Treatment of diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract often focuses on resolution of clinical pharmacology of drugs used to treat the gastrointestinal tract, starting with appetite stimulants, followed by emetics and antiemetics, and antidiarrheals.
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Gastrointestinal Hormones
The gastrointestinal hormones constitute a group of hormones secreted by enteroendocrine cells in the stomach, pancreas, and small intestine that control various functions of the digestive organs.
Gallbladder cancer
Although rare, cancer can affect the gallbladder. It is difficult to diagnose and usually found at late stages when symptoms appear. Symptoms may resemble those of gallstones.
Cholecystitis
Cholecystitis is the Infection of the gallbladder, often due to a gallstone in the gallbladder. Cholecystitis causes severe pain and fever, and can require surgery when infection continues or recurs.
Constipation
Constipation refers to bowel movements that are infrequent or hard to pass. The stool is often hard and dry. Other symptoms may include abdominal pain, bloating, and feeling as if one has not completely passed the bowel movement.
Acalculous cholecystopathy
The hallmark of acalculous cholecystopathy, frequently called biliary dyskinesia, is recurrent right upper quadrant pain in the absence of gallstones. Acalculous cholecystitis refers to cholecystitis without gallstones.
Acalculous cholecystitis
Acalculous cholecystitis is an inflammatory disease of the gallbladder without evidence of gallstones or cystic duct obstruction; it is a severe illness that is a complication of various other medical or surgical conditions.
Hepatic Artery
The common hepatic artery is a short blood vessel that supplies oxygenated blood to the liver, pylorus of the stomach, duodenum, pancreas, and gallbladder.
Hepatocyte
A hepatocyte is a cell of the main parenchymal tissue of the liver. Hepatocytes make up 55-65% of the liver’s mass. These cells are involved in:
- Protein synthesis
- Protein storage
- Synthesis of cholesterol, bile salts and phospholipids
- Initiation of formation and secretion of bile
Pancreatic juice
Pancreatic juice is a liquid secreted by the pancreas, which contains a variety of enzymes, including trypsinogen, chymotrypsinogen, elastase, carboxypeptidase, pancreatic lipase, nucleases and amylase.
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