Crohn's Disease Nicole DeMase Health and Chronic Management Nur 427 December 6, 2010 Tiffany Fitch, MSN, FNP-C Crohn's Disease Patient information: A 21 year old Jewish-American presents to the emergency department with severe diarrhea and complaints of abdominal pain, decreased appetite for over two weeks and weight loss of 10lbs. The young Jewish man has no other medical problems and denies any family history other than an older brother that was diagnosed with Crohn’s when he has 20 years
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food you ate into energy and sending it throughout your body to aid in the areas it is meant to. Although the digestive time ranges between men and women along with age. Each individual’s body digests in various ways and time lengths. The digestion process begins in the mouth as you chew your food and the saliva in your mouth begins to break down your food. Along with aiding in the process of swallowing your food. From the mouth your food travels through your esophagus which is a long tube
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NUTR 3362 / Final Exam S2013 Name:____________________ The majority of food borne illnesses occurs from consuming food that is contaminated by: Insects Toxic chemicals Micor-organisms Fecal matter from rodents HACCP is made up of ____ principles. 5 7 9 11 The ground water has been contaminated by an industrial pollutant. Which of the following animals will have the greatest concentration of the pollutants? Water plants
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Digestion Having a subtotal gastrectomy comes with many lifestyle changes. There will be many struggles and issues that the patient will have to overcome, involving the digestion and absorption of foods, after the surgery is performed. Some of these issues include: dumping syndrome, vitamin and mineral malabsorption, and also changing eating habits drastically. This first issue is dumping syndrome. Dumping syndrome is named from the effect of food being "dumped" too quickly into the intestines
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HUMAN DIGESTION By Amanda Boerste SCI/241 Madhuri Vemuri Digestion is the complex process of turning the food you eat into the energy you need to survive. The digestion process also involves creating waste to be eliminated. The digestive tract (or gut) is a long twisting tube that starts at the mouth and ends at the anus. It is made up of a series of muscles that coordinate the movement of food and other cells that produce enzymes and hormones to aid in the breakdown of food
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Metabolism Assignment 1 - 15% of final marks How does the digestion system of your chosen animal break down food i.e. conversion of food protein to animal protein? Nutrition and Metabolism of the Cow: Digestive System of the Cow. Proper nutrition is the foundation for a productive and profitable cow herd. Unaccompanied with good nutrition, cattle can’t express their full potential including reproductive efficiency. Cattle are classed as ruminants, they have four compartments to their
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INTRODUCTION: Lipase also called as triacylglycerol acylhydrolaseis an enzyme known for its enormous applications for industry and diagnostics. Their basic activity is to convert fats into fatty acids and glycerol. These enzymes are water soluble in nature. They also convert polar solvents into more lipolytic substances. In 1856, a scientist name claude Bernard has identified lipase [1]. Lipases are serine hydrolases containing G-X1-S-X2-G sequences as the catalytic part of the particle, where G
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The Human Digestion Summary SCI241 September 4, 2014 Kimberly Johnson The Human Digestion Summary Before telling you what factors affect the amount of time it takes for foods to travel through the digestive tract, and how does digestion occur in each part of the digestion system, how proteins, fats, and carbohydrates break down in the digestive system, and what types of food help with digestion; I'm going to first tell you what the digestion system is and what it is made up of. Per the NDDIC
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The pancreas is a large gland behind the stomach and next to the small intestine. The pancreas aids digestion by releasing digestive enzymes into the small intestine, and it releases insulin and glucagon hormones into the bloodstream to aid the body to use food for energy (Pancreatitis Causes, Symptoms, 2013). Pancreatitis is a serious disease in which the pancreas becomes inflamed. This occurs when the protein and lipid digesting enzymes become activated before they are released into the small
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The Digestive System and Its Activities What happens to food when it is ingested? To understand this process it is important to know how the digestive system works and its components. The digestive system is more than just the stomach and colon, rather it is a system of organs working together to break down food into “nutrient molecules, absorbing these molecules into the bloodstream, and ridding the body of the indigestible remains” (Elaine and Katja 849). The digestive system is composed of the
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