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