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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