How to Use gastrointestinal in a Sentence

gastrointestinal

adjective

• Glass ornaments can cut the tissues of the gastrointestinal tract of a pet if swallowed.
  — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 19 Dec. 2020
• The most common side effects of the drug include headaches and gastrointestinal issues.
  — Dan Heching, CNN, 10 June 2023
• Injuries and gastrointestinal issues plagued the former first-round pick in the past but those appear to be behind him.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
• David Ayala — filling in for Diego Chara, who was out due to a gastrointestinal issue and didn’t travel with the team — picked up a yellow card in the 27th minute.
  — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2022
• Even with an expandable gastrointestinal tract, a snake can’t digest and break down a golf ball.
  — Washington Post, 1 May 2021
• After about a month on the wagon, her gastrointestinal problems cleared up.
  — Drew Schwartz, SELF, 12 Sep. 2023
• More than 3 to 5 grams of fiber in a serving might mean that chicory root has been added, and too much chicory root may cause gastrointestinal distress.
  — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 5 Mar. 2022
• The study did find higher rates of gastrointestinal issues among those using the medicines, side effects that many people encounter on the drugs.
  — Meg Tirrell, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
• The wide range of contaminants can lead to wound infections, skin rash and gastrointestinal illness, the CDC says.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2023
• When to Talk to a Healthcare Provider Mild gastrointestinal symptoms like bloating or gas are normal at times.
  — Robert Burakoff, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
• But the virus is more in the respiratory and gastrointestinal tissue of birds.
  — Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
• This may include the heart, lungs, kidney, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs.
  — al, 22 Sep. 2021
• The moist tissue lining the nasal and mouth are part of the mucosal system, which stretches from there all the way through the gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts.
  — Claire Bugos, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2021
• But the use of proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs) and drugs that protect the gastrointestinal system can resolve this problem.
  — Russell Foster, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
• The virus, which does not infect people, pets or livestock, attacks the cells that line the blood vessels, causing hemorrhaging in the lungs and the gastrointestinal tracts of deer.
  — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, 6 Aug. 2020
• Metz warns of harm to the gastrointestinal tract in his 2007 paper, and Smoliga draws a similar conclusion.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 17 July 2020
• But certain types of E. coli can cause mild to severe gastrointestinal illness.
  — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• Some symptoms include fatigue, brain fog, change in sense of taste or smell, gastrointestinal distress, and shortness of breath.
  — Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2022
• Some researchers now suspect the virus is still hiding in the body during MIS-C syndrome, possibly in the gastrointestinal tract.
  — Lois Parshley, National Geographic, 16 Oct. 2020
• Chappy, the gray baby seal that was rescued from downtown New Haven, Conn., has died due to gastrointestinal issues.
  — Brittney Melton, NPR, 5 Mar. 2025
• Take it with food—ideally, something with protein, carbs, and fat—to reduce the risk of gastrointestinal distress.
  — Stacey Colino, Time, 27 May 2025
• Webster died that night, with acute gastrointestinal illness being named on her death certificate as the cause.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• This season has seen one of the worst outbreaks of norovirus—a nasty gastrointestinal pathogen that causes symptoms similar to food poisoning—in the past decade.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 4 Feb. 2025
• For gastrointestinal conditions, such as the stomach flu, your risk is reduced by 31%.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Sep. 2022
• Around one in 3,000 babies in the U.S. is born with the condition, which can cause tumors on nerve tracts in the skin and eyes, learning disabilities and gastrointestinal problems.
  — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022
• The illness, in which multiple body parts — the heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, gastrointestinal tract, skin or eyes — can become inflamed, has cropped up in children and young adults under the age of 21.
  — Cindy Krischer Goodman, sun-sentinel.com, 13 Aug. 2020
• Moss, 47, who’s lived in Charlotte for years now, announced last month that he had been diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2025
• Zell, who coached at the school for 27 years, died during the summer after a gastrointestinal infection that went septic, Newman coach Mark Faliveno said.
  — Chris Dabe, NOLA.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• The toxins can cause acute health problems such as gastrointestinal symptoms, headache, fever and skin irritation.
  — Gregory J. Dick, The Conversation, 26 June 2025
• Symptoms of West Nile include fever, headache, aches, soreness, joint pain, rash, gastrointestinal symptoms and decreased consciousness.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 24 June 2025