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NURS 612

Week 14- Digestive Alterations

1)Parietal pain is diffuse because nerve endings in abdominal organs are sparse and multi- segmented

Chronic gastritis tends to occur in older adults and causes thinning and degeneration of the

stomach wall.

Endoscopy and biopsy may show long-standing inflammatory process and gastric atrophy indicating chronic gastritis in an individual with no history of abdominal distress
Obesity is defined as a BMI greater than 40.
Ammonia formation may increase hepatic encephalopathy

Individuals with chronic hepatitis C are at increased risk for chronic liver disease.
When the right kidney is obstructed, the nephrons in the left kidney increase in size to compensate.
An alkaline urinary pH significantly decreases the risk of calcium phosphate stone formation whereas acid urine decreases the risk of uric acid stones
Renal colic is the principal symptom of renal stones
A neurogenic bladder is a functional urinary tract obstruction caused by an interruption of the

nerve supply to the bladder.

Smoking is a risk factor for bladder and kidney cancers.
Two clinical manifestations of nephrotic syndrome include decreased glomerular permeability

and increased proximal tubule reabsorption.

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