Digestive Diseases and Disorders Sourcebook
Subtitle: Basic Consumer Health Information About Diseases and Disorders That Impact the Upper and Lower Digestive System (Health Reference Series)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Omnigraphics
Published: January 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780780803275
Subjects: Reference; Medical / Nursing; Gastroenterology; Health & Fitness; Health/Fitness; Resource Guides; Popular works; Digestive System Diseases; Diseases; Gastrointestinal system
Description: This sourcebook offers basic consumer health information about diseases and disorders that impact the upper and lower digestive system including celiac disease, constipation, Crohn's disease, cyclic vomiting syndrome, diarrhea, diverticulosis and divericulitis, gallstones, heartburn, hemorrhoids, hernias, indigestion (dyspepsia), irritable bowel syndrome, lactose intolerance, ulcers, and more. Also provides information about medication and other treatments, tips for maintaining a healthy digestive tract, a glossary, and a directory of digestive diseases organizations.
Table of contents: title: Maintaining a Healthy Digestive Tract -- Your Digestive System and How It Works -- Facts and Fallacies about Digestive Diseases -- Digestive Diseases Statistics -- Diagnostic Tests for Digestive Disorders -- Harmful Effects of Medicines on the Adult Digestive System -- Smoking and Your Digestive System -- When Do You Need an Antacid? -- Remedies for Upset Stomachs -- Steroid Use in Gastrointestinal Diseases -- Digestive Diseases and Functional Disorders -- Appendicitis -- Bleeding in the Digestive Tract -- Celiac Disease -- Colostomy -- Constipation -- Constipation in Children -- Crohn's Disease -- Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome -- Diarrhea -- Diverticulosis and Diverticulitis -- Gallstones -- Gas in the Digestive Tract -- Heartburn (Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease) -- Hemorrhoids -- Hernias -- Hirschsprung's Disease -- Ileostomy -- Indigestion (Dyspepsia) -- Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction -- Irritable Bowel Syndrome -- Irritable Bowel Syndrome in Children -- Lactose Intolerance -- Menetrier's Disease -- Rapid Gastric Emptying -- Short Bowel Syndrome -- Ulcerative Colitis -- Ulcers -- Whipple's Disease -- Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome.