In: Anatomy and Physiology
One term should be from the digestive system and one should be
from the integumentary system.
It is OK to write one, two or more
sentences to accomodate the two terms.
Think about using different diseases,
conditions, signs, symptoms, procedures, treatments or therapies
related to these systems.
Digestive system(diseases):-
1. Inflammatory bowel diseases:-
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
Crohn's disease- Disease mainly affects the terminal
ileum. It may affect other parts of the intestine. It is a chronic
transmural inflammatory disease of GI tract with unknown
aetiology.
clinical features- Intermittent colicky abdominal pain, diarrhoea, weight loss.
Treatment- steroids, salazopyrines, immunosuppressive therapy, metronidazole.
Ulcerative colitis-aetiology- autoimmune factors, dysfunctional immunoregulation, dietary factors, defective mucin production
clinical features- stool with blood and mucus,this causes dehydration malnutrition anaemia hypoproteinaemia
treatment same as chron's disease
2. GERD- Gastrooesophageal reflux disease caused due to reflux of stomach acid to oesophagus due to sphincter defect of lower end of oesophagus.heart burn is the main clinical feature.
3. Gastric ulcer- A broad term includes peptic and duodenal ulcer.
aetiology-NSAID, food habits, helicobactor pylori infection, anxiety worry etc.
clinical features- pain, vomiting, haematemesis or melaena, weight gain or loss.
treatment- histamine receptor blockers
hydrogen ion antagonist
antacids proper diet, surgical procedure
celiac disease- It is a serious sensitivity for gluten found in wheat barley rice
clinical feature- constipation , diarrhoea, vomiting weight loss
integumentary system(disease)-
Acne- when hair follicles are plugged up with oil and dead skin cells.
eczema- patches of red itchy bump. It is a type of contact dermatitis.
Other diseases are- psoriasis, squamous cell carcinoma, Basal cell carcinoma , melanoma, ringworm,