Transcript Document 7607546

Giant folds of tissue grown in the wall of
the stomach
 Tissue may be inflamed and may
contain ulcers.
 May also cause glands in the stomach to
waste away and cause the body to lose
fluid containing a protein called albumin
 Cause is unknown.
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Increases risk of
stomach cancer.
 It’s a rare and
chronic disease.
 Men between the
ages of 30-60 are
more prone to get
Menetrier’s
disease.
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Pain or discomfort
Tenderness in the top
middle part of the
abdomen
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Vomiting
Diarrhea
Vomiting blood
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Swelling in the
abdomen
Ulcers
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X-rays
Endoscopy
Biopsy of
stomach
tissue
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Medications to
relieve ulcer
symptoms and treat
inflammation and
high-protein diet
Part or all the
stomach may need
to be removed if the
disease is severe
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This disease is
unknown and they
assume at this time
that the disease is
genetic
You will live with
chronic pain the rest
of your life
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The only
complications from
this disease would
be side effects from
the medications
given to you.
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There are no
preventions at this
time because it is an
newly found disease
Only way to find this
disease is from
getting tests