Week 2 Pre-Learning: GI Tract - Lower Disorders: IBD Flashcards
1
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What are the two types of inflammatory bowel diseases?
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- Crohn’s Disease
- Ulcerative Colitis
2
Q
What is inflammatory bowel disease?
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- Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases are autoimmune in nature
3
Q
What are the complications of inflammatory bowel disease? (3)
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- Disease trajectory follows pattern of periods of exacerbations and remissions
- Increased risk of colon cancer
- can develop associated autoimmune diseases
4
Q
What autoimmune diseases can occur with IBD? (5)
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- iritis
- arthritis
- dermatitis
- vasculitis
- thromboembolism
5
Q
Where is the location of Crohn’s Disease?
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- most often effects ilium but can be anywhere in the GI tract
6
Q
What are the characteristics of Crohn’s Disease? (3)
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- Inflammatory ulcerative “skip” lesions that involve the entire thickness of GI wall and create cobblestone appearance
- Genetic component
- Onset is teens to mid-30s
7
Q
Where is the location of ulcerative colitis?
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- Begins in the rectum and progresses proximally through the large intestine
8
Q
What are the characteristics of ulcerative colitis? (2)
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- Inflammation affects only mucosa and submucosa (bleeding)
- Onset is 18-30s
9
Q
How Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis are different chart
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10
Q
Fistula formation diagram
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