enterite

Enteritis is inflammation of the small intestine. It is most commonly caused by food or drink contaminated with pathogenic microbes, such as Serratia, but may have other causes such as NSAIDs, radiation therapy as well as autoimmune conditions like coeliac disease. Symptoms may include abdominal pain, cramping, diarrhoea, dehydration, and fever. Related diseases of the gastrointestinal (GI) system (including gastritis, gastroenteritis, colitis, and enterocolitis) may involve inflammation of the stomach and large intestine.

Key facts

Medical condition.name: Enteritis
Medical condition.image: Crohn's ileitis - biopsy, intermed. mag.1.jpg
Medical condition.caption: Tissue of the ileum with inflammatory changes due to Crohn's disease
Medical condition.field: Internal medicine
Medical condition.symptoms: Diarrhoea; fever; abdominal pain, abdominal bloating; nutrient deficiencies
Medical condition.complications: Dehydration, headache, electrolyte imbalance; sepsis (infectious enteritis); tissue dysplasia, cancer; small intestine bacterial overgrowth, eating disorders
Medical condition.causes: Infectious; autoimmune; ischemic; radiation; toxic; idiopathic; other

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Enterite (entero-, intestino + -ite, inflamação) é um termo abrangente para inflamação na mucosa do intestino delgado. Geralmente causado por infecção alimentar, ou seja, consumo de bactérias, toxinas ou vírus patógenos em alimentos ou água.

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