What part of the mouth breaks down food?
teeth
What is secreted in response to food?
saliva
What enzyme is in saliva?
amylase
What does amylase do?
breaks down food
Where does CHO digestion start?
mouth
Where is a bolus formed?
mouth
Where in the mouth does the bolus go?
propelled back to pharynx
dysphasia
Who evaluates swallowing?
speech therapy
Where is the esophagus located?
between pharynx and stomach
peristalsis
Contracts and relaxes to move bolus from pharynx to stomach
Cardiac/LES
Hiatal hernia
Protrusion of the stomach through the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm into the chest
How is a hiatal hernia treated?
surgically or with medicine
Hiatal hernia - symptoms
GERD
- Excessive relaxation of LES
What are some long term side effects of GERD?
cancer, destruction of esophagus, respiratory systems, asthma
GERD - symptoms
heartburn (dyspepsia), backward flow into the throat of food (regurgitation), gas (flatulence), chronic cough, asthma and chest pain
Histamine2 Receptor Antagonist
- treat GERD and hiatal hernia
Tagament
Histamine2 Receptor Antagonist
Proton Pump Inh.
What do you watch for in people that take proton pump inhibitors?
anemia
Zantac
Histamine2 Receptor Antagonist
Pepcid
Histamine2 Receptor Antagonist