Flashcard 7

Question 1

common routes Hep B transmission

Answer 1

blood transfusion
sharing needles
maternal
sex

Question 2

most common causes gastritis

Answer 2

Autoimmune
Bacterial
Chemical

Question 3

symptoms:

• pain
• vomiting
• constipation
• abdo distension
• colicky pain
• tinkling bowel sounds

Answer 3

bowel obstruction

Question 4

symptoms:

• pale
• SOB
• palpitations
• fatigue

Answer 4

iron deficiency anaemia

Question 5

2 types of cancer found in oesophagus

Answer 5

SCC

adenocarcinoma

Question 6

symptoms/ signs

• blood/ mucus in stool
• rectal bleeding
• diarrhoea
• constipation
• abdo pain whilst passing stools
• weight loss
• hundreds of polyps on colonoscopy

Answer 6

FAP

Question 7

describe the effects of having Hep E virus

Answer 7

none

Question 8

symptoms:

• abdo and Lower back pain
• bloating
• often altered by bowel action
• rarely occurs @ night
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• very variable

Answer 8

IBS

Question 9

treatment H Pylori causing peptic ulcers

Answer 9

triple therapy for 7 days

• amoxycillin
• clarithromycin
• PPI

Question 10

symptoms:

• painless bleeding after passing stools
• mucus discharge
• itching/ soreness/ redness/ swelling around anus

Answer 10

haemorrhoids

Question 11

treatment angiodysplasia

Answer 11

argon phototherapy

tranexamic acid

Question 12

tranexamic acid

Answer 12

drug used to prevent the break down of blood clots. controls severe bleeding

Question 13

radiation proctitis

Answer 13

inflammation and damage to lower parts of the colon after x-ray/ other ionising radiation exposure

Question 14

meckels diverticulum treatment

Answer 14

laproscopic removal, plus removal of any dead bowel

Question 15

symptoms:

• dyspepsia
• early satiety
• N+V
• weight loss
• GI bleeding
• iron deficiency anaemia

Answer 15

gastric cancer

Question 16

oesophageal varices

Answer 16

abnormally dilated collateral vessels

Question 17

mallory weiss tear

Answer 17

tear in mucousal lining of oesophagus

Question 18

symptoms:

• lower left abdominal colicky pain
• bloating
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• mucous in stool

Answer 18

diverticular disease

Question 19

hypo mobility of oesophagus

Answer 19

ranges from low wave amplitude to complete peristaltic failure

Question 20

describe what would be seen on imaging of oesophageal hypermobility

Answer 20

corkscrew appearance barium swallow

mammometry - exaggerated, uncoordinated, hypertonic contractions

Question 21

haemoptysis

Answer 21

coughing up blood

Question 22

haematemesis

Answer 22

vomitting blood