liposuction, & a
boob job
2007-07-13 02:54:49
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answer #1
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answered by Raine 5
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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is one of the most common ailments of the bowel (intestines) and affects an estimated 15% of persons in the US. The term, irritable bowel, is not a particularly good one since it implies that the bowel is responding irritably to normal stimuli, and this may or may not be the case. The several names for IBS, including spastic colon, spastic colitis, and mucous colitis, attest to the difficulty of getting a descriptive handle on the ailment. Moreover, each of the other names is itself as problematic as the term IBS.
IBS is best described as a functional disease. The concept of functional disease is particularly useful when discussing diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. The concept applies to the muscular organs of the gastrointestinal tract; the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, gallbladder, and colon. What is meant by the term, functional, is that either the muscles of the organs or the nerves that control the organs are not working normally, and, as a result, the organs do not function normally. The nerves that control the organs include not only the nerves that lie within the muscles of the organs but also the nerves of the spinal cord and brain.
Some gastrointestinal diseases can be seen and diagnosed with the naked eye, such as ulcers of the stomach. Thus, ulcers can be seen at surgery, on x-rays, and at endoscopies. Other diseases cannot be seen with the naked eye but can be seen and diagnosed with the microscope. For example, celiac disease and collagenous colitis are diagnosed by microscopic examination of biopsies of the small bowel and colon, respectively. In contrast, gastrointestinal functional diseases cannot be seen with the naked eye or with the microscope. In some instances, the abnormal function can be demonstrated by tests, for example, gastric emptying studies or antro-duodenal motility studies. However, these tests often are complex, are not widely available, and do not reliably detect the functional abnormalities. Accordingly, by default, functional gastrointestinal diseases are those involving the abnormal function of gastrointestinal organs in which abnormalities cannot be seen in the organs with either the naked eye or the microscope.
Occasionally, diseases that are thought to be functional are ultimately found to be associated with abnormalities that can be seen. Then, the disease moves out of the functional category. An example of this would be Helicobacter pylori infection of the stomach. Many patients with mild upper intestinal symptoms who were thought to have abnormal function of the stomach or intestines have been found to have an infection of the stomach with Helicobacter pylori. This infection can be diagnosed by seeing the bacterium and the inflammation (gastritis) it causes under the microscope . When the patients are treated with antibiotics, the Helicobacter, gastritis, and symptoms disappear. Thus, recognition of Helicobacter pylori infection removed some patients' diseases from the functional category.
The distinction between functional disease and non-functional disease may, in fact, be blurry. Thus, even functional diseases probably have associated biochemical or molecular abnormalities that ultimately will be able to be measured. For example, functional diseases of the stomach and intestines may be shown ultimately to be caused by reduced levels of normal chemicals within the gastrointestinal organs, the spinal cord, or the brain. Should a disease that is demonstrated to be due to a reduced chemical still be considered a functional disease? I think not. In this theoretical situation, we can't see the abnormality with the naked eye or the microscope, but we can measure it. If we can measure an associated or causative abnormality, the disease probably should no longer be considered functional.
Despite the shortcomings of the term, functional, the concept of a functional abnormality is useful for approaching many of the symptoms originating from the muscular organs of the gastrointestinal tract. This concept applies particularly to those symptoms for which there are no associated abnormalities that can be seen with the naked eye or the microscope.
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2007-07-13 03:30:34
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answered by Anonymous
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i actually can afford it but i am wayyyyyy to young and i would never do that to my body!!! i basically love everything about me but if i could get any plastic surgery..... i would get jessica simpsons nose. people tell me i have a perfect nose ( mine looks like kate bosworths) but theres just something about jessica simpsons nose that is just so beautiful. even though iut has that small bump she just always seems so confident and she didnt even bother to get plastic surgery on it. thats what makes it so beautiful and i love it!
~ kendall xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
2007-07-13 03:49:22
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answered by KendallKhaos<3 5
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Nothing, I don't like the idea of plastic surgery.
2007-07-13 21:39:56
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answered by Stuart M 2
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Not a great deal now - maybe a bit of subtle work in a few years, brow lift, botox, peels, nothing that made me looked worked on - just looks naff like you are an old stripper or something
2007-07-13 03:14:31
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answered by Saucy B 6
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hi..I would have everything done but my partner would kill me..Ive suffered low self esteem since i was a child as my face never fitted.Ive never been pretty but have had to learn to make the most of what i have.Beauty is only skin deep so they say.However if i did have to consider something then i would definately have to have a nose job.Always been taunted about the size of it and never felt lady like but then again.If people dont like me for who i am and not what i look like then its their problem.Im 35 now so i guess ive had to get used to this face now so i guess i will stick with it.
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2007-07-13 05:35:43
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answered by kaeylarae 5
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Do you mean to you? Well a hair cut would probably be cheaper than surgery! But you're not too bad looking so I wouldn't have anything done ;)
2007-07-13 02:55:26
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answer #7
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answered by Anonymous
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I went to find out about having the size of my old fella changed, but my girlfriend said that she didn't want something smaller. She was very happy with the present size
2007-07-13 20:51:47
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answered by Anonymous
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although Ive always said never I'm now nearly 30 and things arnt what they used to be, so id probably have a tummy tuck and would even possibly consider a designer vagina but as these are totally out off my reach its probably just a passing whim and i probably wouldn't go through with it.
do sent Sophia Lauren look amazing?
2007-07-13 02:59:00
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answer #9
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answered by bingowings 2
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Lypo. Not because I'm a fat lazy so and so but because no matter how much I diet and exercise, that last bit of excess just won't go away. It's quite annoying.
2007-07-13 03:01:06
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answered by Luvfactory 5
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I can afford it but wouldnt have anything done.
2007-07-13 03:00:52
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answered by Annie M 6
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