Gastric Dilation
SYN: Gastric Atony, Gastrectasia
JHK
from Dr JH Kellogg's Prescriptions...
Etiological Problems:
Pathological Problems
Clinical Problems:
- Indigestion
- Nervous Asthma
- Dilation Vomiting
- Heartburn
- Enteroptosis
- Constipation
- Abdominal Pain
- Dyspeptic Headache
- Dermographia
Complications:
JHK
from Dr JH Kellogg's Hydriatic Techniques...
Problems:
Treatment:
in chronic cases:
- Fruit Diet (avoid eggs) then if this fails
- Gastric Lavage only if pouches in stomach or extreme
- cold Gastric Douche
- cold Epigastric Douche
- local Alternate Douche
- cold Fan Douche
- Cold Rubbing Sitz
In Atony
- cathode Galvanic Current
- Sinusoidal Current
In Children or Infants: take them off cows' milk
For Rehydration
- Enema NOT Water Drinking
GKA
from Dr GK Abbott's Prescriptions...
Often with - Gastroptosis
- irritable, sensitive solar plexus
- feeling of abdominal weight and dragging
- graduated Cold Sitz Bath 5-6min
- continuous Cooling Coil to abdomen 20-30min
Contra-indications
- drinking large amounts of water
- Warm or Hot Water Drinking
Diseases of:
Digestion
- Acute Gastritis
- Amoebic Dysentery
- Apepsia
- Appendicitis
- Biliary Inflammations
- Catarrhal Jaundice
- Catarrhs
- Cholelithiasis
- Cholecystitis
- Chronic Colitis
- Chronic Diarrhoea
- Chronic Dysentery
- Chronic Gastritis
- Cirrhosis
- Colitis
- Constipation
- Dental Diseases
- Diabetes
- Diarrhoea - Chronic
- Dysentery
- Emaciation
- Enteroptosis
- Gall
- Gallstones
- Gastrectasia
- Gastric Atony
- Gastric Dilation
- Gastritis
- Gastritis - Chronic
- Gastric Ulcer
- Gastroenteritis
- Gastrorrhea
- Gum Diseases
- Haemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- Hyperpepsia
- Hypopepsia
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Kidney Stones
- Lithemia
- Nervous Dyspepsia
- Obesity
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcer
- Peritonitis
- Piles
- Prolapsed Intestines
- Sclerosis of the Liver
- Stomach Dilation
- Subacute Pancreatitis
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Uraemia