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