Question
The digestive system is perhaps one of the more familiar lessons with terms that many of us are familiar with such as obesity, canker sores, celiac disease, and hernia. Pick one term that you already recognize and do some further research by telling us:
- The term
- The definition
- What you originally knew about term and why
- An interesting fact you didn’t know about this term (you’ll need to search for this)
Answer
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- Where
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- When
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- Why
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Let's go with angular cheilitis. Angular cheilitis is a inflammatory skin where the corners of your mouth become cracked and irritated, resulting in sores and mild pain. I knew that vitamins deficiencies are implicated in the development of angular cheilitis, specifically vitamin B2--a friend had it as a kid. However, I did not know just how much can actually cause the condition. Just to name a few, you can get it from vitamin deficiencies, iron-deficiency anemia, immune system disorders, contact dermatitis, and drug use. That's a very wide range of triggers. So, as a symptom itself, it doesn't tell you much about any sort of root cause. But, it does alert you that your body is in a state of dysfunction.