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If your digestive system is damaged or fails, how are other body systems or the body as a whole affected?

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Body systems must work together. If one system will be damaged or fails, the other systems will be affected. If the digestive system will be fail, digestion will fails. Water will not be absorb that will lead to the circulatory system to have difficulty in the consistency of blood. If there is a presence of digestive disease, there will be an interference in the digestion as well. Other organ functions will be affected, too. Several effects will be seen such as dehydration, poor absorption of nutrients, blocked blood flow, etc. If the digestive shuts down due to damage of muscles or nerves, it may cause nausea, vomiting, lack of appetite and malnutrition. The nervous and circulatory systems work with the digestive system and these systems are greatly affected if it will not work properly.

The respiratory system is affected if the digestive system fails. These two systems work together to provide power to the entire body system. If digestion fail due to overeating, it can cause abdominal bloating. Bloating can lead to shortness of breath.

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