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Doc, I have recently gotten back my blood test. The results show that I have been diagnosed with coeliac disease.
Coeliac disease is a a digestive disease that damages the villi in the small intestines.
Weight loss? Easily tired? Osteoporosis ? May suffer from deficiencies in iron, vitamins and other nutrients.
Adaptions of Villi in Small Intestines Villi provide efficient absorption surface by having:
(1) rich supply of blood capillaries (transporting amino acids, simple sugars, vitamins, mineral salts) and lymphatic capillaries (fats & fat-soluble vitamins).
4) continual transport of digested substances help to maintain diffusion gradient for absorption.
Assimilation:
Transport and utilization of nutrients. Nutrients are transported to liver through hepatic portal vein for processing, storage and distribution to other body parts.
Chemical Factory: (i) Detoxification of harmful substances (alcohol, medications, micro-organisms, fats) absorbed into blood stream from gut. (ii) Synthesis of proteins ( e.g fibrinogen for clotting blood, albumins) (iii) Deamination of excess amino acids form to be excreted as urea.
Which of these diagrams represent a healthy liver? What are the consequences of a fatty liver? Ans: Liver is not able to filter and cleanse the blood stream efficiently and the blood stream will become overloaded with toxins and fat.
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