In: Anatomy and Physiology
1 Celiac disease causes inflammation of the small intestine that causes the villi to atrophy, so that the lining becomes flat. How would this affect nutrient absorption? Why? Would feces of celiac patients have more, or less, nutrients in it? Explain.
2 People who have their gall bladder removed often lose weight and are advised to take supplements of the fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) to ensure they are getting enough of these vitamins. Explain the weight loss and why these vitamins are specifically targeted.
1) celiac disease
It is a digestive and autoimmune disorder that causes a permanent intolerance to gluten.
When the intestinal villi are damaged, their ability to absorb nutrients (fat carbohydrates proteins vitamins and minerals) is greatly reduced. This results in compromised nutritional status and increased risk for disease of almost every organ system.
Anaemia for example is common among those celiac disease. Anaemia is absent due to low intake of vitamin B12 and folate and riboflavin. Low iron intake is also associated with anaemia. Combine folate and iron deficiency is result of inflammation of the small Google but is less prevalent than iron deficiency. Another factor is that many gluten-free product are low in the vitamin B and iron and dietary fibres then common grains.
Since nutrients are unable to absorbed so the feces of the patient would be more nutrient then previous one.
2) removal of gallbladder
The gallbladder is small organ located on the underside of the liver. Its primary purpose is by storage. Delhi makes by substance that helps the body breakdown and observed fats. The gallbladder then store the extra bile delivery makes. It releases bile when you eat meale with fats that need to be digested.
Bile can be thick and create blockage along the path typically empties. The gallbladder also through want to develop goldstone in certain people, because of this reason sometime cholecystectomy performed.
After removing gallbladder, some people develop frequent loose watery stools. The diarrhoea last no more than a week to a few months.
With the healthy gallbladder proper amount of bile released into the digestive tract as needed. Without gallbladder there is a continuous tickle of bile into to system regardless of the presence or absence of fat. The failure too much by output to fat presence geoparadise one's ability to properly digest fat and eventually leads to deficiency in fat soluble vitamins and essential fatty acids, poor cholesterol metabolism and absorption of improperly digested fat globules.
Proper digestion of fat is required to observe the fat soluble vitamins which include A D E AND K.
Due to this deficiencies of fat soluble vitamins the doctor is advising to take fat soluble vitamins supplement.
Vitamin A deficiency can cause dry eyes drawing scaling and follicular thickening of the skin, night blindness, red aurwhite acne like bumps and respiratory infection.
Vitamin A comes in two forms both of them required by for absorption.
Retinol is preformed vitamin A, found in animal such as grass fed meat and poultry and liver and fish and organic dairy products like butter.
Beta carotene is pre vitamin A, found in plant foods like Fruit and Vegetables. In order for our body to actually use beta-carotene it must first convert it into retinol and to do this a well functioning digestive tract and sufficient bile produced by a gallbladder is needed.
Vitamin D is critically important for cell function is one of the most potent cancer inhibitor. The best way to get vitamin D from Sun. Fully activated Vitamin D3 is useless in the absence of magnesium. Zinc also interact with Vitamin D and it appear they promote each others intestinal absorption. Vitamin B deficiency can lead to many complications like Alzheimer disease asthma Autism cancer cold and Fly crohns disease cystic fibrosis the mental depression Eczema Psoriasis hearing loss muscular degeneration osteoporosis Udacity schizophrenia etc.
Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant and immune system booster that has a number of Cancer fighting properties. Vitamin E can do more harm than good for smokers and children with autism and people with certain mutated gene. Therefore its best not to supplement useless under the supervision of qualified practitioner food not a supplement is your best source of vitamin. Deficiency of Vitamin E leads to asthma and allergy brain damage cancer cognitive decline oxidized LDL cholesterol levels.
Vitamin K1 is most well known for the role it play in blood clotting. Vitamin K2 is also essential its role is to help more calcium into proper areas of your body.
Road dairy products such as certain cheese roberta also contain high amount. However only grass fed animal develop naturally High K2 levels. Vitamin K deficiency lead to arterial calcification cardiovascular disease dementia infectious disease such as pneumonia leukaemia tooth decay.
The connection between vitamin B12 and bile from gallbladder is that it takes a lot of stomach acids to break down this is essential B vitamin. Vitamin B12 is generally found in all animal foods. Oral B12 supplement sun will not address this issue as they will not break down in your stomach if acid production is low in fact If you are one of the people taking these Proton pump inhibitor or H2 blocker the primary way your body can effectively absorb the vitamin B12 that it needs is the intermuscular injection.
Vitamin B12 deficiency leads to Alzheimer disease dementia autism autoimmune disease bloating cancer depression diarrhoea infertility nausea weight loss vomiting etc.