What is a Gastroenterologist?
Gastroenterologists are expert physicians in the diagnosis and management of diseases of the digestive system. The digestive system is vast and includes the oesophagus, stomach, pancreas, liver, small bowel and colon. There are many disorders which can arise from these organ systems, some of which are listed below.
Gastroenterologists also provide screening or surveillance endoscopic procedures, most often colonoscopy, for individuals at increased risk of gastrointestinal cancer.
Gastroenterologists also provide screening or surveillance endoscopic procedures, most often colonoscopy, for individuals at increased risk of gastrointestinal cancer.
Example conditions seen by a Gastroenterologist
- Abdominal pain
- Acid reflux
- Acid regurgitation
- Anaemia, iron deficient
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Barrett's esophagus
- Bloating
- Bowel cancer
- Bowel control
- Celiac disease
- Cirrhosis
- Colitis
- Collagenous colitis and Microscopic colitis
- Colon polyps
- Constipation
- Copper storage disease (Wilson's Disease)
- Crohn's disease
- Diarrhoea
- Digestion
- Dyspepsia
- Dysphagia (swallowing disorders)
- Flatulence and intestinal gas
- Gastric emptying (Gastroparesis)
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- Gluten intolerance
- Hepatitis A, B and C viruses
- Heartburn
- Heamochromatosis
- Haemorrhoids
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Indigestion
- Liver tumours and lesions
- Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
- Nausea and Vomitting
- Nutrition inadequacy
- Pancreatitis
- Per rectal bleeding
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- Progressive Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Ulcerative Colitis