Find digestive relief—visit a gastroenterologist
Gastroenterology, a branch of medicine that deals with digestive diseases, focuses on diseases involving the esophagus, stomach, small and large intestines (colon), liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
Gastroenterologists diagnose and treat diseases of the digestive system such as:
- Abdominal pain
- Abnormal X-ray findings
- Colon cancer
- Colon polyps
- Colon screening exams
- Constipation
- Crohn's disease
- Diarrhea
- Difficulty swallowing
- Diverticulitis
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- Esophageal reflux
- Gastritis
- Gastroesophageal disease (GERD)
- Heartburn
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis
- Hiatal hernia
- Indigestion
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Jaundice
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- Liver disease
- Malabsorption
- Nausea
- Postoperative colon tests
- Rectal bleeding
- Spastic colon
- Ulcers
- Ulcerative colitis
- Unexplained weight loss
- Vomiting
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Gastroenterologists perform outpatient colonoscopies, liver biopsies, and endoscopic examinations of the esophagus, stomach, small and large bowel. Your gastroenterologist frequently works with surgeons before and after an operation to help select the best operation for a particular patient and provide follow-up care relevant to the particular digestive disorder.
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