NSE 22A/B Final: PRACTICE- HESI CASE 5- INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NSE 22A/B
• Professor: Anita Jennings

Document Summary

Nse 22b- case 5: ms. loren wills inflammatory bowel disease. Med-surgical: chapter 45- nursing management: lower gi problems. Inflammatory bowel disease: an autoimmune disease, refers to the 2 disorders of the gi tract, croh(cid:374)"s disease, ulcerative colitis. Cause: although an antigen initiates the inflammation, the actual tissue damage is caused by an overactive sustained inflammatory response. Incidence: both uc a(cid:374)d croh(cid:374)"s disease (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)ly o(cid:272)(cid:272)ur duri(cid:374)g: the teenage years and early adulthood. Both have a second peak in the 50s to 70s. Ulcerative colitis: a chronic ibd, characterized by: Inflammation & ulceration of the rectum and the colon: can occur at any age, peaks between ages 15-25, second, smaller peak onset between ages 60-80, affects both sexes equally. Etiology & physiology the inflammation of uc is diffuse. The abscesses break through the crypts into the mucosa leaving ulcerations. These ulcerations destroy the mucosal epithelium causing bleeding & diarrhea.