nd2 year help prt 1 Flashcards
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What range do normal bowel habits fall under?
3 times/day - 3 times/week
What range do normal bowel habits fall under?
3 times/day - 3 times/week
what frequency of passing stool constitutes diarrhoea?`
more than 3 times per day
what frequency of passing stool constitutes constipation?
less than 3 times per week
What defines acute diarrhoea?
Diarrhoea lasting less than 2 weeks.
what defines chronic diarrhoea?
Diarrhoea lasting more than 2 weeks.
what is osmotic diarrhoea?
With osmotic diarrhoea, electrolyte transfer takes place but at a low rate. The majority of the fluid passed will be unabsorbed chyme with some fluid drawn osmotically from the cellular membrane. If you stop drinking the diarrhoea will stop
What is secretary diarrhoea?
With secretory diarrhoea a pathogen or other agent shuts down the bodies ability to absorb fluid while triggering the excess production of water in the small intestine.
Main anti-motility treatment?
Loperamide.Stimulate opioid receptors in the sphincter and slows gut motility.
What antibiotic family is used to treat campylobacter with?
Macroliides - claryth, eryth, azyth.
What do you treat campylobacter with?
Macroliides - claryth, eryth, azyth.
what frequency of passing stool constitutes diarrhoea?`
more than 3 times per day
what frequency of passing stool constitutes constipation?
less than 3 times per day
What defines acute diarrhoea?
Diarrhoea lasting less than 2 weeks.
what defines chronic diarrhoea?
Diarrhoea lasting more than 2 weeks.
what is osmotic diarrhoea?
With osmotic diarrhoea, electrolyte transfer takes place but at a low rate. The majority of the fluid passed will be unabsorbed chyme with some fluid drawn osmotically from the cellular membrane. If you stop drinking the diarrhoea will stop
What is secretary diarrhoea?
With secretory diarrhoea a pathogen or other agent shuts down the bodies ability to absorb fluid while triggering the excess production of water in the small intestine.
Main anti-motility treatment?
Loperamide.Stimulate opioid receptors in the sphincter and slows gut motility.
What are the reasons to query antibiotic use in diarrhoea in the uk?
Antibacterial drugs are generally unnecessary in simple gastro-enteritis because the complaint usually resolves quickly without them, and infective diarrhoeas in the UK often have a viral cause. Systemic bacterial infection
does, however, need appropriate systemic treatment.
What do you treat campylobacter with?
Macroliides - claryth, eryth, azyth.
What antibiotic is used to treat shigella and salmonella?
ciprofloxacin
What antibiotic is used to treat typhoid?
ceftriaxone (3rd generation cephalosporin).
What antibiotic is used to treat C. diff.
Metronidazol
If the diarrhoea is described as having rice water?
Cholera