Instructions: You may work on these four questions in pairs. You can check out a

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Instructions: You may work on these four questions in pairs. You can check out an iPad, or a computer, or use your smart phone or your textbook to answer these. After completion groups will be chosen at random to present one of the questions. 1. (4 pts) How might someone with cirrhosis of the liver develop rectal bleeding? Here you must think about liver function/micr the pathway of how this might happen. oanatomy and how the liver and the intestines are connected. Draw 2. (3 pts) What is Clostridium difficile colitis? Why might this develop? How is it treated (Be sure to include a density dependence based treatment)? What other pathologies are caused by other members of the Clostridium genus?

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Ans:- The rectal bleeding can be a symptom of many different health conditions and if it happens should always be checked out by a medical professional. The gastrointestinal bleed can come from different areas of the body which depends on the way it appears andcould be because several underlying conditions. One serious possible cause of rectal bleeding is esophageal varices, which are indicative of liver cirrhosis, a dangerous and potentially fatal disease which should be treated immediately by a doctor. Liver cirrhosis happens as a result of long-term chronic liver disease that ultimately leads to the loss of liver tissue and is the main cause of the rectal bleeding. Because of the cirrhosis the most common complication that happens because o it is the accumulation of fluid in the abdomen, called ascites, which raises the risk of infection.

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