Case Study -Digestive System Mr. Pope is complaining of headache a gnawing epiga

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Case Study -Digestive System Mr. Pope is complaining of headache a gnawing epigastric pain, and the diarrhea. His care-provider asks him the following questions Have you had these symptoms previously? Response: yes but not as bad Are you allergic to any foods Response: 'Shellfish does not like me and milk gives me 'the runs') His care-provider recommends a lactose-free diet. Q.1 - Why is this diet prescribed? (What is believed to be the problem?) Despite the new diet, Mr. Pope's problems persist. In fact the symptoms and diarrhea get worse and by the end of the next day, he is in severe abdominal pain. He is asked some more questions to probe his condition. One is whether he has travelled outside the county recently, which he has not, reducing the possibility of Shigella bacteria, which is associated with sanitation conditions. .Do you drink alcohol and how much? Response - "little or none." Have you recently eaten raw eggs or a salad containing raw eggs at a gathering? Response - "No" Do you have acid reflux/ heartburn? Response: "No" Are there certain foods that seem to precipitate these attacks? Response: "Yes, whenever I have a sandwich'" Q2. On the basis of these responses, can anything else be ruled out?

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1. The disease is known as lactose intolerance in which person is not able to digest lactose which is present in dairy products that why while drinking milk it might become causes runs.

2.Due to problem of lactose intolerance there might be problem of bloating, problem if gas which causes abdominal pain and diarrhoea becomes more severe.

3.It stem from as the case when small intestine do not make enough lactase so it cant able to digest the food containing lactose which causes severe diarrhoea.

4. It will be diagnosed by hydrogen breath test or blood sugar test.

Generally there is no treatment method of lactose intolerance but you have to avoid the lactose containing diet eg milk products.

If the person don' t have lactase which digest lactose then doctor remove the portion of small intestine which causes problem due to this.

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