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  2. Dumping syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Early dumping syndrome occurs 10 to 30 minutes after a meal. It results from rapid movement of fluid into the intestine following a sudden addition of a large amount of food from the stomach. [ 1 ] The small intestine expands rapidly due to the presence of hypertonic / hyperosmolar contents from the stomach, especially sweet foods.

  3. ICD-10 - Wikipedia

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    ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [1]

  4. Diagnosis code - Wikipedia

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    ICD-9-CM: Volumes 1 and 2 only. Volume 3 contains Procedure codes: ICD-10: The international standard since about 1998 ICPC-2: Also includes reasons for encounter (RFE), procedure codes and process of care International Classification of Sleep Disorders: NANDA: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders: Primarily psychiatric disorders

  5. Dysentery - Wikipedia

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    [1] [10] Other symptoms may include fever, abdominal pain, and a feeling of incomplete defecation. [2] [6] [11] Complications may include dehydration. [3] The cause of dysentery is usually the bacteria from genus Shigella, in which case it is known as shigellosis, or the amoeba Entamoeba histolytica; then it is called amoebiasis. [1]

  6. Alcoholic ketoacidosis - Wikipedia

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    Alcoholic ketoacidosis is caused by complex physiology that is the result of prolonged and heavy alcohol intake, usually in the setting of poor nutrition. Chronic alcohol use can cause depleted hepatic glycogen stores and ethanol metabolism further impairs gluconeogenesis.

  7. Obstructed defecation - Wikipedia

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    Patients with ODS have a higher than normal level of psychiatric conditions, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobia of stool, and eating disorders (such as anorexia nervosa or bulimia). [12] Many patients with ODS will report initiating stressful life events that worsened their constipation. [ 12 ]

  8. Fecal incontinence - Wikipedia

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    Reduced rectal storage capacity may lead to urge incontinence, where there is an urgent need to defecate as soon as stool enters the rectum, where normally stool would be stored until there was enough to distend the rectal walls and initiate the defecation cycle. Tumors and rectal strictures also may impair reservoir function.

  9. Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth - Wikipedia

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    These factors can be grouped into four categories: (1) motility disorders, impaired movement of the small bowel, or anatomical changes that lead to stasis (a state in which the normal flow of a body liquid stops); (2) disorders of the immune system; (3) interference with the production of proteolytic enzymes, gastric acid, or bile; and (4 ...