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Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A – Z)

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Hyperemesis Gravidarum

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Hyperemesis gravidarum, often referred to as severe morning sickness, is a condition that affects pregnant individuals. While it shares some similarities with regular morning sickness, it is much ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Gallstones

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Gallstones refers to the presence of stones in the gallbladder. The gallbladder is a small pouch that stores bile, a digestive fluid produced by the liver. Sometimes, the substances in bile can ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Neonatal Jaundice / Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Neonatal jaundice or neonatal hyperbilirubinemia results from elevated total serum bilirubin (TSB) and clinically manifests as yellowish discoloration of the skin, sclera, and mucous membrane. The ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

8 Food Sources of Probiotic and Its Health Benefits

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

8 Food Sources of Probiotic and Its Health Benefits/We usually heard that germ causes disease but not all germs! The wrong microbe at the wrong place may cause health issues but the right microbe at ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Child Abdominal Pain – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Child Abdominal pain is also known as stomach pain or tummy ache, is a common symptom associated with non-serious and serious causes. Common causes of pain in the abdomen include gastroenteritis and ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Alkalosis – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Alkalosis is excessive blood alkalinity caused by an overabundance of bicarbonate in the blood or a loss of acid from the blood (metabolic alkalosis), or by a low level of carbon dioxide in the ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Acid-Base Disorders – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Acid-base disorders are disturbances in the homeostasis of hydrogen ion concentration in the plasma. Any process that increases the serum hydrogen ion concentration is an acidotic process. The term ...

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Acid-Base Balance – Anatomy, Mechanism, Functions

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Acid-base balance is the homeostatic regulation of the pH of the body's extracellular fluid (ECF). The proper balance between the acids and bases (i.e. the pH) in the ECF is crucial for the ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Enterovesical Fistula – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

An enterovesical fistula is a pathologic connection between the bowel and the bladder. This activity reviews the evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of this condition and highlights the role of ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Enterocutaneous Fistula – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

An enterocutaneous fistula (ECF) is an abnormal connection that develops between the intestinal tract or stomach and the skin. As a result, contents of the stomach or intestines leak through to the ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Intestinal Fistula – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Intestinal Fistula/A fistula is an abnormal communication between two epithelial surfaces. This definition is not without exceptions. It is a general description to differentiate fistulae from ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Abdominal Examination – Indications, Contraindication

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

An abdominal examination can give diagnostic clues regarding most gastrointestinal and genitourinary pathologies and may also give insight regarding abnormalities of other organ systems. A ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Achalasia – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Cardiospasm/Achalasia is a rare neurodegenerative motor smooth muscle motility disorder of the esophagus resulting in deranged oesophageal peristalsis and loss of lower oesophageal sphincter function ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Esophageal Peristalsis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Esophageal Peristalsis/Achalasia is a rare neurodegenerative motor smooth muscle motility disorder of the esophagus resulting in deranged oesophageal peristalsis and loss of lower oesophageal ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Swallowing problems for liquids and solids

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Swallowing problems for liquids and solids/Achalasia is a rare neurodegenerative motor smooth muscle motility disorder of the esophagus resulting in deranged oesophageal peristalsis and loss of lower ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Lower Esophageal Sphincter Spasm – Symptoms, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Lower Esophageal Sphincter Spasm/Achalasia is a rare neurodegenerative motor smooth muscle motility disorder of the esophagus resulting in deranged oesophageal peristalsis and loss of lower ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Autoimmune Hepatitis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Autoimmune hepatitis refers to chronic and progressive inflammation of the liver from an unknown cause that is characterized by a loss of immune tolerance against liver antigens, resulting in ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Autoimmune Chronic Active Hepatitis – Symptoms, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Autoimmune Chronic Active Hepatitis/Autoimmune hepatitis refers to chronic and progressive inflammation of the liver from an unknown cause that is characterized by a loss of immune tolerance against ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Autoimmune Oophoritis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Autoimmune oophoritis is an uncommon, non-neoplastic, autoimmune inflammation of ovaries, a chronic process in which the affected organ is destroyed by massive cellular infiltration of foamy ...

Gastrointestinal, Pelvic & Liver Disease, (A - Z)

Autoimmune Orchitis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment

Dr. Harun Ar Rashid, MD - Arthritis, Bones, Joints Pain, Trauma, and Internal Medicine Specialist

Autoimmune orchitis defined as the inflammation of the testicle unilaterally or bilaterally usually caused by viruses and bacteria inflammatory infiltrates in the testis (orchitis), epididymis ...