Stomach disease
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Overview
| Stomach disease Classification and external resources | |
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| The location of the stomach in the body. | |
| ICD-10 | K30.-K31., Q40.-Q41. |
| ICD-9 | 536, 750 |
| MeSH | D013272 |
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Many stomach diseases are associated with infection. Historically, it was widely believed that the highly acidic environment of the stomach would keep the stomach immune from infection. However, a large number of studies have indicated that most cases of stomach ulcers, gastritis, and stomach cancer are caused by Helicobacter pylori infection. One of the ways it is able to survive in the stomach involves its urease enzymes which metabolize urea (which is normally secreted into the stomach) to ammonia and carbon dioxide which neutralizes gastric acid and thus prevents its digestion. In recent years, it has been discovered that other Helicobacter bacteria are also capable of colonizing the stomach and have been associated with gastritis.
Having too little or no gastric acid is known as hypochlorhydria or achlorhydria respectively and are conditions which can have negative health impacts. Having high levels of gastric acid is called hyperchlorhydria. Many people believe that hyperchlorhydria can cause stomach ulcers. However, recent research indicates that the gastric mucosa which secretes gastric acid is acid-resistant.
Conditions
Diseases of the stomach include:
- Dyspepsia
- Abdominal pain
- Peptic ulcer
- Achlorhydria
- Hypochlorhydria
- Linitis plastica
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
- Gastroparesis
- GERD
- Borborygmus
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Congenital malformations and deformations of digestive system (Q35-Q45, 749-751) | |
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| Tongue, mouth and pharynx | Cleft lip and palate - Van der Woude syndrome - Ankyloglossia - Macroglossia - Pharyngeal pouch |
| Esophagus and upper alimentary tract | Esophageal atresia - Tracheoesophageal fistula - Esophageal web - Pyloric stenosis - Hiatus hernia |
| Intestines | Intestinal atresia (Duodenal atresia) - Imperforate anus - Meckel's diverticulum - Hirschsprung's disease - Intestinal malrotation - Persistent cloaca |
| Pancreas | Annular pancreas - Accessory pancreas - Pancreas divisum |
| Other | Choledochal cysts - Alagille syndrome |
| See also non-congenital (K20-K93, 530-579) | |
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Acknowledgement and Attribution Regarding Sources of Content
Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
