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Contaminated Food Intake
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Contaminated Water Intake
- Travel
- Irritable Bowel Syn...
- Lactose Intolerance
- Zollinger-Ellison S...
- Autonomic Neuropathy
- Weakened Immune Sys...
- Malabsorption Syndr...
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Partial Gastrectomy
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- Celiac Disease
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Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is the general name for ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. The disease is characterized by swelling, ulcerations, and loss of function of the intestines.
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Traveling with children presents special challenges. It disrupts familiar routines and imposes new demands. Planning ahead - and involving children in the planning - may lessen the stress of travel.
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Jet lag is a condition marked by fatigue, insomnia , and irritability that is caused by air travel through changing time zones. It is commonplace: a 2002 study of international business travelers (IBTs) found that jet lag was one of the most commo...
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Jet lag is a condition marked by fatigue , insomnia , and irritability that is caused by air travel through changing time zones.
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common gastrointestinal condition characterized by abdominal pain and cramps; changes in bowel movements ( diarrhea , constipation , or both); gassiness; bloating; nausea ; and other symptoms. There is no cure f...
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) refers to a disorder of the lower intestinal tract. It involves abdominal pain and abnormal bowel movements. Emotional stress often makes the symptoms worse. It is not the same as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), wh...
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common intestinal condition characterized by abdominal pain and cramps; changes in bowel movements (diarrhea, constipation, or both); gassiness; bloating; nausea ; and other symptoms. There is no recognized cure...
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common intestinal condition characterized by abdominal pain and cramps; changes in bowel movements ( diarrhea , constipation , or both); gassiness; bloating; nausea; and other symptoms. There is no cure for IBS....
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Lactose intolerance refers to the inability of the body to digest lactose.
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Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest lactose (a type of sugar found in milk and other dairy products.
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Lactose intolerance refers to the inability of the body to digest lactose.
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Lactose intolerance is the inability to digest significant amounts of lactose, the primary sugar in milk. This inability results from a shortage of the enzyme lactase, which is normally produced by the cells that line the small intestine. Lactase ...
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In Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (ZES), a tumor (a gastrinoma) secretes the hormone gastrin, which stimulates the secretion of gastric acid. This leads to the development of ulcers in the stomach and duodenum (the first part of the small intestine).
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Zollinger-Ellison syndrome is a condition that occurs with abnormal production of the hormone gastrin. A small tumor (gastrinoma) in the pancreas or small intestine produces the high levels of gastrin in the blood.
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Autonomic neuropathy is a group of symptoms that occur when there is damage to nerves that regulate blood pressure, heart rate, bowel and bladder emptying, digestion, and other body functions.
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Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by many different germs, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi. This article discusses describes pneumonia that occurs in a person whose ability to fight infection is greatly reduced because their ...
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Malabsorption is difficulty digesting or absorbing nutrients from food.
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Malabsorption syndrome is an alteration in the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients adequately into the bloodstream.
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Malabsorption syndrome is an alteration in the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients adequately into the bloodstream.
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Carcinoid syndrome is a group of symptoms associated with carcinoid tumors - tumors of the small intestine, colon, appendix, and bronchial tubes in the lungs.
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Drug interactions are changes in the effect of one drug due to the effect of either another drug taken at the same time (drug-drug interactions) or food consumed while the drug is being taken (drug-food interactions).
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Drug allergies are a group of symptoms caused by allergic reaction to a drug (medication.
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A drug allergy is an adverse reaction to a medication, often an antibiotic, that is mediated by the body's immune system. A drug sensitivity is an unusual reaction to a drug that does not involve the immune system.
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Drug metabolism is the process by which the body breaks down and converts medication into active chemical substances.
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Celiac disease is a disease of the digestive system in which the inside lining of the small intestine (mucosa) is damaged after eating wheat, rye, oats, or barley, resulting in interference with the absorption of nutrients from food.
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Celiac disease is an inherited, autoimmune disease in which the lining of the small intestine is damaged from eating gluten and other proteins found in wheat, barley, rye, and possibly oats.
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Celiac disease is a disease of the digestive system that damages the small intestine and interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food.
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Celiac disease occurs when the body reacts abnormally to gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, barley, and oats. Gluten causes an inflammatory response in the small intestine, which damages the tissues and results in impaired ability to absorb nu...
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Celiac disease is a disease of the digestive system that damages the small intestine and interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food.
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Celiac disease is a disease of the digestive system that damages the small intestine and interferes with the absorption of nutrients from food.
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