Question

Answering at least 100 words:

Janet had an auto immune disease in her stomach and then reported having some difficulty in digesting high protein food. Which type of cells in her stomach would have been most clearly affected? You can assume that the ph of the stomach remain low. Why is that latter fact significant in your diagnosis?

Answer 1

AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER

It is a disease condition in which body reacts or attack against the own body cells mistakenly.

ANWER-

A part- which cell affected

Autoimmune disorder in stomach is usually affect the parietal cells of the stomach, the function of parietal cells is to secrete HCL acid and intrinsic factors. It also secretes pepsinogen, under the effect of HCL it will converts into pepsin. Which help in protein digestion. That why Janet is not able to digest protein properly or difficulty indigestion of protein.

B part- if pH is low (assume)

An autoimmune disorder affecting parietal cell which leads to low pH level in stomach (more concentrated or acidic) and difficulty in digestion of food (PROTEIN ). These are significant symptom of autoimmune atrophic gastritis it is a chronic inflammation of the stomach. In which level of acid secretion increases due to hormone gastrin.

Diagnostic test reveals – low level of pepsinogen, high level of gastrin, antibodies attacking stomach cells and low level of intrinsic factors. And doctor my suggest test for helicobacter Pylori.

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