| Stool Guaiac | | INCLUDES ALT, AST, ALK PHOS, AND SERUM BILIRUBIN TO CHECK FOR ENZYMES AND BILIRUBIN IN THE BLOOD, WHICH ARE RAISED IN PATIENTS WITH LIVER DISEASE; ANOTHER NAME FOR LIVER FUCTION TESTS |
| Paracentesis | | SURGICAL REPAIR OF A HERNIA |
| Ascites | | ABDOMINOCENTESIS |
| Diverticulosis | | BLOOD TEST DONE TO CHECK FOR THE PRESENCE OF ENZYMES AND BILIRUBIN |
| Barium Enema | | EXCISION OF THE TONGUE OR A PORTION OF THE TONGUE |
| Hemoccult Test | | CANKER SORES; SMALL, PAINFUL ULCERS IN THE MOUTH |
| Melena | | ICTERUS; YELLOW ORANGE COLORATION OF THE SKIN AND WHITES OF THE EYE CAUSED BY HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA |
| Liver Function Tests | | TWISTING OF THE INTESTINE ON ITSELF |
| Hematemesis | | ABNORMAL ACCUMULATION OF FLUID IN THE ABDOMEN |
| Aphthous Stomatitis | | A CHEMICAL FROM THE WOOD OF TREES THAT SHOWS BLOOD PRESENT IN THE FECES |
| Dysphagia | | THIS IS TRANSMITTED BY BLOOD TRASFUSIONS OR NEEDLE SHARING; THE ACUTE ILLNESS MAY PROGRESS TO CHRONIC OR EVEN HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA |
| Dysphasia | | PASSAGE OF FRESH, BRIGHT RED BLOOD FROM THE RECTUM |
| Glossectomy | | FAILURE OF THE LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER MUSCLE TO RELAX |
| Achalsia | | INFLAMMATION OF ABNORMAL OUTPOUCHINGS IN THE INTESTINAL WALL |
| Cholelithiasis | | ABNORMAL OUTPOUCHINGS IN THE INTESTINAL WALL OF THE COLON |
| Jaundice | | GALLSTONES IN THE GALLBLADDER |
| LFT'S | | REPAIR OF A HERNIA BY SUTURING |
| diverticulitis | | THIS LIVER INFLAMMATION IS CAUSED BY A VIRUS AND IS SPREAD BY CONTAMINATED FOOD OR WATER WITH SLOW ONSET OF SYMPTOMS |
| Gastroenteritis | | TRANSMITTED BY SEXUAL CONTACT, BLOOD TRASFUSIONS OT THE USE OF CONTAMINATED NEEDLES; ALSO MATERNAL TO FETAL TRANSMISSION; MAY CAUSE SEVER LIVER DAMAGE OR DEATH AND A VACCINE PROVIDES IMMUNITY |
| Nasogastric intubation | | THE ESOPHAGUS, STOMACH, AND SMALL INTESTINES ARE SHOWN ON XRAY IMAGES AFTER ADMINISTRATION OF BARIUM BY MOUTH |
| Ileus | | OBSTRUCTION OF THE INTESTINES |
| Hiatal Hernia | | DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING |
| hematochezia | | XRAY IMAGES OF THE COLON AND RECTUM OBTAINED AFTER INJECTION OF BARIUM INTO THE RECTUM |
| Herniorrhaphy | | TEST FOR MICROORGANISMS PRESENT IN FECES |
| Abdominocentesis | | ANOTHER NAME FOR A STOOL GUAIAC TEST |
| Hernioplasty | | SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FROM THE ABDOMEN |
| Stool culture | | BLACK, TARRY STOOLS; FECES CONTAINING DIGESTED BLOOD |
| Upper GI series | | OCCURS WHEN THE UPPER PART OF THE STOMACH PROTRUDES UPWARD THROUGH THE DIAPHRAGM |
| Hep A | | INSERTION OF A TUBE THROUGH THE NOSE INTO THE STOMACH |
| Hep C | | BRIGHT RED BLOOD IS VOMITTED |
| Hep B | | DIFFICULTY WITH SPEECH |
| Volvulus | | ANOTHER NAME FOR A LOWER GI SERIES |
| Lower GI series | | INFLAMMATION OF THE STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINES |
