Question 1

what is enteritis?

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Gut inflammation.: Enteritis is an inflammation of the intestine.  It can be caused by many different things: infection, parasites, meds, &amp; many other diseases.

Question 2

what are the tests for enteritis?

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Scope: The history and physical examination are the starting point. Then  blood work looking for signs of inflammation or anemia. Stool tests are cheap and helpful. Definitive test is endoscopy with biopsy.  Others are ct/scan, mri, ultrasonography, contrast x-rays.

Question 3

what sort of disorder is enteritis?

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Inflammation: It describes inflammation of the intestine - it can be caused by a variety of different etiologies and represents a group of disorders rather than one specific disease.

Question 4

what's enteritis and how can it b treated?

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Enteritis: Enteritis is inflammation of the intestines. Can be autoimmune or infectious, radiation or celiac disease. If  celiac avoid wheat products , if infectious like Yyersina, camphylobacter treat with antibiotics, If autoimmune- Crohns treat with medication, immunosuppressives. if long standing make sure your vit B12 is OK

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001149.htm

Question 5

what should i avoid eating when i have enteritis?

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Food and enteritis: Depends on the cause of the enteritis.  Discuss this with your treating physician.

Question 6

what is the treatment for enteritis?

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Treatment enteritis: Depends completely on the cause of the enteritis.  Discuss this with your treating doctors.

Question 7

what does regional and proximal enteritis mean?

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Crohn's disease: Regional enteritis is another name for crohn's disease, named so because crohn's tends to cause skip lesions, affecting discontinuous portions of the bowel.  Crohn's can affect any portion of the bowel from end to end. Proximal enteritis affects the proximal, or higher portions of the bowel, including duodenum and/or jejunum.

Question 8

enteritis . vomitting and can't eat . is this common?

Accepted Answer

With more: Significant bouts of gastritis or gastroenteritis, this is possible.  If you are unable to keep down even fluids, like pedialytes or low caloric electrolyte repletion solutions like gatorade 2 or powerade zero, then you should seek an in-person evaluation as you may require intravenous fluids.

Question 9

is there a difference between colitis and enteritis ?

Accepted Answer

Colitis/enteritis: Colitis is mainly inflammation of the colon or large bowel, while enteritis designates inflammation of the small bowel. Enterocolitis will designate inflammation of both small and large bowel.

Question 10

what is treatment for severe enteritis ?

Accepted Answer

Enteritis: By definition, enteritis is inflammation of bowel. So treatment depends upon cause. Check out http://www.healthline.com/health/enteritis for basic info. Your GP can order tests &amp; arrange for appropriate treatment.

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