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  2. Ischemic colitis - Wikipedia

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    [17] [18] If blood flow to the colon drops by more than about 50%, ischemia will develop. The arteries feeding the colon are very sensitive to vasoconstrictors; presumably this is an evolutionary adaptation to shunt blood away from the bowel and to the heart and brain in times of stress. [19]

  3. Intestinal ischemia - Wikipedia

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    The chronic form typically presents more gradually with abdominal pain after eating, unintentional weight loss, vomiting, and fear of eating. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Risk factors for acute intestinal ischemia include atrial fibrillation , heart failure , chronic kidney failure , being prone to forming blood clots , and previous myocardial infarction . [ 2 ]

  4. Epiploic appendagitis - Wikipedia

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    Epiploic appendagitis (EA) is an uncommon, benign, self-limiting inflammatory process of the epiploic appendices.Other, older terms for the process include appendicitis epiploica and appendagitis, but these terms are used less now in order to avoid confusion with acute appendicitis.

  5. Man diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer at 29 shares symptoms ...

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    A man diagnosed at age 29 shares symptoms as part of this trend — pelvic pain, blood in stool, not being able to sit. More young people are getting colon cancer. A man diagnosed at age 29 shares ...

  6. Chef, 30, was told his stomach pain was food poisoning or ...

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    Man, 30, diagnosed with colon cancer after feeling stomach pain. Doctors explain colorectal cancer symptoms in younger people, how to self advocate.

  7. Bowel infarction - Wikipedia

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    Primary vascular causes of bowel infarction, also known as mesenteric ischemia, are due to blockages in the arteries or veins that supply the bowel.Types of mesenteric ischemia are generally separated into acute and chronic processes, because this helps determine treatment and prognosis.

  8. Ulcerative colitis - Wikipedia

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    The internal surface of the colon is blotchy and broken in places. Mild-moderate disease. Specialty: Gastroenterology: Symptoms: Abdominal pain, diarrhea mixed with blood, weight loss, fever, anemia, [1] dehydration, loss of appetite, fatigue, sores on the skin, urgency to defecate, inability to defecate despite urgency, rectal pain [2 ...

  9. Colitis - Wikipedia

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    The signs and symptoms of colitis are quite variable and dependent on the cause of the given colitis and factors that modify its course and severity. [2]Common symptoms of colitis may include: mild to severe abdominal pains and tenderness (depending on the stage of the disease), persistent hemorrhagic diarrhea with pus either present or absent in the stools, fecal incontinence, flatulence ...