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Results 1 - 10 of 2,119 for intestines
  1. Small Intestine Disorders (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your small intestine is the longest part of your digestive system - about twenty feet long! It connects your stomach to your large intestine (or colon) and folds many times to fit ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/smallintestinedisorders.html - Health Topics
  2. Intestinal Cancer (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your small intestine is part of your digestive system. It is a long tube that connects your stomach to your large intestine. Intestinal cancer is rare, but eating a high- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/intestinalcancer.html - Health Topics
  3. Colonic Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    Your colon, also known as the large intestine, is part of your digestive system. It's a long, hollow tube at the end of your digestive tract where your body makes and ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/colonicdiseases.html - Health Topics
  4. Small intestinal ischemia and infarction 
    ... the arteries or veins that supply the small intestine. ... of intestinal ischemia and infarction. Hernia -- If the intestine moves into the wrong place or becomes tangled, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001151.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Small bowel resection 
    ... The small bowel is also called the small intestine. Most digestion (breaking down and absorbing nutrients) of ... food you eat takes place in the small intestine.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002943.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Small bowel resection - discharge 
    ... to remove all or part of your small intestine (small bowel). You may also have had an ... diarrhea if a large section of your small intestine was taken out. Problems with your ileostomy.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000152.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Small bowel bacterial overgrowth 
    ... large numbers of bacteria grow in the small intestine. ... Most of the time, unlike the large intestine, the small intestine does not have a large number of bacteria. Excess bacteria in the small intestine may use up the nutrients needed ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000222.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Short bowel syndrome 
    ... problem that occurs when part of the small intestine is missing or has been removed during surgery. ... The small intestine absorbs much of the nutrients found in foods we eat. When two-thirds or more of the small ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000237.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Stages of Small Intestine Cancer From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    Small intestine cancer treatment involves surgery when possible, and sometimes radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Learn more about the treatment options ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../patient/small-intestine-treatment-pdq#_29 - External Health Links
  10. Treatment Option Overview (Small Intestine Cancer) From the National Institutes of Health (National Cancer Institute)  
    Small intestine cancer treatment involves surgery when possible, and sometimes radiation therapy and chemotherapy. Learn more about the treatment options ...
    https://www.cancer.gov/.../patient/small-intestine-treatment-pdq#_53 - External Health Links
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