"intestinal diseases" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe any medical conditions or illnesses that specifically affect the intestines. Example: "The patient was diagnosed with a variety of intestinal diseases, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis."
Diseases involving the intestines are dichotomized into small and large intestinal diseases depending on the affected anatomic site.
Intestinal diseases, diabetes, anemia, tuberculosis, and sexually transmitted diseases constitute the major health problems of Dominica.
Costumes for Cures THURSDAY -- A costume party at the Rihga Royal Hotel, given by the business and professional division of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America, will raise money for research on cures for these intestinal diseases.
The gift of drilled wells for clean drinking water and lessons in how to build latrines on solid ground were going to liberate the farmers from the parasites and intestinal diseases that afflicted them.
In addition to poor diet, the intake or absorption of magnesium can be affected by dieting for weight loss; consumption of "soft" water, which lacks minerals; intestinal diseases; alcoholism; and bypass surgery for obesity.
In the 1960's, as director of a government research unit that studied intestinal diseases, Dr. Anderson and others observed that strains of intestinal bacteria were able to survive exposure to the antibiotics intended to destroy them.
Cattle are often watered in the shallower pools, and this contributes to the high incidence of intestinal diseases and guinea worm in many rural areas.
Although cockroaches occasionally carry organisms such as bacteria or parasites that produce intestinal diseases, they are more generally considered to be mechanical carriers of contaminating filth.
Shistosomiasis and Chagas (intestinal diseases caused by parasitic worms), which affect nearly 350 million in the developing world every year, are next on the list.
In many intestinal diseases, the function of the epithelial lining is impaired.
Shigella spp. are the second pathogenic bacteria that cause intestinal diseases in China (Peng et al. 2002).
