting)

Question 13

Halitosis

Answer 13

bad breath

Question 14

Hematemesis

Answer 14

vomiting blood

Question 15

Hematochezia

Answer 15

defecation of blood (fresh) LGI (also caused by colon cancer; “occult”; blood is digested blood (UGI; digested blood is black)

Question 16

Jaundice

Answer 16

yellow pigmentation of skin due to cirrhosis of liver

Question 17

Nausea

Answer 17

feeling before vomiting

Question 18

Regurgitation

Answer 18

return of swallowed food from the stomach (burping up food/throwing up in mouth)

Question 19

Ulcer

Answer 19

erosion of mucosa/membrane anywhere along the digestive tract