Introduction

Question 1

Signs and symptoms of GI tract disease

Answer 1

• malaise
• rapid weight loss
• anorexia
• anaemia

Question 2

Signs and symptoms of upper GI tract disease

Answer 2

• haemoptysis
• melanea (black tarry stool)
• nausea
• vomiting
• dysphagia (difficulty swallowing food or fluid)
• odynophagia (pain during swallowing)
• heartburn
• acid regurgitation
• chest pain
• belching
• epigastric pain

Question 3

What is the term for vomiting blood

Answer 3

Haematemesis

Question 4

Signs and symptoms of hepatobiliary disorders

Answer 4

• upper right quadrant pain
• biliary colic
• jaundice
• dark urine
• pale stool
• ascites

Question 5

What is a biliary colic

Answer 5

colicky pain caused by gall bladder contraction against a downstream obstruction eg gall stones or inpingement of common bile duct

Question 6

What causes jaundice

Answer 6

Increase in circulating bilirubin caused by the hepatobiliary system unable to process amount in blood for prehepatic,hepatic or post hepatic reasons

Question 7

Signs of mid GI tract disorders

Answer 7

• abdominal pain
• steatorrhoea
• diarrhoea
• abdominal distension

Question 8

Signs of lower GI tract disorders

Answer 8

• abdominal pain
• rectal bleeding
• constipation
• diarrhoea
• incontinence
• flatulence

Question 9

Sign of whole body GI disease

Answer 9

• cachexia
• obesity
• lymphadenopathy
• jaundice

Question 10

What are signs of GI disease on the hands

Answer 10

• Koiloychia
• nail clubbing
• leuconychia
• dupytren’s contracture
• tachycardia
• tremor

Question 11

What are the signs of GI disease via abdomen

Answer 11

• palpable organ enlargement
• abdominal tenderness
• distension

Question 12

What are anus and rectum GI tract signs?

Answer 12

• haemorrhoids (swollen superficial blood vessels)
• fistula
• fissure
• proctitis