Laboratory 1: Digestion Lecture & Case Study Thanksgiving Dinner Distress Braude, S., Goran, D., and Maxfield, S. 2011. Case Studies for Understanding the Human Body, 2nd Edition. Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. pp 33-36. Frank’s family had a full table for Thanksgiving dinner, including aunts, great aunts, uncles, and cousins he barely knew. Luckily, Frank’s favorite cousin, Colin, a thirty-five year old software engineer working for a toy company in an exotic overseas location, flew in just for Thanksgiving. Colin was happy to be home and was entertaining everyone with his stories of the amazing foods he had eaten over the past few months. Finally, Thanksgiving dinner was served: turkey, gravy, spinach casserole, sweet potatoes, stuffing, cranberries, lots of good wine, and Aunt Rita’s Jell-O mold for dessert. Just after coffee, Colin doubled over in pain clutching his abdomen. He said that this had been happening more frequently over the past few month, but he had never felt this bad. His mother wanted to take him to the hospital, but he refused and just wanted to lie down on the couch. Meanwhile, Frank’s relatives started debating their own diagnoses. 1. Aunt Sally said that she was sure that Colin had an ulcer. What exactly is a stomach ulcer? Explain normal digestion and how this fails in the case of a stomach ulcer. 2. What evidence supports Aunt Sally’s diagnosis? 3. Once Colin is feeling better, what questions could Aunt Sally ask Colin to help figure out if she is correct? 4. Cousin Carol said that she was sure that Colin was suffering from lactose intolerance. She had the same problem so was careful to avoid certain foods. What is lactose intolerance? Where in the

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1 Stomach ulcer occur due to the painful open sores on the lining of stomach Stomach lining provide protection to stomach from the digestive juice Inf... View the full answer