This a guide for the gastrointestinal examination as well as the stuff you need to cover when doing a GI history.
Quick reference
Common conditions
The common conditions are:
- Colorectal carcinoma
- Carcinoma of the stomach
- Carcinoma of the oesophagus
- Diverticular disease and Diverticulitis
- Irritable bowel disease
- Coeliac disease
- Acute hepatitis
- Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
- Peptic ulcer disease
- Haemorrhoids
- Anal fissure
And GI conditions causing an acute abdomen - Appendicitis
- Diverticulitis
- Gastroenteritis
- Gallstones
- Bilary colic
- acute cholecystitis
- Acute pancreatitis
- Perforatied peptic ulcer
- Intestinal obstruction
GI associated symptoms
- mouth ulcers
- dysphagia
- indigestion, heartburn, dyspepsia, gastro oesophageal reflux
- nausea
- retching
- vomiting
- haematemesis
- melaena
- jaundice
- abdominal pain
- change in normal bowel habit
- diarrhoea
- constipation
- overflow diarrheoa
- rectal bleeding
- tenesmus
- steatorrhoea
- Wind flatulence