Paralytic ileus (Adynamic bowel obstruction)
Paralytic ileus is a condition characterized by the symptoms of abdominal bowel obstruction like nausea, vomiting, and vague abdominal discomfort due to neuromuscular failure
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Juvenile polyposis syndrome
Juvenile polyposis syndrome is the autosomal dominantly inherited condition is characterized by the development of multiple rectal and colonic polyps around puberty
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Short bowel syndrome
Short bowel syndrome is a condition of malabsorption (nutrients are not properly absorbed) due to extensive resection (<150cm of remaining) of small intestine or severe intestinal
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Hemophilia
Hemophilia is a rare inherited bleeding disorder caused by factor deficiency of either clotting factor VIII
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Urinary tract infection (UTI)
Urinary system is composed of kidney, ureters, urinary bladder, and urethra. Infection of any part or the urinary system is known as urinary tract infection
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Gastric dumping syndrome
Dumping syndrome is a group of symptoms that occurs following ingestion of a meal when who have undergone gastric bypass surgery. It is typically induced when
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The split brain
Patients with life-threating, intractable epileptic seizures were treated in the past by surgical commissurotomy or cutting of the corpus callosum. This procedure effectively cut off
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Hirschsprung’s disease
Hirschsprung’s disease is a developmental disorder that is present at birth but may not be diagnosed until later childhood. It is characterized by defecation difficulty of failure.
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Delay Emptying and Rapid Emptying: Disorder of Gastric Motility
Disorder of gastric motility can be divided into the broad categories of delay and rapid emptying. The generalized symptoms of both disorder overlap.
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Micturition syncope
Micturition syncope is described as fainting attack during mostly immediately after urination due to reduction of cerebral blood flow.
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Stereotactic neurosurgery for Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson’s disease is a CNS disorder producing a generalized slowness of movement and resting tremor of the hands. Loss of dopamine- producing neurons in the substantia nigra pars
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Chronic Intestinal pseudoobstruction
Intestinal pseudoobstruction is characterized by symptoms of intestinal intestine obstruction in the absence of a mechanical obstruction. The mechanisms for controlling orderly propulsive motility fail while the intestinal lumen is free form obstruction. This syndrome may result from abnormalities of the muscles of ENS. In general symptoms of colicky abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting, and [...]
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