Alimentary symptoms depending on the anatomical site


  • Oesophagus-Dysphagia, odynophagia ,heart burn, chest pain, hematemesis/melaena
  • Stomach -Nausea, vomiting, epigastric pain, hematemesis/melaena early satiety, distention
  • Small intestine
                 Duodenum- Pain, nausea, vomiting hematemesis, melaena
                 Jejunum -Pain, diarrhoea, distension
                 Ileum -Pain, diarrhoea, distension
  • Colon- Pain, diarrhoea, constipation, bleeding PR, distension
  • Rectum /anus-Pain, pruritus, constipation, incontinence, Tenesmus, bleeding PR
  • Hepatobiliary- Jaundice, dark urine pruritus, pale stool, pain, hematemesis / melaena, distention
  • Pancreas -distention Pain, distension, steatorrhoea, diabetes mellitius