GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM DISORDERS
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Disorders of the digestive system have serious consequences for the activity of the organism as a whole
congenital malformations
traumatic processes
inflammatory processes
neoplastic processes
infectious processes
Digestive system communicates with the external environment through the intake of fluids and food.
Common git disorders
• Motor dysfunction of smooth muscle of the individual parts of the digestive system
• Indigestion of food and absorption of nutrients - malabsorption syndrome
• Bleeding into the individual parts of the digestive tract
• Perforation of the wall of the digestive system with subsequent leakage of the
contents to the peritoneal cavity
• Obstruction in moving of the contents of one part of the digestive system to the next
section
• Circulation disorders in the wall of the individual parts of the digestive system
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