He adds that “90 percent of bowel endometriosis cases involve the pelvic portion of large intestine (the rectum and the sigmoid colon); the other 10 percent involve the appendix and ileum (final ...

These lesions are most commonly found in the small intestine and the beginning of the large intestine, but they can occur anywhere in the digestive tract. The inflammation caused by the lesions ...

Division of Applied Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka 5998531, Japan Research and Development Center, Nagaoka Co., Ltd., ...

What is Hirschsprung’s disease? Hirschsprung's disease (also called colonic aganglionosis) causes a blockage of the large intestine due to improper muscle movement in the bowel. It is a congenital ...

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Gastric adenocarcinoma carries a poor prognosis, in part due to the late stage of diagnosis. Risk factors include Helicobacter pylori infection, family history of gastric cancer—in particular, ...

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SIBO occurs when bacteria from the large intestine start growing in the small intestine. The large intestine predominantly contains anaerobic bacteria, which do not require oxygen and live by ...

People may hear rumbling or gurgling as food exits the stomach and enters the small intestine. This is because the small intestine uses peristalsis, or muscle contractions, to move the food along.