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Menetrier’s Disease

Menetrier’s Disease. By: Nicole Nghtlinger. Cause:. 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

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Menetrier’s Disease

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  1. Menetrier’s Disease By: Nicole Nghtlinger

  2. Cause: • 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.

  3. Risk: • 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.

  4. Symptoms: • Pain or discomfort • Tenderness in the top middle part of the abdomen • Loss of appetite • Nausea • Vomiting • Diarrhea • Vomiting blood • Swelling in the abdomen • Ulcers

  5. Tests: • X-rays • Endoscopy • Biopsy of stomach tissue

  6. Treatment: • 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

  7. Prognosis: • 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

  8. Complications: • The only complications from this disease would be side effects from the medications given to you.

  9. Preventions: • There are no preventions at this time because it is an newly found disease • Only way to find this disease is from getting tests

  10. The End!

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