Diseases evaluated and treated by gastroenterologists include
- Abdominal pain
- Allergy
- Celiac Disease
- Cirrhosis
- Constipation
- Cyclic-Vomitting-Syndrome
- Diarrhea (acute/chronic)
- Dysfunctional swallowing
- Eosinophillic Esophagitis
- Fatty Liver (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease / Steatohepatitis -NAFLD / NASH / ASH)
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (GER/GERD)
- Hepatitis (Acute/ Chronic / Viral Hepatitis A/B/C / Auto-immune )
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
- Intestinal Rehabilitation
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- H. Pylori Disease (gastritis/duodenitis)
- Malabsorbtion
- Nutritional Deficiencies
- Obesity related GI disease
- Pancreatic Diseases
- Peptic Ulcer Disease (PUD)
- Portal Hypertension
- Recurrent abdominal pain / abdominal “migraine”
- Reflux (GI)
- Short-gut-syndrome (SGS/SBS)
- “Upset Stomach”
- Wilson Disease
Other Diseases…..
Investigations performed by gastroenterologists include:
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Liver biopsy
- Breath analysis for detecting carbohydrate malabsorption and bacterial overgrowth
- 24 hour pH probe study
- Capsule endoscopy
- Secretin stimulation test
- Balloon dilatation
- Esophageal dilatation
- Endoscopic variceal banding
- Rectal suction biopsy
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
- Endoscopic polypectomy
- Endoscopic biopsy
- Screening Colonoscopy