disorders of digestive system
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If digestive system disorders then the food we consume is difficult to digest. We will have digestion problems then.
★ DISORDERS OF DIGESTIVE SYSTEM:-
→ Jaundice: Here, the skin and eye turns yellow due to the deposition of bile pigments. It indicates liver damage.
→ Vomiting: Ejection of stomach content through mouth. It is controlled by medulla oblongata.
→ Diarrhoea: Frequent elimination of watery faeces. It reduces the absorption of food.
→ Constipation: Infrequent elimination of dry stool. It is due to decreased peristalsis in colon.
→ Indigestion: Condition leading to feeling of fullness due to improper digestion. It is due to anxiety, inadequate enzyme' secretion, food poisoning, spicy food etc.
→ Protein-Energy malnutrition (PEM): It is the dietary deficiencies of proteins & food calories. It is widespread in underdeveloped countries of South and South-East Asia, South America and West & Central Africa. PEM may affect during draught, famine and political turmoil. This happened in Bangladesh during the liberation war and in Ethiopia during severe drought in mid-eighties. PEM causes Marasmus & Kwashiorkor in children.
→ Marasmus: It is due to deficiency of both proteins and calories. It is found in infants less than a year in age.
→Reason: Replacement of mother's milk by foods with poor proteins and caloric value. This often happens if mother has second pregnancy or child birth when the older infant is still too young.
→ Symptoms: Impaired growth and replacement of tissue proteins; extreme emaciation of the body, thin limbs, dry, thin and wrinkled skin, declined growth rate and body weight, impaired growth and development of brain and mental faculties.