Sentences with phrase «walls of the gut»

The specimen I had handed to the pathology resident had the appearance of a segment of organ that had lost its blood supply, and yet I knew that the flow into it was normal right up to the very wall of the gut.

Embedded in the wall of the gut, the enteric nervous system (ENS) has long been known to control digestion.

Hina had developed the devastating immune reaction known as graft - versus - host disease, in which donor cells attack the walls of the gut, skin, lungs, liver, and sometimes — though rarely — even the patient's brain.

Through sensitive touch, abdominal massage encourages the lodging free and movement of undigested foods from the walls of the gut.

When the immune system has been compromised, or when the normal lining of the gut becomes damaged, the yeast, instead of remaining within the intestinal tract where they belong, can metamorphose into its fungal form sending out rhizomes (roots) to penetrate the walls of the gut, opening it to the absorption of yeast cells, particles of cells, and the toxins these micro organisms produce enter the interior of the body and pass into the bloodstream.

Leaky gut syndrome (LGS) is a condition which results in increased intestinal permeability in which the walls of the gut get damaged allowing bacteria, toxins, and undigested particles to pass through those damaged (leaky) walls and get into the blood stream poisoning the body and causing systemic inflammation, autoimmune reactions and other health problems.

«Because 70 percent of the cells that make up the body's immune system are found in the wall of the gut, what we eat also may affect the body's immune response.»

Whipworms are harder to detect because they fasten themselves to the wall of the gut and lay fewer eggs, which makes finding eggs in the feces more difficult.