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A 67-year-old female asked:
what's enteritis and how can it b treated?
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Dr. Rebecca Gliksmananswered
Internal Medicine 38 years experience
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
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A 24-year-old member asked:
What sort of disorder is enteritis?
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Dr. Jason Hemminganswered
Gastroenterology 17 years experience
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.
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Dr. Charles Cattano commented
Gastroenterology 39 years experience
Enteritis is a term doctors typically apply to infection and inflammatory conditions like Crohn's.
Feb 12, 2012
A 52-year-old member asked:
New to the us. Doctor says I have enteritis. Please comment.?
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Dr. Martin Raffanswered
Infectious Disease 56 years experience
Maybe: Enteritis is an inflammation of the bowel. Without knowing what type of enteritis or its cause it is difficult to know if you should be overly concerned. Some causes dissipate spontaneously, others are quite easily treated, and some forms of enteritis may be chronic and prone to the development of complications. Find out more about your illness and ask again.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
What should I avoid eating when I have enteritis?
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Dr. Albert Pizzoanswered
Family Medicine 60 years experience
Food and enteritis: Depends on the cause of the enteritis. Discuss this with your treating physician.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
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.
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A 31-year-old member asked:
What are the tests for enteritis?
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Dr. Carla Enriquezanswered
Pediatrics 50 years experience
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.
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