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PLEASE ANSWER ALL QUESTION 11-20

11. What dietary factors may protect against both gastric and duodenal ulcers?

12. A patient complaining of pain that rises from the behind the breastbone, which is sometimes accompanied by excessive saliva, may have GERD or ....? (fill in blank)

13. Of the following types of nutrient delivery for nutrition support, which is the most appropriate for someone who needs short-term parenteral nutrition and has average nutrient needs?

14. A friend of yours recently had bariatric surgery and is now having problems with dumping syndrome, which is causing diarrhea. Since it may be helpful in treating the diarrhea, you tell her the diarrhea is of which specific type?

15. Which of the following nutrition regimens is most appropriate for a patient who came through the emergency department yesterday and was NPO with a diagnosis of diverticulitis?

16. A 48-year old patient has come to you for nutrition counseling. She tells you she has been experiencing dumping syndrome, and her physician diagnosed iron and B-12 deficiencies. What is the most probable cause?

17. In the gastrointestinal tract, what is the typical location affected by celiac disease?

18. A new patient, 17 year-old male, has the following signs and symptoms: Significant weight loss, steatorrhea, low blood albumin, and iron deficiency anemia. Which is the likely cause?

19. What may cause significant nutrition problems and can arise from intestinal resection, obstruction, and/or inflammation?

20. What is accurate regarding the condition of dumping syndrome?

Answer 1

12) Acid reflux - it occurs when stomach acid moves away from esophagus. It causes discomfort in chest area or sensation of burning.

17) Celiac disease occurs due to the sensitivity to gluten. People with such conditions when consume any wheat product , they develop some abnormalities in the lining of small intestine specifically, at the upper area known as jejunum. The immunological response to the gluten products leads to the inflammation of jejunum and produce flattened villi and mucosa inside becomes so damaged that salts and water can leak out from the cell causing diarrhoea.

20) Dumping syndrome is a condition that occurs when a part of stomach has been removed by surgery in order to lose weight or some other surgery involving stomach.

Initial conditions of dumping syndrome includes abdominal cramps, feeling of fullness even after eating a small portion, severe diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea, sweating, and rapid heartbeat.

While the late phase of dumping syndrome has the conditions like fatigue, shakiness, sweating, loss of concentration and feeling of hunger.