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Case study: digestive disorder

Case study: digestive disorder

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Gastrointestinal Tract Disorders in Older Age In this week I have selected an article related to the digestive system disorder which is named as” Gastrointestinal Tract disorder in older age” which was published by a number of authors on 17th January, 2019. I have chosen this particular article just because it is related to the GI pipe which is an important part of digestive system. Here the authors have elaborated that GI tract disease is very much prevalent in elderly ages. They have examined this on some younger people and some elderly people and they have come to a result where they found that older age people over 65 years were prone to this type of disorder or disease. They also have discussed the cause of this disorder. With aging, there occurs some changes in oral cavity, esophagus, stomach, small and large intestine which leads to complications in processing the