Abstract: Disease prevention is usually directed where there is considerable morbidity or mortality, and etiological factors that can be controlled, treated, or reduced. The greatest morbidity and mortality from gastrointestinal disease is related to infectious diarrhoea and gastrointestinal cancer, both of which can be prevented. Smoking has been closely associated with oesophageal, gastric, and liver cancer and also has a significant effect in inflammatory bowel disease. In addition, alcohol consumption and viral hepatitis are preventable causes of liver disease, liver failure, and hepatic cancer. This chapter addresses the prevention of gastrointestinal disease, focusing on alcohol, smoking, peptic ulcer disease, colorectal cancer, oesophageal adenocarcinoma, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and gastrointestinal infection.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-08-01
Language: en
Type: book
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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