BIOL 212 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Protozoa, Stomatitis, Dysentery
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Treatment of choice: prevention through flossing and brushing of teeth. Non-inflamed outpouchings or herniations of the muscular layer of the intestines, typically the sigmoid colon. A term used to describe painful intestinal inflammation typically caused by ingesting water or food containing bacteria, protozoa, parasites or chemical irritants. Person has frequent stools that often contain blood. Swollen, twisted (tortuous) veins located in the distal end of the esophagus. Pigmented or hardened cholesterol stones formed as a result of bile crystallization. Hemorrhoid is an unnaturally distended or swollen vein (varicosity) in distal rectum or anus. Acute or chronic inflammation of the liver due to a viral or bacterial infection, drugs, alcohol, toxins or parasites. Irregular protrusion of tissue, organ, or a portion of an organ through an abnormal break in the surrounding cavity"s muscular wall. Inflammatory infectious lesions in or on the oral cavity occurring as a primary or secondary viral infection caused by herpes simplex.