An intestinal pseudo-obstruction usually results from issues with the nerves or muscles that control the intestines. Learn ...

A SIBO breath test can reveal if your chronic intestinal symptoms are caused by small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO). Jejunal aspiration—the removal and culture of a sample of intestinal fluid ...

Intestinal villi (singular: villus)are tiny, finger-like projections that line the interior (lumen) of the small intestine. The primary function of villi is to absorb ... Whenever gluten is consumed ...

The disease most often affects the small and large intestine. However, inflammation can occur anywhere in the GI tract, from the mouth to the anus. Chronic inflammation of the intestines can cause ...

The complete small and large intestine of the mice was resected en block, opened longitudinally and pinned luminal side up on Styrofoam. We counted macroadenomas (1–5 mm diameter) before the ...

Introduction: Changes in the gut microbiota of patients with partial small intestinal obstruction (PSIO) have not been widely clarified. We aimed to explore bacterial diversity in a PSIO mouse model.

Four mice in each group were sacrificed for parameter determination. Measurements of villus height and crypt depth of the small intestine were determined for whole well-orientated villi and crypts per ...

3 School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Dr Erin R Shanahan, Gastroenterology Research, Level 5, ...

Recent studies reveal that the human appendix plays roles in gut microbiota restoration and immunity, contrary to its ...

A major nerve in your GI tract (called the vagus) signals muscles to push food from your stomach to the small intestine ... tenderness in the right upper side of your stomach.

Per oral tube mounted pH electrodes measure small bowel and right colonic luminal pH accurately and continuously. The pH catheter is passed into the stomach and the tip of the tube manoeuvred across ...