Digestive SystemsBy: Jerrold Williams

What Is Digestion System? Digestion is the complex process of turning the food

you eat into the energy you need to survive. The digestion process also involves creating waste to be eliminated.

The digestive tract (or gut) is a long twisting tube that starts at the mouth, and ends at the anus. It is made up of a series of muscles that coordinate the movement of food, and other cells that produce enzymes and hormones to aid in the breakdown of food. Along the way are three other organs that are needed for digestion: the liver, gallbladder, and the pancreas.

Diagnostic & TherapeuticProcedures

What is A Digestive diagnostic Procedure?In order to reach a diagnosis for digestive disorders, a thorough and accurate medical history will be taken by your doctor, noting the symptoms you have experienced and any other pertinent information. A physical examination is also done to help assess the problem more completely. Did you Know?Some patients need to undergo a more extensive diagnostic evaluation, which may include laboratory tests, imaging tests, and/or endoscopic procedures.

Digestive Diagnostic Procedures Clinical Laboratory Test

Serum Bilirubin Diagnostic Imaging

Bite-wing X-ray Endoscopic Procedures

Colonoscopy

Clinical Laboratory TestSerum Bilirubin

What is the meaning of Serum Bilirubin?A serum Bilirubin is a laboratory

test, which the blood is used to test the amount of waste product bilirubin located in the bloodstream.

However, did you know?If the levels are out of range for the

serum test, than this is a clear indication of possible liver disease.

Diagnostic ImagingBite-wing X-ray

Do you know what a Bite-wing X-ray is?A Bite-wing X-rays shows the upper, and

lower back teeth. Which shows you how the teeth touch each other in a single view. These X-rays are used to check for decay between the teeth, and also to show you how well the upper, and lower teeth line up. Did you know ?

These type of x-rays also show you if their any signs of bone loss, or when severe gum disease, or a dental infection is present.

Endoscopic ProceduresColonoscopy

What is a colonoscopy, and what is it used for?

For this procedure a flexible fiberscope called a colonoscope is used to record video, and take samples from the anus. Did You Know ?

The way this scope is used, is by passing through the anus, rectum, and colon. This procedure will allow a full examination of the upper potion of the colon.

Therapeutic Procedure Medical Procedures

Lavage

Therapeutic Procedure What is a Therapeutic Procedure?Therapeutic procedures are procedures that soothe you. Therapeutic procedures don't just soothe you mentally, but physically, too. There are a wide range of therapeutic procedures, which range from massages, to just sitting in a warm bath.

Medical ProceduresLavage

What is a Lavage procedure?The lavage procedure has many different medical names; Gastric lavage, stomach pumping, and gastric irrigation pump, is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach. It has been used for eliminating poisons from the stomach. Such devices are normally used on a person who has ingested a poison, or a self inflicted overdosed with drugs, or alcohol. They may also be used before surgery, to clear the contents of the digestive tract before it is opened.

F.Y.I

My career is that I'm a Emergency Room Technician, and I have used this device many times, especially for people who had over-dose. This particular procedure could ONLY be preformed within 10-15 min of indigestion.

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