[Exam 1/Final] Chapter 47 - IBD Flashcards
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IBD: What is this
Group of disorders causing inflammation or ulceration of the bowels
IBD: What are some types?
Chrogns Disease
Ulcerative Colitis
Crohns Disease: How does this appear?
Cobblestone appearance
Crohns Disease: What is this?
Chronic inflammation of the GI tract that extends through all of the layers. Is a edema and thickening of the mucosa. Ulcers appear spread out giving the cobblestone appearance
Crohns Disease: CMs?
RLQ pain, where ilieum and ascending colony are at. Not relieved by defecation
Diarrhea
Weight Loss/Nutritional Deficit
Abscesses or Fistulas due to inflammation
Crohns Disease: This is diagnosed how?
CT or MRI showing wall thickening/Edema
Crohns Disease: What age does this affect?
Teens to Mid 30s and then peaks after 60
Crohns Disease: What pain will they have?
Abdominal pain and tenderness in RLQ
Crohns Disease: What signs will they have?
Severe diarrhea, low grade fever, rectal bleeding, weight loss and severe malabsorption
Crohns Disease: What complications may you see?
Perineal Abscesses
Intestinal Fistulas
Peritonitis
Crohns Disease: Later signs of this as it progresses?
Dehydration
Electrolyte Imbalance
Anemia
Ulcerative Colitis: What is this?
Inflamation of the mucosa and submucosa of the colon and rectum. Begins in rectum and then leads up leading to ulcerations and bleeding
Ulcerative Colitis: How often do they go to bathroom
6x per day
Ulcerative Colitis: CMs of this?
Diarrhea with mucus, pus, blood
LLQ Pain
Abdominal distention
Intermittent Tenesmus (Feeing of being unable to empty bowel)
Ulcerative Colitis: How will this be diagnosed?
Abdomianl X-Ray or colonoscopy or biopsy of the tissue.
Ulcerative Colitis: Complciations of this?
Toxic Mega Colon
Ulcerative Colitis: What is Toxic Mega Colon
COlon is not able to contract
Ulcerative Colitis - Mx: What is included here??
Nutritional Therapy
Medications
Surgery
Ulcerative Colitis - Mx: Nutritional Therapy is geared toward what?
Decreasing inflammation and resting bowel
Ulcerative Colitis - Mx: What nutrition changes will occur?
High fluid since they have frequent diarrhea. Also soft diet.
Ulcerative Colitis - Mx: Wht meds can be given?
Anti-diarrheal, corticosteroids, aminosuppressant, aminimodulators like methotrexate.
Anticholingerics to help slow peristalsis down for GI tract.
Ulcerative Colitis - Mx: What surgeries can be done?
Strictureplasty
Colectomy
Total Colectomy with Ileostomy
Ulcerative Colitis - Mx: What is Strictureplasty
There are narrow sections within the bowel and they go in and remove the narrow sections and reconnect the bowel
Ulcerative Colitis - Mx: What is Colectomy
Surgrically removing part of the colon. Maybe to go in and taken out descending portion and leave a stoma at end to drain bowel