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Altered Elimination - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Treatment involves: bowel reconstruction, resection. Antibiotics and colostomy.
      - Ischemic bowel issues are diagnosed by colonoscopy.
    - - surgical removal of the appendix.
      - untreated can be life threatening because bacteria leaks in to peritoneal cavity causing septic shock.
- - - - Decreased motility caused prolonged storage and can return the waste back to the circulatory system.
      - Inbalance of Lactobacillus acidophilus
      - Inbalance of Bifidobacterium bifidum
      - E. coli can inhibit motility
      - Signs/symptoms- Diarrhea, constipation
      - Food allergies/stressors can alter transient time.
        
        can enhance the speed at which food moves through intestines
        
        limits the water and nutrition absorption rate
        
        Treatments can include: allergy testing, limiting food that cause intestinal upset and probiotics.
      - Decreased transient time- increased water movement out of feces leads to reduced frequency
    - - caused by infection has a increased risk on herniation
      - diet high in fiber, anitbiotics, anti-inflammatory, bowel resection, colostomy
- - - - treatment can include medications for retention, anti-inflammatory medications, diruetics
        
        Surgical removal may be needed
        
        Shockwave therapy, ureteroscopic stone removal & laser lithotripsy
        
        Infections- cause inflammation and can be treated with antiobiotics
      - Symptoms: pain side of abdomen with nausea.
  - - - restricts the flow of urine
      - catheter could be required to empty the bladder
      - Can cause further kidney damage
      - Medications are available to relax the bladder
      - surgery to fix the obstuction