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Upper GI tract #1

Across
Are superficial mucosal erosions in the stomachoccuring within hours of many forms of acute stress
Chronic inflammatory disease in which the immune system mistakenly destroys a special type of cell(parietal cells)in the stomach.
It results in a gradual reduction in acid and pepsin secretion and is often asymptomatic
Is common and accounts for more than 90% of gastric malignancies
If associated with an intracranial hemorrhage or trauma or surgical injury to the central nervous system
May be caused by viruses and bacteria(group A hemolytic streptococcus)
Failure to relax
Protrusion of the stomach upward through the esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm
Down
If stress ulcers are associated with severe trauma and extensive body burns
Most important disease affecting the esophagus and has a very high mortality rate
Any condition that irritates stomach's lying(mucosa) and produces inflammatory causes
A bacteria that cause atrophic gastritis
(Which is a subtype of peptic ulcer); requires acidic gastric juice for its production
Causes burning substernal pain and dysphagia
Aka cardiospasm; lower esophageal sphincter(LES)